Writing on the Job
Best Practices for Communicating in the Digital Age
Will be published approx. on 31. May 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-0-691-22995-9 (ISBN)
Description
A practical and compact guide to writing for professionals
Writing is an essential skill in today's workplace. From messaging platforms and social media to traditional forms of communication like memos and reports, we rely on words more than ever. Given how much reading we do on mobile devices, being able to write succinctly is critical to success. Writing on the Job is an incisive guide to clear and effective writing for professionals.
Martha Coven begins with the basics, explaining how to develop a professional style, get started on a piece of writing, create a first draft, and edit it into a strong final product. She then offers practical advice on more than a dozen forms of writing, from emails and slide decks to proposals and cover letters. Along the way, Coven provides a wealth of concrete examples and simple templates that make the concepts easy to understand and apply.
Based on Coven's popular writing classes and workshops at Princeton University as well as her decades of experience in the public and private sectors, Writing on the Job addresses the real challenges professionals face in today's digital age, and shares essential practices that can improve the performance of any organization.
Writing is an essential skill in today's workplace. From messaging platforms and social media to traditional forms of communication like memos and reports, we rely on words more than ever. Given how much reading we do on mobile devices, being able to write succinctly is critical to success. Writing on the Job is an incisive guide to clear and effective writing for professionals.
Martha Coven begins with the basics, explaining how to develop a professional style, get started on a piece of writing, create a first draft, and edit it into a strong final product. She then offers practical advice on more than a dozen forms of writing, from emails and slide decks to proposals and cover letters. Along the way, Coven provides a wealth of concrete examples and simple templates that make the concepts easy to understand and apply.
Based on Coven's popular writing classes and workshops at Princeton University as well as her decades of experience in the public and private sectors, Writing on the Job addresses the real challenges professionals face in today's digital age, and shares essential practices that can improve the performance of any organization.
Reviews / Votes
"Crisp writing and clear examples guide readers through drafting and editing documents, creating re?sume?s, delivering criticism, presenting statistics, constructing slide decks, and even deciding when to use emojis. . . . [C]ompact and readable chapters for all who text, blog, craft memos, and otherwise communicate online." * Library Journal * "Coven condenses over twenty-five years of professional experience into sixteen tight chapters averaging just seven pages. . . . What some books address in chapters Coven covers in paragraphs. Her book works because it's about core principles: knowing one's readers; foregrounding their needs; and striving for clarity, brevity, and liveliness. . . . Essential for reaching those aims is embracing the BLUF [Bottom Line Up Front] strategy of the US Department of Defense. Coven BLUFs a lot in Writing on the Job, and the book is all the clearer, crisper, and livelier as a result."---Steve Gump, The Journal of Scholarly Publishing "Easy to read and served up in bite-sized chunks, this book is an excellent 'how to' manual for clear communication."---Terry Freedman, Teach Secondary "By tackling real challenges professionals face, Coven offers practical tips that can improve the performance of any organization." * Princeton Alumni Weekly *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
9 b/w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
686 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-22995-9 (9780691229959)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
05/2022
1st Edition
Princeton University Press
€14.49
Available for download
Person
Martha B. Coven is the John L. Weinberg/Goldman Sachs & Co. Visiting Professor at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and the founder of Coven Consulting. She has been writing on the job for more than twenty-five years, in the White House and for members of Congress as well as in the private sector.