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Writing skills resource lists

Vendors Course Offerings and Alternative Methods Cost Notes
Oregon Dept. of Administrative Services (DAS) Writing for Easy Reading. Free This is not training, but a website with how-to-write reference guides.
Portland State University PSU Professional Development Center
  • Business Writing for Foreign Born Professionals
  • Grammar and Punctuation for Professionals
  • Proofreading & Editing: Keys to More Effective Writing
  • Strategic Business Writing
  • Writing for Business
Online
$189 - $239
 
Oregon State University
Extended Campus
OSU QuickSkills Online Instruction Center
  • Grammar Refresher
  • Effective Business Writing
  • Fundamentals of Technical Writing
  • Writing Great Technical Documents
  • Correcting Oral and Written Errors
Instructor Facilitated Online Courses
Most courses are $92
 
American Management Association Sharpen Your Business Writing Skills
Compose powerful, professional documents that get attention and prompt action
Classroom
$2,095/AMA Members $1,895
 
Plain Language Resources
Assorted vendors – see link
Website with links to training courses, books, & articles on Plain Language & essential writing

Government specific initiatives and resources for Plain Language.

See links for individual costs – a number of resources on this web are free The initial article which leads to the links in this section, Four Ways to Say What You Really Mean
US Government Grants
National Grant Writing Workshops and & Consultation

Training for state & federal grant writing.

Online grant writing courses.

$199 - $499
Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue

Writing resources & instructional material provided as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue.

Students, members of the community, and users worldwide will find information to assist with many writing projects. Teachers and trainers may use this material for in-class and out-of-class instruction.

Free Added feature: Users are invited to submit brief, writing-related questions to the OWL Mail Tutors. And may also access the new grammar blog.
Writers Digest

Elements of Effective Writing I
The principles of grammar will be clearly explained in easy-to-understand language and reinforced with numerous examples.

Elements of Effective Writing II
basic principles of composition, explained in easy-to-understand language.

Online
$250
 

Community College Courses

Most colleges offer Intro to Technical Writing, Basic Writing, or Intro to Expository Writing and all are 100-level courses or below. More technical courses are 200-level which address workplace composition. If no 200-level courses are listed, then the college does not offer them.

Community College

Courses Offered

Cost

Term

Albany, Linn-Benton CC

WR214 - Business Communications
WR227 – Technical Writing

See LBCC Web site

Fall, Winter, Spring

Astoria, Clatsop CC

WR227 – Technical Report Writing

See Clatsop CC Web site

Fall, Winter, Spring

Bend, Central Oregon CC

WR214 – Business Communications
WR227 – Technical Writing

See CCC Web site

Fall, Winter, Spring

Coos Bay, Southwestern Oregon CC

WR214 – Business English
WR227 – Report Writing

See SOCC Web site

Fall, Winter, Spring

Eugene, Lane CC

WR227 – Technical Writing

See Lance CC Web site

Fall, Winter, Spring

Grants Pass, Rogue CC

WR227 – Technical Writing

See Rogue CC Web site

Fall, Winter, Spring

Gresham, Mt. Hood CC

WR227 – Technical Writing

See MHCC Web site

Fall, Winter, Spring

Klamath Falls, Klamath CC

WR227 – Technical Writing

See KCC Web site

Fall, Winter, Spring

Newport, Oregon Coast CC

WR227 – Technical Writing

See OCCC Web site

Fall, Winter, Spring

Ontario, Treasure Valley CC

WR090 – Fundamentals of Composition

See TVCC Web site

Fall, Winter, Spring

Oregon City, Clackamas CC

WR227 – Technical Report Writing

See Clackamas CC Web site

Online, Fall, Winter, Spring

Pendleton, Blue Mountain CC

WR065 Introduction to Technical Writing

See Blue Mtn CC Web site

Fall, Winter, Spring

Portland, Portland CC

WR090 – Writing
WR1170- Intro to Technical Writing
WR227 – Technical & Professional Writing

See PCC Web site

Online, Fall, Winter, Spring

Roseburg, Umpqua CC

WR227 – Technical Writing

See Umpqua CC Web site

Fall, Winter, Spring

Salem, Chemeketa CC

WR227 – Technical Report Writing

See CCC Web site

Fall, Winter, Spring,
Summer

The Dalles, Columbia Gorge CC

WR090 - Basic Writing
WR227 – Technical Writing

See CGCC Web site

Fall, Winter, Spring

Tillamook, Tillamook Bay CC

WR115 – Intro to Expository Writing

See TBCC Web site

Fall, Winter, Spring

 

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