Workshop: Make your businesses writing more powerful and persuasive

The fundamentals of effective business writing will be the focus of a workshop on Thursday, Oct. 15 by the Inland Empire Women’s Business Center, a program of the Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship at California State University, San Bernardino.

“Business Writing Basics” will be held from 6-8 p.m. at the Inland Empire Women’s Business Center, 3780 Market St., in Riverside. The cost is $20 per participant. To register, visit the IEWBC website.

Participants at the workshop will learn the basics of effective business writing, including how to organize thoughts and topics into an outline, how to avoid common grammar and usage errors, and how to tailor writing to different audiences and media in a way that improves the chances that it will be read and acted upon.

“Well-written business plans, proposals, and emails help carry the message that your business is professional and competent,” said IEWBC instructor Dee Ann Chandler. “Focusing on your audience and communicating with them in a way they understand can help ensure that your message gets through the inbox clutter.”

The Inland Empire Women’s Business Center, located at 3780 Market St. in Riverside, is a program of the Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship at Cal State San Bernardino.

Housed in the College of Business and Public Administration, IECE, which administers the program in collaboration with the U.S. Small Business Administration, is inland Southern California’s leading organization dedicated to supporting and promoting entrepreneurship. The IEWBC provides business counseling, training and mentoring designed for women business owners.

The Inland Empire Women’s Business Center hours are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday by appointment only. For more information, visit the IEWBC website or contact Nicole Kinney at (909) 890-1242.

Set in the foothills of the beautiful San Bernardino Mountains, CSUSB is a preeminent center of intellectual and cultural activity in inland Southern California. Celebrating its 50^th anniversary in 2015, CSUSB serves more than 20,000 students each year and graduates about 4,000 students annually. CSUSB is listed among the best colleges and universities in the western United States, according to The Princeton Review, Forbes, U.S. News and World Report and Money Magazine.

For more information on Cal State San Bernardino, contact the university’s Office of Strategic Communication at (909) 537-5007 and visit news.csusb.edu.