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Frank Business Communication Center

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Use the following tips and resources to improve your business writing and presentation skills.

Click here for tips for visiting the Frank Center and here for a brief Powerpoint on appointment best practices. 

Claims and organization:

  • Effective claims
  • Thesis statements
  • Plagiarism and borrowed language

Grammar and micro-skills:

  • Active and passive voice
  • Apostrophes
  • Articles
  • Commas

Special projects:

  • Honors thesis tips
  • Direct admit scholarship thank you letters
  • Other scholarship thank you letters

Presentations:

  • Effective presentation structure
  • Overcoming performance anxiety
  • Presenting memorably

Visual design:

  • Seven principles of good design
  • Storytelling with data 
  • Using Powerpoint effectively

Presentation and design video tutorials

Looking for help with the Accounting Writing Skills Assessment? Click here. 

 

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