Welcome to the Professional Writing Skills course meant to help learners transform their business writing into professional, accurate, and meaningful communication. This course, which comprises fifteen video lessons and two job aid reference sheets, provides key information about specific elements of writing, and methodically walks learners through the process of enhancing their writing skills. It covers important foundational concepts of writing, such as the parts of speech, grammar tips, punctuation rules, and the construction of sentences and paragraphs. This course also explains how to make writing more readable, eliminate common word usage errors, and distinguish between words that are commonly confused. It also covers how to write business letters, reports, proposals, and even professional emails that are thoughtfully and professionally crafted. This course contains two helpful resources on common word errors and confusing word pairs that you can use to help improve your professional writing. To access your activity IDs, a View CE Certificate button will display on the profile upon completion of the course. This program is valid for 1.25 PDC for Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), 1.25 hour(s) of recertification credit through the HR Certification Institute (HRCI) and 1.25 PDU for the Project Management Institute (PMI).