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Clear & Concise Writing In 3 Strategies (CCW)

Write clearly and concisely from the start—and reduce editing time.

Created byHigh-Value Writing
BeginnerUpdated Oct 14, 2025

What You'll Learn

  • check_circleIdentify the possible causes of wordiness in your writing
  • check_circleProvide meaning to your readers quickly and easily
  • check_circleUse a naturally concise sentence structure
  • check_circleAvoid words and sentence structures that cause wordiness
  • check_circleChoose verbs that increase concision and reduce wordiness
  • check_circleManage tone and concision simultaneously

About This Course

Get your message out there clearly and concisely, and feel good about your writing in the process! Learn to craft concise, targeted messages that provide your readers with what they want and need—without overloading them with words. Concise writing helps prevent confusion and misinterpretation too. This course will show you 3 strategies for writing in a way that's naturally concise from the start. That means less editing time as well.

Finally, this course will help you make sure your messages break through the noise and get read and responded to. In today’s workplace environment, readers are often busy and stressed. Concise writing helps you both inform and connect with your reader—and saves you time in the process.

BONUS VIDEO CONTENT: How to Write with AI and Still Sound Human.

Course Content

6 activities • 6 videos • duration: 53m

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Clear & Concise Writing: Welcome1 videos • 1 min
  • videocamWelcome - Let's Get To Work!
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Clear & Concise Writing: Strategy 11 videos • 1 quiz • 12 min
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Clear & Concise Writing: Strategy 21 videos • 1 quiz • 7 min
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Clear & Concise Writing: Strategy 31 videos • 1 quiz • 9 min
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Clear & Concise Writing: Thank you!1 videos • 1 min
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Clear & Concise Writing: BONUS CONTENT1 videos • 22 min

Your Instructors

High-Value Writing

Practical writing and communication skills for work, school, and life.

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High-Value Writing is a modern-day virtual school on a mission to help everyone use writing to their advantage—to meet goals and build positive relationships. We believe everyone deserves to navigate writing and communication with flexibility and confidence. By being adaptable in our writing, we can make intentional communication decisions that benefit our lives and relationships. That’s why High-Value Writing teaches communication principles that extend across all areas of writing—from business writing to academic writing to poetry and prose. In 2018, Erin Lebacqz started High-Value Writing to disrupt the ways we teach, use, and talk about writing. Our workshops, books, videos, and eLearning courses empower you to use practical communication strategies intentionally and independently. We believe strategic writing is one of the most effective ways to meet goals and improve personal and professional relationships. We hope you’ll join our growing community on this path towards a world connected by thoughtful, intentional communication.

Erin Lebacqz

Strategic Writing and Communication | International Teacher Education | Student-Centered Learning

An acclaimed international educator, Erin Lebacqz has been teaching Writing and Pedagogy (how Teaching and Learning work) for over 25 years, in business and academic settings in the U.S. and around the world.

Credit Information

Is this course eligible for my CPD requirements as a Canadian CPA?

Provincial regulators of CPAs in Canada do not require that independent providers of CPD be approved to offer courses. Instead, individual CPAs are responsible for assessing whether a CPD activity meets their requirements, and may take activities from any source provided those requirements are met.

Every course offered on LearnFormula is delivered by a qualified subject matter expert or learning organization, and advances learning objectives that are relevant to the responsibilities or professional competencies of Canadian CPAs. All activities on LearnFormula are quantifiable in terms of hours, and are also verifiable, in that users receive documented evidence of their attendance via a certificate of completion after finishing a course (and this certificate is stored by LearnFormula indefinitely). Nearly 100,000 Canadian CPAs successfully satisfy their CPD requirements via LearnFormula on an annual basis.

What Students Are Saying

4.9 out of 5
Student's Choice
49 reviews
  • SS
    Susan S.
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    good match

  • JH
    John H.
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    Very helpful.

  • RC
    Rowena C.
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    5 stars - This is the best course I have taken so far in business writing by myself and when using AI.

  • TJ
    T Jerrold J.
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    Second course I have taken and the instructor, Erin, covers a lot of very helpful material, with lots of examples on how to improve. THere is a bonus 20 minute video on how to best use AI, which was spot on.

Frequently Asked Questions

We are a registered provider with 300+ associations and regulatory bodies worldwide. We operate across 27 global markets including Canada, the US, Australia, and the UK. Every course page clearly displays its specific accreditations. Upon completion, you receive a professional certificate that can be validated online. Our certificates include all necessary accreditation details, credit hours, and completion dates, and are formatted specifically to meet the submission requirements of most global regulatory bodies.

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