Write Good, Part 1 Structuring Your Writing June

Transcript:Write Good, Part 1 Structuring Your Writing June:
Write Good, Part 1 Structuring Your Writing June 29, 2023 1 Boz Bostrom, CPA Professor of Accounting and Finance Saint Ben’s and Saint John’s bbostrom@csbsju.edu | (612) 414-9629 Jamie Lauer Freelance Editor JL Editorial Services jamie@jamielauer.com | (612) 816-0259 Logistics Polling questions throughout the meeting Required for CPE If you have issues answering the polling questions, please chat or email across your answer 2.0 CPE hours (Specialized Knowledge – Technical) Partial credit available – minimum of 1.0 hours Questions (and tips) are very welcome; submit at any time Course evaluation and CPE certificate will be emailed within a day 2 Learning objectives/agenda Understand the components that make up good writing. Understand how to structure and organize written work, including emails, letters, and reports. 3 Introductions Boz Nine years in the Big 4 CPA firms Began at Saint Ben’s and Saint John’s in 2004 Speaks nationally on the topics of ethics and leadership Wrote the memoirs of John Gagliardi and Bill Sexton Jamie MA in Comparative Lit, Certificate in Literary Translation Worked in marketing/communications with a technology firm for 4 years Started JL Editorial Services in January 2020 4 Boz and Jamie 5 Importance of good writing 6 Poll #1 – How important would you say writing is in your day-to-day work? Very important Important Neither important nor unimportant Unimportant Very unimportant 7 Why is it important to write well? The number of emails sent and received every day will reach 347.3 billion by the end of 2023 (The Radicati Group, Email Statistics Report, 2021–2025) It can take as little as 1/10th of a second for someone to make a first impression (Willis and Todorov, “First Impressions,” Psychological Science) 8 Writing impacts you, the people you work with, and your business 9 Photo by Timon Studler on Unsplash But Can’t ChatGPT Do It for Me? Risks and limitations of ChatGPT (and current AI technologies): Inaccurate or incomplete information Bias Dependence Copyright infringement Privacy concerns Time (implied) “ChatGPT lives up to all the hype [only] when there is a well-calibrated and controlled dance between the critical thinking skills of the writer and the automation of ChatGPT.” 10 Source: Cullen, “ChatGPT Risks in Business Writing,” Instructional Solutions. critical thinking skills of the writer Traits of good writing 11 Traits of good writing? Traits of bad writing? 12 How important is it to be a good writer? What kind of writing do you do