A communication coach in your pocket

Jayne Dalmer | December 16, 2020

Sometimes you’re staring at a screen, desperate for inspiration. Sometimes it’s a niggle that something’s not quite right. And sometimes you just feel alone and in the dark about the right thing to do.

You need a clear path and an expert voice — and you need it fast.

Write’s canny consultants — advisors, trainers, writers, and editors — have joined together to bring you an on-tap community and a library of help to light your way.

In an average year, our team of 30-plus edit and create millions of words, and run 500 workshops that help nearly 6,000 people get better results from their writing.

With every project, Write gains new insight about how best to support people in their daily real-world communication challenges. We’ve turned this into short, practical, and fun content, no matter where you are.

You can reach for this help whenever you need it — whether you’re niggled by a noun or staring into the abyss of an abysmal assignment.

An instant instructor, whatever you’re working on

Write Online offers instant access to short videos, full courses, templates, checklists, practical tools, and live Q&A events hosted by our experts.

You might need a quick fix for a comma conundrum; a way to sort out your thinking ahead of an important presentation; or to understand what ‘storytelling at work’ is all about. You might need a hand structuring your report, or advice on how to get the right tone and the result you want from a tricky email.

Members of the Write Online community get immediate access to all the techniques and insights our writers have honed over Write’s 30 years in the business. We’ve taken our cues about the most relevant and useful content from our work with clients, our own research, and our international plain language partners.

And we’ve made sure this expertise is available to you at the time and in the form that suits you best. You have options for long-term, in-depth learning, as well as fast insights and micro-learning. We know people need different things at different times, and a quick win with a comma today could become part of a profound insight into higher productivity and powerful communication tomorrow.

Fresh bites are even more fulfilling

With fresh content every month, our community of learners can continually layer new knowledge, make connections to the latest tools and insights, and hear from other members on the frontier of today’s communication challenges.

When you join the Write Online community, you can:

• watch any of our short videos (2–10 minutes) on a range of topics
• download resources and exercises
• search by keyword and tags, and view anything that catches your eye
• build your own personal reference library by hitting the ‘Favourite’ button
• join our regular live online events and Q&As with our consultants
• view new content every month, and suggest new topics for us to cover.

You’re in charge of your programme

We’ve kept things flexible and varied so you can plan your own programme. You can choose to complete a whole course or watch just one video.

A free sample is always tasty

And what’s better than on-tap tips, tools, and tutorials from our talented team of consultants?

For a free 7-day trial, head to writeonline.co.nz now and sample our current library of content for free! If you like what you see, you can sign up for membership, dive deeper into the community, and get fresh content every month that will have you writing like an expert, no matter what the situation.

Think of it as having a communication coach in your pocket.

Try it out today and choose your own path to clarity. Start with a problem you have right now and layer on new topics that spark interest.

And if you find yourself staring at a screen, make sure it’s one that’s staring back with a helpful and friendly face.