An effective letter or email informs, persuades, and impresses your reader. This class provides various methods for writing efficiently, avoiding pitfalls to written communication like passive sentences, wordiness, overuse of big words, and clichés. Through a combination of lecture and hands-on learning, participants will learn how to write simply and clearly, eliminate redundancies, and create messages that readers will remember. For more information or to register, go to https://aaimea.org/courses/effective-writing-skills/