Welcome to Professor Pam's Home Page 

A business professional must be an excellent communicator, both verbally and in writing.  Since this is one of the areas with which many of my students struggle, here are my helpful hints and links to my favorite sites on the Internet to help you learn to be a better writer.

Professor Pammi's Lecture Notes:

• Write for an alien. 
• Using the "You" Approach
• Positive Tone.
• Outline, write, review, proofread. 
• Email format suggestions.
• Report Writing Tips - coming soon!

Writing Hints for an Executive Summary Paper for Professor Pammi's Classes!

• Professional, Objective, Third Person
• Citations, Bibliography, and Integrity
• Plagiarism versus Summarizing in your own Words
• Stay on Message!
• Writing an "A" paper.
• KISS:  Keep it Simple, Sweetie!
• A picture is worth 1,000 words.
• Presentation is everything.
• Writing style and completeness.
• Executive Summary
• Seeing red:  Learn from your mistakes.

Professor Pammi's Thoughts and Tips on Writing Style

• Follow an outline.
• Use bullets and short paragraphs.
• Positive tone.
• Conversational.
• Take your time.
• Become obsessive/compulsive.
• Use your own words.

Mechanics Guide to Writing

• Commas
• Semicolons
• Apostrophes
• Letter Formats
• Number Rules
• Capitalization Rules
• Selected Punctuation Rules
• Titles of Publications

Suggestions for Using the Internet for Research 

Links to Internet Sites:

In addition to using the web for research citations, you can also learn a lot about writing using the following tools:

Use the WVUP libary links for some great online tools to help you format your documentation.  If you are using the library site from any computer that is not at WVUP, you may need to log in using the "Off Campus Access" page.  (Contact the library staff for assistance!)

NoodleTools.com - This is a terrific site that builds your Works Cited or Bibliography as you go.  It prompts you to add the information, then with a few clicks, you can save it to a flash drive and put it in your paper!  What a deal! :-)  (This is a subscription product!)

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