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J. G. Levitt Professional Development
Strategic Business Writing Solutions
Julie Levitt - Jeffrey Craig
· Measured improvement
· Proven results
· Superior quality books
· Expert training and facilitation
Julie Levitt
Author
Julie is a best-selling and prolific author of training and educational books. Her nationally published college books include:
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Power Tools for Business Writing, Thomson/South-Western publishers
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Your Career: How to Make It Happen (#1 best seller in the Communications Division of Thomson/South-Western publishers)
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Racquets Unlimited: A Word Processing Office Simulation, Thomson/South-Western publishers
She has also authored numerous articles for national journals and websites and over 15 instructional books for Boise State University, the State of Idaho, and her own training firm.
Educator
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Former Manager, Department of Automated Office Technology, Boise State University
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Master of Arts degree, California State University at Sacramento
Trainer/Speaker
Julie is an expert in business and technical writing skill development. She focuses on delivering both professional development training and conference. She is a charter and active member of the Speakers and Trainers Network, a group of independent professionals based in Idaho. In her spare time, she enjoys bicycling, swimming with dolphins, gardening, and applying her training skills to her two dogs (who rule the household).
Presentation Style and Topics
Her high-energy and motivational style combined with her in-depth subject matter knowledge make her an ideal trainer and conference speaker. She is noted for making the complex interesting (even fun), easily digestible, and quickly usable. Julie’s courses and workshops include:
§ Power Tools for Business Writing
§ Technical Writing Essentials
§ Business Grammar Review
§ Professional Proofreading and Editing
Jeffrey Craig
Educator
Jeff gained solid corporate training experience by logging over 3000 classroom hours in both international and Fortune 500 business environments. Prior to that, he learned to design and deliver highly professional online and classroom learning materials through the following experiences:
§ Managed and developed comprehensive museum education program as education director at The Discovery Center of Idaho
§ Received Christa McAuliffe Fellowship awarded in honor of NASA’s first Teacher-in-Space
§ Taught math and science in sign language at the Idaho School for the Deaf and Blind
§ Earned Master’s Degree in Special Education at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon
Jeff recently completed a two-year expatriate assignment in Kobe, Japan for a global semiconductor company. In Japan, he gained valuable cross-cultural teaching and educational consulting experience, learned enough Japanese to order at the drive-through, and indulged his digital photography hobby while traveling in Asia and Oceania.
Writer
Jeff has written many participant and instructor guides, content for web-based training, and scripts for in-house instructional videos on topics ranging from meeting and presentation skills to basic chemistry and problem solving.
§ Co-authored Power Tools for Business Writing with Julie Levitt, published by Thomson/South-Western
§ Successful grant writer with more than $720, 000 raised for schools, museums, and non-profit organizations
§ Wrote, produced, and delivered Discover the Stars, a humorous two-minute educational vignette aired in the Northern Great Basin
Presentation Style and Topics
Making difficult skills easy to learn is the hallmark of Jeff’s teaching style. His writing, public speaking, and meeting leadership courses are known as enjoyable, fast-paced, and useful on the job—immediately. Jeff’s current courses and workshops include:
§ Power Tools for Business Writing
§ Technical Writing Essentials
§ Business Grammar Review
§ Professional Proofreading and Editing |
