• We offer several online courses you can take at your own pace, including:

    • Business Writing Fundamentals—this teaches foundational skills and international best practices for modern workplace writing

    • Briefing Note Fundamentals

    • The Dos and Don’ts of AI in the Writing Process

    • Use AI to Think More Deeply and Get Smarter

    See online courses

  • You send us a document you wrote, and we analyze it carefully against international best practices.

    We give you careful written feedback—which notes both positive patterns to repeat as well as specific areas to improve—and meet with you to discuss.

    This is the kind of guidance people haven’t received since university (or maybe ever). It tells exactly where you are and how to improve.

    More on document feedback

  • We have a series of workbooks to practice and deepen the core principles of effective workplace writing.

    Pick and choose which to use based on your needs. They include:

    • use strong verbs—active and passive voice, verbs turned into nouns, and command verbs

    • order information by importance

    • editing—how to identify and make changes to improve readability and clarity

    See online courses

  • Meet with us to work on specific skills or resolve challenges.

    We can also act as a second set of eyes on important documents and give you feedback to improve them.

    More on coaching

Choose training that fits your needs

Like any new skill, writing is something you master over time. We’ve built a staged approach to suit everyone’s needs.

Writing training for individuals

Organize a small group live training

If you have a small group of friends or colleagues, we can hold a customized, live session for you.

How it works

  • Find a group of five or more people

  • Decide what skills you want to focus on

  • Contact us to discuss your group’s needs

  • Make a plan—we can host a standalone module or a series of sessions

  • Schedule the workshops

  • Come to the training and learn core skills to make your professional life easier

What we teach you to do

  • Before

    30 words

  • After

    17 words

  • Before

    51 words

  • After

    50 words

  • Before

    26 words

  • After

    11 words

  • Before

    32 words

  • After

    13 words

  • Before

    48 words

  • After

    33 words

  • "Best writing course I have ever taken."

    Benoît Clément, Director of Financial Innovation at Verra
    (5 star Google review)

  • “One of the best workshops I've attended. Inspiring and motivating to get better at writing."

    Kris Samraj, Councillor for City of Medicine Hat
    (5 star Google review)

  • "This was the most immediately applicable training I have ever taken. Our whole team got excited. We went back and applied what we learned to our Proposal Guide and cut the page count by 50%."

    Lorraine Brekke, Manager of the Cumulative Impacts Monitoring Program

  • "Wordsmith facilitators are as confident, clear and helpful as your writing aims to be. More to learn about effective writing than many might think."

    Chris Taylor, Alberta Education
    (5 star Google review)

  • "I highly recommend Wordsmith. I learned a systematic approach to writing more quickly, clearly and with more persuasion. It was one of the best courses that I've taken since becoming a professional.

    Samantha H
    (5 star Google review)

  • "Sessions were well led by presenters who were very aware of the briefing note process in government. This meant I was able to get maximum value from the information."

    Victoria Laidlaw, Alberta Education
    (5 star Google review)