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Course to Improve Writing Skill

I have been wanting to take a course to improve writing skills for a while now. English is my second language. Although I have been in Canada for 20 years, I am still conscious about how I speak and write at work especially everyone at work talks like politicians and every meeting closely resembles a political debate. Not that I have any difficulties completing my work, more or less, I want to looking for a break through to really take things to the next level. Both of the following courses look like good candicates. I need to take a good look and think about which one to take...I also know this site has further price reductions once a year, perhaps I should wait for that... http://www.thegreatcourses.com/tgc/courses/course_detail.aspx?cid=2133 http://www.thegreatcourses.com/tgc/courses/course_detail.aspx?cid=2368

How to Pass CBAP

I attempted the CBAP exam on April 12, 2011 and passed. There are probably many different ways to pass the exam, I want to record what I did for those looking for advise on passing the exam. Took classroom CBAP bootcamp training. This is not absolutely necessary, you can do without it. I took it because I needed the CDU to meet the professional development requirements. Refer to the IIBA website for application instructions http://www.theiiba.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=CBAP_Designation&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=7490 Used the CBAP study guide as supplemental text book to the BABOK. I got this one by Watermarklearning http://www.watermarklearning.com/CBAP-Guide/ Since I haven't seen others I don't know how this compares to them. I find this studyguide helpful because it highlights the important concepts that you should know for the exam. The test at the end of each chapter and the simulation exam at the end of the book are all helpful for testin...