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GSBGEN 352

Winning Writing

UNITS:3
GRADING:GSB Student Option LTR/PF
LEVEL:Graduate
GER:—

This once-a-week full-quarter workshop will offer techniques and practical in-class exercises for writing better -- better memos, emails, cold-call letters, speeches, feedback for colleagues, news releases, responses to questions from the media and from interviewers, and opinion pieces. Glenn Kramon, an editor who has helped New York Times reporters win GSBGEN 10 Pulitzer Prizes, will teach the course along with accomplished journalists with expertise in powerful, persuasive writing for business. They will provide not only helpful tips but constructive feedback on students' work. They will also share thoughts on how best to work with the news media.

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Sections

2 Terms
Workshop 1Open
ID: 1050
0 / 40 enrolled
DAYS:Thursday
TIME:8:15 AM – 11:15 AM
LOCATION:GSB McClelland 109
INSTRUCTOR:
Kramon, Glenn
3units
Workshop 2Open
ID: 1051
0 / 40 enrolled
DAYS:Thursday
TIME:2:50 PM – 5:50 PM
LOCATION:GSB McClelland 109
INSTRUCTOR:
Kramon, Glenn
3units

GSBGEN 352: Winning Writing

3 units · GSB Student Option LTR/PF

This once-a-week full-quarter workshop will offer techniques and practical in-class exercises for writing better -- better memos, emails, cold-call letters, speeches, feedback for colleagues, news releases, responses to questions from the media and from interviewers, and opinion pieces. Glenn Kramon, an editor who has helped New York Times reporters win 10 Pulitzer Prizes, will teach the course along with accomplished journalists with expertise in powerful, persuasive writing for business. They will provide not only helpful tips but constructive feedback on students' work. They will also share thoughts on how best to work with the news media.

Offered in Autumn 2026, Spring 2027 at Stanford University.

Autumn 2026 sections

  • Workshop — Thursday 2:50 PM – 5:50 PM — GSB McClelland 109 — Kramon, Glenn (Graduate)
  • Workshop — Thursday 8:15 AM – 11:15 AM — GSB McClelland 109 — Kramon, Glenn (Graduate)

Spring 2027 sections

  • Workshop — Thursday 8:15 AM – 11:15 AM — Kramon, Glenn (Graduate)
  • Workshop — Thursday 2:50 PM – 5:50 PM — Kramon, Glenn (Graduate)

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