Business Writing Skills
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Overview
Being able to write expressively, accurately and above all understandably, is a key requirement we all need today. But writing is not something that comes easily to all of us.
This is an opportunity for you to:
- Understand why communicating in writing can be difficult
- Learn tools, techniques and ideas to help you write more quickly and effectively
- Practise writing using pre-set examples and examples drawn from your workplace
- Deal with your particular writing issues
Topics Covered
The Short Course covers the following areas:
Make life easier for yourself - and your reader
- Principles of good communication
- Formatting your thoughts
- Writing for your reader
- Some tricks of the trade to ensure clear and concise communication
Setting the standard
You don't get a second chance at a first impression
- Making sure every letter you write reflects your organisation's standards of excellence
- Sound structure and other guidelines
- Proofing tips
- Putting grammar in its place
Just do it!
Practice makes perfect
- Bring along some recent or current work, with a view to polishing it up in this highly participative Short Course.
Who should attend
- Anyone who has to write on behalf of their organisation
- Those who are required to write reports or proposals
- Managers who are responsible for ensuring their team communicate clearly in their writing
Outcomes
You will gain knowledge, skills and practice in these four essential areas for effective communication:
- Thinking
- Structure
- Language
- Layout
What Participants Say
"The course was fresh with a new outlook at structure and outline for report writing in today's business world. The presenter was energetic and totally enjoyed sharing/teaching these new techniques. Kept the class engaged and content of the course was simple and each individual was able to relate to the topics discussed. I thoroughly enjoyed the two days course."