Start Date: 28 March, 2021
End Date : 1 April, 2021
Duration : 5 Days
Overall Description:
This course is designed to help all business professionals who are required to present ideas in writing and who wish to sharpen their business writing skills.
Course Objectives:
- Learn the optimal business writing process, to write any document at work confidently.
- Use a proven process to plan and write any document.
- Quickly generate and organize ideas.
- Write clearer and more concise documents.
- Spend 30% less time on each document.
- How to write more efficiently and effectively.
- Plan, draft and edit important documents including memos, business letters, reports, and emails.
- Tailor your writing style dependent on the audience and goals of the document.
- Write with purpose, so there is no doubt what the reader's next action should be.
Course Outline (Content):
The “Who” and “Why” of a Written Document
· Writing for the purpose of the document
· Focus on the benefits for the reader
Understanding Sentence Structure
· Subjects and predicates
· Recognizing parts of speech
Writing Sentences and Paragraphs
· Topic sentence
· Paragraph and sentence length
· Paragraph linking and coherence
· Maintaining consistency of tense
· Using positives vs. negatives
· Using jargon and technical terms
· Avoiding common sentence problems
Punctuation
· Period
· Comma
· Comma errors
· Semi-colon
· Colon
· Question mark
· Dash
· Hyphen
· Using apostrophes
· Punctuation common errors
Using Illustrations, Numbers, and Capitals
· Using capitals
· Using numbers
· Using Illustrations
The 7 Cs of Effective Writing
The Writing Process
· Preparing to write
· Organizing your information
· Writing the draft
Writing Guidelines
· Layout
· Content
· Citation and Documentation
· Style
Types of Written Communication
· Letters
· Reports
· Memos
· Minutes of Meeting
· Emails
· Proposals
Who Should Attend?
Managers, Supervisors and all business professionals who are required to present ideas in writing and who wish to sharpen their business writing skills.
Competencies Covered:
Influencing & Communication for Impact
