COURSE OBJECTIVES: This participative one-day course introduces key principles of effective business writing through a range of real life examples and practical activities. Participants will have the opportunity to apply the key principles learnt in a range of practical exercises.
Participants will leave the course able to:
- Identify the features of effective business writing and incorporate them into their own correspondence and reports
- Write clearly and concisely so as to avoid ambiguity and retain the reader''s attention
- Avoid common obstructions to effective written communications, such as poor sentence or paragraph construction
- Write in an appropriate tone, depending on the purpose and readership of the written communication
- Present information in a visually appealing and easy to assimilate way
COURSE CONTENT
Successful Business Writing
- Why do written communications fail?
- Identifying the features of good reports
The Importance of Planning
- The benefits of planning
- Planning techniques
Clarity and Conciseness
- Guidelines for clear and concise writing
- Eliminating waffle from reports
Presentation
- Writing effective introductions
- The importance of conclusions
- Making recommendations in reports
Reviewing
- The importance of editing
- A practical checklist for reviewing written communications
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Anyone with an interest in or responsible for writing reports, letters and other correspondence, or involved in preparing and producing publications for both internal and external customers and other third parties.
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