Business Writing Skills

Success in todays organisation is closely related to the ability to communicate ideas and messages effectively and succinctly. Poorly written correspondence can have disastrous results for your organisation and waste valuable time and resources. By the end of this course, delegates will have developed the necessary skills to communicate ideas in clear, concise and effective way. This course is highly practical to give delegates the opportunity to apply all the techniques covered.

Duration	Price
1 Day	£ 250

Course Overview

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Writing - Fears and Hopes

Why is writing important

The purpose of writing

Fine Tuning your Writing

Four fundamentals
Why, who, when, how of writing

Obstacle to Avoid

How to confuse
Make your writing clearer
Exercise

Use the Right Word

How do you choose
Tone

Most Frequently Misspelled Words

Grammatical rules
What is correct

Know your Reader

Writing for different readers

The Readability Test

Exercise
Is your writing understood by the reader

How to Make Notes

Mind-mapping
Brainstorming

The Writing Plan

How to get started

Structuring Paragraphs

How long, how short
Categorisation

Report Writing

Why write a report
The ten parts of a report

Letter and Memo Writing

Business letters
Business memos
Should you be formal or not

E-mail

Group Exercise

Personal Action Plans

Course Summary

If booking more than one delegate or would like to discuss the course with a member of the Training Team, please contact the Mass Training Centre on 01189 778562