Course description
Better Business Writing Skills in Report Writing, Proposals, Business Cases
This half-day course provides learners with immediate and practical guidance on how to communicate more effectively and professionally in writing.
Organisations and individuals establish their credibility with professional and well written communication. From structure, content, presentation to grammar, tone, style, and final proofreading. Delegates will quickly develop their writing skills and confidence to improve reports, business cases, and other business documents.
Who should attend?
The training is designed for those who need to reduce the time taken to write professional, accurate documents and be more skilled and confident in doing so. It will include examples based around reports, proposals, emails, and business documents in general.
Learning objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Successfully plan, structure, and write your documents.
- Ensure that the reader's needs are met. Be confident that your message is not lost.
- Ensure your message is quickly understood and accepted by the reader.
- Adopt a variety of preparation techniques using proven models.
- Write convincing, persuasive, and powerful documents that achieve their objectives
- Avoid common mistakes that impact on your professional image and avoid word inflation.
- Build successful sentences and paragraphs – using punctuation that guides your reader.
- Use a checklist to help edit and proofread the final document.
Upcoming start dates
Suitability - Who should attend?
Executive Assistants, Administrators, Admin Assistants, Junior Managers, Managers, Line Managers, Sales Managers
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Receive CPD Standards Office Certificate
Training Course Content
Professional Written Communications: Course outline
The Process and Process of Professional Business Writing
- Current thinking regarding business writing.
- Constructing documents for the ‘skim’ reader.
- The five key principles for better business writing.
- Examples and case studies.
Writing Well in Less Time
- How to structure any document for impact and understanding.
- Using the ABC and everyday English as a compass.
- Knowing your reader and objectives: Six steps to follow.
Creating the First Draft
- Ways to structure and organise your ideas and content.
- Techniques for writing with style and getting the right tone.
- Openings, endings, titles, and headings.
Big, but not clever
A quick review of the things to avoid:
- Verbosity, tautology, and oxymorons.
- Jargon, business-speak and vague non-sense.
- Cliché and circumlocution.
Effective Editing Skills
- How to edit your document for impact, influence, and ease of understanding
- Why “less is more”; how to say more in fewer words.
- Vivid verbs and techniques for stylish writing.
- Online tools and other writing aids.
Proofreading skills
- How to proofread effectively.
- What to look for – tips and tricks.
- Grammar rules and punctuation.
Big and very clever
- Writing winning bids and proposals
- The Minto principle and writing to persuade.
- Formatting, layout and using your organisation’s style sheet.
Action Planning
- Creating your personal action plan.
Participants will work on prepared examples and their own real-life examples.
Course delivery details
Delivered LIVE by Business Skills Trainer
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