Business Writing Skills

Success in today's 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. Improve your business communication ability with lots of tips and techniques.

Delegates will be asked to attend the course with a written task they have to complete in the future in mind (a letter or email they have to send or a report they have been asked to complete).

Is This Course Right For You? 

Within our jobs, we all need to do some sort of business writing. This course is designed as an introduction to help those who need to do business writing to utilise their writing skills appropriately within the working environment. Its aim is to guide participants to communicate more effectively and efficiently. 

We will concentrate on writing emails, letters and reports, while keeping in mind who we are writing for and the effects we intend our communication to have.  We will explore the importance of planning and following a logical structure and we will examine how to present our information in a professional manner. 

What Will I Learn?

• The key aspects of effective writing in the workplace
• What not to write and typical business writing errors
• Different types of media - Emails, reports and letters
• Putting it into practice - How to plan, write and review what you have written
• Tips and tools to improve your writing