Writing Better Business Documents

Professional business writing is a skill. A firm grasp of the English language is not necessarily a guarantee of clear, concise business writing. And, with many business professionals using English as a second language, the need for a practical, comprehensive and easy to grasp training course outlining the fundamental business writing concepts is essential.

THERE IS NO BETTER IMPRESSION THAN A GREAT FIRST IMPRESSION!

People in business today communicate primarily using written media such as letters, faxes, e-mail, reports, minutes and memos. The effect of these communications can be significantly enhanced if they are presented in a clear, concise and readable fashion. Whether you are drafting emails to colleagues or reports for your customers, this intensive 2-day training course will provide you easy to remember rules, principles, suggestions and formats that you can use to dramatically improve your written correspondence.

Dispel the common business writing myths:

• You must use formal English
• Readers have to be fully informed
• People can't wait to read your document!!

Your highly experienced course facilitator will focus on practical ways to address common writing issues. You will learn methods to improve the overall readability of any type of document and discover easy to apply techniques that will dramatically improve the final result of anything you write.
This course also covers ways to save time in the preparation of letters or reports, and presents methods for editing and summarising to ensure optimum clarity of the final product.

During this comprehensive 2-day course you will learn how to:

• Dramatically improve the readability, conciseness and accuracy of your writing
• Avoid using commonly misunderstood words and phrases that can spoil the impact and readability of your document
• Use "Mind Mapping" as a technique to rapidly get the basis of your document down on paper
• Differentiate between the various report writing formats, and discover when to best use each variant
• Use practical techniques to clearly structure a complex report so that key points are easily identified and understood
• Implement novel ideas and proven methods that can be used to increase the persuasive power of your writing
• Perform a "Fog-Index" on your work to discover if your writing is as clear and understandable as you think it is
• Spot mistakes, even when you've read your document several times