Plain Words - Effective Business Writing in a Day Course Outline

Effective Business Writing – Training Course Outline

Most people write emails or letters on a daily basis as well as occasional reports, meeting summaries, minutes or other business correspondence. Learn how to create business documents that say what you mean and achieve the results you want. This course not only covers the basics of how to improve your writing skills but also how to achieve the right result from your written correspondence.

What you will learn on this course

By the end of the course, you will know how to:

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Course Duration

You can choose to run this as a one-day, intensive course or as a two-day, interactive workshop. The one-day course consists of the core content described below. The two-day workshop includes supplementary content and additionally gives you the opportunity of working on real documents you bring to the workshop. Delegates practise writing effective business correspondence, learning the techniques through group discussion and exercises.

Follow up session

Get the most from a staff training day and make sure valuable ideas aren't forgotten by booking a follow-up session. Our trainer will visit you again a month to six weeks after your course to give delegates the chance to:

Course Contents

Core content you will cover on a one-day intensive course

1. General principles of writing

2. Good writing techniques for business correspondence

Pre-Course Questionnaire

When you book we send you a questionnaire which we ask you to return to us before you attend the course. This enables our Trainers to assess your needs in advance.

3. Writing emails

4. Writing reports

5. Writing agendas, minutes or meeting summaries

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6. Editing your work

Supplementary content you will cover on a two-day interactive workshop

1. General principles of writing

2. Managing emails

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3. Gathering and sifting information

4. Writing letters

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For details of timetabled courses, see the schedule. For prices, see the costs table.

To reserve your places you can either book on-line or call us on +44 (0)1635 202013.

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Plain Words Diploma in Business Writing

Would you like a professional qualification in business writing from the UK’s foremost business and technical writing company?

Plain Words offers a full training and accreditation programme that leads to the Plain Words Diploma in Business Writing.

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