Purpose

This interactive and practical workshop is designed to enhance the clarity, understanding, impact and effectiveness of written communications, including reports, letters, journals and emails, using a variety of participative learning techniques and extensive reference materials.

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To help delegates communicate more clearly in writing!

Who Would Benefit

All employees who want to enhance the clarity, influence and effectiveness of their written communications.

Benefits

• Quicker, clearer and more influential written communications
• Less misunderstandings
• A more professional business image

Objective

By the end of the workshop delegates will be able to:

• Explain the importance of effective business writing skills as a key method of communication.
• Analyse their current approach to business writing and identify how they can modify their style to increase clarity, impact and effectiveness.
• Use new tools and techniques to help them communicate more clearly in writing.
• Implement a personal action plan to transfer new skills to work situations.

Content Outline

• Pre-work.
• Review of good writing practice.
• Identifying common difficulties.
• Getting started; Planning, preparation and jump-starting the mind.
• Letters that work.
• Structures and formats.
• Getting clear: Punctuation! Obfuscate? Using words that work.
• The Learning Letter, Action Planning, Learning and Commitments.

Duration

• 1 day

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