Effective Business Writing Skills
Our Business writing course aims to develop students' skills to write clear, concise, and effective emails, memos, letters, minutes and proposals, using the appropriate register, tone, language structure, and word choice.
Description
Though businesses increasingly rely on technology, technological skills alone do not guarantee success in the workplace. You must still develop your ideas, express them clearly, and persuade others of their viability. This course offers effective strategies to sharpen your writing skills by structuring your ideas logically, exercising diplomacy in letters and reports, and shaping your arguments.
This course is designed to introduce students to the various types of business texts: minutes, letters, proposals, emails, memos and agendas. Students are introduced to strategies to tailor their writing to the audience and the purpose of the writing. In addition, students are exposed to different registers and more complex vocabulary.
Course Objectives
By attending this ICL training course, delegates will be able to:
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have an understanding of the contexts of business writing,
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know how to plan and compose their business messages
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have knowledge of frequent errors in English language usage to enable them to self-edit their writing
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be able to use style appropriate to each context of the business writing, and
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be able to respond to the types of materials that you probably encounter in your day to day business.
How will this Training Course be Presented?
Live-Online
Who is this Training Course for?
This course is ideal for you if you are interested in improving your business writing skills.
The Course Content
Introduction
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About the manual
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Setting your expectations
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Reviewing the course
Writing skills
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Basic writing skills
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Effective sentences and paragraphs
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Writing skills
Writing specific messages
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Business letters and reports
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Writing opinionated messages
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Writing specific messages
Understanding proposals
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Proposals
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Client-focused proposals
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Understanding proposals
Letter proposals
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Writing a letter proposal
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Visually appealing proposals
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Letter proposals
Meeting minutes
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Creating agenda’s and minutes
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Meeting minutes
E-mail messages
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Writing an e-mail message
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Message headers
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E-mail message body
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E-mail messages
E-mail effectiveness
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E-mail recipients
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E-mail effectiveness
Netiquette guidelines
Netiquette style
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Emoticons and abbreviations
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Netiquette guidelines
Composing online correspondence
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Online communication
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Language and punctuation
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Efficient writing habits