Business Writing Workshop

QA Ltd.
Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Slough, United Kingdom

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online | On-site | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' Do you want to create a fantastic first impression with your written communications?
Are you worried that your writing may come across as bureaucratic, too formal or difficult to understand?
Do you want to be able to confidently create business emails or letters?
The correspondence we produce is an important part of our image, both as an individual or an organisation. Our image will suffer if documents are carelessly written or don’t support the impression we wish to create. This course will give you confidence in the accuracy and completeness of your written communications, and allow you to make the right impression.

This course will benefit anyone who has to write formal and informal business documents and correspondance.

Prerequisites
Please bring examples of your business writing with you to this workshop (providing there are no confidentiality issues involved).

By the end of the course, you will be able to:
recognise and use the 4-block structure for a letter
identify the effectiveness of using powerful words and phrases
demonstrate the importance of grammar, punctuation and spelling to business correspondence

apply appropriate e-mail etiquette

understand the importance of using plain english

explain the differences between active and passive sentence construction

recognise how clichés and redundant expressions can have a negative impact on correspondence

prepare business letters using proven techniques

Use pyramid thinking to organise complex or large volumes of data into a coherent story

Prevent mistakes that stop you being understood.
What will the course cover?
Establish personal objectives for the course.

What should business correspondence look like and contain?

Improving sample correspondence.

Writing in plain language and the Plain English Campaign.

The 4-block structure.

Understanding grammar and practising spelling.

Using pyramid thinking to create logical flow.

Eliminating business clichés.

Active and passive construction.
Related courses from which you may also benefit:
Report Writing for IT
Report Writing for Business ...''

Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

Phone:0844 871 2080

School Address:

TEL: 0844 871 2080
E-mail us: info@qa.com

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