Effective Business Writing
About the Training/Workshop
Effective Business Writing (2 Days)
Course Overview
Communication plays a vital role in our everyday lives. As organizations seek for development and excellence, it is important to equip their human resources with impactful communication skills. This workshop will ultimately help the participants assess their own writing for them to gain self-confidence in relaying messages to internal and external customers.
Course Objectives
The course will enable the participants to:
- Be familiar with the strategies in effective writing
- Know the dos and don’ts in effective business writing
- Evaluate current capacity in business writing
- Improve capability in writing business communication materials
The Journey’s Roadmap
stage 1: participants to understand the theories, concepts, processes business writing and to assess their own writing style which will be further aligned to the business needs
stage 2: participants to learn and understand the fundamentals of effective business writing through class discussions, theories and processes
stage 3: participants to apply learning through enhancing grammar knowledge and editing skills
Pre- and Post-Training Evaluation Tools
Pre-Training: Participants are required to submit a business written correspondence to gauge current business writing skills.
Post-Training: Participants will be asked to re-create the business correspondence and apply the learnings as necessary. These will be critiqued via group.Course Outline
Module One: Assessing your Own Writing Style
“By writing well, you can stand out from the crowd. There is too much poor writing in the business world.” (Sentance of PwC)
- Pre-work: Identifying Strengths and Areas of Opportunity
- Foundations of Written Communications
- Types of Written Correspondence
- The Impacts and Importance of Business Correspondence
Activities: Class Discussions, Sample Written Correspondence Analysis
Module Two: The Key Elements of Effective Business Writing
“Clarity, brevity, narrative and pace are axiomatic to creative writing, yet are seldom applied to business writing - to its great cost" (Bob Wootoon)
- Setting the Objectives
- Focusing on the Readers: Their Needs and Styles
- Customizing Correspondence based on the 5 Audience Types
- Outlining Ideas and Content
- Putting Structure to Ideas
- Tips and Techniques in Effective Business Writing
Activities: Communication exercises, Group Discussions, Simulations and Actual Creation of Outlines
Module Three: Focusing on Writing Effective and E-mails
"No one really wants to read a document. They just want to know what it says” (Richard)
- Evolution of Written Correspondence
- Different Types of Business Correspondence
- Writing Effective E-mails
- Importance of E-mail Etiquette
Activities: E-mail Exercises, Lectures, Group Discussions
Module Four: Self-Assessment is the Key: Grammar and Proofreading
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough” (Albert Einstein)
- Phrases to Avoid in Business Writing
- Polishing Grammar, Punctuations and Prepositions
- Editing Work Like a Reader
Target Participants: Everyone (Individual Contributors, Managers, Supervisors)
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TIME: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
VENUE: Unit 2 2/F Intellect Bldg. MacArthur Highway, Brgy. San Sebastian, Tarlac City, Tarlac
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