Effective Business Writing

Location: Lagos & Calabar.

Fee: N120, 000

Duration: 3days

Professional Business Writing Training Course provides you with the knowledge and techniques to structure a diverse range of business documents (emails, proposals, reports and newsletters) for greater clarity and impact.

This Course will benefit people at all levels across the organisation. This course has a strong focus on writing effective email and other business documents for better readability, ensuring messages are communicated concisely and clearly.

Writing is a key method of communication in personal and professional life and for many it is a skill that requires focus, training and practice. In this Professional Business Writing Training Course participants will refresh some fundamentals such as spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

People will also learn how to approach most common business documents including emails, proposals, reports and agendas providing that extra level of professionalism with internal and external communications.

Learning Outcomes

In this course participants will:

• Gain a better understanding of common spelling & grammar issues in business writing
• Review basic concepts in sentence & paragraph construction
• Learn to use email professionally & effectively
• Learn how to write agendas, email messages and business letters
• Understand the key elements of a great written proposal
• Master techniques for improved proofreading skills
• Learn how peer reviews can help improve business writing skills
• Gain an understanding of printing and publishing guidelines

Course Outline

Business Writing Training Course – Lesson 1 Writing with Professional Impact

• Spelling
• Grammar

Business Writing Training Course – Lesson 2 Structuring Sentences for Effectiveness and Readability

• Parts of a Sentence
• Punctuation
• Creating a Cheat Sheet
• Types of Sentences

Business Writing Training Course – Lesson 3 Creating Paragraphs with Persuasive Power

• The Basic Parts
• Organisation Methods

Business Writing Training Course – Lesson 4 Writing Meeting Agendas

• The Basic Structure
• Choosing a Format
• Writing the Agenda

Business Writing Training Course – Lesson 5 Professional Email and Email Etiquette

• Addressing Your Message
• Appropriate and effective use of ‘Urgent’
• Make the most of your prime email-estate
• Introduction – Body – Conclusion
• Effective Subject lines: Don’t make me open the email to find out the purpose
• Don’t make me scroll! – 1 page view only
• Don’t make me translate your sloppy language
• Don’t make me read redundant words
• 2 – 3 lines per paragraph
• Salutation
• Signoff and Signature
• Corporate Communications Taglines
• Using ‘Draft’
• Using ‘Time Delays’
• Grammar and Acronyms
• Email Style
• Choosing a Style
• Writing the Email

Business Writing Training Course – Lesson 6 Writing Business Letters

• The Basic Structure
• Choosing a Format
• Writing the Letter

Business Writing Training Course – Lesson 7 Writing Proposals

• The Basic Structure
• The key elements to a great proposal
• What to leave out

Business Writing Training Course – Lesson 8 Writing Reports

• The Basic Structure
• The key elements to a report
• Using Tables Graphs and Imagery
• Common mistakes

Business Writing Training Course – Lesson 9 Other Types of Documents

• Requests for Proposals
• Projections
• Executive Summaries
• Business Cases

Business Writing Training Course – Lesson 10 Proofreading and Finishing – Avoid the Cringe

• A Proofreading Primer
• How Peer Review can help
• Printing and Publishing

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