Description:

This one-day course covers an important general skill and will lead to better business relationships.

There are many languages in the world today and it is important from a cultural point of view to keep them all. However, it creates the most challenging problem of all in business today – communication. If we cannot understand each other clearly it can only result in lost opportunities or costly mistakes. English is the business language today and is used by all who work internationally and also by those working in multi cultural organisations or projects. Proficiency in English is an extremely important skill for the modern project and business manager.

This one-day course on professional business writing covers all the basic knowledge to put you on the road to successful communication with the outside world. We look at the fundamental stages of writing and then onto format, style and tone and we include a small amount of grammar. This is a very full course and you will come away with an essential understanding of professional writing skills.

There are many opportunities to judge your own standard through exercises and as the course is interactive you will have the opportunity to ask those questions no one else has been able to answer for you.

Wars have been started because people were not able to express themselves as clearly as they would have liked, leaving the other side concerned and afraid of threats which actually didn’t exist. We hope your case is not so critical but nevertheless a lack of clarity will have a consequence somewhere along that business journey.

This is an essential skill in projects, business generally and in your personal networking efforts. There will be many benefits.

An Attendance Certificate will be provided at the end of this course.

Vital Benefits:

Clarity in communication is a vital component of successful business practice. This course provides you the following vital benefits:

• A clear understanding of professional business writing
• An ability to accurately express your position
• A greater opportunity within the wider world through better communication
• A substantially reduced risk by avoiding misunderstanding
• Increased networking opportunities by increased inclusion
• Increased competitive advantage through a more advanced skill set
• More enjoyable relationships through better understanding

Objectives:

Projects and change in general run relatively rapidly and there is little time to waste. Professional writing skills are crucial for your success. Through this course it is our objective to:

• Provide practical understanding of English business witing
• Provide the basic skills for success
• Enhance your skill set
• Encourage greater understanding of this vital business knowledge
• Unlock the benefits of communication
• Provide an excellent environment for learning
• Provide appropriate exercises to develop learning
• Increase your commercial value through the practical use of professional writing skills

Topics:

We have tried to find a balance in this huge topic to help everyone pull their professional business writing skills into a coherent business skill. The course covers the following topics:

• Planning, organizing, drafting and editing
• Understanding format, style and tone
• Report writing and the use of appropriate words
• Minutes of meeting writing and the proper capture of meaning
• Common errors in business writing
• Dealing with lists and parallelism
• Unsound comparisons to be avoided
• Some basic grammar we should all know
• Tips and tricks

Who to Attend:

This is an important business skill which everyone will benefit from. We would recommend the course to the following business and project people:

• Business leaders
• Business executives
• Business managers
• Marketing and sales managers
• Managers
• Project managers
• The project staff
• Line managers
• The professional services teams
• The senior supply chain managers
• Those who make important decisions for the business
• All those who face the clients or customers
• Those who want to develop their business skills
• Everyone who wants to know more about professional business writing and develop their skill set