Effective Business Writing

"Let’s be clear about this . . ."

About this course

Whether it's a detailed report on which weighty decisions hang, or a post-it note greeting, we all write.  But do we write effectively? Does the recipient understand what we mean? Is there room for mistake, misunderstanding or even deliberate misinterpretation?

This course helps those who use writing as a business tool to improve their written communication.

It is available in two versions:

• Effective Business Writing Overview: a one-day version covering business writing generally

• Effective Business Writing: a four-day version, covering specific aspects of business writing:

  • Letters

  • Reports

  • Meeting notes & minutes

  • Printed Announcements

For

• Everyone who has to produce written communications, whether for themselves or for others either within or outside their organisation.

Covers

• Why writing is difficult

• How to structure both formal and informal documents

• Style and content

Duration

• Effective Business Writing Overview: 1 full day

• Effective Business Writing: 4 full days

Prior Experience

• Those with some experience of writing in a work context will gain most from this course.

Variations

• We can adapt the content for people who need to learn about a specialist type of written communication, e.g. formal reports, press releases or advertisements.

• For a more specialised minute-taking course please see our Taking Effective Minutes course

• For a more specialised course on writing press releases and other announcements please see our Writing Effective Announcements course

I'm interested.  What do I do now?

If you want to know more about how we could deliver this course, or any of our courses, for your business, department or other organisation please contact us for an initial discussion.  We will meet with you and discuss your requirements and how we would go about meeting them.  This initial meeting is free, and at the end we will write to you to explain how we can help you and what it would cost.  If you decide not to proceed you pay nothing; but we are confident that you will see the benefits of training with Burgh House Training & Development.

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Can't you just do it for me?

We can provide most of the activities we train on an Interim Manager basis; we do the work this time, and train your staff as we work using Personal Coaching for Business.  To learn more please see the Burgh House Limited website or just contact us.

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