About this Course

Business communication skills are as essential as they have ever been but grammar, syntax and sentence structure are all too common mistakes these days. 

This course has been specifically designed to address organization’s needs for powerful business writing. Participants will learn language skills and techniques in writing the different types of business communication. 

This highly-interactive workshop provides participants with the skills and principles of effective business writing in a corporate world. It will show the ways to a clearer and more concise writing, paying attention to style and tone, among others. Through real examples, participants will be shown the common mistakes in business writing. By the end of the workshop, participants should be able to apply what they learn and thus write more confidently.

This course is aimed at those who wish to employ more effective writing skills in the office. This course is suitable for Administrative or Operations Staff, Assistants, Executives, Managers and Secretariat staff.

You will learn:

Business Communication

You need to learn the principles of effective writing to be able to write good, clear and effective business writing.  By attending this course, you will learn the do’s and don’ts of writing and apply them to your daily correspondences.

Business Language

Want to ‘sell’ your ideas effectively? It is not only about what, but equally important how.  One of the ways is choosing the right word/s simple but at the same time effective enough to create actions.

English Energisers

Feeling a bit out of touch with your grammar?  Do you feel your writing is rather dull and lacks variety?  One of the things you will learn is the different sentence structures and how you could apply them to achieve a more dynamic piece of writing.  The other thing is how to ‘activise’ your sentences.

Writing Mechanics

Do you feel frustrated for not being able to express what you really want to mean clearly?  Understanding your intentions and putting them down in writing effectively and efficiently, though not easy, but it is achievable. In this workshop, you will learn the ways how you could make your ideas clearer and more succinct.

Writing Style and Tone

You know adopting the appropriate tone is essential in business writing.  But how can you make yourself sound diplomatic but at the same time firm?  How do you turn a negative idea into something positive?  This workshop will equip you with the necessary skills.

Content Editing

Learning some of the common pitfalls in writing will help you avoid making similar mistakes.  In this workshop, you will not only be shown samples of these mistakes but also understand the rationale behind how such mistakes occur, and at the same time think of ways how to revise them to make your ideas clearer and grammatically correct.

Course Durations : 2days

Quick Tip

In business writing, you write to express, not to impress.  So avoid all those jargons and fluffy phrases if you want people to understand you. Instead think and write simply.  Your reader's time and company's money will ultimately be saved.

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