Introduction:
Develop a report writing style that will develop your career and the success of your company.
Course Objectives:
- Learn concepts and tools to increase the clarity of your written communication
- Understand cultural and corporate differences to improve your communication
- Distinguish between professional and personal motivations in your writing
- Identify key strategies to correct common grammar, spelling and punctuation errors
- Learn proofreading tricks to avoid typical business writing mistakes
- Receive input on your individual project to enhance and direct future improvement
- Master report-writing techniques and tricks to produce high-impact results
Course Outline:
- The 7Cs of Communication: making sure that written communications are clear and well-constructed.
- Business Writing Essentials: how to use words, sentence structure, paragraphs, English grammar, parts of speech, punctuation and capitalization.
- Proofreading and Editing
- Search for errors both grammatical and typographical
- Eliminate unnecessary words
- Read text aloud
- Revise for cohesion
- Writing For Your Audience
- Determine the target audience
- Use language the audience will understand.
- Reports That Work
- Overcome writers block
- Elements that enhance the image of the writer and the organization
- The four stage method of report writing
- Plan and prepare more effective reports
- Report structure, logical flow and professional look
- Writing an effective report summary
- Writing professional and effective emails
This course will include a video of the CEO presenting on flipchart the key learning points of Business Writing Skills, and key actions to develop in your role and your career. The aim is to greatly increase the learning outcomes.
Measurement of Progress
Each team member completing this course will complete a post questionnaire or test to measure level of understanding. Once a 75% and above success is achieved a successful completion certificate will be generated. Post training reviews will be provided either by a Video Conference or a report depending on the requirements set by the customer, which will monitor progress, and reflect on the learning, and positive feedback.