Business Writing Skills Training Course
Our CPD Accredited Business Writing Skills training course is delivered as an open course in Dublin, Cork and Belfast and as an online course. We can also deliver the course in-house just for your business as an in-person course or a live virtual online course.
Business Writing Skills Course Highlights
Here’s some quick information about our Business Writing Skills course:
- 1-day training course delivered in-person or online
- Delivered anywhere in Ireland as an in-house course
- CPD Accredited - equates to 6 hours of CPD
- Booking is easy. Just select a location, a date and hit Book Now!
Course Overview
Course Aim
This Business Writing Skills Training course will look at tools and tactics to help you produce and structure business documents.
Businesses use various methods of communication. Many of these methods still rely heavily on the written word, for example, email and letters. Get the context of these written documents wrong and the message could be lost.
We'll show you how to produce well-structured business documents and emails that are professional, get the message across and generate engagement.
We look at how to make the written word sound positive and how to get the message across clearly. We’ll introduce you to simple methods to structure emails, letters and reports and how to make them look and sound interesting. We’ll also look at how to get to the point by getting your message across in the fewest words possible without sounding harsh.
Course Objectives
By attending this Business Writing Skills training course, you will:
- Be able to set an objective for written communication and write towards achieving it
- Be able to effectively plan for written communication
- Be able to keep writing short and simple
- Know how to apply structure to letters, emails, reports and other business documents
- Have a refreshed understanding of grammar and punctuation
- Be able to demonstrate the skills through practical exercises
Course Content
- Looking at a range of communication styles and how this will help when using written communication
- Planning before you write
- Setting clear outcomes for your written communication
- Thinking about the reader - how to take up as little as their time as possible
- Choosing the right structure, language and approach
- What are the benefits of using Plain English?
- The Fog index and how it helps with your written communication
- Writing tight-keeping things short and simple
- 6 tools for writing tight
- Keeping things reader focussed
- KISS – Keep it short and simple
- Keeping writing short, but making it engaging to read
- Writing for the reader
- How to structure letters, reports and emails
- Best practice for letters, reports and emails
- Getting the grammar right
- Some quick pointers on email best practices
- When to send and not send emails
- Make sure the reader understands and actions required
- Use your own examples as case studies
- Review your writing against the toolkits
- Get some feedback from your trainer
Accreditation
Our Business Writing Skills training course is accredited by the CPD Standards Office. This demonstrates our commitment to quality and industry best practices and you can be sure that the course you receive has been assessed to ensure it meets its objectives.
This course equates to 6 hours of CPD. After completing the course you will receive your CPD certificate and learning path document as record of your attendance.
Download the Course Brochure
Download a copy of our Business Writing Skills training course brochure below.
Who Should Attend?
This business writing skills training course is for anyone who has to produce written documents.
If you want to:
- Present written information in a clear and concise way
- Have a go-to tool kit for writing for business
- Present information in a more structured and influential way
- Appear more professional when you write
- Speed up the process of writing for business
- Get writing right first time around
The course is suitable for people of all levels and in all roles and industries.
What You Get
In-Person Open Courses
A 1 day training course in one of our comfortable venues with one of our highly experienced Business Writing Skills trainers. You also get:
- Refreshments throughout the day and lunch
- Course materials to take away
- A course certificate
- Access to MyRevolution Learning to retain access to your materials and stay in touch with your trainer
Online Open Training Courses
A 1 day online live virtual training course with one of our highly experienced Business Writing Skills trainers. You also get:
- A highly interactive online experience
- Access to MyRevolution Learning to retain access to your materials and stay in touch with your trainer
- A digital copy of the course materials from the course
- A digital course certificate
In-House Delivery
A 1 day training course with one of our highly experienced Business Writing Skills trainers at your location. You also get
- Course materials for each delegate to take away
- A course certificate
- Reporting on delegate evaluation
- Access to MyRevolution Learning to retain access to your materials and stay in touch with your trainer
FAQ
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Delivery Options
In-Person Open Courses
Our Business Writing Skills course is delivered in-person at venues in Dublin, Cork and Belfast. The cost of our in-person courses includes delegate materials, refreshments throughout the day and lunch. We deliver the course in the following locations:
Online Open Training Courses
Our Online Business Writing Skills course is an interactive live virtual course. The content remains the same but the delivery and approach has been re-imagined for the virtual environment. Our online training courses are delivered by Zoom.
In-House Delivery
We can also deliver this Business Writing Skills course just for your organisation. We can do this in-person at your office or a location of your choice or as a live virtual training course. We can deliver this via Zoom, Teams, Webex or any other platform that you are currently using and comfortable with.
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