Business writing skills - advanced
In this course learn how to create business documents that say what you mean and achieve the results you want. This course not only covers the basics of how to improve your writing skills, but also how to achieve the right result from your written correspondence.
•Understand your audience
•Use positive words and phrases
•How to begin and end business writing
•The magic of 5 "w's" and 1 "h"
•Understand and implement proper email etiquette
•Basic report writing techniques
Using plain English: style
•Readability
•Sentence and paragraph length
•Bullet points and enumerated lists
•Using the simplest words and expressions possible
•Avoiding unnecessary words and repetition
•Avoid jargon
•Using verbs instead of nouns
•Using active rather than passive style
•Explain new ideas clearly
•Use consistent naming of the same "things"
•Painless political correctness
•Constructing paragraphs
Using plain English: the mechanics
•Avoiding common vocabulary and spelling errors
•Abbreviations
•Punctuation and other language tips
Time: 08:30 - 16:30
Venue: Benvenuto Conference Centre, Randburg
Cost: R2450 (excl vat)
Date: 26 February 2016
Time: 08:30 - 16:30
Venue: Birchwood Hotel and OR Tambo Conference Centre, Boksburg
Cost: R2450 (excl vat)
Date: 26 April 2016
Time: 08:30
Venue: Benvenuto Conference Centre, Randburg
Cost: R2450 (excl vat)