Business and Report Writing Introduction
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Today’s technology has made everyone in the workplace a writer — leaving your reputation and success increasingly dependent on how well you communicate. In this training course, you gain foundational knowledge in business writing, and leverage effective writing tools to create contract proposals, business plans, executive summaries, recommendation reports, and internal business communications.
You Will Learn How To
- Develop writing skills to convey a credible message
- Compose concise messages using a structured writing process
- Adapt your writing to your audience's needs
- Fine-tune language to improve persuasiveness and impact
Important Course Information
Requirements:
- Strong proficiency in the English language
- Basic knowledge of English grammar
Recommended Experience:
- Experience with Microsoft Word
Course Outline
- Why Good Business Writing Matters
- Key benefits for the business
- Increasing your business effectiveness
- Identifying key communication problems
- Supporting Business Objectives
The benefits to the writer
- Enhancing your professional image
- Improving career choice
The business writing process
- Breaking writing down into a clear process
- Scheduling tasks for completion
- Planning for Your Audience
Adapting to audience needs
- Contextualising your writing
- Eliminating barriers between you and your readers
Leveraging different communication styles
- Deciphering clues to style preferences
- Responding and relating well to your readers
- Structuring Your Documents
Identifying the macro structure of business documents
- Handling the business document paradox
- Classifying different types of business documents
Developing the micro structure template
- Recognising key topics
- Structuring raw material
- Organising information to highlight gaps
- Writing Reports that Address Business Problems
Recognising the business impact
- Defining the criteria for a quality business document
- Identifying the business impact of the problem
- Demonstrating the value of confronting the situation
Recommending solutions
- Conducting effective research
- Applying decision-making criteria
- Tying your recommendation to the organisation's mission
- Highlighting Benefits to Your Readers
Facilitating your readers' understanding
- Managing paragraphs using topic sentences
- Incorporating your readers' words
- Avoiding synonyms
Ordering your information
- Writing effective headings
- Reducing inferential load
- Structuring sentences to signal benefits
- Writing to Persuade Your Readers
Honing your writing to improve persuasiveness
- Tying your writing to the decision-making process
- Making credible claims
- Avoiding oversimplification
- Influencing your audience to value your ideas
- Creating an effective Executive Summary
Presenting information
- Improving bulleted lists by showing words in tables
- Highlighting alternatives to aid rapid decision-making
- Prioritising business solutions
- Countering opposition
- Saying What You Mean in E-mail
Writing clearly
- Prioritising your subject
- Optimising word choice
- Differentiating between active vs. passive voice
- Eliminating pronouns and modifiers
Writing concisely
- Choosing a style appropriate for audience and context
- Revising to heighten impact
A professional approach to e-mail
- Respecting readers' time, interest and ability to focus
- Extinguishing flame wars
- Crafting relevant subject lines
Convenient Ways to Attend This Instructor-Led Course
Hassle-Free Enrolment: No advance payment required to reserve your seat.
Tuition Fee due 30 days after you attend your course.
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Tuition Fee — Standard: £1695
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26 - 28 Sep
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2:00 PM - 9:30 PM BST
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Tuition Fee
Course Tuition Fee Includes:
Training Hours
Standard class hours:
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Last day class hours:
9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Free Course Exam – Last Day:
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Each class day:
Informal discussion with instructor about your projects or areas of special interest:
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
AFTERNOON START class hours:
2:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Last day class hours:
2:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Free Course Exam – Last Day:
8:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Each class day:
Informal discussion with instructor about your projects or areas of special interest
9:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Enhance Your Credentials with Professional Certification
Learning Tree's comprehensive training and exam preparation guarantees that you will gain the knowledge and confidence to achieve professional certification and advance your career.
Earn 17 PDUs
PMI, the Registered Education Provider logo, PMP, CAPM, PMI-ACP,
and PMBOK are marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
This course is approved by PMI® for 17 professional development units (PDUs). For more on the Project Management Institute and a full list of courses approved for PDUs.
Technical : 10 PDUs
Business & Strategic : 7 PDUs