Next Course: Wednesday 29th September
Course Duration: One Day
Venue: Bewleys Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
Fees: €475.00

Inhouse: This course can be customised for in-house training

Course Aims:
The days of writing in business-speak, “posh” English or legalese are gone. In today’s business world, writing is all about communicating information, facts and arguments as quickly, clearly and concisely as possible. Using the new industry standard of Plain English, with a professional tone, is the best way to make an impact with all your writing.

On this highly practical one-day course, a professional writer will show you how to achieve success in all your business documents, from reports and proposals to letters, brochures and emails. It covers the basics of good business writing, the principles of Plain English, the importance of a reader-focused style, the fundamentals of planning, the power of language, key strategies for editing, and common errors of grammar and punctuation.

This course will teach you:

• Professional tricks of the trade, to ensure your message hits the mark every time
• How to write with clarity, simplicity, brevity and a personal but professional voice
• How to identify your readers and adapt your writing to their needs
• Planning: four easy steps to successful writing
• Plain English: the principles of creating strong, readable documents
• Transform your style: practical exercises to help you to improve clarity, eliminate wordiness, cut “dead wood”, correct grammatical errors and fix punctuation problems
• Emails: how to grab your readers’ attention
• Layout: how to make documents look easy to read
• How to make technical information more accessible
• Editing and proofreading strategies
• Ten tips for improving readability

This course is for...
Anyone who has to write as part of their job and answers yes to any of the following questions:

• Would you like to write with greater ease and confidence?
• Would you like to write shorter, sharper documents?
• Do you have difficulty in achieving the objectives of your letters, reports or emails?
• Do you find it hard to decide what to include?
• Would an ability to create professional, authoritative documents provide career opportunities?

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