On completion of this course you will:

• Understand how to write with clarity, simplicity, brevity and a personal, professional voice
• Be able to get your message across quickly, concisely and effectively
• Plan, write and edit reports, letters and emails that meet the needs of busy readers
• Communicate information, ideas and arguments in Plain
  English
• Recognise and avoid common errors of grammar, punctuation and use of English
• Understand how to make your documents look easier to read and navigate
• Understand how to make the most of e-mail
• Have the skills to edit your own and others’ written work

Who Should Attend?

Organisations who are trying to encourage a consistent standard of writing and support professional written communications.

Anyone who depends on written communications to achieve their objectives.

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 feel proud of your written reports, proposals etc?
• Would you like to be able to edit a document to a professional standard?
• Would an ability to write effective documents provide career opportunities?

Part One - Planning

• Four easy steps:
• Identifying readers’ needs and their level of expertise
• Creating and using an objective
• Sorting out content using a mind map
• Organising structure and writing an outline
• Making sure you write the right document
• Structuring a report (optional)
• Practice

Part Two - Writing

• Identifying a good style
• Getting the message across, using Plain English
• Simple ways to transform your style
• Becoming more concise and reader-friendly
• Cutting jargon, clichés, dead wood and “business speak”
• Ensuring clarity with topic sentences and strong paragraphs
• Avoiding common errors of grammar, punctuation and use of English
• Emphasising the positive
• Summarising
• Use of English quiz
• Making it look readable: layout
• Making the most of emails
• Q&A on writing different types of documents
• Ten tips for improving readability
• Practice

Part Three - Editing

• Editing strategies — how to re-read more effectively
• Editing techniques
• Compiling a proofreading checklist
• Reviewing toolbar/ track changes (optional)
• Practice

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