Writing is a key method of communication for most people, and it's one that many people struggle with. Writing and communication skills have degraded, with more and more people communicating through email and text messaging. Developing writing skills is still important in business, as creating proper documents (such as proposals, reports, and agendas) gives you that extra edge in the workplace.
The Business Writing workshop will give participants a refresher on basic writing concepts (spelling, grammar, and punctuation) and an overview of the most common business documents. These basic skills will benefit your participants in the business world, which many people are losing.
Objectives:
- Gain better awareness of common spelling and grammar issues in business writing.
- Review basic concepts in sentence and paragraph construction.
- Know the basic structure of agendas, email messages, business letters, proposals, and reports.
- Know tips and techniques when deciding the most appropriate format for agendas, email messages, business letters, business proposals, and business reports.
- Know tips and techniques for writing agendas, email messages, business letters, proposals, and reports.
- Gain an overview of Requests for proposals, Projects, executive summaries, and business cases.
- Define proofreading and understand techniques for improving proofreading skills.
- Define peer review and list ways peer review can help improve business writing skills.
- List guidelines in printing and publishing business writing.