Business Writing Workshop  |
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Course Overview |
| | When looking for employment, one of the things that can set us apart from the rest of the competition is our ability to write. Prospective employers often use resumes, cover letters, and thank you notes as examples of our ability to communicate.
This one-day instructor-led workshop will cover business writing, and how to use effective writing as a way to get noticed. Each student will also receive a sample template CD which contains several example resumes, cover letters, and thank you notes.
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| Objectives |
| | | This one-day workshop will teach participants how to:
- Identify their writing challenges
- Make their writing clear, concise, correct, complete, and courteous
- Improve sentence construction and paragraph development
- Identify ways to make their writing simpler and easier to read
- Use the readability index
- Develop effective business letters for tough situations
- Use proper e-mail etiquette
- Develop an appropriate writing style and format for letters, business cases, and reports
- Use standard ways of documenting materials.
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Audience |
| | This course is essential for anyone who needs to master written communication (e.g., memos, e-mail, reports, business letters, and more) while using multiple writing styles.
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Prerequisites |
| | There are no prerequisites for this course.
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| Course Number |
| | NHEUWFCBusWtg
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| Course Length |
| | 1 Days
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| Course Price |
| | $80.00
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| Category |
| | 5
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| Topics |
| | | Lesson 1: Introduction and Course Overview
- This lesson introduces participants to the workshop, details the workshop schedule, and provides participants an opportunity to identify their personal learning objectives.
Lesson 2: The Five C's
- All writing should be clear, concise, correct, complete and courteous. Students will look at these five elements in detail during this lesson and practice each of them.
Lesson 3: Grammar and Writing Mechanics
- This lesson will outline seven easy ways to help participants simplify their writing and ensure their grammar is correct. Participants will also take a close look at the proper length of paragraphs, what a paragraph should contain and how to order paragraphs.
Lesson 4: Determining Readability
- During this lesson, participants will learn how to use a readability test (also called the Gunning Fog Index) to evaluate their work.
Lesson 5: Writing Letters
- There are 12 important parts of a business letter, and several different styles. Participants will examine all of these closely.
Lesson 6: Dealing with Specific Requests
- Often people are asked to respond to a request for information or to write a particular letter (of recommendation, for example). Students will learn some tips to keep in mind when writing one of these particular documents.
Lesson 7: Email Etiquette
- Email has become a universal method of communication. However, there are many questions of etiquette and few answers. This session will discuss some common dilemmas and recommended answers.
Lesson 8: Business Documents
- Another common task is to write a resume, cover letter, or a thank you note. Where would you start? We will provide some guidelines and checklists that will help with these tasks. We will also cover example template resumes, cover letters, and thank you notes on the CD which is provided as part of the workshop.
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