Business Writing Skills Training Course

Our CPD Accredited Business Writing Skills training course will help you to write engaging business documents that get your message across.

The course will help you to structure a range of business documents such as reports and emails and make them read more positively and professionally and influence the reader.

Our Business Writing Skills training course is delivered as an open course in Dublin, Cork and Belfast, online or at your business location. We deliver the course as a face to face course, a live virtual online course and an eLearning training course.

Business Writing Skills
Interactive Sessions
We'll help you put the tools and approaches from your Business Writing Skills course into practice
Practical Tools
Gain a toolkit that you can apply to any writing that you do personally or for business
CPD Accredited
Accredited by the CPD Standards Office and equates to 6 units of CPD

Business Writing Skills Course – Details

Course Aim

This Business Writing Skills Training course will look at tools and tactics to help you produce and structure business documents.

Businesses use various methods of communication. Many of these methods still rely heavily on the written word, for example, email and letters. Get the context of these written documents wrong and the message could be lost.

We’ll show you how to produce well-structured business documents and emails that are professional, get the message across and generate engagement.

We look at how to make the written word sound positive and how to get the message across clearly. We’ll introduce you to simple methods to structure emails, letters and reports and how to make them look and sound interesting. We’ll also look at how to get to the point by getting your message across in the fewest words possible without sounding harsh.

Course Objectives

By attending this Business Writing Skills Training Course you will:

  • Be able to set an objective for written communication and write towards achieving it
  • Be able to effectively plan for written communication
  • Be able to keep writing short and simple
  • Know how to apply structure to letters, emails, reports and other business documents
  • Have a refreshed understanding of grammar and punctuation
  • Be able to demonstrate the skills through practical exercises

Course Content

Here’s what we cover in our business writing skills training course:

Working/Communication Styles

  • Looking at a range of communication styles and how this will help when using written communication

Using Plain English

  • What are the benefits of using Plain English?
  • The Fog index and how it helps with your written communication
  • Writing tight-keeping things short and simple

Making Writing Active and Positive

  • Keeping things writer focussed
  • KISS – Keep it short and simple

Structuring Your Written Communication

  • How to structure letters, reports and emails
  • Best practice for letters, reports and emails
  • Getting the grammar right

When you bring this course in-house, the content above can be tweaked and changed to meet the needs of your team.

Accreditation

Our training course is accredited by the CPD Standards Office. This demonstrates our commitment to quality and industry best practices and you can be sure that the course you receive has been assessed to ensure it meets its objectives.

This course equates to 6 hours of CPD. After completing the course you will receive your CPD certificate and learning path document as record of your attendance.

Download the Course Brochure

Download a copy of our business writing skills training course brochure below.

Who Should Attend our Business Writing Skills Training Course?

This business writing skills training course is for anyone who has to produce written documents.

If you want to:

  • Present written information in a clear and concise way
  • Have a go-to tool kit for writing for business
  • Present information in a more structured and influential way
  • Appear more professional when you write
  • Speed up the process of writing for business
  • Get writing right first time around

Then this business writing skills course is for you.

The course is suitable for people of all levels and in all roles and industries.

Online Training Courses

A 1 day online live virtual training course with one of our highly experienced business writing skills trainers. You also get:

  • A highly interactive online experience
  • Access to MyRevolution Learning to retain access to your materials and stay in touch with your trainer
  • A digital copy of the course materials from the course
  • A digital course certificate

In-Person Open Courses

A 1 day training course in one of our comfortable venues with one of our highly experienced business writing skills trainers. You also get

  • Refreshments throughout the day and lunch
  • Course materials to take away
  • A course certificate
  • Free access to our eLearning training courses to keep your skills up-to-date
  • Access to MyRevolution Learning to retain access to your materials and stay in touch with your trainer

In-Person In-House

A 1 day training course with one of our highly experienced trainers at your location. You also get

  • Course materials for each delegate to take away
  • A course certificate
  • Reporting on delegate evaluation
  • Free access to our eLearning training courses to keep your skills up-to-date
  • Access to MyRevolution Learning to retain access to your materials and stay in touch with your trainer

Our business writing skills courses are delivered by our friendly and highly experienced trainers. We live and breathe what we talk about in these sessions as we use most of the tools and techniques ourselves on a daily bases and bring this real-world experience into the session and the examples that we use.

We look at structures for reports, plans, emails and much more in the course. The skills are easily transferable to most business documents.

Yes. We have a number of exercises for you to have a go at during the course. This will help you to embed the learning and also give you an opportunity to discuss the approach in more detail with your trainer and fellow delegates.

We encourage anyone who attends this course to bring along examples of documents and emails that they have produced in the past. These can be used as case studies for the practical exercises and also your trainer can provide some initial feedback on them.

Yes. We have lots of articles about business writing skills in the business writing section of our blog.

In-Person Open Course

Our Business Writing Skills course is delivered in-person at venues across the UK. We deliver the course in Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Chelmsford, Dublin, Cork, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham, Reading, Sheffield and Southampton. The cost of our in-person courses includes delegate materials, refreshments throughout the day and lunch.

Open Online Course

Our Online Business Writing Skills course is an interactive live virtual course. The content remains the same but the delivery and approach has been re-imagined for the virtual environment. Our online training courses are delivered by Zoom.

In-House Delivery

We can also deliver this Business Writing Skills course just for your organisation. We can do this in-person at your office or a location of your choice or as a live virtual training course. We can deliver this via Zoom, Teams, Webex or any other platform that you are currently using and comfortable with.

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Course Delivery Methods

Here’s how we deliver our Business Writing Skills Training Course. Click an option to see the full details.

Join us in Dublin, Cork or Belfast for an interactive in-person learning experience.

1 Delegate
€339.00
2 Delegates
€322.05
3 + Delegates
€288.15

Price per delegate. Includes refreshments, lunch and course materials. Plus, free access to our eLearning training course to keep your skills up to date.

Group booking price only applicable when delegates book onto the same course date

Where would you like to attend our Business Writing Skills training course? Pick a location from the dropdown below then click a date to book.

Join our live online virtual Business Writing Skills training course from work or home for an interactive online learning experience.

1 Delegate
€239.00
2 Delegates
€227.05
3 + Delegates
€203.15

Price per delegate includes multiple person discounts and free access to our eLearning training course to keep your skills up-to-date.

Group booking price only applicable when delegates book onto the same course date

Bring this business writing skills training course in-house and train your team together at the same time.

  • Delivered online or in person at your business premises
  • Course content can be tailored to your specific requirements

Complete the form below to get a personalised quote from a member of our team.

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