Business Writing Skills Training Course

Course Aims

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 letter. 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 have this course delivered in-house, the content above can be tweaked and changed to ensure the course meets your specific needs.

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.

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 you trainer can provide some initial feedback on them.

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