Land and Associates for Corporate Training and Leadership Development

Business Writing Skills

Fed up with wading through boring reports and proposals? We are, so we created this course to give you the skills to create dynamic documents that say what you mean and mean what you say.

This course will help you to plan and edit memorable reports, proposals and documents that deliver a clear message and purpose and that address the needs of the reader/audience.

Workshop Aims

This one day programme will improve a company’s communications by helping team members to produce documents that have real impact. Participants will use their own real world examples to help them make a difference in their own writing style.

At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

Establish the key goals of a document
Evaluate how to meet the needs of their audience
Plan the document to meet the needs of their readers
Make their writing clear and easy to read

Participants will learn:

The key features of an effective report
A systematic approach to planning a report
How to select key content that meets the aims of the report and the needs of the audience
How to structure a report to help your reader and enforce your message
Considerations for a good report layout
The importance of an appropriate writing style
How to ensure good grammar, punctuation and jargon free language
The key steps to reviewing and polishing your report
How to know when they’re finished – when not to write and when to stop writing

Who should attend?

Anyone who needs to produce well presented business documents, proposals and reports that carry a clear message

Tailored programmes and coaching

The core components of this workshop are delivered as a one day core session. More advanced or follow-on sessions are also available for participants to develop their personal writing styles and report presentation. Specific training courses can be designed to meet specific requirements.

For those people who really want to hone their skills, and make significant improvement in their impact, one-to-one coaching is available for extra assistance. We can also provide advice on how to sharpen up a specific proposal or document and polish it to meet a specific goal.

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