A Guide to Business Writing: Effective Summaries, Emails and Reports
This highly practical day will enable you to develop your writing techniques, from report and business case writing to effective emails in a supported tutor-led environment
Learning Objectives
- Understand the importance of language, style and tone
- Understand how to use plain English in your written work
- Develop your report writing skills
- Learn how to construct effective emails
- Learn how to communicate essential information in a concise and clear manner
- Learn how to write an executive summary
- Learn how to increase the impact of your writing
Programme
| 9:15 | Registration |
| 9:45 | Chair's Introduction
Sue Calthorpe, Policy & Communications Training Consultant (confirmed)
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| 10:00 | The basics of better business writing
Discussion and tutor input on the importance of language, style and tone |
| 10:45 | Effective Emails
When was the last time you opened an email with a badly-thought out message, style and tone? Learn the ten key points at which you can influence your reader before you press the 'send' button |
| 11:15 | Coffee |
| 11:30 | Practical exercises in effective emailing |
| 12:00 | The Executive summary
Does your audience read every word in every document you write? This session will introduce the fine art of précis and how to get your vital information into the visible parts of your work |
| 12:45 | Practical exercises in creating superb summaries |
| 13:15 | Lunch |
| 14:15 | A structured approach to report writing
A walk-though of a useful framework for creating a robust report or convincing business case |
| 14:35 | Practical exercise in report writing using case-study materials |
| 15:45 | Peer group review |
| 16:15 | Close |
Please note that the programme is subject to change without notice