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Course Code: PERDEV 111
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Effective Business Report Writing
Course Sector:
Interpersonal Skills and Self Development
Course Dates and Locations
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Date
Days
Location
Fees
Enrollment
01
5 Days
Oslo , Norway $4,950
02
5 Days
Dubai, UAE $4,250
Introduction
Training course introducion / brief
A simple email or letter can resolve a complex situation. This effective business report writing course emphasizes how a clear and concise message is the key to delivering a powerful message in today’s business world. In this course, we start by outlining good practices in business writing. We then experiment with writing to address complex business scenarios and to deal with difficult people. We explore the particularities and risks associated with business writing for social media platforms. Finally, we describe the interplay between the technical, emotional and political elements of a message.
Course Objectives
At the end of the training course, participants will be able to
- Gain the skills in enhancing report writing readability and credibility.
- Identify ways to jump-start your writing and overcome procrastination
- Learn advanced techniques for effective writing.
- Know how to write clear, concise, and effective emails, letters or reports
- Develop effective business letters for tough situations
- Identify your writing style and develop it for letters, business cases and reports
- Recognize and overcome your writing challenges
- Improve sentence construction and paragraph development
Course Audience
Who is this course for, and can benefit the most
- Executive Secretaries
- Executive Personal Secretaries
- Personal Secretaries
- Executive Assistants
- Personal Assistants
- Office Managers
- Administration Managers
- Management Secretaries
- Senior Assistants
Course Outline
The course aims and learning outcomes
PRINCIPLES THAT ENSURE EFFECTIVE BUSINESS WRITING
- Planning and establishing purpose
- Meeting the reader’s needs and expectations
- How to use techniques for overcoming writer’s block
- Techniques for achieving clarity and precision in everyday business writing
- The role of word choice
- How to construct sentences that are clear, concise and direct
ADVANCED TECHNIQUES FOR EFFECTIVE WRITING
- Defining effective writing
- Characteristics of effective writers
- Understanding the hallmarks of effective communicators
- Elements of written communication
- Writing in a business context
- Understanding your audience
- Setting a purpose for your writing
- Understanding sources of miscommunication
- Tips for business writing
- What a paragraph should contain and how to order paragraphs
- How to use linking words and phrases in sentences and paragraphs
- Active and passive voice and parallelism
- How to employ various patterns of organizing information
- Participants will also take a close look at the proper length of paragraphs
GRAMMAR AND WRITING MECHANICS
- Seven easy ways to help participants simplify their writing and ensure their grammar is correct
- How and when to use the readability test (also called the Gunning Fog Index)
- Applying readability test to their own work
- Learn the essential guidelines for writing effective memos and letters
- Understanding the twelve important parts to a business letter choosing the best of several different styles
- The importance of opening sentences
- How and when to use persuasive, positive and negative words
- How to use appropriate tone
PARTNER WITH YOUR READERS
- Use a cordial tone
- Write a buffer before negative information
- Use a tone and level of formality appropriate for the reader
- Focus on what's in it for the reader
- Write so you build partnerships and teams
- Use a meaningful, informative subject line
- Open with the context
- Write a clear statement of the contents
- In the introduction, state actions to be performed and critical information
- Write a conclusion if it will help you achieve your objectives
- Include feedback loops to ensure that your message is successful
- Write clear descriptions of problems and issues
- Write direct, unambiguous requests
- Write clear procedures
E-MAIL ETIQUETTE
- Email, a universal method of communication, but what about email etiquette, tone and more…?.
- Identifying common email dilemmas – recommended solution
- The guidelines for writing effective e-mail
- The importance of subject lines
- How to write a: o business case o request for proposal o formal report
- Where would you start?
- Apply guidelines and checklists that keep the writing on track
- How to recognize common proofreading errors
- Techniques for effective editing and proofreading
- Methods for revising the first draft
- How to avoid sexist or offensive language
- Often confused words
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Boost certificate of completion
BOOST's Professional Attendance Certificate “BPAC” is always given to the delegates after completing the training course, and depends on their attendance of the program at a rate of no less than 80%, besides their active participation and engagement during the program sessions.
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Flexible deadlines
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Shareable Certificate
Earn certificate upon completion
COURSE METHODOLOGY
Our Training programs are implemented by combining the participants' academic knowledge and practical practice (30% theoretical / 70% practical activities).
At The end of the training program, Participants are involved in practical workshop to show their skills in applying what they were trained for. A detailed report is submitted to each participant and the training department in the organization on the results of the participant's performance and the return on training. Our programs focus on exercises, case studies, and individual and group presentations.
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