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Course Description

Effective Business Writing Workshop

The Effective Business Writing workshop is designed with individual staff members, assistants, team leaders, supervisors, managers and executives in mind – anyone who wishes to create more effective written communications and improve the impact of their writing on clients and co-workers.

This highly interactive workshop is designed to help the business communicator better understand the purpose of the communication, the needs of their reader, and the standards and conventions of business communication. Topics also include avoiding common grammatical mistakes, improving preparation and organizational skills, and basic editing. Participants will have the opportunity to write and revise real-world documents during the workshop.

Participants will learn to:
• Utilize their new skills in reports, memos, e-mail, and letters
• Understand the levels of communication
• Critique their own writing style
• Write a clear purpose statement
• Determine means to communicate effectively
• Review important skills relating to grammar and composition
• Effective edit their writing


Requesting a Workshop
If you are interested in an Effective Business Writing Workshop, please let us know by visiting clicking here and providing us with additional information. We can then process your request.

Workshops will be offered to entire departments for a moderate cost, and individual sessions may or may not be available in the event that the minimum workshop attendance requirement is not met.