Course Details
Essential Business Writing Skills
9 Jul 2013
Professional Development
Business Management
Organisation Development Institute Limited
Organisation Development Institute Limited Unit 3A 41 Sir William Pickering Drive Christchurch
Full Day
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
$700.00
Early Bird (if registered 6 weeks before course) $650.00 excl GST
Early Bird (if registered 6 weeks before course) $650.00 excl GST
Do you lack confidence in your writing skills? Do you feel frustrated, embarrassed and unsure about the grammar, punctuation and construction of your workplace writing?
Today’s professionals not only need to be competent in their chosen fields, they also need to be competent writers. As technology has advanced, writing skills have declined, leaving competent writers as an élite, minority group.
This workshop provides a practical introduction to the essentials of business writing and is designed for people who may not have had the opportunity to learn or to practise formal writing conventions. It examines the foundations of excellent writing and provides guidance on sound sentence construction that employs accurate grammar, punctuation and spelling. The workshop has an emphasis on writing for the reader in a succinct manner, using plain English.
The workshop is designed to be practical, interactive and stimulating. In order to maximise the effectiveness of the training, we ask you to bring non-commercially sensitive samples of your workplace writing and a laptop to practise new writing skills in the workshop.
This workshop qualifies for NZ Trade and Enterprise’s Capability Development Voucher Scheme.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:
■understand the key components of the business writing process
■recognise the importance of effective sentence and paragraph construction
■recognise common grammatical errors in business writing including pronouns; apostrophes; commas, semi-colons and colons; ‘that’ and ‘which’; ‘who’ and ‘whom’; parallel structure
■convey complex and technical information in plain English
■use self-editing and proofreading techniques to improve accuracy.
Content
■Sentence and paragraph construction
■Business writing grammar, punctuation and spelling
■Appropriate writing conventions
■Structure and information order of business documents
■Editing and proofreading
Target Audience
This workshop is for professionals whose work requires the writing of quality reports and business documents for internal (management) and/or external (clients, funding bodies) readers.
Testimonials
■“Excellent course with plenty of content that can be applied in the work environment.”
■“Excellent!!”
■“Was very helpful, will take a lot from this course and use it on a daily basis.”
■“Fabulous course. Wonderful animated presenter.”
■“Really enjoyed content, discussions and information. These will be extremely useful.”
■“Excellent course, very well presented. Made a potentially dull topic very interesting.”
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Today’s professionals not only need to be competent in their chosen fields, they also need to be competent writers. As technology has advanced, writing skills have declined, leaving competent writers as an élite, minority group.
This workshop provides a practical introduction to the essentials of business writing and is designed for people who may not have had the opportunity to learn or to practise formal writing conventions. It examines the foundations of excellent writing and provides guidance on sound sentence construction that employs accurate grammar, punctuation and spelling. The workshop has an emphasis on writing for the reader in a succinct manner, using plain English.
The workshop is designed to be practical, interactive and stimulating. In order to maximise the effectiveness of the training, we ask you to bring non-commercially sensitive samples of your workplace writing and a laptop to practise new writing skills in the workshop.
This workshop qualifies for NZ Trade and Enterprise’s Capability Development Voucher Scheme.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:
■understand the key components of the business writing process
■recognise the importance of effective sentence and paragraph construction
■recognise common grammatical errors in business writing including pronouns; apostrophes; commas, semi-colons and colons; ‘that’ and ‘which’; ‘who’ and ‘whom’; parallel structure
■convey complex and technical information in plain English
■use self-editing and proofreading techniques to improve accuracy.
Content
■Sentence and paragraph construction
■Business writing grammar, punctuation and spelling
■Appropriate writing conventions
■Structure and information order of business documents
■Editing and proofreading
Target Audience
This workshop is for professionals whose work requires the writing of quality reports and business documents for internal (management) and/or external (clients, funding bodies) readers.
Testimonials
■“Excellent course with plenty of content that can be applied in the work environment.”
■“Excellent!!”
■“Was very helpful, will take a lot from this course and use it on a daily basis.”
■“Fabulous course. Wonderful animated presenter.”
■“Really enjoyed content, discussions and information. These will be extremely useful.”
■“Excellent course, very well presented. Made a potentially dull topic very interesting.”
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Desirée Williamson, BA, LTCL, CertTESOL, ANZSB, DipTchg, is a director of a Christchurch-based corporate communication consultancy. She designs and facilitates workshops for organisations on all aspects of communicating effectively. In particular, she enjoys delivering seminars which use creative and innovative techniques to help participants develop their oral presentation, written, interpersonal and media management skills.
A wordsmith at heart, Desirée also writes copy, media releases and marketing materials for corporate clients. She believes that communicating key messages within a sound ethical framework, builds positive relationships and goodwill with stakeholders and enhances an organisation’s image, reputation and credibility.
Desirée lectured in corporate communication in the School of Business at the Christchurch College of Education and at the University of Canterbury following the merger of the two institutions. Since 2006, she has also worked with the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants preparing study material, and designing and facilitating workshops for the Chartered Accountants' Communicate Effectively and Ethics components.
Desirée is also an accredited Belbin Team Roles Facilitator and uses the Belbin instrument to help team members understand their ‘preferred’ and ‘natural’ team roles, and as a result understand how to work more collaboratively as a group.
Qualifications
BA, LTCL, CertTESOL, ANZSB, DipTchg
Courses
■Essential Business Writing Skills (NEW)
■First-time First-line Leaders Programme
■Writing Effective Reports and Proposals (NEW)
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A wordsmith at heart, Desirée also writes copy, media releases and marketing materials for corporate clients. She believes that communicating key messages within a sound ethical framework, builds positive relationships and goodwill with stakeholders and enhances an organisation’s image, reputation and credibility.
Desirée lectured in corporate communication in the School of Business at the Christchurch College of Education and at the University of Canterbury following the merger of the two institutions. Since 2006, she has also worked with the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants preparing study material, and designing and facilitating workshops for the Chartered Accountants' Communicate Effectively and Ethics components.
Desirée is also an accredited Belbin Team Roles Facilitator and uses the Belbin instrument to help team members understand their ‘preferred’ and ‘natural’ team roles, and as a result understand how to work more collaboratively as a group.
Qualifications
BA, LTCL, CertTESOL, ANZSB, DipTchg
Courses
■Essential Business Writing Skills (NEW)
■First-time First-line Leaders Programme
■Writing Effective Reports and Proposals (NEW)
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