Effective Business Writing
The Canadian Management Centre (CMC)

Delivery Method

Seminar

Target Audience
All business professionals who want to become more confident, efficient and effective in their writing.

Summary
Your writing is a reflection of you and your organization.

Description/Agenda

This hands-on business writing course will help you write with clarity, effectiveness and professionalism. Whether you are writing emails, letters or reports, you will learn how to organize your thoughts, use a structured approach and choose the right words to create clear, concise and influential business documents. After this two day course, you will have tools and techniques to write appropriate messages for different audiences and purposes.

Learning Objectives

• Understand the principles of effective business writing
• Overcome writer's block with easy-to-use strategies and techniques
• Write with a service-orientation to satisfy your readers' needs while getting your point across
• Organize writing to be clear, informative, persuasive and effective
• Build trust and credibility through your word choice
• Apply guidelines of effective editing and proofreading to maintain professional standards across all of your writing

Course Benefits

• Project a professional image in your written correspondence
• Gain confidence in your writing ability
• Establish a high standard of written communication for yourself and your organization
• Minimize costs associated with unclear, ineffective communication

Course Features

• Hands-on activities to engage participants in demonstrating skills
• Individual coaching and feedback from an expert practitioner
• Worksheets and exercises to enhance participation and learning

Additional Details

Participants are invited to bring samples of their own business writing for review and feedback by the Course Leader.

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