Effective Business Writing Skill For Professionals

Being able to convey your ideas across to your potential clients or your top management, is very much
depending on how well you are able to present your proposal using effective writing skills. Writing
must be clear, concise, complete, and correct. It must convey your message in an appropriate tone. The
workshop will help you to identify the range of these kinds of writings, the methods it takes, and the
persuasive techniques it requires to have a well written business document.

• Construct business letter & emails with results.
• Understand the readers prospective when writing
• Save time and handle correspondence with less instruction.
• Adapt your writing style to suit the nature of the correspondence whilst achieving clarity
  and brevity.
• Avoid common errors.
• Analyze and edit your work quickly and constructively and adopt effective proof-reading
  techniques.

Who Should Attend

Managers, Head of Department, Sales Professionals and Secretaries who require to present written
proposal or any other written documentation.

Methodology

This stimulating program will maximizes the understanding and learning through lecture, discussion,
case studies and practical activities.

MODULE 1 – THE IMPORTANCE OF WRITING WELL

• Put messages into words clearly
• Demonstrate quality work
• Tighten up your prose : take out the excess words and phrases
• Wordy phrases on diet

MODULE 2 – THE MUST-KNOW STEPS IN WRITING

• Identify your aims
• Establish relevant facts
• Recognizing the recipient
• Getting the right response from readers

MODULE 3 – MIND YOUR GRAMMAR

• Some of the rules to consider
  • Subject-verb agreement
  • Adjective
  • Adverb
  • Conjunction

MODULE 4 – UPDATE YOUR VOCABULARY

• Often misused and misspelled words in business
• Prepositions with other words
• Using the right words at the right time

MODULE 5 – OUTSHINE WITH COURTESY

• Importance of tone in writing
• Avoid negative phrases
• Letters and email that say “yes”
• Letters and email that say “no”

MODULE 6 – Emails That Outshine

• The weakest link in writing e-mail
• Netiquette : email etiquette
• Format : is there one?
• Importance of tone in writing
• Avoid negative phrases
• Letters and email that say “yes”
• Letters and email that say “no”
• Formal and Informal Emails
  • Components of a corporate email
  • Organize message in proper format
  • Never beat around the bush : getting straight to the point

MODULE 7 – Elements of Basic Report Writing

• Introduction of the report
• What is in the report?
• The purpose of the report
• Who are the target audience?
• Sample reports.
• Good and Bad reports
• Customizing a templatE

MODULE 8 – Elements of Basic Proposal Writing

• Introduction of the proposal
• What is in the proposal?
• The purpose of the proposal
• Who are the target audience?
• Sample proposal
• Good and Bad reports
• Good and Bad proposal

Supervisors, Officers, Executives, Administrators, Personal Assistant and anyone who want to polish up their
skills is these areas.