Effective Business Writing Skills
The ability to write effectively, accurately and with dynamism can be learnt and honed with practice and training. This course is specially designed to develop its participants’ skills in writing business letters and reports to help them clinch important deals, secure potential clients and communicate effectively within the organisation.

Key Benefits
• Write effective memos, letters and reports
• Simplify the correspondence process
• Use words more vividly and expressively
• Organise facts and ideas logically and effectively
• Write clearly, concisely, persuasively in a professional manner

Course Content
• Effective Writing and Styles
  - The Importance of the Reader
  - Upward, Downward and Lateral Communication
  - Business Writing Styles

• The Language of Business
  - The Effective Sentence and the Power of Words
  - Being Positive and Getting into Action

• Writing Business Letters
  - Letter Writing at Work
  - Organising the Letter
  - Diction/Style/Tone
  - Writing Different Types of Business Letters

• Report Writing
  - Types and Format of Reports
  - Organisation of a Report into Stages
  - Language Used in Reports

• The Components of a Report
  - Terms of Reference
  - Findings, Conclusions and Recommendations
  - Illustrating the Report

Learning Methodology
This course will comprise of a mixture of lectures, hands-on exercises and discussion sessions to enhance learning. 

Who Should Attend
Supervisors, Non-executive Officers and anyone who would like to improve their communication skills through effective writing. 

Course Details
Duration: 2 days (14 hrs)
Time: 9am - 5pm
Course Fee: $417.30  (Incl. 7% GST) [With Approved-In-Principle (AIP) Status]