Business Writing Skills

About this training

Get the business writing skills to compose powerful, professional documents that get attention and prompt action.

More than ever, it's important to know how to communicate your point quickly and professionally. Many people spend a lot of time writing and reading, so the better you are at this form of communication, the more successful you're likely to be.This Business Writing course will teach you how to write letters, e-mails, memos, and reports that people understand and take seriously. You will discover how to successfully write business documents that have impact and will build you a reputation as a credible and trusted colleague. 

Program

General Concepts

  • Stating your purpose quickly
  • Separating details from actions
  • Writing conversationally to engage your readers
  • Updating your writing style for today’s business environment
  • Being specific and concrete
  • Being personal and positive

Being Concise and Clear

  • Measure your writing efficiency
  • Recognize and eliminate unnecessary words, phrases and repetition
  • Techniques for writing concretely
  • Substitute heavy, confusing phrases with simple language

Writing Letters

  • Salutations and openings that get attention
  • Personalize your letters to create interest and establish credibility
  • How to be positive and convey sincerity
  • Write refusal letters with clarity and tact

Writing Emails, Memos and Reports

  • Write simple, to-the-point e-mails
  • Create attention-getting subject lines
  • How to write a strong lead sentence
  • Use a reader-friendly layout to emphasize main ideas
  • Best practices of email etiquette
  • Organize your findings into a concise, effective format
  • Design strong paragraphs to state your case powerfully
  • Add graphic elements to organize and support your ideas
  • Use an effective format for proposals

Target group

All business professionals who are required to present ideas in writing and wish to sharpen their business writing skills.

Approach

This practical course in business writing skills is case-study-based to ensure relevance to the workplace.

Trainers

Results

You will learn to

  • improve your business writing skills for more effective and persuasive emails, memos, letters and reports
  • Organize your documents with your readers’ needs in mind
  • Create reader-friendly layouts to highlight important information
  • Craft sentences that get and hold your readers’ attention
  • Edit your writing for clarity and ease of reading
  • Avoid archaic expressions and common grammar, punctuation and usage errors

Testimonials

“Many tips were provided and the fact that we were allowed to make our own exercises made us think more. It made us realise that we communicate a lot every day, but not always in the right way (too negative, unclear, not clear, not to the point,...). The trainer was very pleasant and ensured good interaction. There was a relaxed atmosphere and questions were answered immediately. A real tailor-made training :-)”

Vanessa De Proot - City of Dendermonde

Vanessa De ProotCity of Dendermonde

“I wanted to learn to write emails in an even more customer-friendly way. In addition, it was important to get the necessary tools to write texts for the web and for newsletters in a creative way. This expectation was completely fulfilled thanks to the useful tips and the practical exercises. I still take the syllabus with me when I write texts.”

Nathalie Verheyden - Sanofi Belgium

Nathalie VerheydenSanofi Belgium

Register

Choose the desired date and location for this training.

Online Workshop

Online

Tue 18.02.2025 (09h00 until 12h00)
Dutch

From

€ 395,00(VAT excluded)

Only 4 seats available