Business Critical Writing

Course Type: Training Course

This course explores the principles of reader retention, active voice versus passive voice, conciseness, and grammar fundamentals. Participants will differentiate between various modes of written communication, i.e., chat, text, presentations, scripts, and e-mail. Group exercises introduce writing under pressure and achieving a professional tone. All participants optionally submit writing evidence as pre-work to be analyzed and upgraded.

Objectives

  • To develop business writing skills and styles that are professional, influential, and relevant to company culture

  • To ensure writing is concise and geared toward a specific outcome

  • To connect style to mode, situation, and audience

Content

  • Business writing fundamentals and best practices

  • Drafting memos and emails versus texts and chats

  • How to write in a concise and influential manner to compel your reader

  • Grammar and sentence structure fundamentals

  • Group exercise to introduce pressure and complexity