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