Description
Rationale
These trying times have brought about more opportunities than ever for professionals from employees to business leaders and especially freelancers, whatever your industry may be.
What could be more valuable and in-demand than content writing in your company, project proposals for your clients, and even creative presentations for your target audiences? This is the perfect time to sharpen the saw – hone your writing skills to effectively deliver your messages in different business scenarios and guarantee results every time!
Objectives:
This one-day course is designed to train the participants in writing better internal and external business documents and reports.
At the end of the program, participants will:
- Identify grammar rules including the correct punctuation.
- Identify methods for improving word choices.
- Review concepts and methods in building effective sentences and improving paragraph transitions.
- Understand the importance of editing and proofreading.
- Rewrite sentences and paragraphs so that they are clear, reader-friendly, and complete.
- Establish professional tone in various business writing styles.
- Be mindful of the common problems encountered in writing and minimize if not eliminate these.
- Use top tips and techniques in writing effective business documents.
Course Outline
- Writing Skills Pre-test (Individual)
- Writing Challenges (Group Work and Presentation)
- Identifying Common Usage Errors: Bad Writing Samples
- Business Communication Overview
- Grammar Assessment (Individual)
- Grammar Checking (Pair Activity)
- Setting the Professional Tone: The Big C’s
A. Clear and Correct:
- Sentence Construction and Paragraph Writing
- Subject-Verb and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement (Quiz Bee)
- Tenses and Voices of Verbs
- Adjectives and Adverbs
- Prepositions and Conjunctions
- Spelling, Punctuation Marks, Capitalization, Abbreviations, Acronyms and Writing Numbers (Worksheets)
- Fragments, Run-ons and Parallelism in Paragraphs
B. Concise and Courteous:
- Target Audience According to Profile, Style and Approach of Different Cultures
- Appropriate Word Choice: Acknowledgment, Empathy and Positive Scripting (Worksheet)
- Slangs, Archaic Words, Clichés and Jargons (Game)
C. Coherent and Complete: K.I.S.S.S. Technique (Ice breaker)
- Mind Mapping and Thought Patterns
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- 5 W’s and 1 H
- PREP
- STAR
- Sandwich Method
- Top-Down/Bottom-up Approach
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- Effective Formats and Templates in Emails, Letters and Reports
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- Business Writing Standards and Netiquette (Game)
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D. Writing Process and Practice
- From Planning to Proofreading
- Different Approaches and Styles
5. Writing Practice on Different Business Scenarios and Special Topics
6. Presenting Practice Outputs: 360 Feedback
7. Training Close: Q & A , Wrap-up, References and Post-test
Methodology
This program will be conducted online via ZOOM. Pre-Work Activities, lecture, group discussions in breakout rooms, group dynamics: icebreaker and games, worksheets and case studies, Individual and group writing activities, and output presentation and critiquing.
Registration:
- Click on the add to cart button.
- In the cart, click on the Proceed to Checkout.
- Kindly fill out the necessary details.
- Choose between Bank Deposit or PayPal (Will also have Credit/Debit Card options)
- If you have chosen to pay via Credit/Debit Card, a PayPal payment site will pop up. Click Pay with Debit or Credit Card and fill out the necessary details.
- If you have chosen to pay via PayPal, a PayPal payment site will pop up. Log in with PayPal account and proceed to pay with your account.
- If you have chosen to pay via Bank Deposit, simply click Place Order after filling out the necessary details.
To receive the webinar access link:
- Payment through bank deposit.
- Please email your validated deposit slip with your company name, order number, and attendee name/s to [email protected]. You will receive your webinar link once payment is confirmed.
- Payment through PayPal/Debit or Credit Card
- You will receive your webinar link via e-mail automatically within the day.
