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All business documents should be understood on the first read and interpreted with the tone intended. Re-reading a passage to understand it, means the author has failed.
Clearly written, concise and compelling documents will be more influential with the reader, prompting their attention and action. This highly interactive business writing course builds the skills to quickly write crisp and logical business documents.
This business writing training course is designed for people who are required to write any business document such as emails, proposals, reports, submissions etc.
In this business writing course, participants learn how to:
We deliver our training programs either through:
All our facilitators are certified in COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control Training by the Australian Department of Health. Therefore, you can rest assured we will deliver safe face-to-face workshops in collaboration with you.
Where relevant, we will use your organisation’s internal formats, templates and style guide.
We will also use anonymised examples of participants’ writing in the workshop. With this material the facilitator:
Ask us how we apply this to your organisation.
For more information go to our business writing training programs page to see some of the programs we offer. The page gives more details about:
We also coach individuals to build their writing skills; an effective way to improve writing, fast. Ask us how we can tailor the business writing course to suit your needs:
Participants to our effective business writing training workshops have said the course benefited their writing of a wide variety of documents:
Emails, letters, recommendations, contracts, requirements and needs, specifications, work instructions, problem analyses, case summaries, how to documents, interpretations of law and awards, articles for public forum, technical assessment reports, reports to senior management, feedback summaries to management, CRM notes, knowledge bank articles, communication memos, quality reports, product assessment reports, board reports, trip reports, EDM, conference announcements, calls for papers, post event reports, conference website content, PowerPoint presentations, assessment feedback, proposals for activities, sales proposals, references and reports, record of decision memos, summaries, legal advice, legal documents, policies and procedures, inductions, employment contracts, staff memorandums, training content, performance reviews, PDR, file notes, training cheat sheets, briefs, meeting papers, bids, agendas and minutes, customer communication, performance plans, case reports, case management database, guidelines, process guidelines, weekly bulletin, program design documents, thematic strategy documents, terms of reference, work plans, monthly reports, annual reports, invoice enquiries, invitations, newsletters, project plans, procurement documentation, research reports, project briefs, project proposals, media releases, speeches, speaking notes, knowledge articles, case summaries, interpretation of legislation, case studies, referrals, planning referral responses, client visit document notes, industry function summaries, lesson plans, committee papers, business cases, CVs, advocacy support letters, feedback to management, creative briefs, client reverse briefs, media briefs, research papers, request summaries, recommendations, briefs for ministerial meetings and committees, media briefs for managers, blogs, executive reports, web content, responses to customer complaints, design documentation, release notes, task descriptions, scoping documents, campaign updates, strategic documents, social media post copy, creative copy, internal campaign communications, tenders, assignment surveys, marketing documents, risk assessments, standards and expectations, purchase proposals, audit reports, applications, operational reports, financial reports, product specification manuals, brochures, product specification schedules, meeting requests, meeting summaries, business plans, technical proposals delivered to a non-technical audience, submissions, responses to investigations, executive briefings, advocacy documents, cover letters, HR announcements, comments on reports and procedures, award writing, promotional materials and grant applications.
We offer this program in two 3-hour workshops over two consecutive weeks. You can attend this program from anywhere: your workstation or from home.
Two 3-hour online workshops, 9.30am to 12.30pm
** AEDT – daylight savings applies until 4 April 2021
[ACT, NSW, SA, VIC and TAS – please check your local time]
$ 495 + GST
We limit the group size to 8. This means the workshops are highly interactive and we’ll be able to focus on your personal challenges.
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Do you have any questions about business writing you’d like to ask? Do it here. One of our trainers will answer on the page and we’ll let you know by email when we post the response. We aim to come back to you within a few business days. If you need more urgent advice, try our chat at the bottom of the page.