Essential Writing Skills for the Workplace

Introduction
Writing as a part of everyday communication has become an essential skill for everyone in the modern workplace. Regularly, we are expected to 'put it in black and white'. The modern use of email as a prime communication tool adds on to the need to master writing skills to get the right message across.

This comprehensive two-day course is designed to help you deal with common difficulties in written communication such as organising ideas into paragraphs, using the right style and the right tone, linking information in a business document and using different formatting for different business correspondences.

Master the art of writing to 'think what you write and write what you think'. Getting things done quickly often depends on how well we communicate!

Objectives
- At the end of this two-day workshop, participants will be able to:
- plan the correcpondence in a reader-centric approach
- write in a professional way to convey meaning accurately
- identify and correct common grammatical and word usage errors
- format writing for different business correspondences

Outline
7Cs of Writing Skills
Sentence Structures for Foundation
Reader-centric Approach for Planning
- Purpose
- Audience
- Content
- Paragraphs for Organisation and Coherence
Style for the Right Tone
- Active and Passive Voices
- Old-fashioned Language
- Jargon and Acronyms
- Misused Words
Grammar for Accuracy
- Verbs and Tenses
- Nouns and Pronouns
- Subject-verb Agreement
- Prepositions
- Punctuation
Format and Writing Etiquette for Professionalism

For Whom
Managers, executives, administrators, secretaries and support staff who need to write letters, memoranda and e-mails in the daily work.

Fees
Early Bird Closing 26/1/2010
Fee Per Participant S$420.00 (Early Bird) / S$480.00 (Normal)

Event Date:	4 February 2010 - 5 February 2010	Contact Person:	Effective Outsource Networks
Venue:	Stamford Road	Email:	//
Country:	Singapore	Tel:	(65) 62204008

Registration Website: http://www.eontraining.com.sg

Submitted by Effctive Outsource Networks, Effective Outsource Networks on Thursday, 4 February 2010 at 9:00 AM
Category: Business

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