Essential Writing Skills for the Workplace
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.
"The tone to be used when writing letter is important to consolidate my thoughts. I will be able to find out the preferences of the receiver"
- Ms Jacqueline Law, HR Officer, DP Architects Pte Ltd
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!
Detail
| Date: |
07 Jun 2012 - 08 Jun 2012 |
| Duration: |
2, day(s) 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Fee: | $480.00 |
| Venue: | Stamford Road, near Dhoby Ghaut MRT |
Fees are subjected to prevailing GST of 7%
For more information, please contact JobsDB Learning at 65788111 or email to learning@jobsdb.com.sg
Payment must be made before the commencement of the workshop. No cancellation is allowed 7 days prior to workshop
Participants will receive a Certificate of Attendance upon course completion.
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
Methodology
Participants are guided through practical steps of the topic with a combination of lectures and group discussions.
Who Should Attend
Managers, executives, administrators, secretaries and support staff who need to write letters,memorandum and e-mails in the daily work.
Testimonials
"I've learnt to improve sentence structure and to write more professionally."
- Ms Lydia Pang, PA - National Institute of Education
"The concepts and skills learnt are very useful in the workplace as my business writing skills have improved."
- Ms Agnes Tan, Administrative Executive, Concord Energy Pte Ltd
"I have gained updates on the writing trend and professional writing style."
- Ms Choi Whey Jia, Accountant Executive, Ink On Paper Communication Pte Ltd
Objectives
At the end of this two-day workshop, participants will be able to:
plan the correspondence 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