Professional Writing for Managers

Managers, supervisors, team leaders and those who appreciate how effective writing is essential to their time management. Those who wish to enhance their writing style to ensure a message is understood the first time. We will practise techniques to develop a consistent corporate style as you use reports and letters, modern technology: emails, faxes, texts and intranet. By the end of the training delegates will: . Be confident in their use of English grammar and punctuation . Know more about style, tone and the appropriate vocabulary to use . Use plain English with confidence . Be able to select from the variety of written communication options available to you . Know how to structure a management report . Employ a range of persuasion techniques . Explore and practise writing letters, reports and emails . Develop their writing style as an aid to being understood . Know the difference between their management style and corporate style.

Day 1

Introduction and Workshop Objectives:

• What are we going to cover and what would you like to achieve from this course?

The basics of grammar for business

• Reviewing the principles
• Understanding these 'building blocks' of language
• Tips for better spelling
• Punctuation and how to use it properly, including the apostrophe

Using plain English as a Manager

• To acquire a more direct writing style
• The techniques to make a document more "readable"
• How to improve the tone of your writing

Planning your writing

• Powerful letter writing
• Selecting the writing mode
• Speeding up your writing

Day2

Using persuasion in reports

• How? not to task a report
• Structuring a report
• Making an impact
• Writing a persuasive report

Producing the first draft . FAST

• Adjustments for publication
• Avoid time consuming rewrites

Monitoring my writing effectiveness

• Techniques to measure the quality of your message - executive summaries
• Things you thought you couldn't do, but you can now

Managing modern technology - emails, fax, texts and intranet

• Be confident in using modern technology
• Levels of formality and expression
• Variety vs consistency

TOTAL PROGRAMME HOURS: 12 hours over 2 days