Business Writing for Support Staff
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Course Description
This 16-hour business writing training course prepares participants to compose "routine" emails, letters, memos, and to edit those of their supervisors. Additionally, business writing course participants learn to select appropriate formats for letters, memos, and longer documents, including the most effective use of headings, lists, and visuals. Finally, the business writing workshop focuses on skills in editing for conciseness, clarity, style, and grammar.
Key Objectives
- Compose "routine" emails, letters and memos
- Select and set up appropriate formats for reports and proposals
- Edit supervisors' first drafts for clarity and grammatical correctness
Who Should Attend This Business Writing Training Workshop
Secretaries, administrative assistants, and others whose time is split between drafting their own correspondence and brief reports and editing the work of others
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Materials/Texts
Business writing training participants will receive the text E-Writing: 21st-Century Tools for Effective Communication by Dianna Booher (Simon & Schuster/Pocket Books). Job-aid cards are also included. They will spend approximately half the business writing workshop time on practice exercises, using both consultant-provided exercises and their own samples.
Class Size
15-20 participants
To Schedule This Writing Skills Training Workshop
Call Booher Consultants at 817-318-6000 or email training@booher.com to discuss bringing this writing skills training workshop to your organization.
