Business Writing (WR02)

Learn how to shape your business writing style to write clearly, confidently and consistently.

The ability to write business communications is a fundamental skill in any workplace. Good quality writing, whether in reports, presentations or digital/physical marketing materials, is essential to convey messages clearly and reflects on the organisation and the writer.

The focus of the Business Writing course is to improve your professional writing. Learn how to succinctly and consistently portray your message to key audiences, whilst improving clarity and accuracy in your writing.

Explore tone and style of communications and how to relay key messages for your brand’s position in the marketplace. Our leading professional trainers will help you develop your ability to deliver and adapt the key message to target audiences.

Whether you want to improve your online communications or write better proposals, the course will help you brush up on your professional writing style.

The course is suitable for anyone working in marketing, PR, and communications and is involved in writing content. 

On This Course You Will Learn:

• Enhance your professional writing communication
• Identifying and clarifying your aims and objectives
• Getting the style and tone right 
• Writing styles to relay key messages to various audiences
• Understand audience expectations
• Tackling tricky grammar and punctuation, with easy to follow rules
• Getting your corporate message across
• The final checks: drafts, proofing, and copy editing 

Topics:

Part 1 - Establishing your ability to write well

• Building your confidence in writing business communications 

• Enhancing clarity, credibility, and establishing objectives

Part 2: Style and structure 

• Adapting your style to various types of business documents, in simple and concise English 

• Getting a structure to communicate effectively your corporate messages 

Part 3 - Communicate to your internal and external audiences: 

• Connecting with your audience and engaging them in your corporate messages 

• Adapting to meet the needs of your audience, whilst maintaining the tone of the organisation 

Part 4 - Check grammar and copy edit for the final checks 

• Improving your grammatical skills and brushing up on common mistakes 

• Techniques to spot mistakes and copy edit for succinct writing           

Attendees will have plenty of practice and feedback throughout the training. We encourage you to explain the type of writing you are involved in and provide examples if possible. 

Industry Expertise

LSPR has been delivering training since 1992 and has extensive experience in delivering training to a broad range of clients: PR and communications agencies, financial, consumer, oil & gas, and multiple other sectors and industries.

All of our courses are led by industry experts who all share a common purpose: to deliver the best of their knowledge, expertise and ideas to others. Our mantra is that transparency and ethics build the brand's reputation. Beyond achieving the training objectives, our courses motivate individuals to enhance their performance and add value to their organisation by understanding their team's roles and responsibilities.

Tailored Training

All LSPR programmes are tailored to each participant's needs. Before each session, we take the time to get to know you, providing a detailed Training Needs Analysis questionnaire that enables us to understand your skills, level of experience, potential knowledge gaps and expectations of the training. This means that no two sessions are the same, and your needs will always be met when choosing our training.

Practical Learning

With an engaging, supportive facilitation style, our training approach enables practical tools for skills transfer, improvements and real results.

Award & Recognition

LSPR Professional Development Certificate. The Certificate is recognised by the: Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Certification Service: www.cpduk.co.uk

Assessment

The final award will be awarded on the following:

• Critical Thinking Exercises set and completed during the training - a series of practical exercises are set for each session for the delegates to work on during their training. This is an effective way to try out what you have been learning and gain insight and feedback, as you progress with each session during the course.

Bespoke Availability

To meet your team’s specific needs, this course is also offered as a bespoke exclusive programme. It is also offered on a one-to-one tailored basis. Delivery options are either online, in-house or at the LSPR premises in Kensington. Please contact LSPR for a proposal.