Mastering the Principles of Business Writing

Wednesday - Thursday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Business writing is a skill that can be learned well.

This is a two-day course designed to enhance professional writing. This course is for professionals who prepare and edit business proposals, memos, and letters for high impact results.


PRE-COURSE REQUIREMENT:
On the first day of the class, each participant is requested to bring soft and hard copies of:
a.    Business letters
b.    Memos       
c.    Emails
d.    Sections of a report
e.    Minutes of any meeting

Negotiation Skills and Strategies           
February 16 - 17

Essentials of Supervision                
April 12, 13, 19 & 20

Marketing Communication                
April 18 - 21                                             
 
Mastering Spoken Communication                
May 9 - 10

Mastering Presentation Skills                        
June 21 - 23
 

A  successful participant will:

1. Write clear and concise business documents;
2. Discuss updates in business writing;
3. Propose revisions to existing business documents; and
4. Use Microsoft Word as an editing tool to gauge readability of business documents.

This workshop is designed for all professionals whose work involves regular internal and external written communication.

USAGE RULES

PRE-TEST
I. Students will write a 15-minute composition
      Benchmarking:
         A. Word count
         B. Sentence count
         C. Word per sentence count
         D. Identification of usage errors

 II. Understanding my communication style
         A. Leadership communication preferences using Hippocrates personality theory
         B. Sensory preferences using VARK

III. Revisiting usage rules
        A. Subject-verb agreement
        B. Run-on and comma splice
        C. Parallelism
        D. Pronouns
        E. Ambiguity

IV. Editing applets in Microsoft Word

V. Introductory concepts in mind mapping

REAL WORLD CASES

VI. Business documents

VII. Group Reports
          A. Email
          B. Memos
          C. Minutes of the meeting
          D. Reports

is a human resource and e-Learning consultant who has designed and implemented courses in e-Learning, project management, sales and negotiations, facilitation and course design, competency modeling, and business communication.

"The facilitator was very effective. He was able to sustain the interest of the participants." - Melinda R. Bathan VP for Controller, Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Incorporated "Everything taught are very useful. The seminar was very lively and informative!" - Anna Darlvao Pru Customer Action Team, Prulife UK