Business Writing Essentials: Write with Clarity and Impact
Course Overview
With the prevalence of email, smartphones, tablets, and laptops in today’s business world, businesspeople rely on the written word. This highly interactive program teaches you the fundamentals of successful writing. You will cut significant amounts of “writing time” and dramatically increase your ability to create crisp, clear, and effective business writing.
Learning Objectives
- Write crisply, clearly and accurately
- Apply rules for effective business writing
- Analyze your audience and reader responses
- Master the writing process
- Apply email and instant message (IM) etiquette techniques
- Review professionalism guidelines
- Apply techniques for editing and proofreading
Who It's For
- Professionals looking to improve clarity, accuracy, and impact in business writing.
- Managers preparing business letters, reports, emails, and persuasive communications.
- Administrative staff seeking better writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
- Team leaders aiming to improve professional communication and email etiquette.
- Employees who want to write faster, reduce wordiness, and organize ideas effectively.
Course Agenda
Two modules · 19 topics1The Rules of Effective WritingTopics 1–7
2The Writing Process ExplainedTopics 8–19
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Our Mission
Our facilitators are committed to delivering the latest industry trends, job-specific best practices, and the essential soft and hard skills needed in today’s workforce. PTR offers small and large organizations the choice between onsite and virtual training. Collaborate with our specialists to address challenges, bridge skill gaps, and tailor the learning experience to meet your company’s goals.
This course teaches practical business writing techniques to help professionals communicate clearly, accurately, and professionally. Participants learn to organize ideas, write concise messages, and improve workplace communication. You will learn effective writing rules, audience analysis, idea organization, professional writing techniques, email and instant messaging etiquette, and practical editing and proofreading methods. The course covers techniques for reducing wordiness, using strong and specific language, improving sentence structure, choosing active voice, and organizing paragraphs effectively. Yes. Participants learn professional email and instant messaging etiquette, including how to communicate clearly, maintain appropriate tone, and follow workplace professionalism guidelines. Yes. The agenda includes business letters and persuasive writing, helping participants structure messages that communicate key information and support their intended objectives. Yes. Participants learn to review written content for clarity, grammar, word choice, structure, and accuracy. These techniques help produce polished, professional business documents. The course can help you reduce writing time, improve readability, communicate ideas more effectively, maintain professionalism, and produce clearer workplace documents.Frequently Asked Questions
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