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Business Writing for
Support Staff |
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Course Description
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| 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. |
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| Key Objectives |
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- 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
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| Who Should Attend This Business Writing Training
Workshop |
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| 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
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| To Schedule This Writing Skills Training Workshop |
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| Call Booher Consultants at 817-318-6000 or
email training@booher.com to
discuss bringing this writing skills training workshop to your
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