Plain English business writing short course – webinar over two half days

Learn how to write clearly, concisely and more persuasively – whether it’s for reports, briefs, emails, proposals or general communications.

Taught live over Zoom, this is a practical business writing course that will teach you skills and techniques you can immediately apply to your work.

It explains how to improve your writing in plain English – and is filled with plenty of exercises so you can immediately practice what you’ve just learnt.

You will learn how to:
• write with the audience in mind
• plan and clarify your writing
• use the right tone and style
• write professionally in plain English
• write short, sharp and snappy sentences
• write in the active voice (and know when to use the passive)
• use positive phrasing
• format your writing to make it easier to read
• write in the inverted pyramid style
• structure and frontload your writing
• show, don’t tell (except when you need to)
• use the power of three to make your writing more persuasive
• avoid common grammatical and punctuation mistakes
• proofread your own work.