Writing Skills

Overview

This highly practical one-day course is aimed at encouraging you to develop the skills required to produce effective written communications.

You will learn techniques for gathering ideas efficiently and to structure your written work appropriately so that your target audience can quickly and easily understand it.

Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• list the eight steps in the 'effective writing cycle'
• state the ten characteristics of an effective writing style
• demonstrate the correct use of punctuation such as full stops, commas and apostrophes
• express ideas accurately and concisely by using shorter sentences with less jargon
• identify the differences between active and passive verbs
• improve the structure of your writing by linking paragraphs in a logical way

To support the achievement of the above, you will have the opportunity to practise and develop your practical skills using a number of small group, paired and individual exercises. You will also be encouraged to develop a personal action plan to support your continued learning back in the workplace.

Duration

1 full day

Key Areas Covered

• The 'effective writing cycle'.
• Defining aim/objective.
• SMART objectives.
• Which genre?
• Ten characteristics of an 'effective writing style'.
• Punctuation.
  • the full stop
  • the sentence
  • the comma
  • the apostrophe
• Active & passive verbs and nominalisations.
• Tautology.
• Ambiguity.
• Fuzzy meanings.
• Abbreviations, jargon and buzzwords.
• Presentation & layout.
• Presenting data.
• Creative thinking.
• Action planning.

Workshop Prequisites

Prior to attending this training course, you should have a clear idea as to why it would be of benefit to you and also be committed to using the knowledge and skills provided on your return to workplace.

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