Intermediate Business Writing Workshop for Information Professionals - Pretoria 29 October 2015

[Esther Josias-Manuel]

Pre-registration is compulsory.  No walk-in registrations will be allowed. Registration closes 21 October 2015.

 

INTERMEDIATE BUSINESS WRITING WORKSHOP FOR INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS

Kosmos Guest House, Pretoria - 29 October 2015

 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

·         You want to improve your writing, but you don’t quite know how. 

·         You feel that you are beyond the basics of business writing - you know how to write letters, memos and emails, yet your writing is not quite where it should be. 

·         You cringe at the errors you see in the reports and memos that circulate in your organisation and think, “this is not professional”. 

If any of the above statements describe you, then this workshop is for you. 

 

WHAT WILL WE COVER?

1. PHONETICS AND YOU

2. UTILISING ENGLISH GRAMMAR RULES TO IMPROVE YOUR WRITING

·         Sentences

o   sentences, phrases, fragments, clauses and run-on sentences

·         Parts of speech

o   nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, conjunctions, prepositions and interjections

·         Determiners

o   articles, demonstratives, pronouns and possessives, quantifiers, numbers, distributives, difference words and pre-determiners

·         Punctuation

o   full stops, colons, semi-colons, commas, exclamation marks, parentheses, dashes, apostrophes, quotation marks, hyphens, brackets and ellipses

·         Capitalisation

·         Abbreviations and acronyms

3. CHOOSING THE RIGHT TENSE FOR YOUR WRITING

4. HOW SUCCESSFUL READERS INTERACT WITH TEXTS

5. WRITING IN ENGLISH

·         Key elements of writing

o   purpose, audience, clarity, unity, and coherence

·         Writing effectively

o   concrete vs vague, passive vs active, overuse of demonstratives, negatives and parallel construction

·         Summarising and paraphrasing

POLISHING IT UP

·         Editing and proofreading

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You may also want to attend:

 

BASIC BUSINESS WRITING WORKSHOP FOR INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS

Kosmos Guest House, Pretoria - 28 October 2015

 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

·         You want to revisit and ensure that you have the basics covered.

·         You want to be sure that you know how to communicate professionally via email, cell and social media.

 

WHAT WILL WE COVER?

- My personal language history

- The Six C’s of business writing

•       Clear

•       Correct

•       Concise

•       Courteous

•       Convincing

•       Complete

- Business letters, memos, e-mail, cell phones and social media
- Formatting
- What makes for better writing?

- Editing

 

ENQUIRIES:

Should you have any queries or require us to email or fax you the workshop outline or a registration form, please contact:

Esther:  E-mail: est...@pdesa.co.za  Cell: 076 508 9526  Fax: 086 617 2017

Tues – Fri: 09h30-14h00

Mon, Sat, Sun, Last Fri of the month, Public Holidays and during events: Closed

Web: www.pdesa.co.za

 

Upcoming Pretoria Training:

·         Going Green for Office Managers – 21 Oct 2015

·         Moving into Management – 22 Oct 2015

·         How to Motivate Your Team – 23 Oct 2015

·         Basic Business Writing – 28 Oct 2015

·         Intermediate Business Writing – 29 Oct 2015

·         Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPI) Workshop – 6 Nov 2015

·         Introduction to Registry and Records Management – 19-20 Nov 2015

·         Enterprise Risk Management Workshop – 27 Nov 2015