Today’s busy executives simply don’t have enough time to read their correspondence. To get their attention, to inspire action, to make your writing efforts stand out in today’s avalanche of paperwork and get read, you need to write clearly, concisely, coherently. Every letter, memo, report or e-mail you write makes a statement about yourself – and your organization.
Now’s the time to enhance your professional image, and add polish and power to everything you write! On AMA seminar, you’ll not only learn proven business writing skills – you’ll have the time to practice them to perfection! You’ll learn to write by writing!
Who should attend:
• Everyone who writes business letters, e-mail, reports or memos and wants to improve his or her writing skills will benefit from this program – including line and staff supervisors, managers, executives and all business people
How you will benefit:
• Learn the principles of good writing that can be applied to all writing situations and be able to select winning approaches for all internal and external correspondence
• Clarify your communication, using proper transitional phrases
• Say more with less to get your message across
• Hold interest by using appropriate punctuation, sentence length/structure and design techniques
• Prepare reports that get results
• Write effective business proposal
• Enhance the image of your organization through good business writing
What you will cover:
Building Solid Writing Skills
• Establish why you are writing before you begin
• Write well-in four steps
- Plan what to write
- Draft a version
- Edit your draft
- Finalize your writing
Writing for Each Situation
• Writing letters
- Salutation and openings
- Transitional sentences
- Reader-oriented closings
• Writing E-mails and Memos
- Create helpful subject lines
- Write strong lead sentences
- What is e-mail etiquette
- Four memo formats
• Writing reports
- Develop your ideas
- Organize strong paragraphs
- Use an effective format for proposals
- Other kinds of reports
Personal Development Plan
• Self-improvement action plan