Business Communication. Sharpen your communication skills.

In this reflection-intensive business writing course, we look at what can make or break the structure, logic and persuasive content of business documents that guide high-level outcomes.

We begin by looking at structures and techniques to help you plan more precisely, write more persuasively, and simplify complexity in your business communications. These are critical skillsets for senior professionals who make highly technical content relatable to other decision-makers.

The course moves on to reveal templates and other guidance useful for producing strategic business documents. These include presentations, proposals, business cases, and grant and award submissions. With these principles in mind, we work in groups to draft a sample business case or presentation, based either on the textbook sample or your own workplace scenario. We conclude with a session on self-editing, particularly sentence grammar and jargon-busting.

Throughout the day, you can enjoy candid discussions on real-life situations, and apply timeless techniques to make your writing simpler and clearer.

The course is aimed at professionals moving into a leadership phase, who need to address more subtle business nuances and stakeholder needs in their writing. It can be taken independently or in conjunction with the Business Writing Course: Essentials, a more hands-on course aimed at improving everyday efficiencies and interpersonal communications.

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