Essentials for business writing
Learn to write clearly, concisely, and confidently
Early to mid-career ... you want to quickly adopt best-practice skills, sharpen your writing, and identify strengths and areas needing attention.
Project managers and project communicators ... you want your writing to engage and persuade for project success.
Professionals from a non-English background ... you want the confidence and skills to write effectively in any business situation.
You have nothing to lose
5 free preview lessons
Meet your instructor
Get the most out of this program
Learn to use the Thinkific platform
Diarise your training times
What's on your mind about business writing?
Understand the path to writing success
Bridge the knowledge gap
Impact of purpose-driven writing
Assess your writing is purpose-driven
Write purpose-driven emails
Bring it all together
Check your learning – 1
Tell us what you think – 1
Why this is important
Address audience needs when responding
Address audience needs when initiating
Define audience communication styles
Dig deeper into audience communication styles
Sharpen skills identifying communication styles
Create audience-centred emails
Bring it all together
Check your learning – 2
Tell us what you think – 2
Why structure is key
Learn "Why, What and How" framework for writing
Apply "Why, What and How" framework to email [Part A]
Apply "Why, What and How" framework to email [Part B]
Apply "Why, What and How" framework to meeting preparation
Bring it all together
Check your learning – 3
Tell us what you think – 3
Introducing the key skills
Perfect your paragraphs
Make sentences active
Harness the power of verbs
Cut redundant words to make sentences succinct
Use plain language
Craft better headings, subheadings and subject lines
Format headings, subheadings and subject lines for easy reading
Adopt best-practice bullets
Cut brackets to improve readability
Punctuate for clarity
Bring it all together
Tell us what you think – 4
Check your learning – 4
Why editing matters
Learn to edit
NEW – Use Microsoft Editor to find and fix passive writing
Perfect your proofreading
Practise more proofreading
Bring it all together
Check your learning – 5
Tell us what you think – 5
Recap and reinforce your skills
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Learn from the business writing experts
Greg Crowther
Founder
The program teaches the essentials for business writing success. It sequences learning so you build and retain skills. You receive immediate feedback on your writing style. Free online resources don't deliver these benefits.
The program is designed for busy people. You can complete the course with an investment of 30 minutes a week for 10 weeks. Do this, and you will save at least 30 minutes a day, everyday.
Even if you don't write much, you will have confidence that everything you draft is clear, concise, and generates outcomes. You will save time and so will your readers.
Yes. The program works for professionals from non English backgrounds. It includes the essential skills for business writing, not unnecessary and often confusing grammar rules from school and university.
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