Power Writing - 1 day course

You should attend if...

• you write documents and letters for the general public
• you are an administrative professional called upon to write a variety of documents
• you need to improve your writing skills

You will learn to...

• conduct an audience analysis
• choose an effective strategy for organising information
• write clear documents
• develop an energetic and clear writing style

The Workshop

This workshop teaches you how to design documents that help your audience make decisions and perform tasks correctly and efficiently.

You will learn to identify weaknesses in your writing and to apply specific solutions to correct them. Our systematic approach is based on competency principles.

The Agenda

Refreshing your writing skills
The correct use of words and sentences. Also learn how to organise information and the correct way to punctuate.

An innovative approach to writing concentrates on the 10 most common writing errors.

Analysing the Audience
Strategies for selecting and organising information begin with a careful audience analysis.

Write the best way for the audience. Learn how to do this in a variety of situations.

Organising Information
Learn techniques that will help you organise your information to meet audience needs.

Use techniques that put the most important message instantly in front of your audience.

Preparing Different Documents
While most documents are designed to help people make decisions, they do have unique differences.

Structuring Documents
Learn to structure documents for maximum impact.

Look for the Quick Fixes
Using your own document we look at quick fixes to make your writing clear, concise, and full of impact.

With the course you get a substantial manual with full text for all topics–enabling the manual to be used later as a reference. The manual contains several valuable appendices containing words and phrases to avoid, commonly misspelt words, words commonly confused or misused, and much more.

Course topics are illustrated with real examples and interactive exercises.

The course is presented by Jill Nicholson