The purpose of this training course is to provide people with the skills to communicate accurately and effectively to their readers in English. The training course focuses on using correct language and grammar as well as pointing out common language mistakes that are often made and deals with electronic and non-electronic written communication.
Who should attend?
- Personal Assistants
- Executive Assistants
- Secretaries
- Project Assistants
- Administrative Assistants
Workshop outline
Introduction
Using plain English: style
- Readability
- Sentence and paragraph length
- Bullet points and enumerated lists
- Using the simplest words and expressions possible
- Avoiding unnecessary words and repetition
- Using verbs instead of nouns
- Using active rather than passive style
- Explain new ideas clearly
- Use consistent naming of the same “things”
- Painless political correctness
- Constructing paragraphs
Using plain English: the mechanics
- Avoiding common vocabulary and spelling errors
- Abbreviations
- Punctuation and other language tips
Useful tools
- Symptoms and cures for writer’s block
- Recommended reading