Business Letter Writing Workshop

After completing this 1 day course, delegates will be able to:

• Improve their business letter writing skills, memos, faxes and e-mails
  
• Plan letter writing in terms of objectives, content and structure, for the reader
• Choose the best letter writing style and tone for a particular purpose and reader
• Persuade through letter writing
• Select appropriate language
• Construct sentences and paragraphs to best effect
• Use good grammar, correct spelling and effective punctuation
• Avoid common pitfalls and mistakes

Think about the letter writing you do at work, and any difficulties you have with it.
 
Consider examples of other people’s letters and other letter writing that you admire.
 
Collect and bring to the workshop some examples of letters, etc, that you have written
recently, or plans that you have to writing a letter.

• Administration and introduction – personal objectives
• Why letter writing? – the pros and cons of letter writing compared to telephoning, meetings and informal
• Conversations
• The aims of business letter writing
• Planning your letter writing – the 4 essential questions to ask
• Language – KISS, not MILI [Keep It Short and Simple – avoid the temptation to Make It
• Look Important]
• Writing a letter effectively - things to consider to make letters effective
• The steps in letter writing
• Structure of normal and persuasive letters
• Practical task on planning letters
• Memos, faxes and e-mail messages – the essentials
• Style and tone
• Examples of appropriate and inappropriate style and tone
• Practical tasks on style and tone
• Words, sentences and paragraphs – how to select and use them
• Practical tasks on words, sentences and paragraphs
• Spelling and punctuation – the rules of spelling, and how to use
• punctuation effectively
• Practical tasks on spelling and punctuation                    
• Practical tasks on delegates’ own written work
• Revising your writing – reviewing and proof-reading
• Workshop summary and evaluation
• Workshop ends

To book or enquire about this course please contact us on 01494 429356 or email us enquiries@cmtraininguk.org.uk

This course is available as an inhouse course tailored to your organisational aims and objectives, please contact us to discuss your requirements and delegate numbers. (pricing can vary dependant on the size of group)

All prices are excluding VAT, travel is charged with In-house courses at 40p per mile from our head office
Accommodation is required for distances over 100 miles from our head office.

Public Course Availability

Business Letter Writing Workshop is available as a public course on the following dates at the venues shown. You can book yourself and other delegates onto any of these courses simply by clicking the Book now buttons.