Business Writing Skills Training Course in Edinburgh

Our Business Writing Skills training course in Edinburgh will help you to write engaging business documents that get your message across.

The course will help you to structure a range of business documents such as reports and emails and make them read more positively and professionally and influence the reader.

Our Business Writing Skills training course is delivered as an open course in Edinburgh, online or at your business location. We deliver the course as a face to face course, a live virtual online course and an eLearning training course.

business writing skills training course in Edinburgh
Interactive Sessions
We’ll help you put the tools and approaches from your Business Writing Skills course into practice
Practical Tools
Gain a toolkit that you can apply to any writing that you do personally or for business
CPD Accredited
Accredited by the CPD Standards Office and equates to 6 units of CPD

Business Writing Skills Course Edinburgh – Details

Course Aim

Our Business Writing Skills Training course in Edinburgh will look at tools and tactics to help you produce and structure business documents.

Businesses use various methods of communication. Many of these methods still rely heavily on the written word, for example, email and letters. Get the context of these written documents wrong and the message could be lost.

We’ll show you how to produce well-structured business documents and emails that are professional, get the message across and generate engagement.

We look at how to make the written word sound positive and how to get the message across clearly. We’ll introduce you to simple methods to structure emails, letters and reports and how to make them look and sound interesting. We’ll also look at how to get to the point by getting your message across in the fewest words possible without sounding harsh.

Course Objectives

By attending this Business Writing Skills Training Course you will:

  • Be able to set an objective for written communication and write towards achieving it
  • Be able to effectively plan for written communication
  • Be able to keep writing short and simple
  • Know how to apply structure to letters, emails, reports and other business documents
  • Have a refreshed understanding of grammar and punctuation
  • Be able to demonstrate the skills through practical exercises

Course Content

Here’s what we cover in our business writing skills training course in Edinburgh

Working/Communication Styles
  • Looking at a range of communication styles and how this will help when using written communication
Using Plain English
  • What are the benefits of using Plain English?
  • The Fog index and how it helps with your written communication
  • Writing tight-keeping things short and simple
Making Writing Active and Positive
  • Keeping things writer focussed
  • KISS – Keep it short and simple
Structuring Your Written Communication
  • How to structure letters, reports and emails
  • Best practice for letters, reports and emails
  • Getting the grammar right

When you bring this course in-house, the content above can be tweaked and changed to meet the needs of your team.

Accreditation

Our Business Writing Skills training course is accredited by the CPD Standards Office. This demonstrates our commitment to quality and industry best practices and you can be sure that the course you receive has been assessed to ensure it meets its objectives.

This course equates to 6 hours of CPD. After completing the course you will receive your CPD certificate and learning path document as record of your attendance.

Download the Course Brochure

Download a copy of our Business Writing Skills training course brochure below.

Who Should Attend our Business Writing Skills Training Course?

This business writing skills training course is for anyone who has to produce written documents.

If you want to:

  • Present written information in a clear and concise way
  • Have a go-to tool kit for writing for business
  • Present information in a more structured and influential way
  • Appear more professional when you write
  • Speed up the process of writing for business
  • Get writing right first time around
Then this business writing skills course is for you.

The course is suitable for people of all levels and in all roles and industries.

Online Training Courses

A 1 day online live virtual training course with one of our highly experienced business writing skills trainers. You also get:

  • A highly interactive online experience
  • Access to MyRevolution Learning to retain access to your materials and stay in touch with your trainer
  • A digital copy of the course materials from the course
  • A digital course certificate

In-Person Open Courses

A 1 day training course in one of our comfortable venues with one of our highly experienced business writing skills trainers. You also get

  • Refreshments throughout the day and lunch
  • Course materials to take away
  • A course certificate
  • Free access to our eLearning training courses to keep your skills up-to-date
  • Access to MyRevolution Learning to retain access to your materials and stay in touch with your trainer

In-Person In-House

A 1 day training course with one of our highly experienced trainers at your location. You also get

  • Course materials for each delegate to take away
  • A course certificate
  • Reporting on delegate evaluation
  • Free access to our eLearning training courses to keep your skills up-to-date
  • Access to MyRevolution Learning to retain access to your materials and stay in touch with your trainer

Our Business Writing Skills courses are delivered by our friendly and highly experienced trainers. We live and breathe what we talk about in these sessions as we use most of the tools and techniques ourselves on a daily bases and bring this real-world experience into the session and the examples that we use.