Principles of Effective Writing

Many of us are profoundly insecure about our ability to communicate effectively in writing. Effective writing is a powerful tool in the business environment. Learning how to craft clear and persuasive messages is essential to your professional success. Employers today are looking for professionals who can communicate effectively across multiple channels. 

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify and apply basic grammar rules of subject-verb agreement, tense, number and pronoun use.
• Recognize and use the simplest and most effective sentence structure.
• Recognize the most important principles of composition.
• Practice correcting error of composition.
• Recognize the most important principles of organization.
• Practice correcting errors of organization.
• Recognize the most common difficulties of wording.
• Practice correcting errors in wording.
• Recognize how to set an appropriate business tone.
• Practice correcting errors in tone.
• Recognize the most important principles of format.
• Apply UK style guidelines to organization writing.
• Apply effective writing principles to documents.