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Business Writing
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Overview: |
| The New Horizons Business Writing Program teaches participants how to write in a business environment. After a review of basic writing skills, participants will learn how to write business letters and reports, as well as several types of proposals.
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Target Audience: |
| This course will benefit any individual who is having challenges with their writing structure (grammar and various document structures) as well as those who need to influence other parties and save time in the writing process.
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Key Participant Benefits: |
- Helps participants to understand themselves and others better so as to adapt to audience needs
- Creates a professional individual image through basic grammar and sentence construction
- Allows individuals to accomplish greater productivity in writing
- Examines various business communication tools, emails, letters etc.
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Key Business Benefits |
- Presents a better business image to customers
- Boosts an individual’s productivity through time saving
- Saves the time of others by easier readership and understanding
- Increases revenue potential through better proposal writing
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At Course Completion: |
- Helps understand oneself and others better so as to adapt to audience needs
- Helps with basic grammar and sentence construction
- Includes strategies to help individuals accomplish greater productivity in writing
- Examines to various business communication tools, emails, letters etc
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| Lesson 1: Writing skills |
- Basic writing skills
- Discussing basic writing skills
- Discussing the writing process
- Effective sentences and paragraphs
- Choosing the right words
- Discussing sentences
- Identifying the components of effective paragraphs
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| Lesson 2: Writing specific messages |
- Business letters and reports
- Discussing business letters and reports
- Writing brief messages
- Writing opinionated messages
- Discussing apology letters
- Discussing complaint letters
- Discussing persuasive messages
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| Lesson 3: Understanding proposals |
- Proposals
- Discussing proposal types
- Client-focused proposals
- Knowing your client
- Identifying effective writing for proposals
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| Lesson 4: Letter proposals |
- Writing a letter proposal
- Writing an opening
- Writing the body
- Writing a closing
- Visually appealing proposals
- Making an appealing proposal
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| Lesson 5: Formal proposals |
- Structuring formal proposals
- Structuring a cover letter
- Formatting a title page
- Creating a table of contents
- Writing executive summary
- Structuring the body
- Discussing the appendix
- Visual elements and editing
- Using visual elements
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