Communication Skills: Business Writing
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The document provides an agenda for a communication skills workshop. It covers topics like rules for functional writing, free flow writing exercises, mind mapping, keeping writing simple, rephrasing sentences, removing redundancies, and knowing your audience. The workshop aims to help participants improve their writing skills for documents like flyers, brochures, newsletters, blogs, reports, and social media.
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Communication Skills: Business Writing
- 1. Communication Skills Dr. Robin Yap, LLB, MSc, DM, CTDP Edward Perry, MBA Phronetic International, Inc. phronetic.ca
- 2. Let’s Get Started “People are doing you a favour by reading what you write. Don’t make them work too hard” Robert D. Smith
- 3. Agenda Rules for functional writing FreeFlow Mapping You and Your Audience Let’s get busy Flyers– Brochures – Newsletters – Blogs – Reports – Social Media Wrap Up
- 5. Free Flow Write a 2-3 sentence story of an activity that you’d share to someone you know at work. Let’s rewrite
- 6. Mind Maps
- 7. Group Mind Mapping Breakoff into Groups Decide on one program Create a mind map
- 8. K.I.S.S.-Write Simply Less,not more Short and Sweet Focus on What you really mean The end goal Your target audience The desired result
- 9. Rephrase This Sentence The last time I watched the Toronto Maple Leafs play they were brutally defeated in a totally lopsided game.
- 10. Rephrase This Sentence Working at the Welcome Centre is truly the best because all of the staff there are supportive and helpful and understanding.
- 11. Table Activity - Rephrase Itwas not until my client arrived that we came to the decision to commute across the city and speak to the immigration lawyer. After conducting in-depth interviews with a number of possible candidates for the position of recreationalist, we have decided to offer the job to you.
- 12. Redundancies It is absolutely necessary that the public masses be aware of the actual facts pertaining to the issue regarding toxic air pollution.
- 13. Know Yourself and Your Audience
- 14. Let’s discuss other delivery methods
- 20. Rules of the Road
Editor's Notes
- Divide into 4-5 groups
- Debrief of the Group presentation
- This is a review