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Effective Business Writing

Master the Art of Business Writing


Course Code: VTLOK1RBW
Duration: 2 Days (14 Hours)

Effective Business Writing Course Brief

Each day, your career success depends on what you write and how you write it. Effective Business Writing gives you the tips, rules, and guidelines you need to make each of your emails, letters, reports and other business documents readable, clear and effective.

  • Apply the principles of business writing and produce effective documents.
  • Avoid common language errors to ensure clarity and professionalism.
  • Adopt the right attitude and words to convey your message effectively.
  • Use the necessary tools to check the correctness of your writing.

This course is for

Public Sector - Support Officers and Senior Officers (Division 2 & 3)
Private Sector - Supervisors, non-executive staff and anyone who wishes to improve their business writing skills


Course Outline for Effective Business Writing

  • Understanding the three-step writing process.
  • Analysing your purpose and audience.
  • Composing your message.
  • Using Standard English.
  • Controlling your style and tone.
  • Achieving effective writing.
  • Using the right techniques to package the appearance of your writing.

Methodology

Lecturette, Discussions, Sharing, Role play, Analysis of writing samples, and Writing tasks.


For Your Delight

• Refreshments are provided for morning and afternoon tea breaks.
• A Certificate of Attendance will be given subject to 90% attendance.

About Trainer



Florence Au has been training adult learners in business communication for about 23 years. Her initial training stint in the private sector saw her teaching secretaries and administrative staff in the writing of letters, memos, reports, press releases and minutes of meetings for examination courses. With this experience and that accumulated from her job as an administrator and later a training manager, she went on to train public officers.

Since 2000 Florence has been training public officers in written communication courses which include grammar, emails, letters, reports and proposals as well as minutes of meetings. Apart from these engagements, she continues to train administrative, technical staff and hospitality staff from the private sector in business writing.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Literature, a Diploma in Translation and Interpretation and a professional qualification from the UK in writing minutes of meetings.

Register Now!

4 Easy Ways to Register for Effective Business Writing Course

  1. By e-mail/Fax
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  3. By HRMS-2 / ACE System
    For government ministries on HRMS-2 or ACE portals inform your Training Coordinator of our Course Code and Course Date. Be sure to inform them that the Training Provider is Oaks Training (GIL Consultancy Pte Ltd)
  4. By Phone: Call 6423-1183

This course is currently only on Request Basis

Call us for a free consultation.

Subsidy / Grant

SDF Subsidy
This grant is only applicable to companies applying course for their staff. As a SDF-Approved course, the company can claim up to S$28 for this course from SSG.



SkillsFuture Credit
This applies only to individuals applying and paying for the course yourself. You can use your available SkillFuture Credit to pay for this course.

Testimonials

Thank you for making this course lively and fun. I have learnt a lot from this course.
Evon Lee
(Royal Caribbean Cruises Asia PL)

Interesting and Knowledgeable Trainer.
Sally Goh
(Grandluxe Pte Ltd)

Looking forward to join your future class.
Shirl Kuo

I have benefited in many ways and it will be useful when I do my next business writing.
Angela Tay
(Royal Caribbean Cruises Asia PL)

Trainer is very patient and provides lots of examples, makes participants think.
Adelyn Heng
(Alcon Singapore Manufacturing)

Customisation / Request

Request for a Course Date

If none of our published course date is suitable for you or your staff, contact us at 6423-1130 and let us know when you need this course to be conducted and if it is possible we will do our best to make it happen!


Request to Customise this Course

If you require this course to be customised to better suit the training needs of your staff or to have this course conducted on a date not stated in our training calendar, contact us (Call us at 6423-1130) for a no obligation discussion. We would be most happy to assist and hear from you.


Request for this Course to be Conducted at Your Premise

It is definitely possible as long as it is conduction in Singapore. Call us at 6423-1130 and speak to any of your representatives and we would be work out an arrangement for you.


Request for an Evening Class

Can't attend this course during office hours, contact us at 6423-1130 for possible evening or Saturday class arrangements.

Effective Business Writing

Master the Art of Business Writing

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Effective Business Writing Course Brief


Course Code: VTLOK1RBW
Duration: 2 Days (14 Hours)


Each day, your career success depends on what you write and how you write it. Effective Business Writing gives you the tips, rules, and guidelines you need to make each of your emails, letters, reports and other business documents readable, clear and effective.

  • Apply the principles of business writing and produce effective documents.
  • Avoid common language errors to ensure clarity and professionalism.
  • Adopt the right attitude and words to convey your message effectively.
  • Use the necessary tools to check the correctness of your writing.

This course is for

Public Sector - Support Officers and Senior Officers (Division 2 & 3)
Private Sector - Supervisors, non-executive staff and anyone who wishes to improve their business writing skills


Course Outline for Effective Business Writing

  • Understanding the three-step writing process.
  • Analysing your purpose and audience.
  • Composing your message.
  • Using Standard English.
  • Controlling your style and tone.
  • Achieving effective writing.
  • Using the right techniques to package the appearance of your writing.

Methodology

Lecturette, Discussions, Sharing, Role play, Analysis of writing samples, and Writing tasks.


For Your Delight

• Refreshments are provided for morning and afternoon tea breaks.
• A Certificate of Attendance will be given subject to 90% attendance.

Your Trainer

Florence Au has been training adult learners in business communication for about 23 years. Her initial training stint in the private sector saw her teaching secretaries and administrative staff in the writing of letters, memos, reports, press releases and minutes of meetings for examination courses. With this experience and that accumulated from her job as an administrator and later a training manager, she went on to train public officers.

Since 2000 Florence has been training public officers in written communication courses which include grammar, emails, letters, reports and proposals as well as minutes of meetings. Apart from these engagements, she continues to train administrative, technical staff and hospitality staff from the private sector in business writing.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Literature, a Diploma in Translation and Interpretation and a professional qualification from the UK in writing minutes of meetings.

This course is currently only on Request Basis

Call us for a free consultation.



SDF Subsidy
This grant is only applicable to companies applying course for their staff. As a SDF-Approved course, the company can claim up to S$28 for this course from SSG.



SkillsFuture Credit
This applies only to individuals applying and paying for the course yourself. You can use your available SkillFuture Credit to pay for this course.

Request for a Course Date

If none of our published course date is suitable for you or your staff, contact us at 6423-1130 and let us know when you need this course to be conducted and if it is possible we will do our best to make it happen!


Request to Customise this Course

If you require this course to be customised to better suit the training needs of your staff or to have this course conducted on a date not stated in our training calendar, contact us (Call us at 6423-1130) for a no obligation discussion. We would be most happy to assist and hear from you.


Request for this Course to be Conducted at Your Premise

It is definitely possible as long as it is conduction in Singapore. Call us at 6423-1130 and speak to any of your representatives and we would be work out an arrangement for you.


Request for an Evening Class

Can't attend this course during office hours, contact us at 6423-1130 for possible evening or Saturday class arrangements.




Trainer's Profile


  • More than 20 years of training experience.
  • Bachelor of Arts in English and Literature.
  • Diploma in Translation and Interpretation.

Testimonials

Thank you for making this course lively and fun. I have learnt a lot from this course.
Evon Lee
(Royal Caribbean Cruises Asia PL)

Interesting and Knowledgeable Trainer.
Sally Goh
(Grandluxe Pte Ltd)

Looking forward to join your future class.
Shirl Kuo

I have benefited in many ways and it will be useful when I do my next business writing.
Angela Tay
(Royal Caribbean Cruises Asia PL)

Trainer is very patient and provides lots of examples, makes participants think.
Adelyn Heng
(Alcon Singapore Manufacturing)


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