Effective Business Writing Techniques Course

Learn our step-by-step process to become a stronger business writer. After this lesson, business writing skills will already be improved simply by gaining a deep understanding of the basic principles of an effective writing process.

Better communication inside your organization can lead to fewer meetings, higher productivity, and less chaos. A poll by The Economist found 83% of employees report that poor business language skills have resulted in an adverse impact on their organizations. This course will help strengthen internal communication skills by understanding your target audience.

Learn best practices when writing to external stakeholders. A writing mistake to a team member may be overlooked, but you can be sure it will be noticed by a new customer, supplier, or regulator. Considering the target audience plays a role in all external documents.

Email now accounts for over 25% of our time in the workplace. In this lesson, we show you how to save time and better manage high email volume. You will learn how to structure effective emails to get the results you want. Well-written emails are critical for every role, no matter if you're an admin or an executive.

We will provide you with an overview of the components of a report and teach you to write more clearly. You will learn how to drastically improve your report's or white paper's effectiveness by learning how to write a comprehensive executive summary.

In this module, we share the best tips for organizing and presenting information. Clear writing ensures a reader-centered message. You will also learn how to format documents depending on their purpose.

In this module, we focus on improving clarity through word choice. This will help you to eliminate unnecessary jargon and bloat. You will learn how to choose language that is focused on achieving the goals of your document including persuasive writing.

Style and tone may change depending on the type of document. Also, the correct tone and sentence structure encourages engagement and also position you as a professional. In this section, we teach how to write with a competent, polished, confident tone.