Professional Writing Training Course

0:09 the lost art of writing what a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters you can't reread a phone call Williams in sir we'll live in an age where technology becomes old every decade if not sooner we do not write we text or email we send voice messages and videos and we Skype technology is a double-edged sword when it comes to putting things down in writing sadly

0:42 we're slowly losing what is truly an art form the art of writing as much as we have progressed with technology nothing beats a well-written resume or a well-written proposal in the business world developing writing skills is still important since we do still create paper documents the business writing workshop presented by Bo T coz a aims to give you that extra edge in the workplace it is

1:13 very much like financial skills you already have the tools you just need to know how to use them so don't feel intimidated by this course you have the skills let us show you how to use them to gain the edge we will begin by refreshing your skills by going over the basic concepts of writing including grammar and punctuation we move on to creating a cheat sheet this is very effective when you need a quick reference to correct grammar or even

1:43 spelling different people need different sheets so we will look at the most common sheets and some they're relevant to you personally I before E except after C is a well-known cheat tip you will probably be typing your letter or proposal on a computer if not please do microsoft word has a review tab at the top of the screen click on it and click on ABC spelling and grammar' and the

2:13 program will go through your document and stop where you need to change things it even tells you why you need to change whatever it has highlighted for persons for which English is their second or third language they can read in the explanation what it is they have done incorrectly and then correct it it's a little grammar lesson in its own even if English is your first language and you're pretty confident do you use autocorrect judiciously at

2:42 least as your proof reader from grammar we move on to the four types of sentences and then we go on to dealing with what makes a proper paragraph from there we move on to the structure of emails business letters proposals and reports in the following modules we will look at the format of emails letters proposals and reports the format is as important as the words within you might have a genius proposal but if presented

3:13 scruffa Lee nobody will look at it we enter course with a quick look at other kinds of documents in business before moving on to proofreading basics and give printing and publishing a swift word at the end our courses are held throughout South Africa including Johannesburg Pretoria Durban Cape Town Port Elizabeth bloom Fontaine East London and other smaller centres for further information please go to book or

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