Course : Improving your Professional Writing Skills
Practical course - 2d
- 14h00 - Ref. CEP
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 | Save time when writing |
| Organize your ideas to structure your messages |
| Write based on your targets and context |
| Write a report and a summary memo |
| Promote your ideas in writing |
Practical details
Hands-on work
Practicing writing. Methodological advice. Building a toolbox.
Course schedule
1 What is communication?
- The communication diagram.
- Features specific to writing.
Exercise
Methodological presentation of a simple way to handle communication.
2 Asking the right questions before writing
- Sender: Goal of communication, intentions.
- Receiver: Type of reader, his or her functions and motivations, his or her level of knowledge of the subject.
- Scope of intervention: Type of writing to choose.
- Means at your disposal.
Exercise
A matching the format, style, and communication goal in professional situations.
3 Organizing your ideas and structuring your messages
- Organizing your ideas with heuristic maps.
- Creating a plan and argument to match your goal.
- Constructing balanced paragraphs.
- Writing a persuasive introduction and conclusion.
Exercise
Sorting information and writing a plan to explain your professional activity. Summarizing a text in the form of a map.
4 Handling basic writing within the company
- Administrative, business, and complaint letters.
- Email. Constructing the message. Rules of courtesy. Conducting appropriate follow-ups.
- Combining email with other tools: Telephone, snail mail, etc.
Hands-on work
Writing an administrative letter, a complaint, a negative response by email.
5 Giving style to your message
- Translating your ideas and knowledge into clear language.
- Levels of language: Familiar, neutral, formal.
- Making an impact. Acquiring an understated, fluid style.
Exercise
Streamlining your style, adopting positive phrasings, and choosing the right words.
6 Discovering the usefulness of fast reading
- Expanding your field of vision to read more quickly.
- Link between reading strategy and time management.
- Selective reading and detection technique.
- Getting the gist: Skimming and scanning techniques.
Hands-on work
Testing a fast reading method.
7 Mastering complex writing
- Knowing how to write a report and a summary memo.
Hands-on work
Writing a summary memo.
8 Making your projects convincing and attractive.
- Defining and highlighting your assets.
- Developing logical argumentation.
- Relying on keywords.
Exercise
Prepare an argument.
Customer reviews
4,3 / 5
Customer reviews are based on end-of-course evaluations. The score is calculated from all evaluations within the past year. Only reviews with a textual comment are displayed.
DA SILVA CHRISTELLE M.
05/03/26
5 / 5
L’échange entre divers personnes d’univers professionnels différents est très appréciable ce qui permet une diversité des situations. c’est bien plus intéressant que de suivre bêtement des slids sur un tableau blanc !
NADIA P.
05/03/26
5 / 5
réunion riche de savoir être
JESSICA G.
05/03/26
4 / 5
Formation intéressante mais que accès sur la production de mail.
Publication date : 06/27/2024
PARTICIPANTS
PREREQUISITES
TRAINER QUALIFICATIONS
The experts leading the training are specialists in the covered subjects. They have been approved by our instructional teams for both their professional knowledge and their teaching ability, for each course they teach. They have at least five to ten years of experience in their field and hold (or have held) decision-making positions in companies.
ASSESSMENT TERMS
The trainer evaluates each participant’s academic progress throughout the training using multiple choice, scenarios, hands-on work and more.
Participants also complete a placement test before and after the course to measure the skills they’ve developed.
TERMS AND DEADLINES
Registration must be completed 24 hours before the start of the training.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Do you need special accessibility accommodations? Contact Mrs. Fosse, Disability Manager, at psh-accueil@orsys.fr to review your request and its feasibility.
PREREQUISITES
TRAINER QUALIFICATIONS
The experts leading the training are specialists in the covered subjects. They have been approved by our instructional teams for both their professional knowledge and their teaching ability, for each course they teach. They have at least five to ten years of experience in their field and hold (or have held) decision-making positions in companies.
ASSESSMENT TERMS
The trainer evaluates each participant’s academic progress throughout the training using multiple choice, scenarios, hands-on work and more.
Participants also complete a placement test before and after the course to measure the skills they’ve developed.
TEACHING AIDS AND TECHNICAL RESOURCES
• The main teaching aids and instructional methods used in the training are audiovisual aids, documentation and course material, hands-on application exercises and corrected exercises for practical training courses, case studies and coverage of real cases for training seminars.
• At the end of each course or seminar, ORSYS provides participants with a course evaluation questionnaire that is analysed by our instructional teams.
• A check-in sheet for each half-day of attendance is provided at the end of the training, along with a course completion certificate if the trainee attended the entire session.
• The main teaching aids and instructional methods used in the training are audiovisual aids, documentation and course material, hands-on application exercises and corrected exercises for practical training courses, case studies and coverage of real cases for training seminars.
• At the end of each course or seminar, ORSYS provides participants with a course evaluation questionnaire that is analysed by our instructional teams.
• A check-in sheet for each half-day of attendance is provided at the end of the training, along with a course completion certificate if the trainee attended the entire session.
TERMS AND DEADLINES
Registration must be completed 24 hours before the start of the training.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Do you need special accessibility accommodations? Contact Mrs. Fosse, Disability Manager, at psh-accueil@orsys.fr to review your request and its feasibility.
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