Boost your business writing skills

This course will give you a toolkit of techniques to cut the waffle and write clean, crisp content. You will be shown how to write succinctly and structure your material logically, so your message hits home with your audience.

What you will learn            

Taking aim
  • Focusing on your audience.
  • Defining your purpose clearly
  • Adopting the right tone.
  • Researching effectively.
  • Analysing your material to understand the big picture.

Building an effective structure
  • Developing an outline.
  • Discovering great ways to begin and end.
  • Using headlines as signposts for the reader
  • Ensuring your writing has a clear, logical flow.

Writing with style
  • Getting the basics right.
  • Writing succinctly.
  • Engaging with your audience.
  • Convincing with clear information and facts.
  • Honing your first draft.
  • Editing to improve your writing.


“I found Boost your business writing skills incredibly helpful. Everybody can benefit from it.  People don’t realise that what you write is a window to your mind, your personality, your business acumen, your knowledge and competence. Bad writing reflects badly on you, and good writing puts you a cut above the rest.”
Steve Allnutt, forensic psychiatrist.


Who should attend?

Anyone who wants to improve their business or professional writing. Whether you write emails, proposals or case studies, or need  to give clear and concise professional advice, this course is for you.

We hold public sessions of this course, and also organise in-house group sessions for organisations, companies or government agencies. We can organise a group course any time that is convenient for you. Call Tony Spencer-Smith at 02 4308-9152 or email him to discuss your workshop requirements.

“I attended Boost your business writing skills because I hoped to improve both my professional and personal writing. Tony Spencer-Smith’s experience and professionalism were evident throughout the course, which was well-paced, with a good mix of theoretical teaching input and practical exercises.  Not only was the course helpful, but it proved stimulating and enjoyable to all who attended. I believe it is relevant and highly useful to people needing to prepare written communication as a part of their work.”
Peter McTackett, Senior Project Manager, Roads and Maritime Services