Professional Writing Skills training

Course Overview

NEW!! PTP has introduced a new product called Face-to-Face Live. This is where the delegate can log on from anywhere and attend a live training session. Delegates can either join our public course dates (limited to a maximum of 10) or you can arrange a 1-2-1 or a session just for a group of your colleagues even if they are all working from home. Click here for full details. To see forthcoming public course sessions for this course look at the dates to the right of this page.

The aim of this one-day professional writing skills course is to help participants develop their skills, so that they can convey their messages clearly and concisely in writing and make the appropriate impact on their readers.

This Professional Writing Skills course is available throughout the UK.

CPD Value 5.5 Hours

Course Locations

Professional Writing Skills London
Professional Writing Skills Manchester
Professional Writing Skills Nottingham
Professional Writing Skills Birmingham
Professional Writing Skills Bristol
Professional Writing Skills Edinburgh
Professional Writing Skills Leeds

This course qualifies for Continuous Professional Development hours. Learn more about CPD

Timetable

09:30 - 09:45 Coffee & Course Objectives

09:45 - 10:45 You are a reader too

10:45 - 11:15 Writing for the reader

11:15 - 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 - 12:00 Planning and preparation

12:00 - 12:30 Writing task

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 - 14:00 Plain English and accurate grammar

14:00 - 15:15 Writing task

15:15 - 15:30 Tea break

15.30 - 16:30 Review of writing task

16:30 - 16:45 Summary & Action Plans Agreed

Testimonials

Great trainer.

Zain Ghafoor. CPiO Limited

Helpful, interesting, interactive. Got answers to my questions.

Rimante Luyten, West London Waste Authority

Tools simple and easily implemented.

Valerie Cranston, Xafinity Consulting

Enjoyed the course. Beneficial for role.

Grainne O'Reilly. Xafinity Consulting

Taught me things I didnt know I needed to learn.

Allan Douglas-Munn, Xafinity

Thank-you for showing us skills we can put into practice!

Lynsey Dunnachie, Xafinity

Was more than just a writing course. Good values to use in everyday communications.

Ashley Ghiloni, Xafinity

Good highlighting of reasons behind factors affecting understanding and response.

John Webster, Xafinity

Very good, I would recommend for my staff.

Alison Boach, Total Hygiene Limited

The trainer was very interesting and adapted the course fully to the needs of my role.

Jane White, Shelter

Very high standard of training. A course that will be effective in future report writing.

Martyn Walker, CPP Ltd

Very well run course.

Junior Hewit, CPIO

Good, clear, practical advice.

Anna lawson, CPP

Surprised at how you do not think that your document could be flawed!

Roger Cole, CPIO Ltd

Thoroughly enjoyed the course.

Nick Atkins, CPIO Ltd

Course was very useful & practical, trainer was very effective.

Alex Swallow, Office of Judicial Complaints

Good course, engaging, useful and easy to understand. Good use of examples and lots of discussion which was helpful

Anisa Mumtaz, Nottingham Trent University

John thoroughly enjoyed his training and came back raving about how good it was ! Thank you for your time and I'm sure we will be using PTP again in the future.

Vicki McAllister, Amino Communications Ltd

Benefits

Ability to evaluate and improve written material
Ability to plan and structure documents to meet needs of readers
Ability to use plain English and avoid grammatical errors
Ability to produce written materials which meet agreed quality criteria