How to write better business copy

Do you want to improve your writing skills at work? Does a blank screen or page fill you with dread? Do your newsletters, Facebook updates, reports, emails, tweets, bids or press releases leave a lot to be desired?

This Bite-size session will introduce you to some techniques that will improve your writing skills the minute you get back to your desk. We’ll look at how to craft succinct, uncomplicated, attention-grabbing sentences, plus how to avoid management-speak and write in simple, straightforward English.

Finally, we’ll take a look at spelling, with some fun tips about how to remember the words that always trip you up.

The session will be highly interactive, fairly noisy and incredibly useful.

In this Bite-sized session you will discover:

• How to write clearly and concisely.

• How to produce better quality blogs, emails and other business copy.

• How to get it right the first time, writing shorter emails etc.

Who For? Anyone at all who has to write for work. Beginners and mid-level writing ability, but plenty of experts in other fields need help with writing.

Who By? Judy Yorke is a journalist, editor, journalism tutor and trainer. She has been a journalist for 30 years and held senior positions on leading titles including Good Housekeeping and Woman. Her work is still published regularly in the Daily Mirror and BBC Good Food, among others.

Judy believes that the skills journalists are trained in – to be succinct, interesting, clear and accurate – can be applied to any type of writing in the workplace. She qualified as a trainer and set up The Sentence Works in 2014 to help businesses improve their written communications.

So if you need to write as part of your job, book now and improve your writing skills for ever

Copy by: The Sentence Works

Our trainers are sharing their experience skills and advice generously. If you are a direct competitor you may not be able to attend. Please get in touch before booking.

If you have never been a member of Brighton Chamber you are welcome to book and come to two events (just one breakfast) as a non-member. After this, you will need to join the Chamber to enjoy the benefits of membership.

FAQs

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Places are limited, and events are usually oversubscribed. Please give two working days’ notice via email for a refund* or you’ll be required to pay for your place in full.

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