Business Writing Toolkit

Welcome to the Business Writing Toolkit at NZ Writers' College.

For business owners, good writing creates a good impression; a good impression in the corporate world means you gain customers and clients. For office managers, good writing gets the intended message across, which means the job gets done. It's as simple as that.

The Business Writing Toolkit is a 7-module crash course perfect for busy professionals who write at work - from admin staff to business executives.

The course aims to build writing confidence, iron out writing errors and help you create clear, reader-friendly documents. Led by a professional business writing tutor, you receive personal, one-on-one attention and feedback for fifteen practical assignments.

The course teaches seven key writing skills:

1. How to plan your business documents
2. How to make your writing and layout reader-friendly and correct
3. How to ensure that you present your ideas logically and coherently
4. How to target your reader/s
5. How to create a good impact with words and build vocabulary
6. How to avoid common grammar and punctuation errors
7. How to master correct business writing style

Course details

• Course fee: $569 GST inclusive
• Modules: 7 lessons
• Length: Six weeks
• Registration: At any time via our website

Students must complete 15 assignments:

1. Planning a memorandum
2. Re-working an email
3. Writing a job advertisement
4. Replacing "awful abstracts"
5. Placing paragraphs in a business letter
6. Working on a brochure
7. Spelling exercise
8. Thesaurus exercise
9. Vocabulary exercise
10. Grammar exercise
11. Punctuation exercise
12. Proofreading exercise
13. Working with the active and passive voice
14. Analysing style
15. Rewriting a business letter

Admission Requirements

• Basic writing skills are essential
• Computer skills, e-mail and Internet access required
• No previous tertiary qualification required

Tutor: Susan Williams.