Delivery Method

• Online

Course Overview

This series teaches how to organize thoughts and information for clear, concise, and effective communications. The library is made up the following 3 courses:

• Foundations Course 1 - Get to the Point! (RGI Learning)
• Foundations Course 2 - Organize the Details (RGI Learning)
• Sharpen Your Language Skills (RGI Learning)

Prerequisites

None

Language

English

Delivery

Online

Hardware and Software Required

• Browser Netscape Communicator 4.0
• Browser AOL 4.0
• Operating System MacOS 8.5
• Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0
• Operating System MS-Windows 95

Foundation Course 1 - Get to the Point! (RGI Learning)

Too much time is wasted writing and reading poorly written business and technical documents.  In today's busy environments we need to be able to quickly put our ideas into writing so people can understand them.  In this course you will learn how to focus your reader's attention on teh most important information so your reader can immediately know why you are writing and what you expect.  You will be introduced to the Writing Pyramid.  The techniques we show you will apply whether you are writing e-mails, letters, memos, short reports or proposals.  We provide plenty of exercises and examples that will help reinforce the new techniques.

You will learn how to:

• Focus your message
• Write to persuade
• Write to inform
• Get started
• Iidentify key points
• Understand your audience

Foundations Course 2 - Organise the Details (RGI Learning)

After taking Course 1 in the series you understand how to use the Writing Pyramid to focus your information and direct your reader's attention to the most important message.  In this course you will learn how to organise the lower half of the pyramid and use it to present your information clearly, logically and coherently in ebvery document you write.

You will learn how to:

• Use the pyramid method to organise information
• Ask yourself questions about your information
• Decide what to include or leave out of your document
• Write a summary statement and close confidently

Sharpen Your language Skills (RGI Learning)

This course examines factors that can negatively affect the information you are conveying, and will show you how to correct them and develop a sharp, emphatic, persuasive writing style.  We address common grammatical problems and demonstrate how to correct them.  You will have plenty of exercises to practise the concepts.

You will learn how to:

• Use teh active voice
• Remove wordy expressions
• Inject a personal tone
• Ensure sentence parts are parallel
• Improve punctuation
• Form abbreviations
• Insert numbers in narrative

Subscription Periods

This course offers unlimited access via the following subscription periods:

• 3 months access
• 6 months access
• 12 months access

Assessment

No assessment required.  100% completion necessary.