Writing skills
Semester one
Conducting meetings and writing minutes
Kevin Norton & Melinda Brennan
9am - 4pm Friday 15 June - $550 ND
This course deals with all the important aspects of conducting, or participating in meetings. Included are standard practices for convening meetings, preparing agenda, distributing papers, conducting meetings, taking and preparing minutes, and action arising from meetings. Attention is paid to the purpose, content and style of minutes. This course includes practical tips and also mock meetings to apply the skills learned.
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Correspondence and report writing
Bob Bolitho
9am - 4pm Wednesday 28 & Thursday 29 March - $895 - Enrol now: Credit
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9am - 4pm Monday 28 & Tuesday 29 May - $895 - Enrol now: Credit
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Improve your written communication skills in the workplace by learning proven writing techniques that will help you become a valuable employee who can write clear, concise, persuasive emails, correspondence, reports, briefs, submissions and other documents. Through discussing sample documents and engaging in group writing and revising activities, judge for yourself whether documents succeed or fail.
Editing & proofreading for the workplace
Bob Bolitho
9am - 4.30pm Monday 19 & Tuesday 20 March - $895 ND - Enrol now:
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9am - 4.30pm Thursday 17 & Friday 18 May - $895 ND - Enol now: Credit
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All written communication can benefit from the services of an editor and a proofreader. This course offers practical examples of how editors and proofreaders apply their discipline to documents, conscious of their responsibility to the author, the reader and the language. It also shows how to use house style, style sheets, and proofreading marks and symbols. In two days you will learn about and practise many aspects of editing.
Essential grammar for writers and editors
Bob Bolitho
9am - 4.30pm Tuesday 6 & Wednesday 7 March $895 ND - Enrol now:
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9am - 4.30pm Wednesday 2 & Thursday 3 May - $895 ND - Enrol now:
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9am - 4.30pm Monday 18 & Tuesday 19 June - $895 ND - Enrol now:
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This course takes you beyond the "sounds good" school of writing and editing to an understanding of the essential organising principles of language. Get to know your language better not by memorising archaic "rules" but by learning how language elements function. This course also offers tips on grammar choices that produce coherent, meaningful writing.
Plain English for business & government
Bob Bolitho
9am - 4pm Thursday 14 June - $550 ND
Private and public sector employers require staff to write reader-friendly documents that communicate a clear message, produce results and save time, effort and money. This course presents plain English methods that allow writers to be clear without being condescending, friendly without being substandard. The course accords with best business practice and Commonwealth style.
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Writing concisely
Bob Bolitho
9am - 4pm Thursday 12 April - $550 ND
Thoughtful writers quickly grasp which facts meet readers' needs, before presenting them in concise, well-structured documents that realise their defined purpose. This course highlights 10 practices for transforming wordy drafts into concise finals.
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Writing convincing documents
Jean McIntyre
9am - 4pm Thursday 22 March - $550 ND
For people who know how to write but want to achieve greater success. This course provides a structured approach that can be applied to any kind of work document. We start with planning your document's structure and content for the intended reader through the development process to final editing.
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Writing successful job applications
Kate Gemmell
10am - 4pm Tuesday 24 April - $250 ND
This course will take you though all of the steps required to master a successful application. You will learn how to confidently articulate your skills in order to increase your chances of being shortlisted for that all important job. Selection criteria and the art of the targeted succinct resume will be a particular focus of the course.
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