Writing Works

Trainer: Language Boss
Duration: 14-15 hours
Delivery: Online or in-person
City(ies): Cape Town and surrounds or virtually
Cost: R4,850 in-person; R4,550 virtually (VAT not applicable) per delegate. Best price guaranteed
“The course was brilliant! The sessions were engaging and really great – thank you!! This course is going to bring a huge improvement in my writing! I am so much more aware and excited to make my writing more readable.”
~Sally Prins – Coronation Fund Managers

People are writing more now than at any other time in history, and there is an ever-growing need for strong written communication. Writing Works addresses this need: it will make you a more effective, professional and readable writer.

The training provider, Language Boss, focuses the course on email writing, but the skills learnt will improve written communication for all types of business writing.

Key learning features

The course combines several powerful features:

  • Learning takes place gradually and progressively.
  • Participants’ own writing is used to reinforce new concepts and skills.
  • The online Training Workbench facilitates highly interactive and practical training.

Delivery methods

This is a blended learning course, combining online learning in your own time with instructor-led sessions. The instructor-led sessions are offered using one of two delivery methods:

  • virtually: typically four 3.5-hour live sessions, delivered via Google Meet.
  • in-person: three 5-hour face-to-face sessions.

Between sessions, whether virtual or in-person, participants do tasks and exercises using the online Training Workbench.

Course outcomes

On completing the course, participants will know:

  • why reader-centred writing is important
  • how to make their writing reader-centred
  • how to apply the principles of readability, and write in a highly readable style
  • how to apply plain language principles
  • why tone is important, and how to achieve various tones
  • how to punctuate correctly and avoid common grammar mistakes
  • how to increase the chances of emails being opened, read, and acted upon
  • how to edit and proofread

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Delivery: Online or in-person

Duration: 14 (online) or 15 (in-person)

Other info: Click "Ask a question" to find out more; or "Request a booking" to arrange an exclusive course, including favourable group rates, for your team. Conversation Clever can be offered exclusively to at least 6 people at one firm (either online or in-person).

Cost: R4,850 in-person; R4,550 virtually (VAT not applicable) per delegate. Best price guaranteed

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“The attention to detail in the course is excellent. The manual is a superb resource and well laid out. The Training Workbench is a master stroke. I really found it very well packaged.”
~Mike Moore – WellsFaber
“It’s one thing to hear about good writing and another to be able to do it. The exercises were a great way to implement learning and identify areas to work on. Michael is very engaging, knowledgeable and practical.”
~Natalie Rykiel – UNICEF’s Office of Global Insight and Policy
“This course was so much more than a writing course – it was a brilliant communication course. Michael was very engaging and happy to share his vast knowledge. I highly recommend the course.”
~Karen Sivewright – Investec

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Language Boss

Language Boss

Michael A. Walker, founder of Language Boss, has devoted his working life to English language teaching and training. His company, Language Boss, helps South Africans learn and develop as people, employers and managers by communicating better in the workplace.

As a trainer, Michael always follows three key principles: put the learner at the centre of the process, maximize learner participation, and draw on the learner’s personal experience.

His work is informed by a Masters in Linguistics from Stellenbosch University, a teaching diploma administered by Cambridge University, and a degree from UCT in English and Industrial Psychology.

Michael also draws on his culturally diverse international training experiences with a global provider of online learning and assessment solutions. He has trained in places as varied as Costa Rica and Kazakhstan, encountering a rich tapestry of peoples and languages.

On Skillfully, Language Boss has two course offerings: Writing Works, which helps people write better in the workplace, and Conversation Clever, which helps people connect by having better conversations.