Terrific training with top author
Do you want to write better, brighter or even brilliant copy? Or make presentations and speeches that hit home with your audience? Read more
Contact us now about our exciting writing and editing training courses. The courses, offered jointly with our associated consultancy Express Editors, are: 1. Winning words: writing to engage and influence. More Words that are wielded well can have enormous power to influence others. This one-day course will give you tools and tips to lift the intensity of your writing. It will demonstrate how the special skills used by great leaders and writers to inspire and motivate can be applied to many forms of business writing. Who should attend? Communications, marketing and public relations professionals; leaders who want to use words more powerfully. 2. Speak your mind: advanced presentation skills. More Making great speeches and presentations is a key to executive success. Yet many of us are nervous about appearing before audiences, and often fail to connect with, motivate and inspire them. Two top trainers have teamed up to present this course, which will teach you how to write a speech or presentation that will win the hearts and minds of your audience, and how to deliver it with flair and confidence. Who should attend? Executives who want to make killer presentations. Leaders who want to motivate and inspire. Anyone faced with the challenge of making a speech or a presentation that hits the right note and connects with the audience. 3. Mark your words: editing to perfection. More Polished, error-free copy not only makes for efficient communication but helps you and your firm leave a sparkling impression. This one-day course will equip you with the editing and proofreading skills you need to smooth out the roughest copy. You will learn how to master the tricky bits of punctuation and grammar; build crisp, clear sentences; and eradicate those embarrassing errors. Let us help you polish your professional prose. Who should attend? Anyone who wants to produce polished, error-free reports or documents. 4. Boost your business writing skills. More This course will give you a toolkit of techniques to cut the waffle and write clean, crisp copy. It shows you how to hit your message home to your readers. If you need to communicate efficiently with a client, write an effective proposal or keep supporters informed about key campaigns, this course is for you. Who should attend? Anyone who writes at work. Whether you write emails, proposals or case studies, or need to give clear and concise professional advice, this course is for you. 5. Make your point: writing clear and concise reports. More This course will teach you how to turn a complex mass of information into a well-organised, convincing document. It includes everything you need to produce an incisive major report that achieves your aims and builds your reputation. Who should attend? Managers and team members who need to compile annual or other large reports. | Learn how to make your copy roar! Lion, Mombo Plains, copyright Linda Vergnani. 'Tony Spencer-Smith supported our emerging leaders in sustainability at a media retreat. He led us through the art of speech writing. Both his content and presentation style were inspirational to us all and the experience has given us an invaluable skill for years to come.'
Kate Harris, Sydney Director, Centre for Sustainability Leadership 'With his carefully constructed course, Tony cuts through the flab and gets straight to the nuts and bolts of writing with purpose and power. A unique training sesson that will make you look at words from a whole new perspective. "Winning Words" is certainly a winning course!' Niranjala Hillyard, Science Communications Officer, Children's Medical Research Institute. 'I found the "Winning words" course very interesting and stimulating. Tony Spencer-Smith reawakened in me the importance of using words to conjure pictures, provoke thought and emphasise meaning.' Peter Levy, Carlini Designs Inspiring trainerOur courses are presented by Training Director Tony Spencer-Smith. He has trained hundreds of people at blue chip corporations, government agencies and not-for-profit organisations and is known for his lively style.
Previously an editor-in-chief of Reader's Digest Australia and New Zealand, he is also an award-winning author. His new book The Essentials of Great Writing (Editor Group) was published in 2009. |
