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Our public courses

These courses have been developed by the Word Centre especially for today's overworked business writers. By 'business writers' we mean anyone who has to write letters, memos, reports, booklets, leaflets or any other kind of document. Whatever their level in an organisation, delegates will find the course challenging and stimulating.

We run the courses in hotels and other conference venues. They are an ideal way to train one of your people or a small team.

What will you learn on the course?

Here are just some of the valuable benefits you will gain. You will learn how to:

  • write with clarity and style, so that your message strikes home every time
  • blow away those bureaucratic cobwebs by writing concisely and in everyday language
  • use words like 'you', 'we' and 'I' to make your writing more personal and direct
  • control your sentences so that they are compact and powerful
  • write 'actively' rather than 'passively'
  • avoid 'writer's block' by using a simple, foolproof technique
  • use 'bullet lists' like this one to get key information across quickly

. . . and much, much more.

Course dates

We have finished our programme of courses for autumn 2011, and will be arranging new ones to run in 2012.

Please click here if you would like us to tell you when we have arranged more courses.

Cost: only £247 for each place, including lunch. If you want to book three or more places at the same time, the cost is only £227.

Click here to book a place on one of these courses.

Click here to look at the course programme.


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