Clear and Concise

You'll find out what modern business writing looks like

See how it’s different from traditional practices. We’ll take you through exercises to get comfortable with it, and you’ll look at your own documents with fresh eyes.

You’ll practice applying new ways of writing

Feel confident and re-invigorated to write well at work. You’ll even be able to save time and write less.

Key audience

Anyone who writes as part of their job.

Learning outcomes

· Discover the reader-writer paradox: ‘what we like as readers’ does not match ‘what we do as writers’.

· Learn the revolutionary solution: to reconnect with our reader selves, we need plain language.

· Understand why 'professional' doesn't have to mean 'formal'.

· Find out how to hook and keep a reader's attention.

· Practise the four P's of plain language: practical, personal, pared back, positive.