Writing and Communication Skills
Effective Business Communication Skills Masterclass
This is a 4-day program designed for employees at all levels to equip them with writing presentation and briefing skills for business. The masterclass adopts the approach of experiential learning activities that fosters learning by doing.
The program will also provide learners with techniques and methods to prepare high-impact presentations using PowerPoint, how to prepare for question-and-answer sessions, public speaking, captivating your audience, developing a personal delivery style and communicating clearly and effectively.
At the end of the course, learners will:
- Improve their writing, professional presentation and briefing skills for business
Target Group
The course is suitable for all employees, especially those whose day-to-day activities include dealing with a diverse range of customers through writing and presenting, including:
- Executive Assistants
- Administrators
- Client Service executives
- Marketing executives
Professional Report Writing Masterclass
This is a 3-day course designed to equip human capital working in an environment that requires submission of written reports with skills on best practice in writing clear, effective and professional reports that will enable them to communicate effectively and appropriately.
The course recognizes the needs of different companies and organizations and will be tailored to meet the specific requirements and make the trainees competent and confident in their written communication to senior management and external clients.
Training objectives
The course seeks to equip participants with the ability to:
- Write reader-focused and targeted reports
- Write professional reports that are clear, impactful, and attractive to read.
- Build participants’ report writing skills with a view to enhancing their level of
professionalism.
Academic Writing Boot Camp
The Boot Camp is an intensive program designed for students pursuing Master’s and Ph.d. degrees. The camp intends to address the challenges that postgraduate students encounter in writing and completing their thesis proposals. These challenges include lack of motivation to write, lack of proper writing skills as well as a lack of confidence in the topics that they have chosen to pursue. The Boot Camp puts an emphasis on writing and with the help of thesis advisors, candidates are able to make progress.
The Boot Camp offers:
- A supportive writing environment
- Guidance from a team of seasoned scholars
- Setting targets/milestones and helping the candidates to meet them
Learning outcome: By the end of the course, learners should be able to:
- Write and submit a complete academic proposal.
Introduction to Reporting Skills
This is an 18-hour training on sharpening the reporting skills of Strathmore University staff and other interested individuals. The program focuses on:
- Report writing
- Presentation of reports (Using simple infographics through different software)
- Public speaking
Target group: Managers and Administrators
Learning Outcomes:At the end of the course, learners should be able to:
- Write proper professional reports (content, structure and layout)
- Generate graphical data using reports
- Show comparisons using infographics
- Present a report to an audience (use of PowerPoint and other software)