Write Better Texts
Make Your Language Active and Reader Friendly
| This is a two-day course on written communication. You will learn to write well and clearly, so that people read what you have written and understand your intention. We work with letters, brochures, emails, reports, notices and articles. |
This is a course that gives you ideas for renewing and leveraging your written language, so that you will write in a clear, simple, informative and, naturally, correct way. You will become conscious of your language and a good writer.
Participants
This course is aimed at individuals who need to write in a way that works. You need to fine-tune your language and you are wanting to give yourself leverage from being “good” to being “really good” on paper or on screen.
You want your written Danish to be read and understood as it was intended. Of course! But perhaps you need the language of your texts to be checked? Because you cannot be sure that your recipient gets the impression of you and your text that was actually intended.
As a starting point, the recipient doesn’t misunderstand you – you are the one who doesn’t express yourself clearly!
Benefit
After the course you will be conscious of avoiding various pitfalls, such as writing tortuously and cryptically. Instead, you will write in a clear and vivid way that makes your recipient want to read your texts.
- You will improve your written Danish
- You will learn to write actively and directly to your recipient
- You will weed out heavy, tortuous language
- You will discover small linguistic devices – and use them effectively
- You will get your message through clearly in print
- You will use the right punctuation – and gain knowledge of the latest comma rules
In short: you will become language-conscious and a good writer.
You will learn the following skills:
- Writing in a vivid and active language
- Writing in current, correct Danish
- Using specific and precise wording
- Using small linguistic devices
- Getting rid of anything that slows your reader down
- Getting your message through clearly
- Readability and worth reading
- Writing in a way that is targeted to your recipient – knowing the recipient
- Your personal form of expression
- Proper punctuation, including presentation of the new, grammatical comma
You will work on writing in a simpler, faster and more specific way and, not least, achieving greater impact. No more spending time on writing a text that no one wants to read or understands!
Your company will get an employee who:
- Is better at getting his or her message through
- Can write in an easy and vivid way – without tortuous language
- Writes actively and directly to the recipient
Course content
This course focuses on dynamic, effective language. Among other things, we take our starting point in your own texts, which you have sent to the facilitator prior to the course. You will get advice on how to improve the way you express yourself in writing – ready for use in your everyday life.
| Linguistic assessment before and after the course You will receive feedback on an ongoing basis during the course on your style of writing and get an individual linguistic check of the texts you submitted to the facilitator prior to the course. After the course, you will also receive a linguistic check, so that your newly acquired knowledge has the best prerequisites for taking root. Both linguistic checks are included in the course price. |
Additional consultancy
For additional consultancy and personal sparring, please contact Product Manager Merete Bernhardtsen by calling +45 4517 6119 or by sending an email.
Facilitation method
The course is inspiring and alternates between facilitator presentations, individual exercises and group assignments.
Facilitators
Mariann Bach Nielsen has worked with facilitation of Danish for more than 20 years. Mariann is a Master of Rhetoric and Communication from Aarhus University.
She involves each participant and you will receive feedback on your own texts – ready to bring home and use in your daily work. She is a very competent facilitator who knows how to involve everyone and establish a good atmosphere throughout the course.
In her facilitation, Mariann’s goal is to create a visible thread between theory and practice – in brief: to offer the participants an opportunity to convert knowledge into craft. Company course
If several employees in your company wish to take this course, we can hold it especially for you. Call +45 4517 6000 for more information.
The price includes
Before the course:
- Invitation to free two-hour meeting on Good learning
- Individual quality check of your own texts
During the course:
- 2 days of facilitation
- 1 facilitator
- Max. 16 participants
- All meals
- Learning by doing – written exercises during the course
- Incorporation of participants’ own challenges
- Course binder
After the course:
- Individual quality check of your own texts
Contact Mannaz
For personal consultancy, please contact Capability Consultant Lonnie Vestergaard by calling +45 4517 6006 or by sending an email.
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