Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
*Original Content was created in June 2024
Professional Skills
Effective Business Writing: What Support Staff Need to Know
“Good writing is clear thinking made visible.” – William Wheeler, journalist and author
In this one-hour session you will cover the fundamental techniques of effective business writing and how using these techniques can improve the way you write and communicate with our key stakeholders.
- What is effective business writing and why do we need to write this way?
- Elements of effective business writing: audience, purpose, structure, language and design
- Creating the right impression: reviewing our work for correct punctuation, spelling, grammar and house style
Presented by Suellen Thompson, Senior Manager, Knowledge Content & Projects, Herbert Smith Freehills
Presenters
Suellen Thompson, Senior Manager, Knowledge Content & Projects, Herbert Smith Freehills
Suellen Thompson is Senior Manager, Knowledge Content & Projects at Herbert Smith Freehills. She is a qualified lawyer with a Masters in English Language and over 20 years' experience training and coaching lawyers and professionals in clear communication techniques. During her career she has held senior knowledge management and learning and development roles in law firms in Australia and Asia, and served as a non-executive Director on not-for-profit Boards. She focuses on building written and verbal communication capabilities of lawyers and professionals to develop their confidence and presence, and enhance their leadership style.
This seminar is part of a series
Legal Support Staff Training
Tailored especially for legal support staff and executive assistants, this annual series will provide you with invaluable insights and best practice guidance to thrive in your day-to-day. Learn how to reduce and prevent stress and recognise the difference between stress and burnout. Receive important tips on effective business writing and communication. Understand the ethical dilemmas that you may encounter in a busy practice including how to tactfully approach them. Master personal productivity and learn how to harness technology and automation.
Description
Attend and earn 5 CPD units in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
If you register for the full series as a live online product after the date of an individual session, you will be sent the recording for the sessions that have passed. Alternatively, you can register for individual sessions by following the links below.
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