Improve your business communication skills in this free online course that covers presentations and written messaging. This professional development course provides the training you need to communicate effectively in the business world. We identify common barriers to communication and explain how to understand your audience. We lay out the elements of good business writing and demonstrate how to deliver effective presentations. This course improves your business communication skills to help you network, cooperate with colleagues and move ahead in your career.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 201605 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 6-10 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • Describe the factors that contribute to self-concept • Analyze the concept of perception • Define ‘language’ • Explain the differences between clichés, jargon and slang • Discuss how a ‘self-fulfilling prophecy’ works • Define ‘attitude’, ‘values’ and ‘beliefs’ • Identify three styles of writing • Discuss the appropriate use of colloquial, casual and formal writing in at least one document of each style • Outline common myths pertaining to public speaking • Solve common communication barriers encountered while speaking in public • Describe several principles of organization • Describe the role of language in perception and the communications process |
| Course Code | 5925 |
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