Proofreading & Editing Techniques with ChatGPT for Executives & Managers

Clear writing is fundamental for effective workplace communication. This course equips you with all the proofreading and editing skills that you require to craft clear and compelling workplace messages. The first part of the workshop focuses on editing skills, which enable you to evaluate the content and tone of your message to achieve desired outcomes from your target audience. Then, the second part of the workshop centres on proofreading skils, which assist you in reviewing your writing to correct errors in grammar, punctuation and word choice.

After mastering the skills of proofreading and editing, we will have a hands-on ChatGPT workshop. Guidance on setting up an account, using effective prompts to enhance business writing at the workplace, and evaluating the usefulness of ChatGPT will be covered.

This course will be beneficial for anyone who desires to master effective proofreading and editing skills, and keep up with the current digital landscape by learning to use ChatGPT to enhance written workplace communication.

After the workshop, you will be able to:

• Use a systematic process to plan, write and review their workplace documents.
• Evaluate the content, tone and word choice of their messages to accomplish their goals.
• Proofread business documents effectively with the help of a checklist.
• Acquire hands-on experience using ChatGPT to enhance your proofreading and editing skills at work.

Outline

• Understand the three-stage writing process
  
  • Planning
  • Writing
  • Reviewing
    
    
• Overview of proofreading and editing and discuss the importance of these skills in the professional context.

• Team writing based on the above three-stage writing process

  • practise writing effective emails by using a planning guide and an effective structure;
    team presentation of their emails

• Team discussion and activities on tone
  • See examples of how differences in writing tone affects readers’ feelings
  • learn how to avoid bureaucratic language in writing
  • learn effective ways to write in positive language
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• Focus on the crux of editing
  • Clear thinking
  • Good structure (templates for various business documents will be provided)
  • Good person
  • Good flow

• Proofreading
  • Fixing grammatical errors
  • Punctuation and capital letters

• ChatGPT workshop, Proofreading practice and review
  • Hands-on workshop on setting up ChatGPT, using prompts to aid in editing and proofreading
  • Small group practice on using ChatGPT for proofreading and editing
  • Review key learning points