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Course Title:   Speedwriting for Effective Minute Taking

Today's workplace is dynamic, competitive and fastpaced. In order to differentiate yourself from thousands of other secretaries, you need to equip yourself with skills that that are in demand. Speedwriting is an invaluable tool for any secretary wanting to take notes quickly and accurately.

Speedwriting is based on a few basic rules which are extremely easy to remember and implement. Unlike other shorthand methods involving memorising 20 or 30 rules, Speedwriting is extremely easy to master and will change the way you take notes forever!

Technical job proficiency is no longer the prerequisite to corporate and career success. Internationally, Speedwriting has become the single most sought-after skill that any secretary can possess. By mastering this you stand on the brink of new opportunities and success in your career. Learn how to write phrases and terms as quickly as you can hear them, increasing your writing speed and confidence.

Course Objectives

    * Save a great deal of time learning the system - no need to memorise random abbreviations.
    * Retention is simple even if you do not use the system daily as there are only a few fixed rules to remember.
    * Transcription time is drastically reduced.
    * Gain a new skill of international standard.
    * Learn how to write simple works at a rate of 60 to 80 words per minute and more complex words slightly slower.

Course Designed For

Speedwriting has become very popular amongst secretaries and can actually be used by any Office Professional who would like to increase their writing speed.

Course Outline

Streamlining letters

    * Writing what you hear.
    * Dropping medial vowels.
    * Writing initial and final vowels.
    * ractical Exercises.

Punctuation symbols

    * Full stop, question mark, indicating the end of a paragraph
    * Indicating plurals, possessiveness, proper nouns
    * Vocabulary builder
    * Practical exercise

Forming new writing habits

    * Identifying where to omit unnecessary crosses, dots initial and final strokes
    * Salutations
    * Forming the past tense of a verb
    * Compound words
    * Writing a Capital
    * Vowels

Unusual words and metric terms

    * Examining words that are commonly mis-spelled
    * Technical terms
    * Proper nouns
    * Length, capacity and weight

Course Title 2 Speedwriting for Effective Minute Taking Classification Writing & Publishing -> Speed Writing Course Requirements Price Notes

Course Information Location Gauteng - Pretoria Course Type Part Time Day Start Dates Length of Course 2 days Final Registration Date

Contact Details Name Siyanqoba Seminars Phone 0861 986 986 Email trainingsiyanqoba.co.za