Customised business writing workshops
delivered to teams at your workplace to increase productivity, protect reputation, and improve engagement
Customised business writing workshops
delivered to teams at your workplace to increase productivity, protect reputation, and improve engagement
THE IMPORTANCE OF ELOQUENCE
Writing is a fundamental workplace skill — 80 per cent of people in service organisations have intensive writing responsibilities. However, eloquent writing is not taught at universities. Graduates enter the workforce with a significant gap in their knowledge and, without effective training and mentoring, this weakness persists throughout their careers. Managers have a crucial role in developing the skills of people in their teams, but in many cases these role models have not been trained in the vital skills of effective writing.
ELOQUENCE INVOLVES
- distilling your thoughts and ideas into words that are logical, concise, correct and persuasive,
- writing articulate sentences that are unambiguous and can be read and responded to quickly, and
- delivering a powerful message that achieves outcomes.
ELOQUENCE WORKSHOPS
are grounded in evidence-based research that demonstrate the way that clear communication and effective writing:
- Increases business productivity and performance,
- Protects reputation and brand, and
- Improves employee engagement.
Storytelling for leaders
Eloquence is also accredited to deliver Anecdote International’s Storytelling for Leaders program.
These workshops are designed to give business leaders practical tools to use authentic verbal storytelling to:
- Influence,
- Build rapport,
- Improve engagement,
- Make ideas stick,
- Overcome entrenched views,
- Explain change and strategy, and
- Inspire people to take action.
Stories are not only enjoyable to listen to, people remember and share them. We all use stories innately in our personal lives and Storytelling for Leaders offers practical steps for harnessing the power of stories to achieve clear business outcomes.
Workshops
business writing | verbal storytelling
Workshops
business writing | verbal storytelling
The Eloquence Workshops teach professional business writing through a combination of audience-specific lessons, memorable anecdotes, hands-on writing activities, and templates and checklists for future reference. The programs are designed to instil confidence and self-efficacy, to promote continued learning, and to offer a blueprint for managers to share and develop this knowledge.
Eloquence Workshop
One Day
The Eloquence Workshop is the flagship program at Eloquence delivered in two parts during a full-day program. Part One introduces key skills for clear communication and effective writing through a combination of research-based theory, memorable anecdotes and hands-on techniques. Part Two is designed specifically for the audience, focusing on the types of written work most commonly produced by participants, and building confidence through targeted lessons and writing activities.
Audience:
This program is relevant for people at all levels of an organisation including graduates, middle management and senior executives. The workshop material is tailored to the participants’ knowledge base and skill level, created in consultation with team leaders or an organisation’s learning and development or human resources departments.
Eloquence Masterclass
Three hours
The Eloquence Masterclass is a follow-up program to the Eloquence Workshop that extends and deepens writing skills and confidence, and builds self-efficacy. Participants submit written work before the session, and these are sensitively edited in the group setting to draw out writing themes, ideas and lessons that are applicable to all participants. In this interactive learning environment participants contribute to the editing process, and the discussions reference lessons and activities from the first Eloquence Workshop. Detailed written feedback is also given to each participant privately.
Audience:
This program is relevant for people in roles that have a strong writing component, or for those who produce important written work for clients, investors or executive teams. It is also a powerful program for managers in staff mentoring roles, as the session offers a blueprint for giving effective and considered feedback to promote and develop effective business writing.
Eloquence Foundations
Three hours
Eloquence Foundations offers participants lessons and activities to build the important foundational skills of effective professional business writing. The workshop — Part One of the two-part Eloquence Workshop — includes a detailed overview of how to plan, write and review written work to enrich business communications.
Audience:
This half-day program is suitable for participants who want to learn the foundational skills of effective business writing, but are not able to commit to the full-day Eloquence Workshop. It can be delivered as a professional development session during a conference or work retreat.
Storytelling for Leaders
Half day
One day
Two day
Storytelling for Leaders can be delivered in a half-day, one day or two day format, and can be tailored to the priorities of the business. All workshops include a six-month Deliberate Practise Program, which involves weekly online lessons that emphasise how to apply verbal storytelling skills in the workplace.
Audience:
This program is relevant for business and team leaders, for people in client facing roles, and for anyone who speaks or presents in a public forum. It is also an excellent program for women leaders with its emphasis on building skills and confidence in verbal communication.
Eloquence Consultation and Coaching
In addition to delivering the Eloquence Workshops, Dr Anneli Knight is available for writing consultation and coaching. She specialises in distilling an individual’s thoughts, ideas and visions into words that capture their unique voice and style. She also works with business leaders to produce or edit substantial reports, books and education and training materials, and as a one-on-one writing coach.
About Us
About Us
Dr Anneli Knight
Founder and head facilitator
Dr Anneli Knight is a strategic writing consultant, author and journalist. She brings two decades of writing experience to Eloquence, spanning journalistic, legal, academic, entrepreneurial, corporate, online, fiction and long-form non-fiction writing forms. She has also taught writing and developed writing programs for university, corporate and industry clients.
Anneli draws upon a breadth of experience in creating and delivering the Eloquence workshops. She has worked as an intellectual property lawyer at global firm Ashurst, in various roles at stockbroking firm Goldman Sachs JBWere, as a staff reporter at Sydney Morning Herald, and at tech start-up RedBubble from the beta phase through to its successful launch. She has authored popular blogs for Fairfax Media, including personal finance blog Well Heeled and travel blog Red Letters, and has written website content for social ventures, start-ups and corporate clients.
Anneli has taught journalism and writing at the University of Technology, Sydney, the Northern Rivers Writers’ Centre and the Byron Writers Festival, and has created curriculum for the Melbourne Polytechnic Bachelor of Creative Writing program. She has delivered tailored media training programs to industry groups and small business clients and been invited to speak at events including the Walkley Foundation annual conference and a private luncheon at TEDxSydney.
Creating and delivering the Eloquence workshops is a natural extension of Anneli’s long-standing commitment to education. She holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours), Bachelor of Commerce (finance major), Master of Arts (Journalism) and a Doctor of Philosophy (Creative Writing).
Writing is not only Anneli’s profession, but also a passion. She is a board member of Byron Writers Festival and also chairs author panels during the event, she co-authored the book Flirting with Finance (Fairfax Books), contributed to the travel collection Holiday Goddess Handbag Guide (Harper Collins), edited speakers' talks for TEDxByronBay, and is an avid reader of fiction and books on the art and science of writing.
Anneli created the Eloquence workshops to combine her expertise in writing and teaching, to inspire an appreciation and awareness of eloquent writing among individual participants, and to enable companies to improve their business outcomes by instilling a workplace culture of powerful, persuasive, articulate writing.
Clients
Clients
“Not only did my team member return inspired, she learned foundational skills on a range of writing styles and techniques that will support her to advance her career in corporate affairs. As a teacher, Anneli was not only an expert, but a person who inspired confidence and brought out an individual’s best.”
“Anneli’s clear thinking and idea generation means she is more than a brilliant writer but also a trusted advisor for our team. She generously shares her knowledge, approach and networks to strengthen our capability and program.”
“Anneli’s work is distinguished by its thorough research, breadth of knowledge and quality of writing. She is full of ideas and initiative, quick to respond and deliver, takes direction and is a clear communicator. She is a delight to work with.”
“Anneli is dedicated, committed and passionate about her work - she will put in the hours and do whatever it takes to deliver a first class result first time, on time and within budget. She is very personable and engaging and works well across a broad spectrum of people at all levels within the organisation.”
“Anneli is thorough, professional and diligent. She is a clear communicator, listens carefully to the brief with quiet confidence, and delivers with precision to an exacting standard.”
“The most powerful application of Anneli’s work was to enable my team to distil complex business concepts and visions in a way that is easily articulated in the right tone of voice to our customers, suppliers, employees and other key stakeholder groups.”
“Anneli has natural leadership qualities, outstanding production skills, an eye for detail and the initiative and professionalism to work under pressure and deliver outstanding results.”
Contact
Contact
Please contact Anneli to schedule a workshop, arrange a meeting or ask any questions about the Eloquence services.
Dr Anneli Knight
Email: anneli@eloquence.com.au
Linkedin: au.linkedin.com/in/anneliknight