Collaboration – How do we all write together? – Collaborative Business Writing Course

Collaboration – How do we all write together? – Collaborative Business Writing

“We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.”J.K. Rowling

This workshop  Collaborative Business Writing Course follows on directly from the Business Writing workshop previously presented by boti.co.za  In this workshop, the focus will be on collaboration in writing agendas; reports; proposals and other missives which require input from more than one department. At the end of the workshop you and your colleagues will be able to form a team to work on a project and because everybody knows and uses the same skills, the end product will comprehensive and coherent. That is what the workshop (Collaborative Business Writing Course) is about in its condensed form, but allow us to elaborate and tell you in more detail what the workshop contains.Collaborative Business Writing Course

Let’s clarify the objective. Collaborative business writing is simply as a project or a piece of work created by multiple people. After each member of the team has finished their part, an editor or group leader assembles the finished project. We will discuss in detail the methods and strategies best used for collaborative writing, for example one team may choose to do sequential writing on a project while another may choose the integrated method. It may sound a little like Greek, but it’s simply a question of are we going to write the project as sections are finished or are we all going to write in each section?

We then turn our attention to the construction of the project, in the Collaborative Business Writing Course and the methods at our disposal, one being parallel construction. After that we explore one of the most important components of collaborative writing and that is choosing the right team members with the right characteristics. The team must consist of team players, not people who prefer to work on their own or that will become the first problem of the project. We will teach you how to build a successful team and what to do with enablers, who are essential to any multiple person project.

We move on to the practical side and ways to effectively use tools to get everybody on the same page. We learn about story boards, collaborative revision and team cohesion.

TIP:  A good team leader will:

  • Keep the project from going over the deadline.
  • Define the tasks for other team members.
  • Enhance group communication and keep track of time limits.
  • Mediate conflicts and disagreements.

Nearing the end of the Collaborative Business Writing Course, we address overcoming conflicts and obstacles to the project and discuss ways in which these can be managed such as T-shaped management. We also discuss keeping people and problems separate and we go back to effective communication by refreshing the participants mind’s about listening first and talking second. We end the Collaborative Business Writing Course with practical examples of collaborative writing.

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