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Effective minutes for successful meetings Stellenbosch University Language Centre 19 November 2010 On Friday 19 November, we are once again presenting our popular full-day workshop on the writing of effective minutes. In this workshop you will get an opportunity to sharpen your minute-taking skills in an interactive, practical way. And you will have a chance [...]

Effective minutes for successful meetings Stellenbosch University Language Centre 19 November 2010 On Friday, 19 November, we are once again presenting our popular full-day workshop on the writing of effective minutes. In this workshop you will get an opportunity to sharpen your minute-taking skills in an interactive, practical way. And you will have a chance [...]

Web sites are an all-important communication medium for any institution or company. Therefore an effective web site that answers to the needs of readers and clients is non-negotiable.  From 8 – 12 November 2010 the Stellenbosch University Language Centre will be presenting a comprehensive workshop series on the design, development and maintenance of a web [...]

Effective correspondence (including e-mail) does not only reflect positively on yourself, but also creates a professional image of the company you represent. Ineffective correspondence, on the other hand, influences productivity in the working environment, and can also portray a negative image of your company to clients. If you are involved in the production and distribution [...]

The Writing Lab is presenting their Workshop in Scientific Writing Skills for Theses and Dissertations on 27-30 September. This workshop is an accredited short course and participants will receive a certificate of attendance. The purpose of the workshop is to provide a general introduction to the writing skills required for producing and organising information in [...]

Effective minutes for successful meetings – 22 October 2010 On Friday, 22 October, the  SU Language Centre  is once again presenting the popular full-day workshop on the writing of effective minutes. In this workshop you will get an opportunity to sharpen your minute-taking skills in an interactive, practical way. And you will have a chance [...]

From 26 to 28 October, the Language Centre will be presenting the workshop series Writing reports and proposals. If writing reports and proposals is an integral part of your daily work responsibilities, this series will help you to be more effective and confident in preparing these two important types of documents. The series consists of [...]

Writing skills for effective minutes Stellenbosch University Language Centre 9 September 2010 This full-day workshop is aimed at administrative personnel who are responsible for keeping the minutes of meetings in their work environments. The workshop will consist of a theoretical session and a more practical session. In order to make the practical session as valuable [...]

The graphic and layout elements of any document – such as the font type, font size, spacing and colour – determine to a large extent whether the document will be read or not. In fact, these layout aspects of your newsletter or brochure might even be more important than the content. Do you have the [...]

On 26 August 2010 (13:30-16:30), the Stellenbosch University Language Centre will be presenting a workshop on Communication, culture and the image of your organisation. The workshop will be presented in English, but the Language Centre has a language-friendly approach in our workshops regarding the use of English and Afrikaans.  Within a corporate context we often [...]

Effective correspondence (including e-mail) does not only reflect positively on yourself, but also creates a professional image of the company you represent. Ineffective correspondence, on the other hand, influences productivity in the working environment, and can also portray a negative image of your company to clients. If you are involved in the production and distribution [...]

 Can you imagine any dynamic institution not using PowerPoint? You would also have noted, however, that the quality of presentations varies considerably, so the real question is: can you compile an effective presentation?  On 7 September 2010 the Stellenbosch University Language Centre will be presenting a workshop focusing on guidelines for a successful PowerPoint presentation. [...]

Writing skills for effective minutes Stellenbosch University Language Centre 9 September 2010 This full-day workshop is aimed at administrative personnel who are responsible for keeping the minutes of meetings in their work environments. The workshop will consist of a theoretical session and a more practical session. In order to make the practical session as valuable [...]

COMMUNICATION, CULTURE AND THE IMAGE OF YOUR ORGANISATION On 26 August 2010, the Stellenbosch University Language Centre will be presenting a half-day workshop (13:30–16:30) on Communication and culture and the image of your organisation. Within a corporate context we often make the mistake of not paying enough attention to the image we project through our [...]

Stellenbosch University Language Centre 20 August 2010 On Friday, 20 August, we are once again presenting our popular full-day workshop on the writing of effective minutes. In this workshop you will get an opportunity to sharpen your minute-taking skills in an interactive, practical way. And you will have a chance to get answers to questions [...]