Shaping stronger messages with care and intent

Editing is now a key workplace skill as teams work with shared drafts, faster communication cycles and a growing use of AI tools.This course builds the judgement participants need to review writing with care, check that content is relevant and complete and adjust tone so messages land well.

Participants also learn how to refine meaning when automated tools oversimplify or distort text, and how to give constructive feedback on colleagues’ drafts. They leave with practical techniques to edit with confidence and support more consistent communication across their organisation.

  • Adaptability and learning agility
  • Analytical thinking and problem-solving
  • Collaboration and teamwork
  • Decision making and judgement
  • Digital literacy and tool confidence
  • Effective communication
  • Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
  • Leading self and others
  • Productivity and personal effectiveness
  • Relationship and stakeholder management

  • Course participants will enhance their credibility and professionalism through productive, accurate and effective editing
  • Stakeholders will trust the edited documents more easily and spend less time checking or reworking them.
  • Your organisation will benefit from accurate, consistent documents that support a professional image.

  • Increase accuracy and consistency of documents by editing language, layout and formatting.
  • Improve documents' understanding and readability by editing for clarity, conciseness and logical structure.
  • Enhance reader engagement by adjusting the tone and aligning messages with the organisation's voice.

Module Overview Competencies
1

Building an editor’s mindset

  • Assessing current editing skills using core criteria
  • Using digital writing tools appropriately when editing  

Identify current editing strengths and choose appropriate tools to support effective editing.  
2

Editing for complete and relevant content

  • Editing content to meet the document’s purpose and readers’ needs
  • Identifying missing, unnecessary or unclear information to ensure completeness

Edit documents to ensure complete, relevant content aligned with purpose and audience.  
3

Editing for clarity and flow

  • Strengthening paragraph structure, headings and flow
  • Simplifying complex information through clear organisation  

Edit documents to improve clarity, readability and the flow of ideas.  
4

Editing for tone and reader impact

  • Analysing tone using audience, purpose and text type
  • Adjusting wording to improve confidence, courtesy and voice  

Edit tone to suit the audience, purpose and organisational voice.  
5

Editing for meaning and concise expression

  • Making decisions about what to cut, keep or refine
  • Checking shortened or AI-edited text to ensure meaning is preserved

Edit text to remove unnecessary content while preserving meaning and intent.

  • Individual contributors
  • Managers and supervisors
  • Professionals reviewing shared documents
  • Those editing AI-generated drafts
  • People responsible for quality and consistency
  • Those supporting others’ written work

Find out why you should choose us and how we deliver our workshops in-person or online. 

In-person public training dates 
15 July 2026 16 September 2026  
  • Length: 7 hours / 1 day
  • Workshop fee: S$630.00 (subject to prevailing GST)
  • Venue: Toa Payoh Centre  
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