In business, clear and effective professional communication helps you connect with your audience and gets your message across.
We offer carefully crafted corporate communication short courses and communication skills training that lead to a certificate of competence when completed successfully.
Our courses are aimed at people working in business, administrative and corporate environments. We offer various competencies so employers can help their staff develop business communication skills for effective and confident communication.
This way, staff connect more deeply with clients and become skilled at creating high-quality written work that portrays a professional business image.
Our aim is to build long-term relationships with our clients and continuously improve on our content and quality. Our presenters are experts in professional communication and use a positive, practical and interactive approach. We also offer engaging online communication courses, which might mean less travel time for you.
Click on a course below for more information, or contact Michelle Pieters (021 808 2812). If you have specific short-course and development needs, let’s chat!
“This course is course met every aspect of my expectations. I would go so far as to recommend this course become part of the onboarding program for all SU staff.”
Nicolas Olivier, Faculty of Military Science
Participant, Effective Office Communication and Documentation online course
“Thank you for the enjoyable course. It was much more than expected and very informative. The course was designed in such a way that writing was made easy. I had a problem with tenses, and we covered everything from grammar, tenses, shortening sentences, clear writing etc. The feedback given after assignments were also very insightful. Thank you!”
Lucrecia Tsauses, NAMFISA in Windhoek, Namibia
Participant, Cutting-Edge Business Report Writing online course
“What a well-crafted and excellently presented digital marketing short course you have presented! Thank you so much. This was the best online short course I have completed this year. I gained valuable skills and tripled my knowledge of online marketing.”
Susan Lotz, SU Language Centre
Participant, Effective Communication in a Digital World
“The presentations short course has really changed the way I look at presenting and my approach to it. I’ve learned skills that will benefit me for the rest of my career.”
Tracey-Lee Solomon, Bureau for Economic Research
Participant, Crafting confident presentations course
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Moonstone
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Rupert Foundation
Toastmasters International
Alphawave
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UNISA
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