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AI for Business Communication

Write clearer emails, reports, proposals and presentations faster with AI, while keeping your own voice and professional judgement.

You want to keep growing, not feel left behind by the next tool. AI can open possibilities for your work, but confidence means knowing when to use it, what to check and what information to protect. We meet people at their starting point and make space to try, question and learn.

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Duration

Half day · 3.5 hours per half day

Group size

6–8 delegates

Format

Online or face to face

Price — Face to face

From £1,100

+ VAT

Price — Online

From £899

+ VAT

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Why this course matters

AI can accelerate a draft; you still own the message your audience receives.

What you’ll explore in the Lab

AI can draft in seconds, but effective business communication still depends on sound judgement, appropriate tone and a recognisably human voice. This half-day course helps anyone writing for colleagues or clients use AI to plan, draft, edit and polish emails, reports, proposals and presentations with greater clarity and efficiency.

Delegates learn to adapt messages for different audiences, preserve their own voice and brand style, and apply essential checks for accuracy, confidentiality and factual reliability. They build a personal prompt library to support faster drafting and more consistent, audience-focused communication, without handing responsibility for the final message to AI.

a real challenge. a purposeful response.

The challenges this addresses

  • Fast content losing clarity or a professional voice
  • Accuracy or confidentiality overlooked during AI-assisted editing tasks
  • Audience needs missing from prompts for reports and proposals
  • Inconsistent brand language across AI-assisted emails and presentations

What this can change at work

A fast draft only earns its place when the message feels right for the reader. Applying AI to planning, drafting and editing helps people shape clearer emails, reports and proposals while retaining their own voice. Teams can bring more consistency to tone and brand language, giving the business communications that are easier to understand and more carefully checked before they reach colleagues or clients.

Audience-led drafting

Writers specify the reader, purpose and desired tone before asking AI to help shape an email, report or proposal.

A recognisable voice

Colleagues edit generated wording to reflect their own voice and brand style before sending messages to clients or internal audiences.

Deliberate final checks

People check factual details and confidential content during editing rather than treating polished AI wording as ready to send.

Inside the workshop

Working in a small group of 6–8, delegates move from message planning and prompting to drafting, editing and checking AI-assisted communication. Breakouts, peer-to-peer learning and live practice provide opportunities to refine tone, test prompts and review outputs for clarity, accuracy and brand fit. Delegates leave with a personal communication prompt library and a practical approach to using AI while retaining editorial control.

Make AI for Business Communication relevant to your business

Tell us where you want to make progress with planning messages with ai. We can discuss suitable workplace examples, priorities and access needs before agreeing the scope. Choose live online or face-to-face training for your UK or European team, with delivery arrangements agreed before booking.

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What the training covers

The scope below sets out the subjects covered. Workplace examples and practice are shaped around your team within the booked format.

  • Planning messages with AI
  • Drafting emails, reports and proposals
  • Editing for tone, clarity and audience
  • Keeping your own voice and brand style
  • Building presentations with AI support
  • Accuracy, confidentiality and fact-checking

What’s included in your booking

Your booked time and format
Half day · Live online or face to face, agreed before booking · 6–8 delegates.
Included in every course
  • Interactive, facilitator-led learningLive, hands-on sessions built around practice and participation.
  • Group discussionsShared conversations about real situations, so people learn from each other as well as the facilitator.
  • Breakout exercisesSmall-group practice, role-play and problem-solving, online or in the room.
  • Take-away materialsCourse materials, tools and templates to use back at work.
Facilitated learning and practical application
The subject coverage, exercises and facilitator feedback described above, with space to connect the learning to relevant workplace situations. The workshop description sets out the specific plans, prompts or tools developed in this course.

Follow-up coaching, refresher sessions and additional delivery days are not automatic inclusions; any additions are agreed in your proposal. Travel, venue arrangements and any software licences are confirmed separately where relevant. Prices exclude VAT.

Outcomes

The capabilities delegates work towards through the training and practice:

  • Draft business documents faster with AI
  • Adapt tone and style for different audiences
  • Keep AI-assisted writing accurate and on-brand
  • Create a personal prompt library for communication

the next conversation is where it counts —

Take it back to work.

Choose a real situation where you want to apply the learning. Use it to turn an outcome into a manageable first step, then reflect on what changes.

Choose

Start with one priority: Draft business documents faster with AI.

Apply

Try the approach in a relevant task or conversation. Note what felt useful and what you would adapt.

Review

Reflect on what happened, seek feedback where appropriate and choose your next step. Follow-up support can be discussed separately.

Bring this topic to your next event

We can discuss adapting AI for Business Communication into a keynote or large-group session, focusing on the themes most relevant to your audience. Depth, activities, timings and any follow-up depend on the format and package you choose; an event session is not a substitute for the full course.

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