"I learnt a lot today" 
How do you feel at the end of the workshop?
"Confident that the new tone is the way forward."
"Energised."
"Positive and energised."
"Reinvigorated."
"Great!"
"Refreshed."
"Very good. I really felt I learnt some new things this afternoon."
"Confident."
"I felt better about my writing skills."
"It's given me some good guidelines and ideas for the future."
"It helped focus the direction of communications."

Do you think it will make an impact on your writing at work?
"Absolutely."
"Yes. I learnt a lot today."
"Yes, definitely."
"Yes."
"I hope so!"
"Yes."
"Yes."
"Yes."
"Yes."
"Obviously I'd hope so, and expect so."
"Yes. Good reminders about brevity and simplicity."

Which was the most useful bit?
"Changing my way of thinking."
"Rewriting an existing piece of writing from work at the end – it demonstrates potential to move forward."
"Being given tools to change the way we write."
"Rewriting a piece of writing with constraints of starting and ending letter."
"Hearing others' ideas."
"Rewriting our own work."
"Practising writing hands-on."
"Altering the sentences in a few exercises."
"Good progressive structure allows confidence to develop."
"The rewriting of our original work."
"Rewriting a piece of my own work."

Is there anything that wasn't useful?
"No."
"No."
"No."
"No."
"No."
"No, not really."
"No."
"No."
"No."

How would you improve the workshop?
"It was great, so don't change it."
"Make it a full day and expand on the exercises."
"Can't."
"Can't."
"A bit more time."
"Seems OK as it is."
"Can't."
"No."

Would you recommend it to a friend?
"Terrific, I'd say to them."
"Yes."
"Yes."
"Yes."
"Yes."
"Yes."
"Yes."
"Yes. It was very useful."
"Yes. It was very interactive."
"Yes."
"Yes. It was good fun and helpful."

Do you know anyone else who might enjoy the course?
"The rest of The Link training team."
"Everyone in The Link should."



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