Course Description
REPORT WRITING WITH EDITING
In today’s highly competitive world, the ability to write authoritative, tightly focused reports is more important than ever.
This course is customised to focus on the reports you write – whether it’s credit reports / papers or reports the Board.
On this highly practical course one-day course, you will gain the confidence and skills to create professional reports that make an impact and achieve your objectives. You will also learn how to use the power of language and layout to communicate your message to busy readers – including how to convey complex, technical information to non-technical readers.
To ensure the course meets your objectives and that you take away the required skills, it is essential that you bring along some of your own reports. These will be used in editing exercises (and can be redacted if necessary).
A former journalist with a proven track record in training in the private and public sectors, will guide you through the essential steps in the craft of report writing.
On completion of this course you will learn how to:
- Write readable, accessible reports for your target audience
- Write with clarity, simplicity, brevity and a modern, professional voice
- Write well-structured documents that get the message across quickly, clearly and effectively
- Communicate information, ideas, decisions and arguments using clear English
- Identify and avoid common errors of grammar, sentence structure, vocabulary and punctuation
- Edit and proofread your own and others’ written work
- Use the professional tricks of the trade, to ensure your message hits the mark every time
- How to identify your readers and adapt your writing to their needs
- Plan: five easy steps to successful writing
- Transform your style: improve clarity, eliminate wordiness, cut “dead wood”, correct grammatical errors and fix punctuation problems
- Use layout: how to make documents look easy to read
- Make technical information more accessible
- Edit and proofread
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Take away a comprehensive resource pack
Who should attend?
- Anyone who has to write as part of their job
- Anyone who would like to write shorter, sharper documents
- Anyone who has difficulty in achieving the objectives of letters, reports or emails
- Anyone who feels that the ability to create professional, authoritative documents would provide
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Testimonials
I feel better able to write and review business reports after this course, particularly clarifying messages and shortening sentences. Everything delivered was of an excellent quality.
KBCEverything delivered was of an excellent quality. I feel better able to write and review business reports after this course, particularly clarifying messages and shortening sentences. KBC Bank
My main objective was to learn to write more clearly. After today I feel better able to plan, write, proofread and edit documents and mails. This course will have a strong impact on my work....
OracleMy main objective was to learn to write more clearly. I can now see how better to avoid confusion – I didn’t realise how much jargon I use. I will focus more on my goal when writing a document in the future. Even though I had already done similar courses, after today I feel better able to plan, write, proofread and edit documents and mails. This course will have a strong impact on my work. Oracle
I will spend more time planning and therefore writing more efficiently.The course had the right balance between theory and practical work and honestly can’t think of any way it could be improved....
BarnardosAll of my objectives were addressed with this course and I found it very useful. I will spend more time planning and therefore writing more efficiently. I felt the course had the right balance between theory and practical work and honestly can’t think of any way it could be improved. Excellent presenter who ensured that everyone participated in a comfortable manner. Orla Tighe, Fundraising Manager, Barnardos
This course breeds efficiency. The part of the course where we evaluated our own company material and critically assessed it in terms of writing style was crucially valuable....
KBC BankI’ve already recommended this course to my colleagues at lunch time as this course breeds efficiency. The part of the course where we evaluated our own company material and critically assessed it in terms of writing style was crucially valuable. The course was engaging and interesting as were the materials and trainer. It was very valuable to use company specific and appropriate examples. KBC Bank
I am currently looking at areas of funding and writing proposals on behalf of Down Syndrome Ireland, and I can honestly say yesterday has made my daunting task a little easier....
Down Syndrome IrelandMany thanks for the course yesterday. It was a great confidence building exercise for me as I am currently looking at areas of funding and writing proposals on behalf of Down Syndrome Ireland, and I can honestly say yesterday has made my daunting task a little easier. The course was extremely beneficial, and I will mention it to a number of friends. Please extend my thanks to the trainer for her wonderful presentation and assistance. Fundraising and Events Manager, Down Syndrome Ireland
We ran a Business Writing Skills for Greater Impact course. Everyone benefitted greatly from an exceptionally strong and interactive course....
Danske BankWe ran a Business Writing Skills for Greater Impact course in-house for a number of our people who operate in different functions across the organisation – but all involved in writing to key stakeholders. Everyone benefitted greatly from an exceptionally strong and interactive course. The trainer made the course work not just interesting but also very relevant to everyone’s area – with all of the attendees remaining totally engaged for the entire day. She managed to pull the group together as one team despite the varying levels of competency in the room. Everyone later commented on the value of what they had learnt and on how they will apply this to their daily work. I would highly recommend this course for anyone who needs to learn either new business writing skills or as a valuable refresher. Danske Bank
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