Drafting Successful Reports
This practical and interactive workshop focuses on creating reports that are reader-focused and fit for purpose. It looks at reports as documents for effecting change and achieving results. The core theme is utility – reports that make a difference, that are powerful tools for getting results and achieving a defined outcome.
Individual benefits:
- Effectiveness and economy of effort
- Enhancing personal reputation through impressive reports
- Producing reports that meet the brief
- Avoiding re-work and wasted effort
Organisational benefits:
- Clear focus on effecting change and achieving results
- Reduction of time wasted in bureaucracy
- Enhanced ability to achieve change and get results
- Increased momentum behind key initiatives
What the training covers:
- Creating documents that are fit for purpose and reader-focused
- Writing process – making the journey from commissioning to delivery
- Information gathering, techniques for data analysis and processing
- Planning and structure - creating a logical argument and a useful template
- Business English - common traps and avoiding ambiguity
- Clear, practical recommendations that will make a difference and create value