Course Objectives
Effective Report Writing Techniques
Course Methodology
Participants will be required to put their acquired knowledge into practice through the development of progress, status, periodic, investigative and instructional reports. They will also practice the development of charts and performance dashboards.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Write purposeful business and technical reports that meet readers' requirements
Utilize different templates and report types to achieve reporting objectives
Generate reliable conclusions effectively by researching, analyzing and organizing information
Provide evidence-backed recommendations to support management decision making
Use visual aids appropriately to support the presentation of information
Apply advanced methodologies to make every report a winning report
Target Audience
All those who are required to prepare technical reports such as engineers, safety officers, technicians, accountants, managers and others.
Target Competencies
Written communication
Report writing and structuring
Structured thinking
Ability to address complex situations
Analytical skills
Ability to generate sound recommendations
Note
It is essential that participants have a good command of the English language.
Course Outline
The report writing process
Report writing overview
5 easy steps to report writing
Understanding your audience
Articulating intended purpose
Planning content and style
Employing essential writing building blocks
Business writing: express or impress?
Reporting structure
Structuring tools
Arranging different sections of a report
Writing captivating introductions
Conducting research and analysis
Delivering evidence-backed findings
Deriving unbiased conclusions
Tools and methodologies for deriving recommendations
Bringing it all together: a cohesive and coherent report
Story telling elements
Report types and templates
Recognizing different reporting structures
Matching reports to situations
6 reporting types
Investigative reports
Progress and status reports
Periodic reports
Instructional reports
Proposals
Financial reports
Reporting templates
The power of visual aids
Using visual aids
Principles for designing visual aids
Recognizing different visual aids
The role of visual aids
Applying principles of design
Using images, diagrams, graphs, charts and tables for impact
Integrating visual aids into a report
Essential visual aid checklist
Reports that win
Elements of winning reports
Using writing tone effectively
Applying scientific tools and methodologies
Mastering the 'so what?'
Building rapport
Mastering editing techniques
The report writing process
Report writing overview
5 easy steps to report writing
Understanding your audience
Articulating intended purpose
Planning content and style
Employing essential writing building blocks
Business writing: express or impress?
Reporting structure
Structuring tools
Arranging different sections of a report
Writing captivating introductions
Conducting research and analysis
Delivering evidence-backed findings
Deriving unbiased conclusions
Tools and methodologies for deriving recommendations
Bringing it all together: a cohesive and coherent report
Story telling elements
Report types and templates
Recognizing different reporting structures
Matching reports to situations
6 reporting types
Investigative reports
Progress and status reports
Periodic reports
Instructional reports
Proposals
Financial reports
Reporting templates
The power of visual aids
Using visual aids
Principles for designing visual aids
Recognizing different visual aids
The role of visual aids
Applying principles of design
Using images, diagrams, graphs, charts and tables for impact
Integrating visual aids into a report
Essential visual aid checklist
Reports that win
Elements of winning reports
Using writing tone effectively
Applying scientific tools and methodologies
Mastering the 'so what?'
Building rapport
Mastering editing techniques