Writing Reports and Proposals

An essential part of communication is being able to report on what you observed or researched while putting it into a practical readable format for the targeted audience to understand and act on. While going back to the core of written communication ivc take the participants through the report writing process from concept to presentation while keeping in mind the 5 IVs of good business writing.

Expected Accomplishments

• Analyze data and organize facts before the writing process
• Write clear concise reports
• that are easy to understand and act upon
• Vary sentences and paragraphs in length and structure for more interesting reading
• Format sections and white space effectively for better readability
• Use headings and sub-headings correctly
• Choose the right style of report to suit the occasion and include relevant sections
• Plan and edit own written work
• Make cons tructive criticism of reports

Course Outline

• Choice of vocabulary/business terms
• Common misuse or incorrect word usage
• Eliminating wordiness
• Sentence construction ft paragraphing
• Being objective ft tone of writing
• Analyzing ft organizing data
• Checking for the 5
• Report writing types
• Formats and inserting graphs ft charts
• Styles, layouts ft white space of reports
• Basic sections of a variety of short reports
• Report writing practice to suit o variety of situations
• Written report presentations

Who Can Benefit

• Anyone who needs to write reports for work.

Related Training

• Business Correspondence-Memos, Emails Et Letters
• Advanced Communication-'The Power of Assertiveness’
• Effective Presentation Skills

Mode

• Consultant led classes with a combination of directed written activities and participant-to-participant activities as well as project work.

Prerequisites

• Good command of written English