• Understand the purpose of reports
• Target your reader and analyse their needs
• Gather your data and select the relevant information for your reader
• Plan your report: brainstorming, mind-mapping & using the ‘outline’ method
• Structure your writing to maintain your readers’ attention: the beginning, the middle and the end
• How to produce an executive summary
• Use visuals, indexes & bibliographies to enhance your report
• Select words and phrases that will persuade your reader
• Write in a format that is crisp, clear and readily understood by the recipient
• Eliminate poor punctuation & grammar

Who is it for? Anyone who writes reports for internal or external readers.

If you write reports for internal or external readers, this course will enhance your proficiency and facilitate their understanding. You will learn how to clarify your objectives, draw up an outline and organise your information. You will learn how to construct arguments, prepare summaries and write recommendations. You will also be shown how to write in plain English, using the correct grammar and effective layout to ensure that your reports are professional and contemporary.