Report Writing
Course Aims
This half-day programme aims to provide delegates with the essential skills for successful report writing.
The training will focus on analysing the needs of the audience, in order to meet their needs in the most appropriate way. Delegates will explore the logical sequence of report writing and have tips and techniques provided to create greater impact for readers.
Course Outline
Reports and their Uses
- Different types of reports
- Objectives of reports
Planning
- Mind-mapping and brainstorming
- Linking ideas and phrases
- The rhetorical triangle: writer, audience, subject
Writing the Report - Structure
- Ten parts of a report
- The principles of writing: Pathos, Ethos, Logos
- The process of writing
- Creating impact
Style
- House Rules
- Layout of text including paragraphing
- Length
- Headings
- Creating interest for the reader
After Writing
- Checking the report
