Report Writing Made Simple
Lacking confidence about your business report writing skills because you've never had any formal training in writing reports?
Panicking because you're supposed to be writing a business report and you've no idea where to start?
Sick of wasting hours worrying about how to knock all that research into a logical shape?
Or maybe you write business reports regularly but you're just not getting the results or feedback you'd like from your reports?
If any of these sound like you, stop worrying now! Because this course will take you through the process of business report writing - step by step and with downloadable cheat sheets.
What's more, your guide is a Cambridge graduate and teacher with years of experience helping people write business reports that have impact.
Report writing: take the pain out of planning
and the sweat out of structuring!
For most people, the hardest part of report writing is getting started. In this course, you're going to learn how to shave hours, days or even weeks off the report writing process through intelligent planning. You'll learn what questions to ask so you're not reinventing the wheel when you sit down to write your report.
But best of all, you'll discover a miraculous technique that will completely revolutionise how you go about structuring your reports. I developed this technique while working with a client who had been tearing his hair out at that early shaping stage. With my help, in under five minutes he went from having no clue about how to order his report to imposing a clear, coherent, logical structure on his ideas.
I've since gone on to share this technique with other report writers, and trust me, they're always blown away by its power and simplicity. I can't wait to share this technique with you - and you'll be glad I did!
Report writing with impact to win readers over
But this course won't just save you time as a writer. It will also help you save your readers' time - and they will love you for it!
The American novelist Elmore Leonard famously advised writers to leave out the parts that readers skip. And I'm going to be showing you how to leave out the parts of a report all, yes ALL, readers skip. The pointless parts every report writer thinks are helping readers, but are really hindering them.
And I'll be busting some myths about that all important executive summary. It's the only part of your report you can guarantee everyone will read, so you'll want to make sure it's as powerfully persuasive.
Finally, I'll be showing you how to take your almost-finished report up a notch with simple design and layout tips from a seasoned design professional. You'll even discover one little design trick that's been scientifically - yes, scientifically - proven to boost your credibility and persuasiveness with readers.
So what are you waiting for? Let's get that report written today!
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Course Curriculum
- Introduction to preparing for success
- How to shave hours off your research so you can get down to writing (4:23)
- Why are you writing? The purpose of a business report (3:33)
- Three questions you must ask before you start writing your report (3:34)
- Quiz: preparing for success
- Preparing for success: key points to remember
- Activity: reflective learning exercise on preparing for success
- Introduction to picking a winning format
- How to make sure you deliver a report that meets everyone's expectations (4:51)
- What goes where? The various sections of a report (6:46)
- The most important part of any report: the executive report (3:59)
- Quiz: report formats
- Report formats: key points to remember
- Activity: reflective learning exercise on picking a winning format
- Introduction to planning and presentation
- This is gold dust! Never sweat over structure again with this 5-minute technique (6:26)
- How to make your writing flow 1: powerful paragraphs (5:08)
- How to make your writing flow 2: ordering your paragraphs logically (1:41)
- Acitivity: put these topic sentences in the correct order
- How to make your writing flow 3: ordering your sentences (4:14)
- How to help your reader home in on what's most relevant (6:34)
- What's the most appropriate writing style for a report? (5:14)
- Quiz: planning and presenting your ideas powerfully
- Planning and presenting your ideas powerfully: key points to remember
- Activity: reflective learning exercise on planning and presenting your ideas
Dr Clare Lynch, award-winning instructor and Cambridge writing tutor
Report Writing Made Simple is taught by Dr Clare Lynch of Doris & Bertie, a London-based agency that works with anyone who needs to write as part of their job. Clare also teaches writing skills at the University of Cambridge.
A professional writer, Clare helps corporate clients communicate more clearly and engagingly with their customers, employees and other stakeholders.
Over the course of her career, Clare has honed her techniques for getting under any reader’s skin – and crafting messages that instantly resonate with the target audience. Techniques she now shares with her over 76,000 online students.
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