Dates - 9th September 2010
Price - £580 + Vat
Scope
This course is designed to provide a clear process for writing any report, with or without a template or required outline. The result is the ability to produce a better report and to make far better use of the time available.
The emphasis is on planning, reader analysis, structuring the message and writing clearly. This is not a grammar and punctuation course, although examples of work submitted in advance will be reviewed by the tutor and comments on use of English will be made as appropriate.
Suitability
The course is intended for people with some experience of writing who are unsure, for example, about the difference between the conclusion and the executive summary. The clear step-by-step process and many tools to aid clarity of thought are of enormous benefit to those who grapple with large amounts of detailed information.
It is targeted at scientific writers and the specific issues that face them when writing for non scientific audiences, but people from other disciplines such as finance and IT will benefit too.
It may be modified to run in-house within client companies.
Knowledge
The course is highly interactive with comments, personal anecdotes and questions encouraged throughout. By the end of the course you will:
- Be able to set a clear objective for your report
- Understand how to target your readership
- Be able to use a variety of thinking tools to organise your material before you start writing
- Be familiar with a range of structures and know how to select the best one for your purpose
- Relate templates in use in your organisation to the structures discussed in the course.
- Have some guidelines for checking that your writing is as readable and consistent as possible
- Know how to check thoroughly that your report is fit for purpose before you send it to anyone.
To book a training course, please download the booking form,
complete and email to bookings@rssl.com