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Effective Report Writing
Making Every Word Count
Chaired by
Sue Calthorpe
Available Dates
Date & Time
Venue
Availability
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3 December, 2024
09:25 - 16:15
Virtual Using Zoom
SOLD OUT
Overview
Do you need to write reports with value rather than volume? Condense lengthy documents into a short summary? Make yourself understood to a wide range of readers with varying levels of knowledge?
Our Effective Report Writing course is designed to help you produce excellent and efficient reports for today’s ever-changing workplace, helping you write quickly, accurately and clearly.
Work through expert-led practical exercises to learn how to better plan, structure and edit reports with effective editing and layout methods.
Leave the day with techniques that will improve your written communication skills and enable you to produce more engaging reports that achieve your aims.
What previous delegates said about this course:
"Sue Calthorpe was an excellent trainer and made the training interesting and engaging and I would certainly attend more courses that are run by her" - Customer Experience and Improvement Officer, Charnwood Borough Council
"One of the best courses I have been on in a long time, and far better than other courses I’ve been on!" - Senior Programme Lead, NERC
"Sue is a great tutor. She is very personable and makes the training session fun. She also tries very hard to relate the training to each attendees work place. Thank you Sue” - Strategic Analyst, Merseyside Police
Media & Communications Specialist
Sue works to help organisations improve their report writing, briefings and submissions, complaint handling, promotional writing, persuasive writing, and how to communicate complex information.
Before setting up her own full-service communications company, which has been successfully established for over 30 years, Sue worked as a regional and national newspaper journalist.
Her work doesn’t just reside in the UK too, she trains internationally and has worked in France, Qatar, India and Bangladesh on a range of projects involving written communication.
Her most recent clients include the Home Office, the Law Society, Legal & General, HSBC, the Office for National Statistics, HMT and lots more.
Sue Calthorpe
Learning Outcomes
Practise effective report editing techniques
Effectively organise information within the report
Learn how to plan and structure an engaging report
Gain methods to present data and enhance the impact of your report
Develop a persuasive writing style to put forward a clear, convincing case
All the Understanding ModernGov courses are Continuing Professional Development (CPD) certified, with signed certificates available upon request for event.
Enquire About In-House Training
To speak to someone about a bespoke training programme, please contact us:
0800 542 9414
InHouse@moderngov.com
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has rapidly advanced in recent years, revolutionising how we create and edit content. Integrating AI into our writing courses has been crucial for helping public sector delegates stay informed, write with integrity and enhance their efficiency. However, it is equally important to recognise that misuse of AI can lead to serious issues, such as plagiarism, copyright infringement and ethical breaches.
Agenda
09:00 - 09:30 Registration
09:30 - 10:00 Trainer’s Welcome and Clarification of Learning Objectives
10:00 - 10:30 The Basics of Effective Report Writing
The POWER principles
How to understand the reader
Learn to produce a hierarchy of information for different readers
10:30 - 11:15 Report Writing Workshop I: Planning
Discover planning tools and frameworks
Develop techniques to help you identify relevant purpose and content
11:15 - 11:30 Morning Break
11:30 - 12:15 Report Writing Workshop II: Organising Information
Learn how to effectively present information
Understand how to group different types of information
Gain best practice techniques to focus on value, not volume of information
Discuss reading patterns on paper and on screen to decide on the best layout for your work
12:15 - 12:45 Workshop III: Writing
A practical exercise in rewording and reordering
Providing feedback – a practical exercise in how to give and receive constructive, objective advice
12:45 - 13:45 Lunch
13:45 - 14:45 Report Writing Workshop IV: Editing Reports
Learn the most effective and ruthless editing techniques
Using real life materials, edit a document and create an effective summary
14:45 - 15:00 Afternoon Break
15:00 - 16:00 Report Writing Workshop V: Reviewing Real-Life Materials
Embed the day’s learning – review real-life examples to quality assure them by using criteria discussed during the course
16:00 - 16:15 Feedback, Evaluation and Close
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