Course Objective

• Adopt a writing style that meets the expectations of the reader
• Communicate clearly and concisely
• Show a positive and professional image
• Build effective presentations that create an impact
• How to choose the right visual aids
• Recognize problems within your presentation
• Plan your presentation
• Make your introduction and conclusion effective

 Course outline

• Advanced Grammatical Review
• A Model of the Communication Process
• Report Definition and Types
• The report writing process

• Report writing overview
• 5 easy steps to report writing
• Understanding your audience
• Articulating intended purpose
• Planning content and style
• Employing essential writing building blocks
• Business writing: express or impress?

• Reporting structure

• Structuring tools
• Arranging different sections of a report
• Writing captivating introductions
• Conducting research and analysis
• Delivering evidence-backed findings
• Deriving unbiased conclusions
• Tools and methodologies for deriving recommendations
• Story telling elements

• Report types and templates
  • Recognizing different reporting structures
  • Matching reports to situations
  • 6 reporting types
  • Investigative reports
  • Progress and status reports
  • Periodic reports
  • Instructional reports
  • Proposals
  • Financial reports
  •  Reporting templates
  • The power of visual aids
  • Using visual aids
  • Principles for designing visual aids
  • Recognizing different visual aids
  • The role of visual aids
  • Applying principles of design
  • Using images, diagrams, graphs, charts and tables for impact
  •  Integrating visual aids into a report
  •  Essential visual aid checklist
• Reports that win

• Elements of winning reports
• Using writing tone effectively
• Applying scientific tools and methodologies
• Mastering the 'so what?'
• Building rapport
• Mastering editing techniques

• Presentation skills

• Over view of presentation skills
• Types of presentation
• Presentation skills how to deal with the fear of public speaking
• Key elements of presentations
• Delivering powerful presentation
• Comprehensive presentation training skills

Who Can Benefit?

• Managers, supervisors and anyone who wish to improve their writing and presentation competencies