What you will learn?

• Understand the Writing Process
  – Invent
  – Compose
  – Revise
• Planning Your Content
  – The art of research
  – The importance of recording accurate information
  – Checking information
  – Pre-writing checklist
  – Organising your content
• Structuring Your Writing
  – 2 types of clarity
  – Headers & Lists for visual clarity
  – Key components in a report
• Types of Reports
  – Types of reports and their purposes & audience
  – Reports vs Proposals – What’s the Difference?
• 7 properties of a good sentence
  – Short
  – Simple
  – Concise
  – Precise
  – Plain
  – Write as You Talk
  – Cut Down on Jargon and Acronyms
• 7 strategies for writing good sentences
  – Cut out information
  – Cut up information
  – Cut out the Deadwood
  – Drop Redundancies
  – Order your Sentence
  – Use First Person
  – Choice of Voice
• The Language of Reports
  – Presenting technical terms for the layman
  – Presenting numbers and statistics that can be easily understood
• The Language of Persuasion for Proposals
• Grammar & Vocabulary
  – Grammar pitfalls – tenses and subject-verb agreement
  – Prepositions
  – Dos and don’ts of choosing words
  – The power of paragraphs
  – Linking words
• Using Visual Aids
  – Types of visuals aids
  – When and how to use them
• Proofreading & Review Techniques
  – Proofreading techniques
  – Reviewing techniques
  – Checklist for reviewing

Who Should Attend?
Manager and supervisors who have to submit and vet reports and proposals.

Methodology
Participants are guided through the strategies with practical steps and a combination of theory as well as both group and individual practice sessions, and personalised coaching from the trainer.