Report and Letter Preparation and Writing Course

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Course Overview

This course covers the life cycle of writing texts such as reports, technical texts, business documents, emails, and similar content. It includes many aspects of report writing, such as preparing materials, structuring, presentation, using clear English, persuasion techniques, etc. It is packed with examples of good and bad text to facilitate both training and learning processes. All guidelines are followed by exercises to help delegates learn the skills during the course.

Objective:

By the end of this interactive training programme, you will be able to:

The ability to communicate is an important skill. Many of today’s interpersonal communication take place through writing. Targeted, concise and persuasive text can make all the difference when convincing someone of your ideas, services or products. Achieving results through proposals, reports, technical texts, emails, memos, etc., depends on your ability to successfully persuade your readers and help them understand and act on your ideas.

This comprehensive course focuses on all aspects of writing business texts, documents, reports, etc., used regularly in most jobs and professions. It covers the entire life cycle of writing, starting from understanding the audience, collecting material, planning the structure, organising, writing, styling, presentation and the general strategy required to make the text more convincing and targeted.

The course contains a variety of detailed sessions, each focusing on different aspects of this life cycle. Each session provides step-by-step guidelines on how to approach the subject and is followed by exercises where delegates can immediately practice the skill.

Research shows that the best way to learn is by example. All sessions contain specific examples showing precisely how recommended guidelines can be implemented. Good and bad text examples are carefully constructed to show what works and what doesn't, so delegates can quickly apply those guidelines while participating in training exercises and later to real-world scenarios.

Course Outline

Day 1: Report Writing Strategy

Persuading Readers

Day 2: Collecting and Organising Content

Styling and Presentation

Day 3: Increasing the Impact through Language

Day 4: Using Clear English

High Impact Summaries

Day 5: Writing Titles that Grab Attention

Selling Your Ideas

- How do people read, and what are the implications for an author?
- What do you need to consider before writing?
- What is the ideal structure of a technical writing or report?
- How to think of your purpose to make your writing activity easier
- What is the ideal tense to use in report writing?
- When should you write in first-person, second-person or third-person?
- What do authors employ the common persuasion tactics?
- What are the differences between direct and indirect approaches to persuasion?
- When should you go for a global view in contrast with the details?
- When should you explain complex content in contrast with straightforward content?
- How to sequence your content based on standard dimensions, such as urgency, importance and chronology
- What is the most effective way to prepare content for writing reports?
- How to exploit the visual power of your brain through mind maps and organise your content
- How to increase your creativity using simple yet powerful tools and techniques
- How to use headings
- How to increase the visual impact of your presentation to get maximum effect
- How to use tables, graphs, bullet points, margins, etc. to enhance your message
- What are the most effective styles, such as fonts, font sizes, effects, paginations and line spacing? How do you use these styles to make your message more straightforward without distracting the reader through the overuse of these effects?
- How to deliver your message as quickly and clearly as possible
- What are professional writers' standard techniques to deliver an engaging text?
- How to make your message viral
- How to avoid vague writing that can lead to misunderstanding
- How to use technical terms to serve your message
- What is an ideal tone to convince a reader and keep him engaged?
- How to sequence your statements to make them more convincing
- How to increase the clarity of your English using more superficial sentence structures
- How to use action verbs
- How to warm up the reader before explaining potentially complex topics
- How to structure executive summaries
- How to plan summaries to get best results
- Which areas need more focus and are read more frequently?
- How to use proven formulas used by mass media to create engaging titles
- How to create catchy or descriptive headlines
- How to write to sell
- How to structure your text to convince your audience of your cause
- How to appeal to emotions

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Duration:5 Days

date:02 - 06 Jun 2025

Amsterdam

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