Description
INTRODUCTION
Well written technical reports results in cost and time savings as both business and technical readers can quickly get actionable information from a single report.
You’ll get the great benefits:
- Pinpoint what readers look for in a report.
- Effectively connect technical content with business goals
- Use tact to reach out to hostile readers
- Allow readers to systematically find what they need by using structured writing.
- Write layered reports which reach out to technical and non- technical readers simultaneously
- Persuasively communicate your key findings to your readers.
Objective
Upon the completion of this course, the participants will be able to:
- Understand the impact of reader needs on your report presentation
- Help readers find what they need by using structured reports
- Enable technical and business readers to take quicker action
Who should attend?
- This programme is specially tailored for executives and managers who are considering implementing Six Sigma and want to understand its core concept and benefits.
Training Content
- Reader Context-Types, Expertise, Point of View
- Identifying Writing Goals
- Matching Reader & Writer Requirements
- Primary, Secondary & Unintended Readers
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- Report Types
- Report/Proposal Flow
- Aligning Reports With Reader Needs
- Expand Statement of Purpose with Outlines
- Matching Outline to Report Elements
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- Checking
- Analyzing Issues
- Mapping Context to Content
- Developing the Discussion Content
- Adapting Specialist Material To Readers
- Writing Content Text
- Developing Inferences and Conclusions
- Use of Appendices
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- Key Concepts For Presenting Numbers
- Matching Data to Visuals
- Making Judgments From Data
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- Common Tools
- Sentence Structures
- Grouping Ideas
- Jargon & Acronyms
- Transitional Words
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- Empty Space
- Alignment
- Colour Usage
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- Reader Perspectives on Conclusions & Recommendations
- Differences between Conclusions & Recommendations
- Effective Structures for Conclusions & Recommendations
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- Impact of Critical Thinking Processes
- Barriers to Clear Thinking
- Use of Rational and Intuitive Decision Models
- Making Higher Quality Decisions
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- Implications and Consequences
- Decision Making Criteria
- Justifying Recommendations To Readers
- Mapping Findings to Cost, Time, & Operational Considerations
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- Integrate Elements
- Harmonize Elements
- Recheck Report Intentions & Reader Requirements
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- Executive Summaries
- Content & Organization of Summaries
- Presenting Findings to Senior Management
- Differences between Summaries and Abstracts
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- Principles of Revisions
- Flow & Logic
- Communication Clarity
- Readability Techniques
- Proofreading
- Revision Tips
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