Writing Dynamic Reports and Proposals

WRITING DYNAMIC REPORTS & PROPOSALS

Course Objective: to write authoritative reports with real impact.

The course will cover preparation including identifying the purpose, selecting relevant content and tailoring it for the intended audience. There will be suggestions for a variety of different starting points and effective structures. Participants will learn to construct an argument by ordering points persuasively. They will practise developing a good, clear style, deploying appropriate tone, emotion and key phrases for the right results.

All the teaching points will be illustrated by examples. Throughout the course, the participants will test out ideas and techniques with practical exercises as a group, in pairs and individually.

Except in the case of Open Courses, all Phoenix workshops are tailored on demand, which means that we will develop the final agenda with you to deliver exactly the training you want, at the level you need, within the timeframe you decide.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Plan and structure a successful report

Present themselves expertly on paper

Set out an argument clearly and persuasively

Convince readers of their viewpoint
Course Elements

Groundwork and planning for report writing

Clarifying your objectives – open reports, reports with recommendations and proposals

Reaching different kinds of readers

Signposting your argument clearly

Developing a clear, plain English style

Using effective sentence structures

Avoiding inappropriate jargon