Report Writing Made Simple

Writing a report step by step. Planning to proofing - for a polished, professional, persuasive business report.

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English
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Communications
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Report Writing Made Simple
26,052
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1.5 hours
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Jan 2023
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$59.99
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What you will learn

Save time when planning a report by knowing the essential questions to ask

Increase the impact of a report by understanding its purpose

Structure complex information and ideas confidently and quickly (under five minutes)

Decide what sections to include in the report - and what should go where

Delight readers by making the report easy to navigate and digest

Create a visually attractive report that's kind to the eye

Avoid the common pitfalls that damage your credibility as a report writer

Know exactly what to include in your executive summary (and what not to include)

Why take this course?

Lacking confidence about your business report writing skills because you've never had any formal training in writing reports?

Panicking because you're supposed to be writing a business report and you've no idea where to start?

Sick of wasting hours worrying about how to knock all that research into a logical shape?

Or maybe you write business reports regularly but you're just not getting the results or feedback you'd like from your reports?

If any of these sound like you, stop worrying now! Because this course will take you through the process of business report writing - step by step and with downloadable cheat sheets.

What's more, your guide is a Cambridge graduate and teacher with years of experience helping people write business reports that have impact.

Report writing: take the pain out of planning and the sweat out of structuring!

For most people, the hardest part of report writing is getting started. In this course, you're going to learn how to shave hours, days or even weeks off the report writing process through intelligent planning. You'll learn what questions to ask so you're not reinventing the wheel when you sit down to write your report. 

But best of all, you'll discover a miraculous technique that will completely revolutionise how you go about structuring your reports. I developed this technique while working with a client who had been tearing his hair out at that early shaping stage. With my help, in under five minutes he went from having no clue about how to order his report to imposing a clear, coherent, logical structure on his ideas.

I've since gone on to share this technique with other report writers and trust me they're always blown away by its power and simplicity. I can't wait to share this technique with you - and you'll be glad I did!

Report writing with impact to win readers over

But this course won't just save you time as a writer. It will also help you save your readers time - and they will love you for it!

The American novelist Elmore Leonard famously advised writers to leave out the parts that readers skip. And I'm going to be showing you how to leave out the parts of a report all, yes ALL, readers skip. The pointless parts every report writer thinks are helping readers, but are really hindering them.

And I'll be busting some myths about that all important executive summary. It's the only part of your report you can guarantee everyone will read, so you'll want to make sure it's as powerfully persuasive as it can be. I'll show you how.

Stand out from the crowd with a report that looks as good as it reads

Finally, I'll be showing you how to take your almost-finished report up a notch with simple design and layout tips from a seasoned design professional. You'll even discover one little design trick that's been scientifically - yes, scientifically - proven to boost your credibility and persuasiveness with readers.

So what are you waiting for? Let's get that report written today!

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Reviews

Hank
January 16, 2024
I didn't really learn anything I didn't already know. But it is alway great to get reminders / reinforcement of good practice, especially with something as fundamental as report writing. Thank you!
Daria
December 7, 2023
I love your accent. Im excited about the new information about the report writing. I feel I will be writing reports pretty differently comparing to those I have written so far. New point of view for me. Glad for this course.
Emilly
September 19, 2023
It was a very insightful course. I learnt a lot, especially about making my report have a logical flow and knowing my audience.
Viola
September 12, 2023
The course was very good for me. I loved the section about the questions I must ask before writing as this opened my eyes to the fact that writing shouldn't be just for the sake.
Cesar
August 15, 2023
This course strengthens my writing skills because it aligns with my daily work. Very useful for my professional development.
Magdalena
July 21, 2023
Great course! It has definitely helped me and my team significantly improve the quality of our reports. Thank you so much!!!
Deekshitha
July 4, 2023
This course is very good learning at short time for working professional . My writing skills increased drastically after attending this course. Thank you
Oyelusi
June 27, 2023
It was a very smooth run, At the end of this course I was able to identity lots of mistakes i had made in the past while writing a report.
Christie
June 7, 2023
Great crash course in report writing with excellent examples and templates/resources. The content was engaging and easy to understand/implement in my daily work. Thank you!
Elizabeth
June 1, 2023
I think it was a great learning experience. The teacher has a good grasp of the subject matter. However, I wonder how sustainable it is to print every document we ever had to work on.
Allen
May 23, 2023
English is my second language. I will listen to this course repeatedly until I have a deep understanding.
Siyamthanda
March 10, 2023
I am in a space where I need to do a lot of reporting to stakeholders and I was struggling to put a report together but now I am gaining insights and important things to do and not to do when compiling a report
Shermica
February 8, 2023
A very interesting course. The contents will be very beneficial especially for individuals who are just starting off writing reports.
Bongekile
December 8, 2022
this was great insides, thank you for the tip on moving away from the screen, most of my mistakes come from wanting to write the whole report at a go.
Wilson
November 10, 2022
The course teaches about the techniques on how to write a report and the writer must have an understanding as to who will read the report and is it intended for and what the agenda is. The writer must have a clear objective (what do I want my reader to do after reading the report, what do I need to tell my reader, I must have an understanding of questions that my reader might ask and my report must be explicit, readers must be able to read and understand what is required and about the course of action I am suggesting in my report)

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