Are your reports clear, credible and engaging? Do you make an impact on your key stakeholders? Enough for them to quickly follow up and take action?

This course develops the fundamental skills of planning, structuring and writing reports. You will gain valuable tools and techniques to make any report more targeted, persuasive and appealing to read. These essential skills will save your stakeholders valuable time and enhance your professional image.

Objectives

  • Write complete, coherent and clear reports that are easy to read
  • Write credible, impartial and insightful reports that enhance the writer's professional image
  • Write engaging, persuasive reports that influence others to take action 

Benefits

  • Enhance your credibility, engage stakeholders and achieve your goals through productive report writing
  • Save time and make more informed decisions
  • Showcase your expertise to external and internal stakeholders, boosting your career through enhanced credibility

Workshop outline

Report writing essentials

  • Analysing effective writing in different report types
  • Evaluating your report writing skills and setting personal goals

Writing the background and introduction to a report

  • Selecting and structuring content
  • Using engaging language

Writing credible report findings 

  • Aligning content to your purpose and audience 
  • Writing evidence-based findings

Using visuals to make reports more appealing 

  • Selecting and designing memorable visuals for different types of reports
  • Describing visuals clearly and persuasively

Writing effective report conclusions

  • Using guidelines for writing effective conclusions 
  • Analysing the language of bias

Writing persuasive report recommendations 

  • Selecting and structuring content for different types of recommendations 
  • Choosing the right tone for your context and audience

Writing executive summaries  

  • Selecting key points and structuring your executive summary
  • Using hooks to engage your audience

Report writing mini-clinic   

  • Evaluating your report against effective practices 
  • Setting goals and action planning to improve your report writing

Workshop timetable and price

Delivery: Face to face
Location: Lisbon - Principe Real
Duration: 12 hours
Dates: 22nd April to 20th May 2025
Days: Tuesdays & Thursdays
Times: 19.00 to 20.30
Regular price:  280€

Minimum CEFR Upper-Intermediate (B2) English level is required to participate in this workshop.