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Report Writing Skills Training Course

Our Report Writing Skills training course is delivered as an online virtual open course. We can also deliver the course in-house just for your business as an in-person course or a live virtual online course.

Report Writing Skills Course Highlights

Here’s some quick information about our Report Writing Skills course:

  • 1-day training course delivered online
  • Delivered anywhere in Ireland as an in-house course
  • Booking is easy. Just select a location, a date and hit Book Now!

Course Overview

Course Aim

This report writing skills training course will provide you with a toolkit to improve your business report writing skills. It focuses on the key elements of writing and presenting business reports such as Preparation, structure, writing and presenting.

The session includes a range of activities that will allow you to practice skills, alongside trainer-led sessions to introduce the relevant knowledge.

We look at how to plan reports and what you want people to get from them, compose and structure reports, and present the information clearly.

Course Objectives

By attending this Report Writing Skills training course, you will be able to:

  • Create a basic report outline
  • Organise the key points and support them with relevant facts
  • Write some rough draft notes and check existing reports against the overall structure
  • Choose appropriate visuals such as charts, graphs, and tables to present figures
  • Write an effective conclusion
  • Write an executive summary that highlights the report’s main ideas
  • Professionally present the report

Course Content

Preparing the Report
  • Defining the purpose
  • Setting the Objectives
  • Investigate the topic
  • Thinking about the reader
Report Sections
  • Title or title page
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • Introduction
  • Discussions/Body/Investigation
  • Summary & Conclusions
  • Recommendations
Layout
  • Numbering Sections and figures
  • Diagrams, graphs and tables
  • Headings
Proof-reading
  • Originality & Plagiarism
  • Business English
  • Punctuation
  • Grammar
Presenting the Report*
  • How to talk through the report
  • Use persuasive language
  • Get buy-in to the ideas you are presenting

Download the Course Brochure

Download a copy of our Report Writing Skills training course brochure below.

Download Report Writing Skills Course Brochure

Our Approach

No PowerPoint

Yes, you read that right! We’ve removed PowerPoint from our in-person training courses. Instead we use more creative ways to deliver content and generate discussion.

Always Interactive

No matter how you attend, our courses are interactive and designed specifically for the delivery method being used.

Practical Tools

We minimise theory and focus on practical tools you can take away and use immediately in the workplace.

Clear Pricing

Transparent pricing for open courses and clear all-inclusive quotes for in-house and bespoke work.

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