Reporting Skills & Professional Writing

LEARN TO PLAN, DRAFT AND EDIT REPORTS THAT LEAD TO ACTION
What you'll learn
SET REPORTING OBJECTIVES
COLLECT /ANALYSE DATA AND DRAW CONCLUSIONS / IDENTIFY LESSONS LEARNED
PLAN YOUR WRITING AROUND THE REPORT OBJECTIVES AND READER'S NEEDS
ORGANISE YOUR IDEAS WELL AND COMMUNICATE CLEARLY IN A WAY THAT KEEPS YOUR READERS INTERESTED AND ALERT
Requirements
Ideally you will already have some experience in international development, relief or humanitarian work. You will have at minimum a working knowledge of English. This course is suitable for any level, however - we have trained native speakers working for the UN as well as staff or remote, rural NGOs in developing countries with equal success.
Description
COURSE OUTCOMESThis practical self-study course will teach you how to create reports that lead to action and support good project decision-making. You will learn a process for reporting that will reduce wasted time and deadline stress and lead to writing that has greater impact.Through downloadable course videos, practical exercises and extra materials you will learn how to:Set reporting objectivesCollect dataAnalyse data and draw conclusions / identify lessons learnedPlan your writing around the report objectives and reader's needsOrganise your ideas in a logical, persuasive wayCommunicate clearly and in a way that keeps your readers interested and alertThe course addresses the challenges faced by development, relief and humanitarian professionals in reporting and professional writing in a way that allows for maximum practical work. While you will get all the theory you need, you will learn the steps and tools in a way that you can apply time after time after the course is over so that: You will always know what to do each time you reportYour reports will be actionable - contributing to better managed, more responsive projects and better resultsYour reports will take less time and be of higher qualityHOW IT WORKSAs soon as you sign up you get immediate, lifetime access to all the course materials - downloadable course videos, worksheets and extra materials. As a self-paced course, you work through a series of video presentations on various aspects of Reporting Skills and Professional Writing at your own pace.The first half of the course examines the key skills of Professional Writing, while in the second part we move onto the process of reporting - setting objectives, gathering and analysing data, and planning / drafting / editing reports.This is a practical course. At various points you will invited to stop the video and complete different tasks. You will find the worksheets for these inside the course. Please do stop and do the tasks when asked.All of the videos can be downloaded for off-line study / reference, as can everything else - PDF slides, worksheets and reference materials. At the end of the course there is a test to measure how successfully you have learned the skills before you are issued with your certificate.
Who this course is for
This course is intended for people working in development, relief of humanitarian work - project managers, field staff and M&E officers. Others, will, of course, benefit - these tools are essential in any professional writing and any context.
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