Timetable

• 9.30am to 10am Introduction
• 10am to 10.30am Report writing styles
• 10.30am to 11am Shortening sentences
• 11.15am to 12noon Using verbs powerfully in reports
• 12noon to 12.30pm Cutting the waffle out of reports
• 1.30pm to 2pm Setting report objectives: the ‘key sentence’
• 2pm to 2.30pm Summarising a report
• 2.30pm to 4.30pm Bringing it together: writing a short report

Note: if you have been on the one-day ‘plain English course’ in the last year or so, you will find you have already covered some of the sections.

There will be a coffee break from 11am to 11.15am and lunch in the hotel restaurant from 12.30pm to 1.30pm.

Training objectives

The course is designed to give delegates the skills and awareness they need to:

• recognise some of the traps a writer can fall into;
• understand the features of a plain English style;
• use a clear and concise style of writing to avoid wasting their reader’s time;
• identify the most appropriate report writing style for the intended audience; and
• be able to write and set out a model report.

If you have any questions about this course, or if you want to make a booking, please phone Terri on 01663 744409 or email terri.schabel@plainenglish.co.uk.