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Who is this course for?
This course is a great fit for you or your organization if you or your team:
- You’re in charge of a group or division in your company and looking to improve your team's report writing skills and ability to communicate technical information.
- You're an individual looking to improve your report writing skills to get a raise, become more effective in your communication, or become more qualified for a new job.
- You work in an industry that involves technical or financial analytical documents and reports.
Each course lesson progressively improves a different facet of your report writing skills, with instructor review and coaching. At the end of the course, you will be able to plan, draft, edit, and evaluate technical reports with skill and efficiency.
This report writing training is essential for analytical positions that need to review and summarize information and recommendations into reports – financial analysts, business analysts, scientists, engineers, geologists, in field and senior positions.
A common question asked is what is the difference between a technical report writing course and a report writing course. Our technical report writing course covers all the material germane to business report writing but focuses on dealing with complex information that technical industries must address.
This is a practicum course — participants plan and write their own actual work report during the course, with instructor guidance, so the training is highly pragmatic, relevant, and immediately applied to work. FedEx, Liberty Mutual, Novo Nordisk, Shell, Umpqua Bank, USAA, and the US Army have successfully honed report writing for complex financial and technical business situations with this course.
| Oil & Gas | Energy & Chemical |
| Consulting Services | Biotechnology, Health, & Pharmacy |
| Financial Services & Insurance | Engineering and Mining |
| Government & Law | Non-Profits |
Course Certificate
After completing the course, you will earn a personalized certificate. You can display your certificate in the certification section of your LinkedIn profile, download it to print, or mention it in your résumé.
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In this comprehensive report writing course you will learn:
- The optimal report writing process so you can save time and write better reports
- How to tier information logically
- Learn to extract and highlight significant information and differentiate this from background information
- Strategies to convey complex technical information to non-technical readers
- How to write a clear and meaningful executive summary
- How to optimize a report when reports are reviewed by regulatory agencies
Includes individual feedback
This course includes award-winning instructor coaching and feedback and ongoing support.
Business Writing Course Instructors
Katie Almeida Spencer
M.A. in Applied Linguistics from the University of Massachusetts Boston
B.A. in Journalism from the University of Rhode Island
Katie is an experienced Business Writing and English as a Second Language instructor, business writing coach, and teacher trainer. She taught Business Writing, Non-Native Writing, and Academic Writing at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
She is very skilled at evaluating both the substance and language of business documents. Her writing critiques, instruction, and coaching have received stellar evaluations from our clients at Chartis Consulting, DuPont, Shell, Southern Middlesex Opportunity Council, and the World Wildlife Fund.
She holds a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Rhode Island and an M.A. in Applied Linguistics from the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Katie lives in Rhode Island with her husband, toddler, and very old dog. When not teaching or creating courses, she can be found doing something (anything!) outside with her little family.
Janet D'Angelo
M.Ed from the Boston-Bouve College of Human Development Professions at Northeastern University
B.S. in Education from Salem State College
Janet is a business writing and marketing instructor, consultant, author, and public speaker with more than 20 years of experience working with individuals, small businesses, and corporations to develop all facets of business communication. She writes and speaks extensively on business writing and marketing writing and has been a featured speaker at numerous business and education conferences in the U.S. and abroad. Janet taught analytical writing, marketing writing, proposal writing, and general business writing courses at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
She enjoys gardening, yoga, hiking, and exploring the endless beauty of the New England seacoast where she lives on the South Shore of Massachusetts.
Grace Cuddy
B.A. in International Studies and Communication from Elon University
Graduate courses in Composition from Pompeau Fabra University
ESL Teaching Certification from Canterbury Consulting
Grace supports Instructional Solutions' online courses and also works with individuals and groups from several multinational companies across Europe as a business writing coach.
She is bilingual in English and Spanish and has traveled extensively, providing a keen sensitivity to global writing. She has a strong background in corporate communication and management, is also a successful blogger, and has received rave reviews from her writing critiques and coaching for our work with Oryx Energy, U.S. Marine Corps, and T-Mobile.
She holds a B.A. in International Business and Communication from Elon University, has completed graduate studies in writing and communication at Universidad Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, and completed an intensive professional ESL Education Certification Program with Canterbury Consulting.
She enjoys yoga, travel, and dance. She splits her time between New York City and Madrid.
Mary Cullen
C.A.G.S. in Composition and Rhetoric from University of New Hampshire
M.A. in English Literature from Boston College
B.A. in English from the University of Rhode Island
Mary founded Instructional Solutions in 1998 and is an internationally recognized business writing trainer and executive writing coach with two decades of experience helping thousands of individuals and businesses master the strategic skill of business writing. She excels at designing customized business writing training programs to maximize productivity, advance business objectives, and convey complex information.
Mary leads the project management and instructional design on customized courses. She also personally trains the instructors who lead ongoing training.
She lives in Princeton, New Jersey where she enjoys yoga, running, cooking, tinkering with new technologies, and most especially her family.
Become a Better Report Writer
For individuals and groups.
$795
Sign up today and start learning how to become a better report writer.
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