REPORTING SKILLS & PROFESSIONAL WRITING
REPORTING SKILLS & PROFESSIONAL WRITING, available at $44.99, has an average rating of 4.65, with 59 lectures, 1 quizzes, based on 22 reviews, and has 126 subscribers.
You will learn about 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 This course is ideal for individuals who are 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. It is particularly useful 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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Summary
Title: REPORTING SKILLS & PROFESSIONAL WRITING
Price: $44.99
Average Rating: 4.65
Number of Lectures: 59
Number of Quizzes: 1
Number of Published Lectures: 59
Number of Published Quizzes: 1
Number of Curriculum Items: 60
Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 60
Original Price: $39.99
Quality Status: approved
Status: Live
What You Will 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
Who Should Attend
- 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.
Target Audiences
- 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.
COURSE OUTCOMES
This 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:
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Set reporting objectives
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Collect data
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Analyse data and draw conclusions / identify lessons learned
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Plan your writing around the report objectives and reader’s needs
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Organise your ideas in a logical, persuasive way
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Communicate clearly and in a way that keeps your readers interested and alert
The course addresses the challenges faced by development, relief and humanitarian professionalsin 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:
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You will always know what to do each time you report
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Your reports will be actionable – contributing to better managed, more responsive projects and better results
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Your reports will take less time and be of higher quality
HOW IT WORKS
As soon as you sign up you get immediate, lifetime access to all the course materials – course videos, worksheetsand 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 practicalcourse. 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.
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.
Course Curriculum
Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL WRITING
Lecture 1: RESOURCES
Lecture 2: WHAT IS PROFESSIONAL WRITING?
Lecture 3: WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE GET IT WRONG?
Lecture 4: WRITING TELLS OTHERS WHO WE ARE
Lecture 5: THE WRITING PROCESS
Chapter 2: SETTING REPORTING OBJECTIVES
Lecture 1: RESOURCES
Lecture 2: REPORTING SKILLS OBJECTIVES
Lecture 3: SETTING OBJECTIVES & PLANNING FOR DATA COLLECTION
Lecture 4: RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE REPORTER
Lecture 5: THE FOUR LEVELS OF EVALUATION
Lecture 6: WORKING WITH TEMPLATES
Lecture 7: DECONSTRUCTING EVALUATIONS
Lecture 8: DECONSTRUCTING MONITORING REPORTS
Chapter 3: THE ART OF WRITING CLEARLY
Lecture 1: RESOURCES
Lecture 2: MEASURING CLARITY – THE FOG INDEX
Lecture 3: TOOLS AND EXERCISES FOR IMPROVING CLARITY PART 1
Lecture 4: TOOLS AND EXERCISES FOR IMPROVING CLARITY PART 2
Lecture 5: TOOLS AND EXERCISES FOR IMPROVING CLARITY PART 3
Lecture 6: WHAT WE'VE LEARNED SO FAR
Lecture 7: SOLUTIONS TO TASKS & EXERCISES
Chapter 4: DATA COLLECTION & ANALYSIS
Lecture 1: RESOURCES
Lecture 2: DATA COLLECTION METHODS
Lecture 3: DATA COLLECTION CONSIDERATIONS & EXTENDED TASK
Lecture 4: ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION OF QUANTITATIVE DATA
Lecture 5: THE 3 STEPS OF ANALYSIS
Lecture 6: STEP 1: FAMILIARISATION
Lecture 7: STEP 2: ORGANISATION & CONTROL
Lecture 8: USING MIND MAPPING FOR DATA MANAGEMENT
Lecture 9: DESCRIBING THE DATA
Lecture 10: STEP 3: SYNTHESISING INFORMATION
Chapter 5: ORGANISING YOUR IDEAS IN WRITING
Lecture 1: RESOURCES
Lecture 2: DEDUCTIVE VS. INDUCTIVE REASONING
Lecture 3: ORGANISING YOUR MAIN POINTS EFFECTIVELY
Lecture 4: WRITING PARAGRAPHS THAT PERSUADE
Lecture 5: TOPIC SENTENCE EXERCISES
Lecture 6: EXTENDED EXERCISE
Lecture 7: SOLUTIONS TO TASKS & EXERCISES
Chapter 6: PLANNING AND DRAFTING YOUR REPORT
Lecture 1: RESOURCES
Lecture 2: SPR ANALYSIS & READER PROFILING
Lecture 3: CREATING A REPORT STRUCTURE
Lecture 4: MAPPING THE REPORT
Lecture 5: THE WRITING PROCESS REVISITED
Lecture 6: DRAFTING THE INTRODUCTION (PRACTICAL)
Lecture 7: DRAFTING THE MAIN BODY (PRACTICAL)
Lecture 8: DRAFTING CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS (PRACTICAL)
Chapter 7: LANGUAGE, STYLE & EDITING
Lecture 1: RESOURCES
Lecture 2: KEEPING YOUR READER'S INTEREST
Lecture 3: TOOLS FOR IMPROVING STYLE
Lecture 4: HOW TO EDIT LIKE A PRO (& EXTENDED EXERCISE)
Lecture 5: PROFESSIONAL WRITING: WHAT WE'VE LEARNED SO FAR
Chapter 8: REPORT EDITING & LAYOUT
Lecture 1: RESOURCES
Lecture 2: EDITING IN PRACTICE
Lecture 3: EDITING IN PRACTICE (POSSIBLE SOLUTION)
Lecture 4: DESIGN & LAYOUT – GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Lecture 5: DESIGN & LAYOUT – CANVA
Chapter 9: WRAPPING UP
Lecture 1: RESOURCES
Lecture 2: REVIEW OF KEY POINTS
Lecture 3: EXTRA CASE STUDY WALKTHROUGH – WORKSHOP REPORTS
Lecture 4: BONUS LESSON: EXPAND YOUR IMPACT
Instructors
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NEIL KENDRICK
FOR RELIEF, DEVELOPMENT AND HUMANITARIAN PROFESSIONALS
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- 4 stars: 7 votes
- 5 stars: 13 votes
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