Date/Time
Date(s) - 11/10/2017
9:30 am - 5:00 pm
Location
FSTP Venue TBC
Categories
When & Where
11 October London
Who should attend?
This course will be useful for anyone who undertakes analysis and wishes to make their reports more professional and effective, including:
- Compliance, audit and risk professionals
- Senior managers
- Heads of functions
What are the outcomes of attending?
Why good writing matters (particularly for compliance and audit)
- Regulatory and legal responsibilities of the compliance and audit function
- The serious risks of failing to convey your message
- Examples of poor communications and the consequences
- Case study: Critiquing a report
Focusing on the audience
- Identify the key recipients
- Using the right language (different words mean different things to different people)
- Recognise the reader’s priorities and perspective
- Identify the key messages that must be understand
- How to set objectives for your report
Creating impact through structure
- Top tips on structuring your content
- Identifying your key messages
- Use headings, text and emphasis consistently
- Make appropriate use of graphics
- Overcoming the “I want it on one page” challenge
- When to use appendices
- Ensuring your “story” makes sense
Putting the knowledge into practice
- Exercise – Constructing a good report (followed by review and discussion)
Avoiding common errors
- Why good English matters
- Grammar and syntax
- The dangers of text speak
- The dreaded split infinitive
- Avoiding compliance speak and jargon
Gaining agreement and prompting action
- Writing indisputable conclusions
- Avoiding unnecessary repetition or extension of facts
- From conclusion to recommendation – proportionate and achievable
- Setting timeframes and responsibilities
Making agreement and action the inevitable result
Who is running the workshop?
FSTP
What have previous delegates said about this workshop?
How much does it cost?
Single Booking £595.00 +VAT
Multiple Booking £535.50 +VAT
How do I book?
Call 0203 178 4230 or email info@fstp.co.uk today