Masterclass How to write a winning technical report

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Masterclass: how to write a winning technical report.

Morning session: constructing and editing content.

Getting to know you and your documents: content and language.

Identifying content code and balancing fact, analysis and opinion.

Using frameworks for technical reports.

How to structure short reports for a high reader impact.

10.45 – 11.00 Morning Break

How to structure long reports for a high reader impact.

Four steps to constructing a powerful summary.

Matching your summary and recommendation.

12.30 – 1.15 Lunch

Afternoon session: constructing and editing language.

Balancing layout with paragraphs, dot point lists, tables and diagrams.

Controlling passive verbs, ghost verbs, excess baggage and sentence length.

Colour-coding your language editing with Style Stamp.

3.00 – 3.10 Afternoon Break

Perfecting punctuation.

Editing practice and individual tuition with Style Stamp.

Reviewing and assessing your day.

Your expert presenter will be Ron Denholm

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Ron has trained more than 3000 writers with tremendously engaging presentations in efficient technical and business writing. His renowned High Reader Impact and Style Stamp colour-coded editing aim to quickly make workshop participants more confident and compelling writers.

Ron also steered the 5500 Project on researching worldwide website readability and has published over 70 presentations and documents on writing efficiently.

He taught Classics in secondary schools and worked for the Australian Federal Police, heading Learning and Development in Sydney. Here, he received a Commissioner’s Commendation for developing and running Ministerial Writing Workshops.

Ron also developed EssayAudit, a program that analyses thinking structures in documents. Ron has a BA and MA in Classics, a Diploma of Teaching and a Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment.

What clients are saying about Ron✐ I have been telling everyone I meet that your program is hands-down the best 8 hours spent in a classroom.

✐ Thank you for your illuminating course. As a teacher, I particularly enjoyed your humorous attitude, practical materials and flexibility.

✐ Thank you very much for the training. It combined good tips, extra knowledge and a sense of humour. That was great!

✐ Love the Style Stamp you did for me; it immediately improved my writing.

✐ Brilliant: short, varied examples make an excellent showcase. Thank you, Ron.

✐ The way you integrate slides and hands-on work is SO impressive.

✐ Tremendous online follow-up activities: the best I have seen.

✐ Ron was excellent, extremely professional and very personable.

✐ This was the best presented course I have ever attended.

✐ I feel absolutely more confident.

Ron has trained people from:

Audit Office (NSW)

Office of the Auditor General (WA)

Treasury (NSW)

Australian Federal Police

Office of State Revenue NSW

Sydney Water

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Sydney Catchment Authority

NSW Department of Community Services

NSW Tourism

Aus Industry

Environmental Protection Agency (Vic)

ANZ Bank

Commonwealth Bank

Crown Solicitor (NSW)

Corporate Protection Australia

St Vincent’s Hospital

Community Mental Health

Canberra Society of Editors

Drug and Alcohol Services

Mission Australia

Macquarie Credit Union

Pitcher Partners

Reliance Insurance

Roads and Traffic Authority NSW

Energy Australia

Sunrice

Link Services

Woolworths

Australian Group Insurances

Hills Shire Council

Hume Housing

TJS Services

Melbourne University

Northside Community Service

Seven Eleven

Bluescope Steel

Bluecare

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UBT Accountants

CHEP

The Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Radiologists

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