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TOOLKIT: REPORTING SKILLS AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING

WHAT IS THE REPORTING SKILLS AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING TOOLKIT?

The Reporting Skills and Professional Writing Toolkit is a self-study programmethat is based on the best of 10 years' experience working with INGOs, NGOs,GOs and IOs over hundreds of training courses. It's available as a PDFhandbook as well as a Standard Edition for convenient desktop study, and, forlarger organisations, the Trainer Edition is supported by a complete TrainingPack.

Included in the Standard Edition is the entire programme as a PDF Ebook andthe Toolkit can be downloaded as soon as you order securely online. With over

230 pages of explanations and tasks, it's complete. Whether you use theEbook only, or follow the steps using the Standard Edition, you can learn theskills of analysis, planning, drafting and editing effective reports without havingto interrupt your busy schedule. This Toolkit takes readers through the entirereporting process from setting objectives, through data gathering and analysis tools, to planning,drafting, editing and designing the report.

The programme is full of clear explanations and examples, frequent practical exercises, and anextended case study to fully apply all the tools presented. This is not just a 'book about reportingskills' - this practical guide will give you the skills to:

Set evaluation goals - know what you are doing before you start Select data gathering methods - select the best way to get breadth and depth of information

efficiently and economically Analyse quantitative and qualitative data - really understand what your data is telling you Plan the report - put your ideas into a structure that works Write more clearly and organise your ideas and analysis effectively - getting to the point in

a powerful, persuasive style Edit and design the final result for impact


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WHAT'S IN THE TOOLKIT?

The Toolkit is spread over 8 easy-to-follow modules that cover ALL the steps of the writingprocess.

Module One - Professional Writing & the Writing Process - is an introduction to theprogramme, and clarifies what Professional Writing is and what makes writing effective. Alsointroduced is the Writing Process - Analysis, Planning, Drafting & Editing.

Module Two - Setting Objectives and Data Gathering Methods - covers the preparatory phaseof the investigation: setting objectives, developing the research plan and selecting the datagathering methods. The module also looks at evaluation reports, progress reports andinvestigations based on Terms of Reference.

Module Three - Analysing and Interpreting Information - looks at how to interpret statisticsbefore moving onto the three steps of data analysis. In the extended case study which runsthrough the programme, we turn a fact sheet on children's issues into a report structure and finallyinto a Mind Map of interrelated issues.

Module Four - Planning the Report - covers the planning phase. The tools of SPR (Subject /Purpose / Reader) analysis and Reader Profiling are practiced and the case study analysis is nowdeveloped into a clear plan for the report.

Module Five - Writing Skills: Clarity - is the second writing skills component and investigateshow to get your message across and improve the impact of your writing. The module demonstrates

how to measure how clear your writing is and gives you some simple, effective tools for improvingthe power of your sentences.

Module Six - Writing Skills: Organisation - presents the deductive / Inverted Pyramid approachto organising writing, before looking at the various ways to present the main points. The secondhalf of the module deals specifically with organising persuasive paragraphs that synthesiseinterpretation as well as supporting ideas, examples and evidence.

Module Seven - Putting it all Together - takes the practical work to a new level. The analysis andthe plan, together with the writing skills are applied to develop an extended report. This module isalmost entirely task-based, walking readers step-by-step through the drafting process.

Module Eight - Finishing off the Report - completes the programme, covering writing thesummary, designing the cover page, page layout, using visuals, writing style and the editingprocess. The programme ends with a summary of the main points covered and visual review of theentire programme.


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THE TRAINER EDITION: BUILD THE SKILLS OF YOUR TEAM - FLEXIBLY ANDAFFORDABLY

With the Trainer Edition you can conveniently reinforce the lessons in the Toolkit throughstructured, well-planned sessions for your staff. For a fraction of the cost of sending your team ontraining, you can pass on the benefits of ELD's years' of experience through this 'workshop-in-a-box'.

Conducting structured training will help you increase the impact of the programme and make sureall staff acquire the skills of effective reporting. The Toolkit's eight modules are packaged as a 30-hour training programme which can be delivered in one intensive course or spread out over asmany days as you wish.

As well as convenience, the low cost of the Trainer Edition compares favourably to the expense ofsending even one participant on a 5-day training course - a big advantage when budgets are underpressure.

The pack includes session-by-session notes, tips onpreparation and delivery and course monitoring &evaluation tools. Any trainer with goodpeople management skills can facilitate thisstraightforward programme. There arearound 250 PowerPoint slides, broken downinto the eight thematic modules of theprogramme, providing powerful

visual support to the learningactivities and discussion.Participant handouts are readyto print, and ordering a Licence+ Training Pack means all yourteam will have access to the fullHandbook and Standard Editionfor reference and self-study.Included also aresupplementary materials - dailyfeedback forms, evaluationform, cut-up tasks and colour

graphs for data analysis, and amodel report based on the casestudy central to the course.


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PURCHASE

There are various purchase options depending on your organisation's needs as follows:

PDF Only - Immediate download of the toolkit in handbook form Standard Edition - This edition includes the PDF handbook as well as all the materials

organised into a self-study programme for easy desktop study Trainer Edition - In the Trainer Edition, the above materials are supplemented with

PowerPoint slides, a trainer guide and participant handouts, allowing organisations toconduct their own training without the need for external facilitators.

Toolkits are provided on a licensed basis. The Single User Licence is for personal study, whileorganisations that wish to distribute multiple copies to their staff can order licenses for theappropriate number of users.

COST

PDF Handbook Only - 25 GBP

Standard Edition

Single User - 40 GBP10-User - 300 GBP25-User - 600 GBP50-User - 900 GBP

Trainer Edition

Reference Copy - GBP 20010-User - 500 GBP25-User - 750 GBP50-User - 1000 GBP


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