REPORT WRITING

(1) 15.30-17.00 Tuesday 15 February
(2) 15.30-17.00 Tuesday 22 February
(3) 15.30-17.00 Tuesday 1 March     
 (4) 11.30-13.00 Wednesday 9 March 

1. Download the Zoom app before the workshop.

    

2. Dial in from your own device, in a completely separate location / meeting room from other participants wherever possible.

    

3. Head into the waiting room 5 minutes before the start time.
    

4. Complete your pre-work by the deadline.

Hi everyone,

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I'm looking forward to seeing you for the Report Writing for EAs workshops.

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This bespoke workshop is designed to support the new report writing approach that is being introduced at Rathbones. 

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You will come away with all the skills and confidence to write and edit committee reports to a high standard. 

Module 1: Taking Notes

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• Writing speeds and instruments

• Shorthand

• Alternatives to writing

• Minute-taking terminology

• Rathbones’ minutes examples

• Filtering

Module 2: Planning Your Report

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• Purpose

• Audience

• Key messages 

• Narrative and flow

Module 3: Developing Your Key Messages

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• Rathbones’ new template 

• Content from colleagues

• Report writing processes

• Executive summaries

Module 4: Writing Your Report

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• Plain English writing style

• Reporting verbs 

• Active and passive voice

• Powerful verbs 

• Simple words

• Proofreading

See you soon!

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Margaret

PREPARATION

Please think about the reports that you write and send your responses to the following questions to Sarah by Thursday 10 February.

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1. What do committee members need from your reports?
    

2. What’s working well in your reports?
    

3. What would make it even better? 
    

Margaret Webster is not only a professional writing trainer, she is a professional writer and communicator.

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Her clients include AstraZeneca, Bank of America, English Football League, George P. Johnson Experience Marketing, Historic England, London Stock Exchange, Macmillan Cancer Support, Network Rail and the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea. 

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Margaret’s talent lies in bringing her subject matter to life in an engaging, memorable way. 

As a writer, she has been producing corporate and marketing communications for over 20 years. She has written about a wide variety of topics for diverse audiences across many different media – ranging from light-hearted feature articles to high-stakes conference speeches. 

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For the last seven years, she has specialised in large, complex projects where she works with organisations on their most important communications, such as books, key reports, strategies, standard operating procedures, television scripts and pitch documents.

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She shows their people how to craft communications that are relevant, clear and vivid for their target audiences. And she shares practical techniques and tools with them so they can quickly improve their business writing and presentations.

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Margaret is also a coach to senior executives, entrepreneurs, technical experts and other writers.