1x 3 hour LIVE, Online course (via Zoom) with a professional trainer and a maximum group size of 16 people.
Overview
The ability to write good quality, clear, concise, and structured reports and papers is a vital requirement for many council officers and elected members.
In this 3 hour fully interactive online Zoom session, we will improve the confidence of delegates and give them new skills to improve their report writing abilities and make the report writing process quicker and easier. In addition, delegates will expand their political awareness and learn what elected members want and need from their reports.
Who should attend?
Any officer or elected member who regularly writes reports.
Course Agenda
- Introduction.
- Why local government reports matter (to the authority & the individual).
- The four stages of report writing.
- Understanding the reports purpose, objective, readership and the political awareness you may need.
- Report framework, structure and considering your reports obligations and implications.
- Writing your report (language, tone and the implementing the four Cs).
- Readability and the importance of fact checking.
- What elected councillors want from your report).
- General report writing skills.
Learning Objectives (success criteria)
By the end of this course, delegates will have gained confidence and learnt a number of new techniques and skills to improve their report writing ability. Delegates will develop a report writing process (or system) which they can directly adopt in their workplace. Delegates will gain a better understand of political awareness, and will understand what elected members want and need from their reports.
Bookings, Costs & Dates
Thursday 9 January 2025 – 9.30am to 12.30pm – £75 per person – CLICK HERE TO BOOK NOW
Friday 2 May 2025 – 1.30pm to 4.30pm – £75 per person – CLICK HERE TO BOOK NOW
Thursday 28 August 2025 – 1.30pm to 4.30pm – £75 per person – CLICK HERE TO BOOK NOW
Friday 12 December 2025 – 1.30pm to 4.30pm – £75 per person – CLICK HERE TO BOOK NOW
If you have 6 or more people interested in this course – we would run it “on demand” – please email us at hello@lgtda.co.uk
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Testimonials
We had quite a small group of people but from different levels of local government, it meant that we had some perspectives that we would not normally have had. We all learned a lot and have some useful resources to refer back to.
J Berreen – Crawley Borough Council, May 2025
A dry subject that in all honesty I was not looking forward to! However, Richard made it very interesting, engaging and thought provoking. A valuable lesson in report writing which can also be useful for all forms of communication.
M Roberts – Castle Point Borough Council, April 2025
Highly recommend this course to any local government officer! The course was delivered by Richard Morgan and it’s very helpful that he was a councillor since that’s the target audience for most of the reports I write. Useful to have insights from a former councillor about strategies to keep readers engaged, actions to take before writing a single word and case studies.
M Jalil – Westminster City Council, December 2024
Relevant, engaging and enjoyable course. Summarising my takeaways for immediate use in my work – Engage the stakeholders. Gather information from other agencies. Who benefits and who does not? Predictions and recommendations based on factual information. Cite references. Identified possible knowledge gaps so signing-up to Political Awareness course
P Worboyes -Basildon District Council, November 2024
It was very engaging for the topic. I loved how interactive it was especially the conversations we had which will ultimately lead to greater understanding and a better quality of work. Richard also has fantastic energy which is a great addition to any training! Thank you!
Shaunagh Adjei – Camden Borough Council, November 2024
Denise was very informative and helpful with answering any questions and provided the relevant information when asked.
R O’Toole – Basildon Borough Council – September 2024
The course was informative and the facilitator extremely knowledgeable
C Davis – Lambeth council – July 2024
I’m very happy I booked on this course, it’s very informative and I have developed my knowledge. Richard is a great trainer who kept me engaged and broke things down so it is easy to understand.
T Gordon – Lambeth Council – Sept 2023
The course was very well organised and covered importance of investigation and planning first before starting report writing, which is essential.
Overall excellent training course – with useful advice on how to structure reports, which I will use for future reports.
A Henry – Dudley Council – Jan 2023
Enjoyed learning how to better write a report and how to reach the audience it’s intended for to influence change.
Enjoyed learning how to better write a report and how to reach the audience it’s intended for to influence change.
S Ammar – East Ayrshire Council – July 2022
The training session was informative, interactive and engaging. Richard kept it simple and to the point which I really liked and found easier to understand. I am definitely going to use the pattern and the tips shared by Richard while writing my reports. Thank you.
S Shaikh – Gravesham Borough Council – May 2022
I found this training course to be excellent – I got so much from the three hours and I do feel like I’m much more prepared to write reports for the projects that I will be working on in the future.
B Hill – Crawley Borough Council – April 2022
The course content was presented in a relaxed and informative way. The content is applicable across a number of – roles and at different levels of seniority within the local authority. It helps guide those both and with and without previous work experience to structure well defined reports to line managers, executive director and cabinet level with confidence. It’s well worth attending and should be a must!
M Falkingham – Scarborough Borough Council – Nov 2021