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September 2010Free Download on Proposal Writing
This month's free download looks at the planning phase of the LFA and comes from our Toolkit on Project Proposal Writing. Sign-up for our news alerts to access more free training materials.
ELD Support to SNV Asia Regional Office
In late August, ELD trainer Paul Reitman traveled to Bangkok to assist SNV Regional Office's communication officers with Case Study Writing ... read more
Recent Activities in Nepal
An advanced Training Of Trainers was conducted in August, along with 2 courses on The Project Manager's Toolkit ... read more
Nepal and Thailand Autumn Schedules Ready
Our programmes for Kathmandu, Nepal and Bangkok, Thailand are ready. Find out more about these courses here.
L'Art de Rédiger des Rapports
Our Reporting Skills Tookit is finally available in French / Notre Toolkit sur les techniques de reportage est enfin disponible en français ... read more / lire la suite
ELD Toolkits Revised
All our Toolkits have been extensively upgraded ... read more
Distance Training Programme on Reporting Skills & Professional Writing launched ... read more
Can you Translate / Proofread like a Professional?
We'd like to hear from translators interested in joining our team ... read more
Call for Authors
Do you think you can contribute to our growing library of development toolkits? Read more here.
Training for Inter-American Development Bank
ELD Director Neil spent February 2010 in Washington training IDB's Grants and Co-Financing Management Unit on Reporting Skills. All participants on the training were involved in developing donor fund reports for regional projects.
"A great course that definitely helped me become a better writer."
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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 programme that 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 PDF handbook as well as a Standard Edition for convenient desktop study, and, for larger organisations, the Trainer Edition is supported by a complete Training Pack.
Included in the Standard Edition is the entire programme as a PDF Ebook and the 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 the Ebook only, or follow the steps using the Standard Edition, you can learn the skills of analysis, planning, drafting and editing effective reports without having to interrupt your busy schedule. This Toolkit takes readers through the entire reporting 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 an extended case study to fully apply all the tools presented.
This is not just a 'book about reporting skills' - 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
WHAT'S IN THE TOOLKIT?
The Toolkit is spread over 8 easy-to-follow modules that cover ALL the steps of the writing process.
Module One - Professional Writing & the Writing Process - is an introduction to the programme, and clarifies what Professional Writing is and what makes writing effective. Also introduced is the Writing Process - Analysis, Planning, Drafting & Editing.
Module Two - Setting Objectives and Data Gathering Methods - covers the preparatory phase of the investigation: setting objectives, developing the research plan and selecting the data gathering methods. The module also looks at evaluation reports, progress reports and investigations based on Terms of Reference.
Module Three - Analysing and Interpreting Information - looks at how to interpret statistics before moving onto the three steps of data analysis. In the extended case study which runs through the programme, we turn a fact sheet on children's issues into a report structure and finally into 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 now developed into a clear plan for the report.
Module Five - Writing Skills: Clarity - is the second writing skills component and investigates how 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 improving the power of your sentences.
Module Six - Writing Skills: Organisation - presents the deductive / Inverted Pyramid approach to organising writing, before looking at the various ways to present the main points. The second half of the module deals specifically with organising persuasive paragraphs that synthesise interpretation as well as supporting ideas, examples and evidence.
Module Seven - Putting it all Together - takes the practical work to a new level. The analysis and the plan, together with the writing skills are applied to develop an extended report. This module is almost entirely task-based, walking readers step-by-step through the drafting process.
Module Eight - Finishing off the Report - completes the programme, covering writing the summary, designing the cover page, page layout, using visuals, writing style and the editing process. The programme ends with a summary of the main points covered and visual review of the entire programme.
If you would like
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to all four.
THE
TRAINER EDITION: BUILD THE SKILLS OF YOUR TEAM - FLEXIBLY AND AFFORDABLY
With
the Trainer Edition you can conveniently reinforce the lessons in the
Toolkit through structured, well-planned sessions for your staff. For
a fraction of the cost of sending your team on training, 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 sure all 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 as many days
as you wish. As
well as convenience, the low cost of the Trainer Edition compares favourably
to the expense of sending even one participant on a 5-day training course
- a big advantage when budgets are under pressure. The
pack includes session-by-session notes, tips on preparation and delivery
and course monitoring & evaluation tools. Any trainer with good people
management skils can facilitate this straightforward programe. There are
around 250 PowerPoint slides, broken down into the eight thematic modules
of the programme, providing powerful visual support to the learning activities
and discussion. Participant handouts are ready to print, and ordering
a Licence + Training Pack means all your team will have access to the
the full Handbook and Standard Edition for reference and self-study. Included
also are supplementary materials - daily feedback forms, evaluation form,
cut-up tasks and colour graphs for data analysis, and a model report based
on the case study central to the course. PURCHASE There
are various purchase options depending on your organisation's needs as
follows: What
are the different editions? Click here. Toolkits
are provided on a licensed basis. The Single User Licence is for personal
study, while organisations that wish to distribute multiple copies to
their staff can order licences for the appropriate number of users. COST PDF
Handbook Only - 25 GBP Standard
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Copy - GBP 200 Print
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