The Report Writing and Presentation Course teaches you how to structure, write and verbally present a professional report. You will learn what to leave out and what to include in order to engage your readers and audience members. Report Writing for Technical Professionals is designed to help technical professionals improve report writing skills, and sharpen up and deliver reports that are concise, logical, and persuasive. One thing is for sure, the more effective reports are, the greater the chances for a successful outcome.
At the end of this course the participants will be able to learn:
Write for a particular target audience, and adapt the same material for different audiences.
Formulate the purpose and goal of the writing, and develop an approach and method of persuading the audience of your main points.
Order and structure the material and the flow of information in a manner to support your argument.
Given the purpose and the persuasive message, create a report outline, and know how the various sections are going to link together to support the persuasive message.
Recognize the value of writing in plain English.
Recognize the value of visual material in technical reports, and be to match the verbal message with a graphical message
Recognize the importance of layout, and non-verbal messaging in the preparation of reports.
Write effective technical reports and procedures that cater to the needs of their target audience
Present complex experimental data in a logical, clear, and concise manner making optimal use of graphs, charts, and tables
Build credibility by following the conventions of scientific writing to support explanations and arguments
Ensure technical documents achieve maximum impact by efficiently structuring the data and avoiding common written English mistakes
Analyze experimental data using the principles of statistical analysis
Heads of Engineering Departments
Project Managers
Electrical Engineers
Civil Engineers
Mechanical Engineers
Plant Engineers
Production Engineers
Supervisors
Clients
Contractors
Sub-contractors
Graduate engineers
And anyone interested in improving their report writing and presentation skills
Principles and Strategies of Technical Report
Knowing Your Audience, Purpose, and Length of Report
Giving and receiving constructive feedback – what makes a review effective?
Headings, Chapters, and sections
Running headers and footers
Types of reports and templates to use
Writing styles & techniques
The 12 golden rules of writing
Group practice and interactive session
Focus on your audience’s needs
Deter word choice, tone, and number of details to include
Drafting – the mindset to avoid writer’s block
Checking your own
Writing Clear Sentences and paragraphs
Remove Jargon, Redundancy, and Wordiness
Spotting common language problems (lengthy and confusing sentence structures, weak vocabulary, etc.)
Kinds of graphics and their messages
Suitability for placement in a graphic representation
Because supervisory levels are the link between the executive and senior management levels, achieving the organization's objectives, increasing productivity and overall performance of the organization, affects the effectiveness and efficiency of supervisors' performance.
And because of the skills of supervisors in any organization in need of continuous development, and to acquire advanced tools and methods that reflect on the deepening of these skills and activate their role in motivating individuals working, and push them to commit to the goals of the organization.
You need this conference to learn about supervisory skills and advanced methods, to be able to play an effective and supervisory role in your organization.
We often hear record-breaking athletes say; I owe it to my coach; That’s because however talented they are, athletes need a coach to improve their performance and competitiveness. Likewise, Companies and Organizations need to create a culture where coaching and feedback occur as a routine part of each day. Towards this strategic end. This innovative and motivating course, explains a structured approach to coaching which is effective whether a professional is working with a recruit or seeking improvement from an experienced player. Being less of a boss and more of a coach is fundamental to modern management. Urging people to do better won’t work unless they know how to do it better. Good coaching builds trust and a collaborative climate between professionals and teams.
Managing an office has become an increasingly sophisticated and complex job. The increased demand for speed and accuracy, knowledge of new technology and an increasingly diverse workforce bring challenges and also opportunities for growth. This dynamic and in-depth course explores some of the more advanced skills which can help an office manager to work more confidently, creatively, and effectively
The program has been designed to be interactive with several case studies and group exercises. A modular approach will take the delegates through the four stages of Crisis Management - Preparation, Planning, Response, and Recovery. Participative lectures will involve the use of PowerPoint, handout material, work manual with all instructor notes and slides, examples of best practice, and appropriate video/DVD material. The use of flip-charts, syndicate workshops, and reporting back sessions will encourage a fully participative and enjoyable event.
This course will provide participants with in-depth knowledge and practical skills to plan, deliver and monitor IT/cybersecurity to internal and external clients encompassing a complete, conjoined set of disciplines in the areas of IT policies, Security-Operational-Run-Book, security/penetration testing, ethical hacking, and black hat hacking.
It will also cover WiFi security, Website security, human factors, cyber forensics, cybersecurity team management, Secure Operations Center (SOC), and Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) infrastructures.
As part of the course, participants will conduct a risk assessment of two different deployments based on the ISO27001 to identify any direct, or indirect threats, security exposures, or potentials for vulnerabilities. Participants will also respond to an example of security incident and identify the best practices which could be applied to secure their own organization and associated assets. All participants will be given copies of Run Books to deal with cyber extortions, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS/DoS), and forensic investigations.