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How to Write an Executive Summary Training Course

What is the golden rule of an executive summary? It’s “one page” – That’s all you got. It’s not about you, it’s about the reader’s discretionary time.

Reading a recent government report on community services financing, I can assure you that the writer had forgotten the golden rule. The Executive Summary of the report was 114 pages long. The writer must have gotten confused, thinking that the Executive Report was compiled for the writer’s benefit. We’ll show you that, in our Executive Summary in the workshop.

The Executive Summary is for the reader’s benefit and must be one page in duration. So if you’ve got Executive Summaries floating around your workplace, then this course is perfect. You will be sending a very clear message too – “All executive summaries must be one page in length”.

 

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Key Learning Outcomes

At the conclusion of the tailored How to Write an Executive Summary workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Identify critical information
  • Clarify the role of the Executive Summary
  • Mind map the report to visualise the flow of the report for the reader
  • Write an Executive Summary with the reader in mind
  • Practise active writing techniques
  • Sort through samples of similar Executive Summaries
  • Discuss what you do when the information won’t fit (Hint – It’s not to add another page, as then it would not be an Executive Summary)
  • Analyse a body of writing for truncation purposes
  • Discover alternative ways to highlight key information
  • Discuss the support role of the Appendices Pages
  • Analyse the 3 mistakes that cause reader confusion
  • Discuss opening lines that gather the attention of the reader

Course Description

How to Write an Executive Summary In-House Program Details

For maximum effectiveness, this program is best conducted as an in-house program.

Venue: For your convenience, you can choose to conduct this program at your workplace. Alternatively, we can provide a training venue at a small additional cost.

Duration: Each course can be tailored to your timeframes.

Target Audience: Employees who write reports.

What you receive within 24 hours at no cost:

  • an obligation free proposal
  • a bio of a proposed trainer
  • training cost
  • possible training dates (if requested)
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