Writing Skills: Analytical Business Reports Demystified

Report writing: learn to write analytical business reports and informational business reports that sparkle and impress

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🤔 Searching for a clear framework to master analytical business report writing?

🤯 Ready to elevate your skills and deliver reports that stand out for their clarity and precision?

🙌 Keen to discover the secrets behind crafting impactful and insightful business analyses?

🏗️ Looking for practical strategies to present data-driven insights that drive decision-making?

🎨 Eager to unlock the techniques for building compelling and persuasive business narratives?

💻 Dreaming of mastering the art of creating analytical reports that ensure long-term business success?

IF YOU CAN RELATE TO ANY OF THESE, THEN Analytical Business Reports Writing COURSE IS FOR YOU

3 hours on-demand video

Learn at your own pace with over 3 hours of pre-recorded video lectures that you can access anytime.

19 downloadable resources

Supplement your learning with a downloadable resource, such as a cheat sheet, workbook, or practice exam.

Access on mobile and TV

Take your studies anywhere with access to the course materials on your mobile devices and even on your TV for a comfortable learning experience.

Full lifetime access

Never lose access to the course content. Enroll once and revisit the lectures and resources whenever you need a refresher.

Certificate of completion

Earn a certificate upon completing the course, a valuable recognition of your accomplishment.

What you will learn

- Write different types of business reports

- Learn to logically structure your reports

- Make reports visually appealing

- Impress with your business reports, and grow your career

Course Content

10 sections • 44 lectures • 2h 45m total length

Report writing course introduction and warm welcome

Introduction, warm welcome, and how to approach this report writing course | 01:22

Introduction to writing our report | 04:28

Writing the executive summary of the report | 05:53

Introduction paragraph of the business report | 01:58

Formal vs. informal reportsPreview | 03:23

First vs. second vs. third person writing | 04:40

Active voice vs. passive voice in writing reports | 05:26

Writing the first paragraph of the report | 03:45

Second and third paragraph of the business report | 05:39

Finishing up the rest of the paragraphs in the report body | 03:10

How to create visual charts and graphs to add to your report | 02:17

Recommendation section of the report | 02:13

Conclusion section of the business report | 04:08

General report-writing tips and how to avoid procrastination | 05:23

Templates to save time | 02:02

Bibliography section of your report | 02:28

Using sharing and team collaboration features of Google Workspace (Docs)

Introduction to Google Docs for report collaboration | 01:29

Creating an account in Google Workspace (formerly Google Docs) | 02:05

Sharing your document and editing it together | 04:21

Document history and managing revisions | 01:29

Cover letter writing and design for your report

Business report cover letter and design | 07:19

Fonts to use in professional writing and report writing | 02:19

Other

What are memos and when to use memos vs. email vs. reports | 04:34

Report-writing exercises

Exercise for writing a business report | 01:34

Google Webmaster forum and YouTube channel | 01:33

Links to websites mentioned in the previous video | 00:01

Extra image resources to nerd and geek out

Exif data | 03:00

Exercise for writing a business report - answer | 02:03

Business report quiz | 4 questions

Conducting research for your reports

Report research - section introduction | 01:59

Consumers and people behave differently than they say | 08:38

Starting to identify our target market and getting over initial assumptions | 05:32

Conduct research for your reports with feedback forms and surveys

Survey section introduction | 02:43

Multi-page forms | 04:35

Finishing the course customer feedback form | 03:19

Script for the feedback collection email | 02:24

Customer feedback form results | 07:45

Conduct report research with focus groups

Focus group costs - few thousand and different if you do it or a firm | 05:38

How to run a single focus group meeting | 06:44

Proofreading your reports

Proofreading section introduction | 01:14

Proofreading your writing | 08:26

Checklist for proofreading | 01:32

Not re-reading what we expect and using different perspectives | 05:20

Use version revisions, suggestion feature, and other proofreaders | 04:41

Proofreading exercise | 00:30

Proofreading exercise answer | 03:12

Proofreading quiz | 3 questions

Conclusion - thank you for being an amazing student

Course certificate for this report writing course - how to get it | 04:54

Thank you for taking the course in this report writing course | 00:30

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Requirements

No requirements

Description

At work, you may be tasked with writing either an informational or an analytical report. This is a lengthy document which requires some professionalism in how it's written, the content in it, its formatting, and the ultimate usefulness of the information it contains.

It's difficult to get all these elements right at the same time, but now with this course, you will be able to write and accurate and well-researched report in relatively little time, and without worrying whether you are on the right track.

Imagine your boss at work tells you to write an analytical report about some topic. The first reaction may be pure panic. How do you write one? What does the boss want in the report? How long should it be? Does it need graphs and charts? These are just a few of the questions that might run through your mind in the first few seconds.

This course will walk you through how to answer each of these questions for your unique situation. It will immediately decrease your panic and stress levels, and you will be able to write a professional report section by section as you are following each video in this course.

ANALYTICAL REPORT AND INFORMATIONAL REPORT

This course will show you how to write an analytical report. It's very similar to writing an informational report with just a few extra sections. So even though the example in the course will be an analytical report, you would also be able to write an informational report with the guidance of this course.

Who this course is for:

Business professionals

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Testimonial

Very detailed. You get the sense that the instructor is committed to your learning as a student.

Shruti N.

It is a good course if you are working in the private sector. It is not so helpful if you are working in the public sector.

Wahid C.

This has definitely given me more insight on protocols and rules for writing business documents. I know a lot of companies have a template that they more or less stick to, but I think being able to do so from scratch is extremely important. This has helped me to keep quite a few things in mind, like keeping my target audience in mind and having a draft 0.

Ashley T.

I would like to have more examples of what to do and what not to do. For example, how is bad spacing vs good spacing look? Also, regarding style, it would be very useful to have a section on how to look report look good and professional on Word (most companyes use Office, not Google).



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