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Course includes:
- Experienced and passionate facilitator
- Comprehensive training manual, notepad and pen
- Plenty of hands-on exercises
- Attendance certificate
- One month free consultation by email/phone on the subject
- Lunch and parking
Course duration:
2 days from 8.30 to 16h00
Fees per delegate
R3 495.00 (excl VAT)
We offer the following discounts and special offers
(But note that you cannot combine discounts 1, 2 and 4!)
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| 1. 35% discount to NGOs. |
| 2. Should you be interested in attending a specific workshop that is not presented in your area, and you need to fly and stay over, we offer you a 20% discount on that event! |
| 3. Register three delegates for an event and a fourth delegate may attend free of charge. |
| 4. Full payment seven working days from the date of your invoice gets you a 10% discount. |
Enquiries
E-mail Ryan or phone him on (011) 726-3040
Payment
Electronic Transfers
Name: Equity Compliance and Solution
Bank: FNB
Branch: Northcliff
Branch Code: 253 705
Account No: 62063883964
Cheques to be made payable to Equity Compliance and Solution.
Please fax a copy of the deposit slip together with the registration form to Hennie on (011) 726 2400.
Please do not mail payments.
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1. Cancellations
Should you be unable to attend, we will accept your written cancellation by no later than 7 working days prior to the start of the workshop, in which event a cancellation fee of 25% will be charged. Thereafter, we regret we are unable to refund any fees, although in such cases we would be happy to welcome a colleague who would substitute your attendance or keep the credit for a following workshop with the same monetary value. Please note that the cancellation fee of 25% will still apply in such event. All cancellations must please be confirmed in writing. 'No shows' on the dates of the workshop are still liable for the full payment. This clause also applies where we have received your registration form, invoiced you and awaiting your payment. |
| 2. EES-SIYAKHA is not liable for any transportation or accommodation costs incurred related to the prospective attendance of an event that does not go ahead on the advertised date. The terms applicable in Clause 1 to cancellations received later than 7 working days prior to the start of the workshop will apply to any payments made in respect of events that do not go ahead for whatsoever reason. |
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Technical and Business Report Writing
Providing you with the knowledge, skills, techniques and confidence needed to write professional reports, proposals and other business documentation quickly and expertly
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Specific outcomes of the workshop
- Learn the value of good written communication
- Revisit the rules of proper grammar an clear communication
- Develop and appropriate writing style
- Improve sentence structure and paragraph development
- Construct technical and business reports and proposals
- Make writing clear, concise, complete and correct
- Learn how to proof read your work
- Provide an opportunity to apply these skills in real workplace applications
Who should attend this course?
Any person wishing to improve their business and technical report and proposal writing.
Programme
Session 1: Back to basics
- Introduction
- Seven Cs of correct English
- Survival kit for punctuation and grammar
- Tenses
- Subjective and objective writing
- Common spelling errors
- Some useful techniques of business writing
- Business Paraphrasing: Assertiveness Technique
- Business Paraphrasing: Indirectness
- Business Paraphrasing: Graphic
- Business Paraphrasing: Emotive Language
- Business Paraphrasing: Appeal to Authority
- Business Paraphrasing: Thesaurus Technique
- Business Paraphrasing: Avoid unnecessary adjectives
- Business Paraphrasing: Redundancy
- Business Paraphrasing: Tenses
- Writing for clarity
Session 2: Persuasive writing
- Introduction
- The psychology of persuasion
- What influences persuasion?
- The structure of the message
- Persuasive style
- Bias
- Essence of message
Session 3: Technical Report Writing
- Difficulties with report writing
- Basic layout
- Optional layouts of reports
- Types of reports
- Report writing
- Case study 1
- Case study 2
- SWOT analysis
- Factors to be considered for the content of a report
- Tips
- Preparation
- Planning
- Tips on handling information
- Fog index
- Tips for proof reading
- Style guide to good writing
- Proof reading
About your expert presenter
Dawn Pretorius is the Director of Adzuri Corporate Development, which offers consulting in three main areas: risk management, compliance and corporate governance; related business development; specialist training and facilitation. Adzuri provides training and development for the financial services industry primarily in the form of specialist facilitation, training material and e-learning. The subject matter ranges from technical skills such as credit assessment and risk management to soft skills such as conflict management and business and report writing. Adzuri is the preferred provider for short courses for the South African Institute of Bankers. Dawn is a professional member of the Compliance Institute of South Africa, registered with the Financial Services Board for compliance practice (FAIS), registered as an accredited provider with the Services Seta No 0959, a fellow of the Institute of Bankers and a professional member of the Marketing Federation of South Africa. Dawn has, inter alia, a M. Com, a B.Tech Banking (Univ of Jhb), a Sales & Marketing Diploma, a Trustee Diploma (IOB) and a Certificate in Money Laundering Control (RAU).
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ENQUIRIES ABOUT OUR CONSULTING SERVICES
E-mail Lungile Nxumalo or phone Lungile on (011) 726-3040 |
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ENQUIRIES ABOUT OUR WORKSKOPS AND SEMINARS
E-mail Hennie Oosthuizen or phone Hennie on (011) 726-3040 |
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ENQUIRIES ABOUT OUR CONFERENCE CENTRE
E-mail Caroline Chamboko or phone Caroline on (011) 726-3040 |
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ENQUIRIES ABOUT OUR CONFERENCES
E-mail Ryan Muller or phone Ryan on (011) 726-3040 |
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