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How to write a report that people read and leads to a “Yes”- guidelines, rules, and E-templates to get your report over the line
Sale! How to write a report that people read and leads to a “Yes”- guidelines, rules, and E-templates to get your report over the line USD $159.00 USD $119.00 This unique implementation toolkit comprise my latest thinking on the subject matter. The toolkit contains 80 pages designed to help readers implement best practice reporting. This toolkit covers…
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This toolkit (110 page PDF whitepaper and etemplates) is for all managers who, from time to time, need to prepare a report. It contains guidelines, rules, and E-templates to get your report over the line. Enhancing your career and your job satisfaction. There are over 20 E-templates to help you get the rubber on the road.
It is based around the wisdom and better practices of many report writers, consultants and authors I have met.
This PDF whitepaper is updated at the time of purchase by David Parmenter ensuring that it contains his latest thinking. The e-templates are emailed with the paper.
Reports should be designed to encourage action to take place, on a timely basis, in the right direction. They need to be:
| Timely | Be a combination of daily/weekly/monthly reporting |
| Be prompt – within 3 working days is better practice from month-end, next day for daily reports | |
| Structured | Be planned so they are structured with the reader’s decision in mind (especially written reports). |
| Utilise business writing best practice such as the guidelines in Mary Munter’s “Guide to Managerial Communication”.[i] | |
| Avoid unnecessary detail | Report meaningful numbers. Is it necessary to report Sales of $23,456,327? Surely $23.5 million is much easier to read and relate to. |
| Best practice graphics | Follow the guidelines of Stephen Few, an expert on data visualization. |
| Contain a ‘Florence Nightingale graphic’ to wow them and to live on past the life of the report. | |
| Consistent, concise and error free | Have consistent formatting and judgement calls. |
| Be presented in a true and fair view | |
| Be concise – be a merging of numbers, graphs and comments on the one page where possible | |
| Be free of inconsistent numbers within the report, spelling, grammar and punctuation errors. |
[i] Mary Munter, Guide to Managerial Communication: Effective Business Writing and Speaking
Why you need this toolkit:
- You haven’t received any formal training on report writing and do not the time to disseminate all the better practices – I have spent the last 25 years doing this for you…
- Easy to use templates – which can be in use immediately
- Expose yourself to the latest thinking on report structure, research, selling change, the quality assurance processes that make it look good
- Be introduced to Stephen Few’s brilliant work on graphics and dashboard design – the leading thought leaders on data visualization
- Blow the CEO and the Board away with great report formats that are clear to the point and easy to understand
This toolkit will answer the following questions:
- What is the best structure for my report?
- What are the good design features of a one-page report?
- What are the rules for good graph design?
- What should a flash report look like?
- How does value stream accounting impact my reporting?
- How often should we report against strategy implementation?
- What should a board dashboard look like?
- What quality assurance steps should we take?
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