
How to Write Reports and Proposals
Patrick Forsyth(Author)
Kogan Page Ltd (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 3. March 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
152 pages
978-0-7494-6714-2 (ISBN)
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Description
Getting a message across on paper and presenting a proposal in a clear and persuasive form are vital skills for anyone in business. How to Write Reports and Proposals provides practical advice on how to impress, convince and persuade your colleagues or clients. It will help you: improve your writing skills; think constructively before writing; create a good report; produce persuasive proposals; use clear and distinctive language; present numbers, graphs and charts effectively.
Full of checklists, exercises and examples, How To Write Reports and Proposals is essential reading and will help you to put over a good case with style.
Full of checklists, exercises and examples, How To Write Reports and Proposals is essential reading and will help you to put over a good case with style.
Reviews / Votes
"Patrick has a lucid and elegant style of writing, which allows him to present information in a way that is organised, focused and easy to apply. " * Professional Marketing Magazine * "Packed with solid advice" * Supply Management *More details
Series
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
214 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7494-6714-2 (9780749467142)
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Patrick Forsyth
How to Write Reports and Proposals
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Patrick Forsyth
How to Write Reports and Proposals
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02/2010
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Person
Patrick Forsyth runs Touchstone Training & Consultancy based in the U.K. and specializes in marketing, sales and communications skills. He is the author of more than fifty successful business books (with translations into 23 languages). These include: Successful Time Management and Managing Change (also in this Kogan Page series). He writes regularly for a number of business journals, and for Writing Magazine, and devises and writes training materials.
Content
Chapter - 00: Introduction: pitfalls and opportunities;
Chapter - 01: What makes good business writing?;
Chapter - 02: Creating a good report;
Chapter - 03: Preparing to write;
Chapter - 04: The power of language;
Chapter - 05: Making numbers clear;
Chapter - 06: Making proposals persuasive;
Chapter - 07: The contribution of layout and presentation
Chapter - 01: What makes good business writing?;
Chapter - 02: Creating a good report;
Chapter - 03: Preparing to write;
Chapter - 04: The power of language;
Chapter - 05: Making numbers clear;
Chapter - 06: Making proposals persuasive;
Chapter - 07: The contribution of layout and presentation