"Writing an Effective Executive Summary" Course

Help your team learn the framework and tools to write an effective executive summary.

Our Courses are Customized for Your Team.

Let’s face it—attention spans are getting shorter and many readers just want the high-level stuff, which is what writing an effective executive summary is supposed to deliver. However, too many executive summaries aren’t written with their readers’ needs for information in mind and are therefore inaccessible. Our "Writing an Effective Executive Summary" course teaches your team how to target readers, use the appropriate language, and use various tools and strategies to write easy-to-read, highly usable effective executive summaries.

Course Description

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Choose How to Take the Course:

Onsite
Virtual

In our instructor-led, customized course, your team will learn strategies to write an effective executive summary for busy decision-makers. Participants will have multiple opportunities to apply concepts while receiving real-time feedback from the instructor.

Learn more about onsite training here.

Course Objectives:

Use reverse outlining
Understand how executive summaries are used
Determine an appropriate organizational strategy
Use a variety of tools to write the executive summary
Use “plain language”
Apply readability concepts
Determine readability using readability indices

In our instructor-led, customized virtual workshop, your team will learn strategies to write an effective executive summary for busy decision makers. Participants will have multiple opportunities to apply concepts while receiving real-time feedback from the instructor. The virtual workshops are hosted at your facility and offered in one-, two-, or three-hour sessions.

Learn more about virtual training here.

Course Objectives:

Use reverse outlining
Understand how executive summaries are used
Determine an appropriate organizational strategy
Use a variety of tools to write the executive summary
Use “plain language”
Apply readability concepts
Determine readability using readability indices

Gave me a better understanding of writing for skimmers by learning to get to the point with action statements. Also, the examples were real so the class was able to scrutinize and revamp the material. Instructor was very knowledgeable and made the class interactive. Great training course to offer employees.

Genie P.
- Verified Executive Summary Writing Course Attendee

What To Expect

Before the Course

A deep dive by our analysts into your team’s documents
A customized proposal that outlines the topics we propose to cover based on this analysis
A discovery/planning call to ensure that our plan meets your vision
Pre- and post-class assessment (depending on the package you choose)

During the Course

In-class exercises that give participants opportunities to apply concepts
Breakout sessions in which participants work collaboratively to apply concepts and solve writing problems
Examples of your team’s rewritten workplace samples to illustrate concepts
Real-time feedback from the instructor on breakouts
Micro-learning sessions
Socratic discussion
Opportunities for participants to ask questions

After the course

Depending which option you choose, your team can expect:

Scores on their’ post-class assessment
Access to our digital library, which includes short videos, quizzes, and other resources
Access to Option 1 of one of our online courses
Office hours, so that participants can meet with the instructor, share work, and get personalized feedback
Forums, which is a chat room that participants can use to ask questions and get answers from our team of writing professionals
Personalized coaching and feedback

Why Improve Your Team’s Business Writing Skills?

Writing doesn’t have to be hard. With our business writing courses, your team will learn strategies to write professional, effective business documents.