"How to Write an Investigative Report" Course

Everything your team needs to know about how to write an investigative report.

Our Courses are Customized for Your Team.

When your team knows how to write effective, useful investigative reports, they can provide concrete solutions to prevent problems. Writing an investigation report requires logic and reason, a proper organizational strategy, and sections that accurately convey content. In this workshop, "How to Write an Investigation Report," your team will learn strategies to plan, organize, and structure the report so that it fulfills it intended purpose, and is reader-friendly, usable, and functional.

Choose How to Take the Course:

Onsite
Virtual

In our instructor-led, customized onsite workshop, "How to Write an Investigation Report," your team will learn strategies to write investigation reports that accurately capture incidents and that can actually be used to prevent problems. The onsite workshops are hosted at your facility and offered in one-, two-, or three-day sessions.

Learn more about onsite training here.

Course Objectives:

Provide information so that it’s readable and usable for intended readers
Write the various sections so that readers can quickly find information
Ask the right questions and relay the answers succinctly and concisely
Use organization to drive conclusions
Use language effectively
Use logic to build the argument

In our instructor-led, customized virtual workshop, your team will learn strategies to write investigation reports that accurately capture incidents and that can actually be used to prevent problems. These virtual sessions are offered in one-, two-, or three-hour sessions over time.

Learn more about virtual training here.

Course Objectives:

Provide information so that it’s readable and usable for intended readers
Write the various sections so that readers can quickly find information
Ask the right questions and relay the answers succinctly and concisely
Use organization to drive conclusions
Use language effectively
Use logic to build the argument

We covered a lot of ground. I appreciate the comprehensiveness of the course

Roger D.
- Verified 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 Technical Writing Skills?

Having strong technical writing skills is crucial. In our technical writing course, your team will learn strategies to communicate technical information such that it is easy for readers to read and understand.

Clearer, More Concise Documents

Your team will learn how to include just the right amount of detail, avoid verbosity, and use strategies to guide readers to the appropriate conclusion.