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Overview:

Management demands that the executive summary live up to its name. So the expectation is clear: tell me as thoroughly as possible without wasting a word only the important information so I can decide on what you expect of me. Writing executive summaries requires the writer to fulfill two objectives: understand management's objectives for reading the executive summary, and demonstrate content mastery of the original document by including and excluding information based on those reader's objectives. Achieving these objectives means that executive summary writing is as much a reading assignment as it is a writing assignment; however, we read and write not for what interests us but for what interests the executive reading the summary.

Areas Covered in the Session:

• Four power points of executive summaries
• Revising and editing summaries based on the business context
• Hitting high notes through solid structure
• Getting to the point by eliminating verbiage
• Using lists to capture essential supporting ideas

Training Objectives:

• Approach the writing situation with a clear and useful strategy
• Fuse the purpose of the summary with the issues that matter to your audience
• Sort ideas to clarify the key points
• Craft paragraphs that reinforce the intent of the executive summary
• Edit language to move the reader to action

Who Will Benefit:

• Accounting Professionals
• Banking Managers
• Business Forecasters
• Economic Advisors
• Executive Consultants
• Information Technology Experts
• Pharmaceutical Representatives