This course is for audit managers and audit executives who write:

• audit reports
• minutes and record of meetings
• audit plans
• email enquiries
• engagement memos, and
• audit investigation notes.

The main objective of this course is for audit personnel to write work-related documents that their readers only need to read once to understand.

This course will equip you to:

• write in Clear English to make understanding easier
• understand how to use active language
• use images and examples to explain audit information accurately
• write in a modular structure for rapid development
• present audit information in a format that is faster to read and easier to understand
• identify content relevant to your readers

The key concepts in this interactive course are:

• the basics of Clear English for easy reading
• how to think modular for easy writing
• how to do effective analysis of findings, and
• how to develop clear, concise and professional audit or inspection reports

DAY 1

Module 1: Clear English Style for Easy Reading

• What readers look for in audit and inspection reports
• 6 useful standards of writing in Clear English for auditors and inspectors

Module 2: Modular Writing for Easy-to-Find Information

• Understanding sequential and modular information
• How to write in 'modules': ideas and topics
• How to write useful headings: key to rapid writing and reading

Module 3: Using Clear English Practice

• Writing email subject lines for work-related emails
• An upside down content sequence for emails that gets attention and action
• Taking notes and writing minutes of meetings

Module 4: Audit and Inspection Analysis

• How to identify issues relating to: compliance, operation, risk, and investigation
• How to analyse your findings: impacts, causes and recommendations
• The management response

DAY 2

Module 5: Organising Information in a Report

• Writing techniques for describing observations
• What to put in Introductions and Summaries
• Ways of presenting audit or inspection reports
• Standards of Word and PowerPoint reports

Module 6: How to Apply Clear English to Audit or Inspection Reports

• Words to use (and words to lose): vocabulary in Clear English audit and inspection
• Case study exercises: the analysis and reporting process

• Developed by Professional Instructional Designers to guarantee maximum transfer of knowledge and skills.
• We teach participants how to create information that is useful and usable.
• We teach practical "how to" actions using Clear English.
• We provide a unique competency checklist in a Manager's Pack for in-house courses.