Your work is only valuable when people understand it, trust it, and know what to do next.
That's easier said than done, especially when AI is so willing to do so much on your behalf.
Writing to Influence Decisions is a live, practical online workshop that helps professionals write clearer, sharper, more persuasive documents — especially when the reader is busy, sceptical, or under pressure.
Whether you are writing a recommendation, report, proposal, business case, briefing paper, risk summary, audit finding, client advice, or internal update, this training will help you move from “here is some information” to “here is the best decision need and why it makes sense.”
Next course, Tuesday 1 September, 8.30am-4.30am.
Training delivered online.
Earlybird price: $1150 + GST
Standard price: $1350 + GST
Earlybird closes: Friday, 17 July
You may be a professional who wants to write with more confidence and impact. Or you may be a team leader looking for a practical way to lift the quality of written advice, reports, recommendations, and decision papers across members of your team.
This workshop is especially useful for people who write to:
It is ideal for people in risk, audit, advisory, consulting, technical, policy, professional services, sales, management, and corporate roles.
By the end of the workshop, your ability in each of these areas will be elevated:
Identify what the reader needs to decide, know, believe, or do - before you start writing.
Understand how decision makers read, what they look for, and why they often miss or resist the point.
Become adept at connecting evidence, interpretation, judgement, and recommendation so your thinking is clear to the reader and your writing stands up to scrutiny.
Write recommendations that are specific, evidence based, proportionate and actionable.
Use the most appropriate structure for each purpose, making your writing easy to follow, review and approve.
Become masterful at spotting vague, wordy, or overcomplicated language and packing your work with sentences that are direct, precise, and professional. Use nuance to indicate levels of confidence, indicating to the reader that your judgement can be trusted.
Become powerful at reviewing your own writing for logic, clarity, flow, and influence - not just grammar and polish.
Next course, Tuesday 1 September, 8.30am-4.30am.
Training delivered online.
Earlybird price: $1150 + GST
Standard price: $1350 + GST
Earlybird closes: Friday, 17 July
Think with greater precision: Spot hidden assumptions, avoid common reasoning errors, quickly distinguish fact from interpretation.
Build stronger, evidence-based conclusions: Draw sound conclusions grounded in evidence rather than instinct, habit, or premature judgment.
Write recommendations that withstand scrutiny: Construct recommendations that are logical, proportionate, specific, and resilient under challenge.
Structure complex analysis for fast decision-making: Present reasoning in ways that help busy decision-makers quickly understand what matters and what should happen next.
Communicate with calibrated confidence: Express uncertainty honestly and precisely without weakening authority or clarity.
Writing to Influence Decisions is ideal for professionals who produce:
Check out our online course dates for individual professionals who want to produce stronger written work, sharpen their analytical thinking, and increase their influence.
We also provide in-house training for team leaders and executives who want to elevate the quality, clarity, and commercial impact of their team’s written output.
Next course, Tuesday 1 September, 8.30am-4.30am.
Training delivered online.
Earlybird price: $1150 + GST
Standard price: $1350 + GST
Earlybird closes: Friday, 17 July
After the one-day training, you'll receive a Certificate of Completion and have access to a 12-week follow-up programme to support you in embedding the practices into your workday.
The follow-up includes monthly webinars, one-on-one email support, weekly emails that deepen the training, and suggestions for further reading.
On completion of the follow-up training, you'll be registered into the Writing Academy, an exclusive, free of charge, online campus for business writers.
Here is a short note you can copy and send:
I’d like to attend the Writing to Influence Decisions online workshop. It focuses on improving the clarity, structure, logic, and persuasiveness of business writing, especially for reports, recommendations, proposals, and decision papers. The workshop should help me write more efficiently, produce clearer documents, and make it easier for decision makers to understand and act on my recommendations. Earlybird pricing of $1150+GST (a $200 saving) is available until July 17.
Quality and clarity
We came to you wanting to reduce the time it took to write our reports, while also improving quality and clarity. We’ve achieved both in a surprisingly short time, and to an even greater extent than I had hoped for.
Rob Marshall
Head of Risk & Assurance, Spark
Driving action
The improvements are noticeable from day one! Not only are our reports shorter but the key messages are succinct, enabling quality discussions and driving action.
Christine Young
Chief Audit & Assurance Officer, Kiwibank
Winning business
I'm successfully using your course as a critical "weapon" to help us win new business through clear, succinct and compelling proposals.
Cam Murchison
Managing Partner, Harvey Cameron
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