EFFECTIVE listening is a skill to deploy when you seek to gather data for your report. Avoid getting into the trap of thinking that the topic is boring or irrelevant. As a good listener, be ready to sift, screen, and hunt for relevant information. That helps you take what you require while showing an active […]

RESEARCH is a crucial part of your data collection process after you have done sufficient planning of your report. If you fail to undertake proper research, your report won’t stand out, even though doing good research doesn’t necessarily mean that you would write a great report! You just need to know your onions regarding report […]

By Ruth Oji Hello dear reader, IT is almost a year of consistency on this column. So, let’s give up for us all! Well done, and kudos to you for always showing up. I thought, therefore, to share a few tips that can help us improve our speaking since for the past weeks we have […]

By Ruth Oji PROPOSAL writing can be likened to storytelling. The art of proposal writing lies in the ability to tell a story. Every proposal is a story with a goal, and its effectiveness derives from the ability of the storyteller to tell that story well. In this and future articles, we will consider how […]

AFTER your title and date, you want to check out your reference number. This is the number given to the report; however, this will depend on company practice. What I mean is that some organisations number all reports sequentially; others do so by department, and yet others add some personal reference (perhaps the initials of […]