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Storytelling in business

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Explore our range of courses, covering all topic areas of writing at work.

Choose from three formats: prescheduled trainer-led courses open to anyone, self-paced online learning and tailored in-house courses built around your needs.

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If you’re considering our training, these pages will give you a fuller picture of what we do and how we do it – and how it can help you or your team.

Emphasis is the UK’s leading communication training provider, offering specialist learning programmes and consultancy services to private and public sector organisations all over the world.

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Emphasis has been enabling organisations and individuals to make their communication work for 25 years. Find out more about our story and our work below.

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David Cameron

David wrote his first organisational policy more than 25 years ago and wishes he’d known then what he knows now about creating them. After over 25 years working in the communications departments of international charities and large organisations, he now trains and develops learning programmes for Emphasis.

He has written for and worked with organisations including Amnesty International, the National Trust and the NHS, creating and implementing style and tone-of-voice guides, and developing and delivering business-writing training.

These years of experience have given David an understanding of the key role an organisation’s culture plays in developing its people – and their business-writing skills.

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The difference between policies, procedures and work instructions (and why you need them)

Knowledge Hub, Corporate communications

Writing a report for the board? Here’s what you need to know

Business report writing, Knowledge Hub, Writing to the board

How to write an executive summary for your board report – and why you should [with examples]

Business report writing, Knowledge Hub, Writing to the board

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The problem with board report templates (and what you should do instead)

Business report writing, Knowledge Hub, Writing to the board

So you have to write a business report: an essential how-to

Business report writing, Knowledge Hub

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Are you allowing your team to be great business writers?

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How to brief your team to write the report you need

Business report writing, Knowledge Hub