Case Study Objective Having recently introduced a new board/committee paper template and guidelines, Longhurst was keen to have external expertise to work through these with key report authors in the organisation. The workshops therefore centred around the Longhurst templates, but incorporated other key elements of good report writing, such as: • Purpose of reports • Knowing your audience • Making your case and ‘getting what you want’ • Presentation, use of colour, visuals etc. • Plain English and clarity of language • Appendices and attachments Attendees also looked at examples of good reports (anonymised) from other providers, and discussed how they would change the way they write reports looking ahead. What we did Delivered two workshops for board report authors (see above for

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