Write clear, evidence-based content
This training shows you how to:
go beyond initial assumptions to analyze issues carefully
articulate your analysis clearly and efficiently
present details and evidence in a powerful, readable way
use AI to analyze content more deeply
Build Strong Rationale
Some of our clients
Alberta Energy Regulator
Alberta Human Rights Commission
British Columbia Securities Commission
Canada Energy Regulator
Canadian Human Rights Commission
Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization
Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board
Nunavut Impact Review Board
Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments
Ombudsman for Veterans Affairs
Workers Compensation Board
Workshop details
We customize our workshops to your organization, team, documents, templates, and style guides
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If participants have recently taken our Effective Writing workshop, this is a 3.5-hour session (in-person or online).
Otherwise, we recommend this be a 1-day workshop in-person or 2, 3.5-hour Zoom sessions.
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All writers and reviewers who want to strong reasoning behind their recommendations.
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We meet with you to discuss your group's challenges and goals
You send us a series of representative documents
We analyze your documents
We customize our course material using excerpts from your documents
What you’ll learn
Analyze issues and content more deeply
Deliver clear, readable analysis
Use AI to deepen your thinking
Understand the principles of creating strong rationale
Show a clear relationship between evidence and findings or recommendations
Decide the right amount of supporting information
Use data and examples effectively
Anticipate and address counter-arguments or challenges
Format to make your analysis clear and readable
Use research tools to get the right information
Stay neutral and fact based
Create the right tone to support your analysis
Start the conversation
I was reflecting on the best courses I’ve taken and this was hands down one of the best. So applicable to my daily work.
— Ministry of Environment and Parks
I appreciated the tailoring of the workshop materials to our organization, using real-time, current writing examples to analyze and improve. It was readily applicable to my work and very professionally done.”
—The Civilian Complaints and Review
I saw an immediate and lasting improvement in my branch and the organization as a whole. Products became much more concise. The biggest benefit was that it gave people permission to leave extraneous details out. It definitely reduced the time spent on reviews and revisions.”
— Executive Director of the Public Service Commission

