📊 Presentation · Planning
Reporting Skills Course (Top-Down and Bottom-Up)
⏱ Training hours2 hours
🏢 FormatOn-site delivery · Customized design
👤 InstructorJohn Kim
✅ Key outcomeLearn the fundamentals of reporting
John Kim, CEO of Nanum Consulting, leads this intensive 2-hour reporting skills course. It is a hands-on program that builds structured document writing and effective content creation skills to change how professionals report. From the basics of report writing to smooth communication with senior leaders, it covers the key skills for both sides: the manager giving direction and the person reporting. Document writing know-how and content techniques are taught together, so you improve the quality and efficiency of your reports and see practical gains in job performance. Built as a compressed 2-hour curriculum for busy professionals, it delivers practical content you can apply at work right away. The curriculum draws on Nanum Consulting’s experience training 50+ major corporations and institutions.
Who is this course for?
Designed for every professional who struggles with business reports, from new hires to mid-level managers. It is especially well suited to those who find it hard to distill key points in a report and communicate smoothly with their managers.
What will you learn?
- Learn the fundamentals of reporting systematically
- Strengthen your skills as both the one who gives instructions and the one who reports
Curriculum
Module 1: Document writing and reporting
- Document writing basics and types
- Reporting methods and types
- Principles and methods of effective reporting
- Reporting approaches tailored to your manager’s and colleagues’ personalities
- → Adapting your reports to each style, using Social Style analysis
- Examples of good reporting
- Examples of poor reporting
- Reporting up and down in different situations
Module 2: Creating and using content
- Understanding PPT content and structure
- ⇥ PowerPoint basics
- ⇥ Tips for clean, fast writing
- ⇥ Image editing and choosing the right charts
- ⇥ Best settings for working smoothly with Keynote and Prezi
- ⇥ Storyboarding and preparing PPT templates
- ⇥ Using fonts, images, and video
- ⇥ How to build charts that fit your content
- ⇥ Create polished designs with infographic tools
Expected results / After the course
- Learn the fundamentals of reporting
- Practice receiving assignments and reporting back in role-plays
- Understanding the other side (manager and direct report)
On-site training references
Plasma Technology Research CenterKorean Standards AssociationCredit UnionGabeul CorporationKyungbok UniversityDaehan Altar Co.RevodixTMCKChungbuk Sports CouncilPusan National UniversityHwaseung CorporationKorea Institute of Child Care and EducationChung-Ang UniversityKyungil UniversityKyungnam UniversityKorea Institute of Meteorological Industry TechnologyOurhomePlasma Technology Research Center, Korea Institute of Fusion Energy.etc.
About the instructor
John KimInstructor John Kim, author of “B2B Marketing Design” and CEO of Nanum ConsultingView profile →
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FAQ
Designed for every professional who struggles with business reports, from new hires to mid-level managers. It is especially well suited to those who find it hard to distill key points in a report and communicate smoothly with their managers.
The program organizes the essence of reporting into 3 key elements and conveys them through visualization techniques. By comparing concrete examples of poor and effective reports, it presents practical improvements you can apply on the job right away.
The program is a focused 2 hours in total, so it fits into work schedules without strain. Specific fees and scheduling are provided through a customized consultation based on your company’s headcount and requirements.
Instructor John Kim is an expert who has delivered business writing and reporting skills training at a wide range of companies. He has extensive teaching experience in helping practitioners improve their report writing and develop effective communication skills.
Reporting Skills Course (Top-Down and Bottom-Up)
Led by John Kim, CEO of Nanum Consulting, this intensive 2-hour Reporting Skills program transforms how professionals report, through structured document writing and effective content creation techniques that completely change
Training objectives
- Learn the fundamentals of reporting systematically
- Strengthen your skills as both the one who gives instructions and the one who reports
Expected results
- Learn the fundamentals of reporting
- Practice receiving assignments and reporting back in role-plays
- Understanding the other side (manager and direct report)
Curriculum
Module 1Module 1: Document writing and reporting
- Document writing basics and types
- Reporting methods and types
- Principles and methods of effective reporting
- Reporting approaches tailored to your manager’s and colleagues’ personalities
- → Adapting your reports to each style, using Social Style analysis
- Examples of good reporting
- Examples of poor reporting
- Reporting up and down in different situations
Module 2Module 2: Creating and using content
- Understanding PPT content and structure
- ⇥ PowerPoint basics
- ⇥ Tips for clean, fast writing
- ⇥ Image editing and choosing the right charts
- ⇥ Best settings for working smoothly with Keynote and Prezi
- ⇥ Storyboarding and preparing PPT templates
- ⇥ Using fonts, images, and video
- ⇥ How to build charts that fit your content
- ⇥ Create polished designs with infographic tools
About the instructor
John Kim, Lead Instructor
10 years in industry · 15 years teaching (3,000+ lectures)
Education
· MBA (advanced major: Marketing), Korea University Graduate School of Business (graduated)
· Sungkyunkwan University Consultant Program (completed)
· Sogang University Graduate School of Business, Short-Term MBA (completed)
· Seoul National University Lifelong Education Instructor Development Program (completed)
· Chung-Ang University, B.A. in English Language and Literature (graduated)
Experience
· Current: CEO, Nanum Consulting
· Formerly at Hyosung Corp., Daeduck Electronics and Shinhan Diamond: overseas assignments and strategic planning (10+ years)
· Current partner instructor, Expert Consulting
· Current: Partner instructor, PSI Consulting
· (Current) Partner instructor, Korea SMEs and Startups Agency and SME Training Institute
Credentials and publications
· Certified consultant
· Certified teacher
· Completed official IDEO Design Thinking training
· B2B Marketing Design (1 Apr 2025)
· The Chinese Diamond Tool Market: Present and Future (co-authored, Korea Tool Association)
· Battles That Changed History and Innovative Weapons (in progress)