Analytic Thinking and Presentation™

Teaches techniques to develop an analytic judgment on an issue, build a case to support the judgment, and conceptualize the results in writing and orally. This course focuses on the principles of writing that enable the analyst to craft a well-reasoned and well-written finished intelligence product. This course is built on extensive individual and team activities that include opportunities for personal feedback. (Four-and five-day variants available)

Typical 5-day Course Agenda:

Day One

• Present rhetorical square
• Distinguish between analytic and other forms of writing
• Examine titles, statements of synthesis, summary paragraphs
• Illustrate structure of inverted pyramid paragraphs

Day Two

• Determine the “bottom line”
• Construct elements of a summary paragraph
• Identify core assertions
• Review correct grammar for intelligence writing

Day Three

• Determine bottom line or summary argument from an article
• Compose more elements of a summary paragraph
• Write inverted pyramid paragraphs
• Describe flow of an effective argument
• Evaluate sources of information
• Use correct grammar in intelligence writing

Day Four

• Employ vocabulary selection techniques
• Demonstrate the internal structure of an intelligence article
• Apply key learning points from the course to a final project

Day Five

• Receive individual feedback on final projects
• Continue revision of final projects

For more information on Analytic Thinking and Presentation^TM,  contact Analytic Advantage, Inc., at 703.309.6355