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Writing useful weekly team updates

A ready-made course, live deck and three surveys for team members and team leads. AhaSlides tracks progress, completion and scores for you. 25 minutes, 6 lessons, 10-question final check. Last reviewed 6 November 2026; not legal advice.

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Course outline at a glance

  • Six updates on a Friday
  • Quiz

  • Moved, next, blocked, needs
  • Spot the gap
  • Accordion
  • Flashcards
  • Quiz

  • Writing rules
  • Clear or unclear?
  • Accordion
  • Sorting activity
  • Multi-select quiz

  • Risk in three lines
  • The green status
  • Process
  • Scenario
  • Quiz

  • The team agreement
  • Who reads it?
  • Quiz
  • Accordion

  • Final assessment
  • Course complete
  • Quiz
  • Multi-select quiz
  • Flashcards

Three pieces that work together

Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck. 6 fields to fill in with your own policy, contacts and locations; each one is highlighted inside the course.

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Completion is tracked for you

Learners sign in to take the course, so every start, finish and score is recorded in AhaSlides. No spreadsheet to keep.

  • Who has finished

    See who has not started, who is in progress and who has completed the course.

  • Every score

    Each learner's result on the 10-question final check, against the 80% pass mark.

  • What landed

    Survey results show what people took away and what to change next time.

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6 lessons, about 25 minutes

What learners can do at the end of each lesson. Minutes are an estimate.

  • Lesson 1: What a weekly update is for · 4 min

    Before you begin · Six updates on a Friday

  • Lesson 2: The four parts · 5 min

    Moved, next, blocked, needs · Spot the gap · Check

  • Lesson 3: Clear, short, honest · 5 min

    Writing rules · Clear or unclear? · Check

  • Lesson 4: Flagging risk and asking for help · 4 min

    Risk in three lines · The green status

  • Lesson 5: Making the rhythm work · 4 min

    The team agreement · Who reads it?

  • Lesson 6: Final assessment · 3 min

    Final assessment · Course complete

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Common questions

Yes. The course, the live deck and all three surveys are free. Claiming the template into your AhaSlides account is free too.

Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.

At onboarding or as continuing professional development, with a yearly refresher (best practice).

Team members and team leads who write or read a recurring written update.

Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.

Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.

Your own details, each highlighted inside the course:
  • Link to your live session deck
  • Link to the self-paced course
  • Link to the 30-day check-in survey you send learners after the course
  • Where course completion is recorded
  • Where weekly updates are posted and by when
  • Where your team's update template lives
Then edit anything else you like: wording, scenarios, your logo.
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