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Writing Effectively about Policy

Do you need to draft discussion, consultation and option papers?

Do you need to draft discussion, consultation and option papers?


IS THIS COURSE RIGHT FOR YOU?

Are you a policy officer, manager, or executive in the NSW public sector responsible for communicating complex policy problems?

Would your work benefit if you could define a policy problem in detail without pre-empting a solution?

This course will give you the rules for producing and clearing of policy documents.


WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

You will leave this course with the skills to write compelling policy documents including how to present evidence and arguments logically and persuasively.

You will learn more about the style guide, ministerial preferences and the needs of departmental executives.

You’ll also develop skills for using different frameworks: the political, the social, the economic, the legal and the ethical.

You will finish this course knowing you can:

  • clearly express the essential policy concepts that are necessary if a positive policy outcome is to be realised.
  • apply clear writing principles to the work of creating complex policy documents.
  • write compelling and influential discussion, consultation and option papers.
  • facilitate the understanding by readers – including policy decision-makers – of complex policy issues.

 

NSW Public Sector Commission Capability Framework

Writing effectively about policy is for people at the adept and advanced level and you will develop the following capabilities:

  • Relationships: communicate effectively
The course is also mapped to IPAA’s policy and working in the NSW government environment topic areas.

 

Course Details

This course is scheduled to demand.

If you are an individual, register your interest below and you will be notified when the next cohort is scheduled.

If you have a group of 5 or more, register your interest below for an in-house course and our Learning team will contact you.


Be at your best, for NSW.
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Pricing
Full Day Course
Professional Member:   $845.00
Affiliate Member:   $950.00
Non-member:   $1065.00

 

Please note: All NSW Public Servants are automatically Affiliate members of IPAA NSW and entitled to Affiliate rates. To activate this, sign up here.

Be at your best, for NSW.
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Terms and Conditions

When
27/11/2024 9:30 AM - 28/11/2024 12:30 PM
AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Where
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