Effective Briefing Notes/Reports (OC)
Briefing notes and reports are the main means for staff to communicate and coordinate with executives and elected officials.
OBJECTIVE:
Their high volume requires that they be concise and to the point and follow a strict format. It can often be quite challenging to take a complex issue and express it effectively in such a small space, but that is what is required.
The workshop includes short lectures, demonstrations, and a variety of practice exercises. To test their application of the principles on-the-job, participants may send documents to the workshop leader for review after the course.
A manual will be provided to be used during the course and will be an excellent reference tool after the course.
WHO WILL BENEFIT:
Everyone
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Participants of the course will learn how to:
- quickly gather information from several sources onto one page of notes,
- organize information for ease of comprehension,
- discover the most effective way of presenting a briefing report,
- focus the content and eliminate clutter,
- write more powerful and expressive sentences,
- express complex issues accurately and briefly, and
- spend less time but have better results.
COURSE LEADER: EILEEN PEASE, M.Ed., CHRP, CSP
Online registration not available.