Total Training Days
1 day
Writing for Government Short Course
Certification
Record of Attendance
Class Size
up to 18 participants
Delivery Method
face-to-face
“You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere.” - Lee Iacocca
An essential 1-day program that will enable participants to accurately prepare Ministerials, Briefing Notes and other key documents.
Designed to provide participants with the skills and knowledge to appropriately plan, structure and develop documents that reach their target audience and meet department guidelines.
This workshop will cover the need to:
- Determine the requirements of the document through planning
- Use plain language to present the message
- Edit to ensure the document is clear, concise and correct.
Best suited for those working in a government department, including local government, who need to prepare Ministerials, Briefing Notes and other key documents.
This course can be customised to address specific protocols and templates for your department / organisation.
Course Highlights
Planning:
Understanding the purpose and planning what needs to be said to achieve that purpose
Developing Government Documents:
Writing Ministerials, Briefing Notes, emails and other key documents that are well structured and easy to understand
Writing Style:
Writing documents using the principles of plain language
Editing:
Reviewing documents to ensure they are clear, concise and correct
Delivery Methods
This course is a full day workshop with a maximum of 18 participants face-to-face, or a maximum of 9 participants virtually.
All programs include customisation of the course activities and scenarios in line with your organisation. This is done via a virtual meeting with our Instructional Design Team.
Course Inclusions
eLearning
A short writing eLearning module to provide underpinning knowledge.
Workbook
A take-away workbook of content, activities and notes from the workshop.
