ANU Crawford School of Public Policy
Public sector writing skills
Half-day short course
ANU Crawford School of Public Policy
Half-day short course
27th April 2017
9.30am-1pm
ANU Crawford School of Public Policy
A$750
This course will cover the rules of English usage, the principles of style, commonly misused words, and skills in the valuable art of communicating succinctly.
Written communication often provides clients and stakeholders with their ‘first impression’ of your staff and your organisation. In addition, written material can be a record of communication and may be kept and referred to in the future for a variety of reasons including contractual negotiations, Freedom of Information requests, or legal matters. Therefore, it remains vital that people have and maintain strong writing skills.
During this workshop, participants will build on their existing skills in terms of grammar and sentence structure, identifying and writing for a specific audience, expectations in terms of common APS documents, and editing written material.
Kristen is a former journalist and public relations professional. Today she is a Director of Talkforce Media and Communications Strategists. Talkforce provides public relations support, strategic communications and crisis management advice, and training in media and presentation skills, business and policy writing, and team building.