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Excellent Drafting for Senior Leaders

Develop your understanding of the discipline required to write with impact and clarity
Learn to write simply and succinctly, engaging your reader while still presenting potentially complex ideas

Overview

Cross Civil Service

Excellent communication isn’t a nice-to-have skill; it’s a crucial element within the smooth running of government. From ministerial speeches and submissions to white papers and government advice notes, writing in a compelling and engaging manner can bring significant benefits. What this requires is an appreciation of how to apply sufficient structure and discipline to our writing; something every one of us can learn.

This writing masterclass is led by Philip Collins, a political journalist and former chief speechwriter to Prime Minister Tony Blair. Philip maintains that the principles of good writing remain the same, regardless of what you’re writing and who it’s for. Most importantly, those principles can be taught, as in this all-day workshop which shows how complex information and ideas can be turned into clear, compelling prose in any medium.

Please refer to the course flyer for a full description of the learning.