Public Sector Writing

This course maps to capability: 5
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Please contact IPAA Queensland for more information.

Overview

Do you sit looking at a blank computer screen, dreading the thought of having to make a start? In this one-day interactive course, you can learn how to approach each writing task with confidence and skill, and know how to write for different readers. Regardless of what you have to write, this course will give you practical, tested strategies and tips to help you improve and to continue improving in the future.

Course Content

This course will help you analyse your audience, choose the best language for each document, save time through planning, and improve the way you start and finish your documents. A flexible approach means the course can also deal with any specific writing questions you bring along.

Course Outcomes

By the end of this course attendees should be able to:

  • overcome 'writers' block'
  • identify the purpose behind each piece of writing
  • use a simple planning tool that saves time
  • consider the needs of readers
  • choose the right language

Benefits to your organisation

  • this course introduces graduates, new employees and people struggling with writing tasks to the specific requirements of public sector writing

Benefits to you

  • this course will give you writing tools of lifelong value for any kind of writing you do
  • it will increase your confidence in writing for work and may even make it more fun