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About the workshop
This extensive and engaging two-day program caters to Policy Officers at various career stages. It serves as a valuable platform for individuals looking to advance their careers within the public service, whether they are newcomers to the realm of public policy or hold senior positions with policy management responsibilities. This comprehensive program adopts a hands-on approach to address the intricacies of tackling policy challenges, offering a blend of case studies and practical exercises spanning diverse public policy contexts.
Agenda
Principles of effective policy writing and communication
- The do’s and don’ts - a key overview of effective policy writing
- Writing with your audience in mind - being clear on the purpose of the communication
- Identify the power of plain language when communicating to non-policy stakeholders
Organise information for policy writing
- Establish the policy context and level of detail
- Core principles for policy documents - what should a policy document look like?
- Strategies to effectively engage key stakeholders
Successful policy writing in a dynamic and evolving environment
- Identify policy client demand and ensure the needs of key stakeholders are met
- Live updating of conditions - integrate policy decisions and non-decision into an evolving policy document
- Clearly articulating policy positions and integrating with frameworks
- Manage external factors in real time
Take your policy writing to the next level - effective stakeholder engagement
- Utilise visual techniques to engage and communicate successfully
- Framing questions - for informed policy design
- Success and failure - learn from the past to benefit present and future policy
Policy analysis and development
- Policy-making models - understanding the policy cycle
- Real world considerations - timeframes, politics, stakeholders and budgets
- Expecting the unexpected and planning for success
- The value and importance of stakeholder engagement
Policy logic and strategy
- Identifying policy problems and desired outcomes
- How to navigate context, politics and agendas
- Combining tools to achieve desired outcomes
Plotting for success - collaboration and communication
- Building key relationships and leveraging expertise
- The importance of engagement to effective policy design
- How to communicate policy issues and ideas to achieve a favourable outcome
- Analysing other agencies’ policies as a key component of effective advocacy
Policy development from A to Z - planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
- Create a robust policy development plan - identify pitfalls and manage risk
- Effective policy implementation
- Monitoring policy success
- Evaluate the effectiveness and building in continuous improvement
Tailor Your Training Experience
To make sure you get the learning solution that’s right for you, we offer different levels of tailoring to suit your needs. Choose from three levels of customisation:
1.Off the Shelf
Love what you see? Great! Choose this option to take one of our most popular courses and bring it in-house for your team. Includes a pre-course consult session with our facilitator to make sure we hit the mark, and deliver the right learning experience for you.
2.Customised
Make sure you get the most from the course you choose, by tailoring the content to get the right fit for you. Speak to our team, who will work with you to pick and mix from a curated bank of training modules to help customise your learning experience.
3.Premium
Not on the list? Let us know what you’re looking for and we will find the right solution. Our team of learning specialists will work with you to develop a unique training course for your business. Through an in-depth consultation process, we will work with you to profile your learning needs and build a bespoke program from the ground up.
Speak with one of our team today to find which option is right for you.
Who Will Attend
Aspiring leaders in policy and program roles
- Policy Officers / Managers
- Policy Advisors
- Program Managers / Administrators
- Stakeholder Engagement Managers
- Compliance Officers
- Branch Managers
- Research Officers
- Stakeholder / Community Engagement
- Policy Consulting