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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
Policy analysis and development
- Use policy-making models to understand the policy cycle
- Consider real-world implications and boundaries
- Learn the value and importance of stakeholder engagement
Policy logic and strategy
- Identify policy problems and potential solutions
- Navigate context, politics and agendas
- Combine tools to achieve desired outcomes
Plotting for success - collaboration and communication
- Build key relationships and leverage expertise
- Communicate issues and ideas to achieve favourable outcomes
- Analyse established policy for effective advocacy
Policy development from A to Z
- Create a robust policy development plan to identify risk
- Implement, monitor and evaluate successful policy
- Integrate continuous improvement measures
Principles of effective policy writing and communication
- Learn the do’s and don’ts of effective policy writing
- Write purposefully with your audience in mind
- Identify the power of plain language with non-policy stakeholders
Organise information for policy writing
- Establish the policy context and level of detail
- Explore core principles for policy documents
- Practise strategies to effectively engage key stakeholders
Successful policy writing in a dynamic and evolving environment
- Identify policy client demand and stakeholder needs
- Create evolving policy documents
- Articulate policy positions and integrate with frameworks
Policy writing for effective stakeholder engagement
- Use visual techniques to successfully engage and communicate
- Frame questioning for informed policy design
- Learn from the past to benefit future policy
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