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Drafting Masterclass

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    Learn to write simply, clearly and succinctly, demonstrating a concise and efficient writing process and style
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    Evaluate your audience’s needs and know how to tailor your writing accordingly
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    Structure a document so it engages your reader and clearly conveys critical information.

Overview

Cross Civil Service

Being able to write well, in a way that’s compelling, persuasive and engaging, is a valuable skill. Thankfully, the guiding principles that underpin excellent writing are remarkably simple. Poor writing only emerges when we lose sight of those principles and neglect the importance of constructing an argument and understanding an audience’s needs.

Excellent writing always exhibits a variant on the basic story-telling approach of explaining the context, describing a problem and then showing how the main characters resolve this. This course demonstrates how to apply that approach to your own writing, while also exploring how a combination of logical argument, emotion and personality can help deliver an incredibly powerful message.

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

For senior leaders (SCS and Grade 6/7), it is recommended to complete the Excellent Drafting for Senior Leaders course instead, as the course activities are tailored to the challenges and responsibilities faced by senior leaders. Excellent Drafting for Senior Leaders will focus on the necessary writing skills required at senior levels within the Civil Service.

Delivery method
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Face to face

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Virtual

Course duration
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9 hours

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Delivery method
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    Face to face

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    Virtual

Course duration
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7.5 hours

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