Preparing and Writing Briefing Notes (010647)

Overview

Delivery method

Virtual classroom

Duration

6 hours (2 parts over 2 dates)

Audience

Employees

Description

This workshop has been designed to provide Justice employees with the essential skills producing effective briefing notes. Through a combination of entertaining lectures, lively group discussions, and practical exercises, participants will be provided an overview of the briefing note style and format with department-specific rules and templates. Participants will learn about current writing techniques and tools and be guided through an effective process to improve key writing skills.

Recommended for:

• Executive assistants
• Project officers and managers
• Those responsible for summarizing issues, actions and status for concise communication to superiors
• Federal public servants who must provide succinct summaries of projects, programs or specificissues to executives, such as cabinet ministers and deputy ministers

Whether you have never written a briefing note, or are a seasoned veteran, you will leave this course with new and valuable information.

Note: Participants are encouraged to bring samples of their own documents to the class for discussion and application of the course principles.

Learning objectives:

Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Apply a process specifically designed for writing briefing notes
• Get to the point of the issue or action
• Provide the appropriate level of detail, based on the reader's need to know
• Use summarizing short-cuts to save time and effort
• Write effective and strategic recommendations 
• Stay focused on the reader's priorities
• Determine when to quote from sources verbatim and when to paraphrase
• Identify and correct grammar errors

Presented by: WordTask in collaboration with the Centre of Expertise for Learning and Professional Development (CoELPD).

Registration deadline : 5 working days prior to course date.

Cost: Free (subject to Training Cancellation Policy)

 For more information: Contact the Centre of Expertise for Learning and Professional Development

Participants are responsible for adding their training activities to their Outlook calendars.

Accreditation by Law Societies:

For information about the continuing professional development (CPD) hours for this course, please consult the 2024 Accreditation Summary.

If you have questions, please contact the accreditation team by email (Accreditations@justice.gc.ca).