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)

Accommodation measures:

The Department of Justice is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free learning environment. If you have any accessibility needs in order to fully participate in the training activity, please contact your manager to discuss your needs. You may also call upon the services of the Centre for Workplace Access-Ability, Health and Wellness to help identify what type of accommodation measures you require.

 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).