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Taming templates

This article first appeared in the Chartered Secretaries of Australia journal, Keeping Good Companies, Feb 2010 Download the pdf

  

Bored with board papers?

This article first appeared in the Chartered Secretaries of Australia journal, Keeping Good Companies, 2006. Download the pdf

Self-editing a board paper

If the board papers you receive are poorly constructed with annoying grammatical errors and typos, here’s some advice to help writers edit their work. Read more

  

Writing a PR proposal to the board

Writing a PR proposal for a board has some similarities to writing a press release — you have to grab attention and put your key messages upfront. Read more

Writing executive summaries

Executive summaries provide a condensed version of a report.
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