Board paper training

 

Mary Morel and Julie Shannon, provide in-house board paper training for organisations.

All our training is tailored based on your board papers and templates. Our most popular format is a half-day workshop, but we also offer other formats (9am-3pm or full day).

A workshop may cover topics such as:

Board and committee requirements

• Understand your audience’s requirements
• Board and committee paper processes
• Qualities of effective board and committee papers (clear, concise, complete etc.)
• Managing the blur between governance and operations

Templates and styles

• How to use your template/s well
• How to write clear recommendations and succinct summaries

Write for your audiences

• Think first – why are you communicating to the board/committee and what are your key messages?
• Structure your paper well – get to the point, provide the right amount of contextual information, group your information and delete unnecessary detail
• Write well – brush up your writing skills

Be a visual writer

• Writing for iPads and tablets (if appropriate)

Use graphs and tables well

• Integrate graphs and tables with your text
• Provide commentary, not data dumps

Reviewing and proofreading skills

• Review papers for meaning and readability
• Proofread for a professional polish

Clients

Our clients include ASX-listed companies, government organisations and not-for-profit organisations.