Write to Govern
How to write board and committee papers
This course is written by Mary Morel, author of Write to Govern: How to write effective board papers. Mary regularly presents with the Governance Institute of Australia, and has delivered in-house training to a large range of government and corporate clients. She has successfully completed the Australian Institute of Directors’ course.
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Part 1: Boards
- The board’s role
- Your audience
- Managing the blur
- Qualities of effective board papers
- The board paper processes and time frames
Part 2: Think first
- PACK
- Structured thinking
Part 3: Templates
- Purpose statements
- How to write recommendations
- How to write summaries
- How to write a background section
- Linking to strategy
- Writing about risk
- Writing about financial information
Part 4: Writing
- Structure and coherence principles
- Formatting
- Writing skills
Part 5: Reviewing and editing
- Reviewing
- Editing
- Review your own paper
Part 6: Presenting to the board
Interviews with board paper experts
This course includes interviews with:
- Ken Marshman, chair of REST Industry Super
- Christine Hawkins, non-executive director
- Rob Campbell, New Zealand chair and non-executive director
- Lisa Coletta, corporate governance specialist
- Davina Stanley, managing director of Clarity College
- David Wright, Wright Management Consulting
- Barry Rafe, Rafe Consulting
- Peter Whyntie, independent compliance expert
- Aaron Slater, Head of Enterprise Performance, Australia Post
- Chris Mamarelis, CEO of The Whiddon Group
- Dana Skopal PhD, linguist
- Julie Garland McLellan, author of Presenting to Boards
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