Writing & Public Speaking Handouts
Workshop Handouts | Writing Skills | Sample Memos | Public Speaking
Workshop Handouts
“The Art of the Ask: Surefire Strategies for Effective Fundraising” | Ian Palmquist
The Art of the Ask: Surefire Strategies for Effective Fundraising
“How to Improve Wikipedia (and Your Career) without Getting the Internet Mad at You” | John Sadowski
“How to Launch Your Own Website Using WordPress” | Ken Gagne
- Sides from workshop presentation can be downloaded at
http://snipurl.com/wp-hks - Links to additional resources including a guide to improving your site's security are available here:
http://blogs.computerworld.com/cybercrime-and-hacking/20857/securing-wordpress-against-hacks - For anyone interested in e-commerce or accepting PayPal donations, these two plugins are recommended:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-simple-paypal-shopping-cart/ (free and offers only minimal features but is quite effective at what it does)
https://shopplugin.net/ (commercial, but comprehensive)
“The Executive Summary for White Papers, Briefing Books, PAEs and SYPAs” | Luci Herman
Executive Summary Guidelines
“Structuring a PAE or SYPA” | Luci Herman
Three Rules for Writing Excellent PAE’S and SYPA’S
Structuring your SYPA or PAE as a White Paper or a Briefing Book
"5 Secrets of Powerful Public Speakers" | Marie Danziger
Five Secrets of Powerful Communicators
The First 60 Seconds
"Introduction to Public Speaking" | Luci Herman
Introduction to Public Speaking
"Writing Policy Memos" | Luci Herman
Writing Policy Memos Part1
Writing Policy Memos Part2
Policy Memos
"Introduction to Public Speaking" | Holly Weeks
Introduction to Public Speaking
High-Functioning High-Quality Presentations
"Editing Yourself: How to Copy Edit Your Own Writing" | Kate Victory Hannisian
Editing Yourself: How to Copy Edit Your Own Writing
Prezi: http://prezi.com/xyg5cga-y2xt/how-to-copy-edit-your-own-writing/?res_nr=1&sis=1286082052
"Framing for Policy Makers" | Luci Herman
Framing for Policy Makers
“Delivering Bad News”| Holly Weeks
Giving Bad News Well
“The Sixteen New Rules of Writing Email You Must Know” | Steven D. Stark
The Sixteen Rules of Writing Email
“Persuasive Storytelling” | Marie Danziger
Some Rhetorical Uses of Story
Some Suggestions about Storytelling
Persuasive Storytelling
“Mental Models for Public Speaking” | Marie Danziger
Markers for Public Speaking
Mental Models for Public Speaking
“Dealing with a Hostile Audience” | Holly Weeks
Dealing with a Hostile Audience
“The Elevator Pitch for Policy Makers” | Luci Herman
Elevator Policy Pitch Presentation
“Creating a Speaker Persona” | Holly Weeks
Creating a Speaker Persona
“Writing Briefing Books and White Papers” | Luci Herman
White Papers Briefing Books
“Writing Longer Papers” | Marie Danziger
Good to Great Policy Analysis
Persuasive Policy Analysis 8 Steps
Guidelines for Successful Policy Analysis
Tips for Writing Case Studies
Tips for Writing Analytic Research Papers
Writing Skills
- Briefing Book Guide
- Checklist for Writing Action Memoranda
- Craft of Memo Writing by Bob Behn (2012)
- Criteria for Effective Briefing Books
- Finding Your (Writer's) Voice
- Generic Components of Briefing Books
- Guidelines for Successful Policy Analysis
- How to Write an Op-Ed or Column
- Joseph Nye's Brief Guidelines for Writing Action Memoranda
- Memo Writing handouts | Audio
- Option and Decision Memos Basic Components
- PAE WRITING GUIDE 2009
- Primer on Preparing for Briefings
- Tips for Writing Analytic Research Papers
- Tips for Writing Case Studies
- Writing Longer Papers handouts | Audio
Sample Memos
- Christopher Stone's Memo on Memo Writing
- Sample memo: Panama Water Authority
- Sample of a good skimmable memo
Public Speaking
- Advocating a Controversial Position
- All About Introductions
- Answering Hostile Questions
- Articulating a Vision or Mission
- Building Trust
- Campaigning for Election
- Creative Refutation
- Crisis Communication
- David Gergen's 20 General Tips for Political Debates
- Dealing with Emotion
- Delivering Bad News
- Five Steps towards More Successful Public Speaking
- Fly-Swatter Techniques
- Guidelines for Consensus-Building
- Guidelines for Interactive Persuasion
- Handling Questions and Answers
- How Listeners Think
- How To Be Persuasive
- Markers for Public Speaking
- Mental Models for Public Speaking
- Michael Walton’s Presentation on Presentations
- Responding to Allegations of Failure or Misconduct
- Some Characteristics of Eloquence
- Some Rhetorical Uses of Metaphor
- Some Suggestions about Storytelling
- Some Thoughts about Expressing Values
- Suggested Guidelines for Commencement Addresses
- Ten Ways To Generate New Ideas
- The First 60 Seconds
- Tips for Improving Class Participation
