Political Communication

What can a self made multi-billionaire teach you about lobbying

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I have just listened to Ray Dallio‘s book “Principles”. He  is the founder of the investment management firm Bridgewater. His investment funds has done well. It has made him, his employees and clients wealthy, very wealthy. He is in the process of writing down his principles.  He has kindly written out his “model” for making … Read more

3 checklists to help you write better public policy writing

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If you want to learn to write public policy well, or improve your existing public policy writing, get Catherine F. Smith’s ‘Writing Public Policy’.   The author shows you how to: Write clear public policy Provides good written examples Checklists to help you prepare policy memoranda, position papers, briefings Helpful insights     The  11 … Read more

The simple art of poor public policy writing

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A lot of public policy writing is just plain bad writing. When I worked for a British Labour MEP in 1997 I found that I was dropping the position papers of a well-known trade association directly into the waste paper bin. I did not throw them away out of political spite. I just could not understand what … Read more