Planning Oral Briefing

Planning Oral Briefing

• Assume the governor has asked you to present an oral briefing on a controversial environmental program to a board of commissioners of a major county in the state. Three of the nine commissioners oppose the program and have experts on their staff who generally accompany them to meetings. Recommend three actions to take before the briefing and two key actions as you present the recommendation. Provide reasons to support your response.
• Discuss at least two possible advantages and two possible disadvantages to using graphics and charts in oral briefings. Discuss the implications of these advantages and disadvantages to the one responsible for communicating public policy. Provide an example to support your response.

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Convincing the audience in the oral briefing is a difficult task and to prepare for the briefing one should take the following three actions. The first action is researching everything about the idea or program at hand so as to be well informed and prepare a successful briefing. The second action is identifying the core points that are crucial for the…