Business Writing in the Public Sector

Communications and Public Relations|3 days|Classroom or live online

Business Writing in the Public Sector takes the discipline and works it through the constraints of this operating context, including interview technique, internal communication and the compliance obligations that come with it. The sector framing is necessary because spokespeople are frequently appointed without ever having been trained, and generic training rarely survives contact with the local rules. Delegates leave able to work confidently with message development, spokesperson training and speech writing in their own organisation.

What delegates leave able to do

Improve message development within their own organisation, measured against established corporate communication practice
Spot where spokesperson training is failing before it becomes a finding
Explain speech writing to someone who does not do the work
Make a decision about stakeholder mapping without waiting for a specialist

What the course covers

Interview technique
Internal communication
Message development
Spokesperson training
Speech writing
Stakeholder mapping
Crisis communication

Who should attend

executives who face media
corporate affairs managers
internal communication specialists
public relations practitioners

Fees

South Africa	R13 000
Elsewhere in Africa and the Gulf	USD 1 500
Live online	USD 900

Per delegate, for the full 3 days. Covers tuition, course materials and refreshments. Excludes travel and accommodation. South African courses carry VAT at 15%; on deliveries outside South Africa the VAT position is confirmed on the quotation, because it depends on where your organisation is registered.

Scheduled dates

23 to 25 Nov 2026	Windhoek	USD 1 500
8 to 10 Feb 2027	Port Louis	USD 1 500
8 to 10 Mar 2027	Kigali	USD 1 500
26 to 28 Apr 2027	Lagos	USD 1 500
7 to 9 Jun 2027	Johannesburg	R13 000
26 to 28 Jul 2027	Johannesburg	R13 000
6 to 8 Sep 2027	Accra	USD 1 500
11 to 13 Oct 2027	Pretoria	R13 000
15 to 17 Nov 2027	Online	USD 900

Dates are the published schedule at the time this page was printed. We also run this programme on request, and in-house for a full team.

How to book

Call 069 221 6943 or email info@isptrainings.co.za with the date and the number of delegates. We reply with a written quotation and an invoice. A registration is not a confirmed booking until we confirm it in writing.

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