Briefings

What does the word briefing imply to you, and why?

Perhaps you associate it with simple summaries of situations.

Perhaps you associate it with press conferences.

Perhaps you associate it with debriefings.

Perhaps you associate briefings with policy analysis and/or decision-making.

While a briefing is usually regarded as verbal, it has much the same as a written fact sheet, at least if it is adequately factual and adequately brief.

Yet verbal communication is rarely adequately factual or adequately brief.

And press briefings are rarely adequately polite, on both sides of the briefing process.

Perhaps you wish to supply the virtual journalists at Civility Today with a concise overview of how you are investing in civility, and where you are doing so, and why you are doing so, and how effectively you have been doing so, and for how long.

Perhaps you wish to supply a technical brief.

What have been your experiences of technical writing, both as a supplier and as a recipient?

What experience have you had in providing clear, concise instructions on how to overcome obstacles preventing the consistent provision of quality, daily news services in the 21st century, and with what results?

What do you know about legal briefs?

How do you ascertain whether assumptions, in any situation, are shared or not?

How do you ascertain assumptions about the possibility of improvement in various situations, including in relation to communication?

Perhaps you have been giving briefings about how you have been investing in improving political practices.

If so, who did you invite to attend those briefings, and why?