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Register for a Course Register Online Download Form Download Form In-House Training Have Francis Walsh provide customised training that meets the specific needs of your staff. More ... Public Sector Training S ervices • Basic public sector writing • Advanced public sector writing • Editing and proofreading • Ministerial correspondence and briefings • Writing for Internet and intranet sites • Creating effective meetings What Do People Say? Read some of the comments of people who have attended Francis Walsh's training courses. Reduce Your Rewrite Workload Latest Weird Words 'Strajectory', 'Granularity" and 'Rebaseline' Visit Weird Words to discover what they really mean. Too Fine a Point? Surely subject–verb agreement is not dead. Say it ain't so. Should I always use a colon before dot points? Useful Links Visit The Apostrophe Protection Society! You will never be the same again. Graduate Recruit Program Graduate programs must enable recruits to learn crucial public sector skills that can provide a vehicle for their policy development insights and parliamentary knowledge. Francis Walsh's graduate training provides support, skills development, professional insight and motivation. More ... Clatter Chatter Manifesto Read about the change in government writing that Francis Walsh says we must have. Clatter Chatter 'Clatter Chatter' was highlighted on the front page banner of The Canberra Times and was the cover story of The Public Sector Informant.	Read Francis Walsh's latest article featured in The Canberra Times. Public Sector Informant Editor: Markus Mannheim April 2012 Government Becomes a Social Network About 550 years ago, Johannes Gutenberg released the screw press on his wooden, printing machine and peeled off the first ink-wet sheet of paper from the forme. He could not have realised the significance of what he held in his hands. He had pressed much more than alloyed letters against paper. He had squeezed language against technology and made a lasting impression on European society and the world. More ... *Signature* Acquire Francis Walsh's unique assessment of the communication requirements of ministers, advisers, senior executives and stakeholders. Dramatically enhance the effectiveness of your briefings, correspondence, reports and submissi ons. More ... You Must Know About Government on Tweet Street Francis Walsh's new e-booklet will change the way you think about government communication and about your job. Read the first, comprehensive guidelines for using Twitter in the public sector in Australia. Opt-in to Receive this E-booklet Link. The Communication Alignment Project Government organisations perform at their optimum level when their communication is aimed precisely at their ministers. Francis Walsh's Communication Alignment Project provides specialist analysis and support to achieve that outcome. Learn more about the Communication Alignment Project. Our Carbon Neutral Policy Rushworth Consultancy's policy is to strive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in all its professional activities. Our aspiration is to be a carbon-neutral organisation. Security Site Map Rushworth Consultancy	Follow Francis Walsh on Twitter. Francis Walsh has provided the highest quality consultancy services and training support to over 270 government organisations Australia-wide. He is the leading writing and communication specialist for Federal, State, Territory and Local Governments. Gov'ment Blog The Public Sector Venue for Writing and Communication Issues ► Last Days of E-mails? ► Photographs in Words ► Talking With Your Fingers ► It's on! Comma rules provoke media war. ► Government Becomes a Social Network ► Is this the end of Microsoft Word? ► Not Everyone Agrees About the Comma ... ► Accessibility Means Text Must Be Understood. It's Not Just About High Tech Tricks ► Gov 2.0: Revolution Brewing ► Save the 'postrophe! ► Question Time Brief Becomes World-Wide Hit ► Punctuation is Usually Seen But Not Heard ► Read the Fascinating Facebook Job Description ► Is the QTB Dead? ► Jane Austen's Punctuation Problem ► The 'E' and the Hyphen at the Start of e-Words ► More ... Gov 2.0 Resources L earn more about open government and its impact on you. More ... Serving the Queensland Public Sector Special Feature Free E-booklets Click the e-booklet of interest and request the link. Decision How does your minister make decisions? Take five, simple steps to solutions. Windfall Recall Remember the right way when you really need to. Memory prompts that are easy ... to remember. Punc. Punctuation rules.Everything you need to know. The New Old-Fashioned English Text Book Public Sector English.Good grammar. Clear writing. Writing with Microsoft Word Course Evaluation Form
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