IPSL PROGRAM
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IPSL PROGRAM OUTLINE
- for The Government Communications Professional
SESSIONS #1, 2, 3: THE MEDIA & ISSUES MANAGEMENT
Moderators: Ingrid Bergmann & Mary Garden
Mentor Panelists: Bert Phipps, Aidan Buckley, Matt Gordon, Cairine MacDonald, George Abbott
In these three sessions, mentor panelists will discuss how to manage issues in a 24/7 news cycle and how to work effectively with media. You will gain a better understanding of:
Moderators: Ingrid Bergmann & Mary Garden
Mentor Panelists: Bert Phipps, Aidan Buckley, Matt Gordon, Cairine MacDonald, George Abbott
In these three sessions, mentor panelists will discuss how to manage issues in a 24/7 news cycle and how to work effectively with media. You will gain a better understanding of:
- The impact of social media on public policy
- How the mainstream media works and how to anticipate their interests
- How to condense a complex story into a series of bullet points
- How to manage issues while continuing with the regular business of government
- The expectations of central communications offices
- What a Minister needs from the bureaucracy when dealing with the media and issues
- How to respond in a crisis
SESSION #1 -
The Media & Issues Management - Fall 2017. Aidan Buckley, George Abbott, Bert Phipps
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SESSION #2 -
The Media & Issues Management - Spring 2018. Aidan Buckley, Cairine MacDonald, Bert Phipps
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SESSION #3 -
The Media & Issues Management - Fall 2018.
Matt Gordon, Aidan Buckley, Bert Phipps
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SESSIONS #4, 5, 6: POLITICAL PRESENCE - SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER
Moderators: Ingrid Bergmann & Mary Garden
Mentor Panelists: Cairine MacDonald, George Abbott, Chris Trumpy, Harry Swain, Allan Seckel, Oryssia Lennie, Joy MacPhail
Political Presence is as important as Executive Presence - skills in both are important to success as a senior public servant. In these three sessions, mentors will explore how to navigate the impossible/impassable corner, where there are no easy answers and where your role requires you to tell your superiors that, in your professional opinion, the options to achieve their goals are slim or costly. In other words, what are the best ways to tell them what they may not want to hear? Mentors will share their experience to illustrate not only the strategies that can be considered but also the subtle ways - tone of voice, turn of phrase and body language - that are most effective.
You will gain a better understanding of:
Moderators: Ingrid Bergmann & Mary Garden
Mentor Panelists: Cairine MacDonald, George Abbott, Chris Trumpy, Harry Swain, Allan Seckel, Oryssia Lennie, Joy MacPhail
Political Presence is as important as Executive Presence - skills in both are important to success as a senior public servant. In these three sessions, mentors will explore how to navigate the impossible/impassable corner, where there are no easy answers and where your role requires you to tell your superiors that, in your professional opinion, the options to achieve their goals are slim or costly. In other words, what are the best ways to tell them what they may not want to hear? Mentors will share their experience to illustrate not only the strategies that can be considered but also the subtle ways - tone of voice, turn of phrase and body language - that are most effective.
You will gain a better understanding of:
- How to develop trust with the Minister and his/her staff
- Ways in which difficult or unpopular options can be presented to a Minister or DM
- How to create an environment in which staff at all levels can share the information they need to share with their superiors
- When to involve others such as the Chief of Staff or DM to the Premier?
- How to work with a difficult Minister or DM
SESSION #4 -
Political Presence: Speaking Truth to Power - Fall 2017. Cairine MacDonald, Harry Swain, George Abbott
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SESSION #5 -
Political Presence: Speaking Truth to Power - Spring 2018. Chris Trumpy, Allan Seckel, George Abbott
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SESSION #6 -
Political Presence: Speaking Truth to Power - Fall 2018. Oryssia Lennie, Joy MacPhail, Harry Swain
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SESSIONS #7, 8, 9: SITUATIONAL AWARENESS & SITUATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Moderators: Ingrid Bergmann & Mary Garden
Mentor Panelists: Chris Trumpy, Harry Swain, Bert Phipps, Lynda Tarras, Cassie Doyle, Bob de Faye, James Moore, Lynda Tarras, Joy MacPhail
In these three sessions, mentors will share how they learned to anticipate and recognize the impact of political, bureaucratic or cultural themes that can have a direct or indirect impact on your ability to carry out your mandate.
Mentors will discuss the development and exercise of leadership judgment and provide examples that illustrate:
● Knowing when to act/contribute
● Knowing what to say and how to say it
● Knowing how to ‘socialize’ the idea
● Knowing your audience and knowing who can influence the outcomes positively or negatively
● Knowing how to distinguish between the urgent and the important without getting ‘snowed’ by your own staff or by other parts of government who have different agendas.
You will learn more about how and why it is important to develop a constant awareness of the strategic implications and downstream effects that a decision made in one Ministry/Sector can have on another. Discussion will offer perspectives on why cross sector collaboration is so important.
SESSION #7 -
Situational Awareness & Situational Intelligence - Fall 2017. Chris Trumpy, Harry Swain, Bert Phipps
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SESSION #8 -
Situational Awareness & Situational Intelligence - Fall 2017. Lynda Tarras, Joy MacPhail, Bob de Faye
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SESSION #9 -
Situational Awareness & Situational Intelligence - Fall 2018. Cassie Doyle, James Moore, Bob de Faye
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***Please note that the opinions expressed in Resource Room materials, or by any of the Mentor Presenters during the course of this program, do not necessarily represent the opinions or positions of Ingrid Bergmann and Associates Inc., The Public Sector Leader, the Inside Public Sector Leadership: Practical Wisdom (IPSL) production team, or any other person(s) involved in the delivery, production or support of these programs. All materials and information on this website is intended for the sole use of registered attendees of IPSL only. © 2018 Ingrid Bergmann and Associates Inc.