Target Audience
This session is for anyone who would like to participate more in public consultations, but is not sure where to start. This is for a person who has never made a submission and for those who feel that their submissions are going nowhere.
Outline
How do we write clear, comprehensible submissions for public consultations? How do we say what we mean, clearly and with evidence to back up our story? How do we take our passion and turn it into coherent sentences which public bodies can understand?
Outcomes
Participants should leave with an understanding of
- The challenges and opportunities in working on public submissions
- Common mistakes
- The differences between fact and opinion
- Evidence based research
- How to fill in the forms
- Getting it in on time
- Asking for help
- Clear communication – Language and wording
- How to plan your submission calendar
- If at first you don’t succeed…
Methodology
Delivered virtually via Zoom.
Clare O’Connor
Clare O’Connor is an activist, facilitator, public speaker and radio interviewer and podcaster.
Clare has experience of working with a variety of diverse PPNs across the country and is familiar with the challenges and unique opportunities of the networks.
Clare has worked closely with Dublin City PPN on its Vision for Community Wellbeing statement and as a facilitator at Plenaries.
In late 2023, Clare worked with a group of PPN member groups to make a submission to Dublin City Council on the Local Economic Community Plan (LECP). She will share reflections on this piece of work, and other submissions she has worked on, during the two hour session.
The session will be delivered over zoom in an informal way.