How to write talking points

Talking points are used by senior leaders to speak at meetings and events, including Ministers presenting papers to…


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What happens in a sitting week?

Parliament has a rhythm, and that rhythm is important to policy professionals because it drives a lot of their work.…


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What are Long-term Insights Briefings?

Government agencies in New Zealand and around the world are sometimes criticised for short-term thinking – and there’s…


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Parliament brief: The legislative process

This summary sets out the key steps in Parliament’s process to pass legislation, with an explanation of each.


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Parliament’s financial scrutiny cycle

This one-page resource includes a diagram showing Parliament’s financial scrutiny cycle, which lasts two-and-a-half…


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Visuals in policy making: ‘See what I’m saying’, from Evidence-based policy making in the social sciences

This single-page resource offers tips for developing a visual metaphor, by choosing the type of metaphor you want to…


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Visual metaphor

This single-page resource offers tips for developing a visual metaphor, by choosing the type of metaphor you want to…


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Off the charts: The best of our data journalism

Part of The Economist’s ‘Graphic detail’ blog, this article offers tips for using colour effectively in graphs.


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The most important thing is to write for everyone and to tell the story in a way that your readers understand

Written by a data presentation specialist, this article gives a number of tips for presenting data. These include: keep…


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Data visualization checklist

This checklist describes what good looks like for the different aspects of a data visualization. Aspects covered are…


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