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important issues are addressed outlining various viewpoints provides suggestions to improve clarity while ensuring documents are targeted to the intended audience agency objectives for use by high-level agency officials Contributes to the success of a team by taking and distributing concise and accurate meeting minutes Creates, updates, and refines office content on agency’s website Creates promotional materials and support documentation for an outreach campaign to promote a new product or service Prepares memorandum to agency officials detailing the office’s position on a critical issue Writes budget narratives and issue papers that make convincing arguments to support continuous or new programmatic funding Oral Communication - Makes clear and convincing oral presentations. Listens effectively; clarifies information as needed. Awareness Basic Intermediate Advanced Expert Understands the need to communicate in a clear and concise manner Conveys information effectively to further discussions on key initiatives Coordinates discussion on approaches to accomplish objectives and summarizes the necessary actions and next steps Conducts presentations and briefings to stakeholders or agency officials Defends complex information articulately when meeting with stakeholders or key executives regarding a issue Summarizes information regarding policy changes Informs and explains policy to affected parties Explains information clearly and concisely to ensure team alignment to the agenda and desired outcomes Presents, explains, and justifies agency positions and proposals to staff and stakeholders Testifies before Congress or agency officials on the impact of a catastrophe or significant issue Updates supervisor on project status in a consistent and logical manner Provides status updates to management team during quarterly division meetings Explains benefits to management team to gain acceptance of programmatic changes Justifies analyses and defends recommendations to officials and stakeholders Leads discussions on a sensitive or complex subject and synthesizes staff input in a clear and concise matter
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