In this lecture
- Lead with the decision, not the method
- Use a map before a table
- State the confidence level honestly
The one page that gets read
Most vulnerability assessments are read by exactly one person, once, for about four minutes. This lecture builds a one-page briefing from a full assessment - the map first, the three highest-priority areas named, the method held to an appendix - and shows what a rewrite for a district secretary cuts compared with the technical report underneath it.
Say what you are not sure of
A briefing that states its confidence level plainly - which figures are measured and which are modelled - is trusted more, not less, than one that presents everything with equal certainty. Decision-makers have usually been shown at least one report that overclaimed, and they read for the tell.
Materials
Yours to keep, and usable away from the platform.
- Briefing template - one pagePDF · 540 KB
Design prototype - the attachments are placeholders and nothing downloads yet.
Lecture quiz
4 questions, plus 2 written questions at the end - taken whenever you are ready. This is what unlocks the next lecture.