Institute Insider

The Humphrey Institute will offer a special policy memo writing session with Louise Dunlap, author of Undoing the Silence: Six Tools for Social Change Writing, on Friday, April 24, from 1 to 3 p.m., in room 1-149 Carlson School of Management. Building on real-life budget memos written for state legislators, this workshop will look at how attentiveness to audience shapes the organization and style of an effective memo. Dunlap will demonstrate how the policy memo format opens up space to influence outcomes that writers may not be aware of and how memo-writing can strengthen academic writing by developing audience awareness and the habit of making clearer arguments. All are welcome to attend this hands-on session. Seating is limited. RSVPs are required to Mary Lou Middleton at garza001@umn.edu by Wednesday, April 1.