Assume the governor has asked you to present an oral briefing on a controversial environmental program to a board of commissioners of a major county in the state. Three of the nine commissioners oppose the program and have experts on their staff who generally accompany them to meetings. Recommend three actions to take before the briefing and two key actions as you present the recommendation. Provide reasons to support your response.

Discuss at least two possible advantages and two possible disadvantages to using graphics and charts in oral briefings. Discuss the implications of these advantages and disadvantages to the one responsible for communicating public policy. Provide an example to support your response.

Discuss at least two benefits to structuring arguments before and while developing written documents.

Highlight at least two concepts or skills of public policy analysis you learned in this class and that you believe you can apply in your current or future career.

Discuss at least two major challenges you believe public policy analysts face in today's political environment and propose at least one way to deal with each challenge.

Discuss at least two major challenges you believe public policy analysts will face in the next 10 to 20 years and propose at least one way to deal with each challenge