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CP3 – Communications Practice
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Free CP3 – Communications Practice revision notes for IFoA (Institute and Faculty of Actuaries) students. Each chapter covers a key topic with worked examples and practice prompts you can take straight into the thinka app.
Identify relevant information and appropriate content
Identify key information that must be conveyed in order for a communication to meet the objectives
Assess what information is not necessary and may, if included, detract from communicating effectively
Use numbers in a way that is appropriate for the intended recipient(s), given the objectives of the communication
Be able to justify the choice of information and content
Use an effective structure
Prepare an appropriate structure for a specific communication objective
Justify the choice of structure
Adopt appropriate language
Assess what terminology will be easily understood by the intended recipient(s)
Explain or define necessary technical terms at an appropriate level of detail for the intended recipient(s)
Justify the choice of language and terminology
Include appropriate explanation
Sufficient explanatory steps
Effective explanation
Appropriate level of detail
Technically correct information that is not misleading
Incorporate effective communication tools
Set out information using simple and effective communication tools (visual presentation of numerical information, diagrams or pictures, bullet points)
Justify the choice of communication tool(s) for presenting numerical information
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