how to summarize policy reports
How to Summarize Policy Reports for Effective Communication
Summarizing a policy report sounds simple until you realize how much detail you could miss with just a quick skim. Most people do not know that executive summaries can hold up to 80 percent of a report’s key information in just 20 percent of the total text. Yet grabbing the headline points is actually only the starting line. The real secret is that what you leave out—and how you structure what’s left—can make or break whether anyone actually understands the policy’s core message. Table of Cont
Jarle from SummYT11 min readOctober 11, 2025