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Posted by: Catie Holdridge
02 / 06 / 16
Some documents succeed or fail based on how well they get key points across in the shortest time possible. If you need to write a document like this, you must remember one crucial detail. A detail that people don’t necessarily like to talk about. Here it is: Your document might not be read to the […]
Posted by: Jacob Funnell
26 / 04 / 16
You don’t have to work in a zoo, the circus or pest control to come face to face with a wild beast at work. Sometimes they’re found lurking in our writing. Sounds strange? Well, an out-of-control sentence can be a terrifying thing. Take this monster, based on a real-life example: I have attached a document […]
21 / 04 / 16
Bullets are designed to call out key points and help the reader scan large amounts of information. Or at least, that’s the idea. You can start out with good intentions when you use them – you’re probably trying to make life easier for your readers. Perhaps you’re trying to create a document that’s snappy, easy […]
Posted by: Rob Ashton
05 / 04 / 16
Sometimes we can’t remember why we do things a certain way. This is certainly the case with company reports and other documents. It may not always be the best way – far from it – but that’s the way they’re written and that’s that. ‘We must always start with two pages of background,’ explains a […]
Posted by: Simon Busch
31 / 03 / 16
What’s the right tone to strike in business writing? Formal? Yes, you want to come across as a serious contributor to the subject at hand and not to sound too … chatty? Hmmm. But if you’re too serious, don’t you risk boring people and losing them? Tone is a minefield. And it’s made all the […]
17 / 03 / 16
If you ask your colleagues about whether you should capitalise job titles, you’ll probably get several different answers. You might think this is because they’re all mistaken about the ‘right’ answer. But that’s not the case – there’s no single, universally agreed upon standard for capitalising job titles. In cases like this, you need an […]
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