Stephanie Oley

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All of us write – which is why opinions on the subject are so strong. Stretch your creative associations, and read or watch our latest insights on various aspects of writing.

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Recently, I attended a networking event that began with a panel discussion on how to

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Person sharing their resume

While it’s hard to reduce first-person references altogether in your resume, you can make them less obvious by turning other facts into the focal point of your sentences.

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Sharp pencils

Pet words, tricky phrasing, jargon and unnecessary wordplay are all examples of not writing precisely. Here are three ways to get clarity back into your writing.

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Sign saying No Way

If these business emails are anything to go by, then written communications is at an all-time low in Australia.

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Bored of benchmarks? Sick of stakeholders, solutions and drinking the Kool-Aid? Well, you should be, because jargon is no way to express the uniqueness of your business.

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Interpreting data is a balance of science and art – of knowing when to question the figures, and when to let them speak for themselves.

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Plan your writing with sticky-notes

Use the right tools to plan a piece of writing, whether it’s a business report or a marketing soundbite, and you’ll cut drastic amounts of writing time.

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Managing email overload is a huge drain on our productive hours, yet workplace correspondence almost impossible to avoid. Here’s how to write and manage your emails better – and instil better e-habits into your business peers while you’re at it.

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To write a good business or government report, you need storytelling and analysis in equal doses. But that doesn’t mean you need one star writer who can do it all.

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It’s almost impossible to imitate someone else’s voice. So when writing on their behalf, you must have a stringent set of guidelines on dealing with the crucial components of voice. Here are the main ones to consider.

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