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Consider your audience – and watch your workplace writing hit the mark
I’m often asked what I consider the main problems in workplace writing. Excess detail? Poor grammar? Heavy jargon? Those all apply, but a critical one would be not considering your audience enough.
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Consider your audience – and watch your workplace writing hit the mark
I’m often asked what I consider the main problems in workplace writing. Excess detail? Poor grammar? Heavy jargon? Those all apply, but a critical one would be not considering your audience enough.
How to shrink your supersized PowerPoints
We’ve all experienced ‘death by PowerPoint’. It’s that dull sense of stupefaction you get when being talked through a too-long slide pack. If your slide deck is too long, here are five ways to shorten even the most complex discussion.
Writing with AI: Brilliant, risky or both?
It’s been almost three years since the release of ChatGPT. Yet for many Australian professionals, the use of this and other artificial intelligence (AI) writing tools remains unofficial and not mandated by work.
Workplace emails and conflict: Why you should start with a conversation
On the surface, workplace writing looks like a solo activity involving one person tapping their thoughts into their keyboards. But as we know, human relationships are complex and many issues can’t be fixed with a one-sided stream of words. Recognise when to step away from your desk and seek out the deeper truth before writing.
The 7 essential writing skills your team must have
When people on your team lack a decent skillset in written communication, the result is often inaction and wasted time.
Moving up the ranks? Here’s how to write like a leader
Recently, I attended a networking event that began with a panel discussion on how to
How to reduce the brag-factor of your 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.
The 3 secret ingredients of a good business proposal
Having read my fair share of business proposals, in dozens of different sectors, I can honestly tell you that a badly written proposal is a bit like a long guitar solo. Riveting for the person producing it, but utterly dull to 99% of readers.
3 steps to writing more precisely
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.
