A tattoo is one of the most permanent messages you can send, so why are so many of them illegible? And what does this have to do with work?
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A tattoo is one of the most permanent messages you can send, so why are so many of them illegible? And what does this have to do with work?
They look harmless. Professional, even. Words like utilisation, implementation, completion and finalisation. These are zombie nouns, and they’re eating your writing alive.
But why should you start using plain legal language? Try these 5 reasons on for size.
Attention spans have shrunk to just 47 seconds. With less than a minute, how do you make your writing engaging and efficient?
This is the last of a series of articles exploring widely held misconceptions that diminish many workplace writers’ efficiency and effectiveness.
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This is the third of a series of articles exploring widely held misconceptions that diminish many workplace writers’ efficiency and effectiveness.
This is the second of a series of articles exploring widely held misconceptions that diminish many workplace writers’ efficiency and effectiveness.
This is the first of a series of articles exploring widely held misconceptions that diminish many workplace writers’ efficiency and effectiveness.
Have you noticed writing standards in your team are starting to slip? Are drafts getting wordier? Is reviewing getting harder? It might be time to consider a refresher!
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When you join one of our writing workshops, you'll be starting a plain language journey. Come with us as Tom Wadsworth imagines the road ahead in this article that first appeared in 'The Mandarin'.