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Tiffany Markman Training: Refrain from stating the obvious
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A regularly updated snippet of some of the communication tips and techniques I share with delegates on my training courses, workshops and seminars. Monday, September 29, 2008. Refrain from stating the obvious. Instead of the longer phrase on the left. Try to use the tighter option on the right:. 3 am in the morning 3 am. Afforded the opportunity given the opportunity. A great deal of many, most or much. A number of a few, some, many, or several. A person who is honest an honest person. By means of by.
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Tiffany Markman Training: Use the word ‘because’
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A regularly updated snippet of some of the communication tips and techniques I share with delegates on my training courses, workshops and seminars. Thursday, May 8, 2008. Use the word ‘because’. 8216;Because’ is a very powerful word. A well-known principle of human behaviour says that when we ask someone to do us a favour, we’ll be more successful if we provide a reason. People simply like to have reasons for what they do. Excuse me, I have five pages. May I use the machine because I'm in a hurry? But a ...
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Tiffany Markman Training: Distinguish between commonly confused words
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A regularly updated snippet of some of the communication tips and techniques I share with delegates on my training courses, workshops and seminars. Saturday, March 15, 2008. Distinguish between commonly confused words. Here are a few words that are commonly confused, especially in business writing:. Introduces two items; among. More than two: “The host divided the pie between. Don and Phil.” vs “The host divided the pie among. Refers to the ability to do something, and may. Like vs such as. Tiffany Markm...
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Tiffany Markman Training: Master Microsoft's 'Readability Statistics'
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A regularly updated snippet of some of the communication tips and techniques I share with delegates on my training courses, workshops and seminars. Saturday, March 15, 2008. Master Microsoft's 'Readability Statistics'. 8216;Readability’ is the term used to describe how easy or difficult something is to read. It might surprise you that an appropriate level for most corporate writing is Grade 10 (Standard 8); i.e. age 15-16. Is written at a Grade 12 level? Click on ‘ Tools. Under ‘ Options. Score is greate...
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Tiffany Markman Training: October 2008
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A regularly updated snippet of some of the communication tips and techniques I share with delegates on my training courses, workshops and seminars. Thursday, October 30, 2008. Flesch and Kincaid - what's it all about? In all of my business writing workshops. Flesch Reading Ease and Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level; in other words, what it's all about. 900–100.0: easily understandable by an average 11-year old student. 60–70: easily understandable by 13- to 15-year old students. Flesch–Kincaid Grade Level.
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Tiffany Markman Training: September 2008
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A regularly updated snippet of some of the communication tips and techniques I share with delegates on my training courses, workshops and seminars. Monday, September 29, 2008. Freelancers' potential tax deductables. My advice is 100% non-FICA compliant and non-expert, but it remains 100% well-intended. Printing, postage and stationery. Posted by Tiffany Markman. Avoid redundancy in business writing. Become aware of how often you (and others) use these (redundant portion in brackets):. For (a period of).
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Tiffany Markman Training: March 2008
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A regularly updated snippet of some of the communication tips and techniques I share with delegates on my training courses, workshops and seminars. Saturday, March 15, 2008. Distinguish between commonly confused words. Here are a few words that are commonly confused, especially in business writing:. Introduces two items; among. More than two: “The host divided the pie between. Don and Phil.” vs “The host divided the pie among. Refers to the ability to do something, and may. Like vs such as. 8216;Readabil...
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Tiffany Markman Training: Avoid redundancy in business writing
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A regularly updated snippet of some of the communication tips and techniques I share with delegates on my training courses, workshops and seminars. Monday, September 29, 2008. Avoid redundancy in business writing. Is the needless repetition of words, phrases, sentences or ideas. Redundant expressions add nothing to what’s already been said; instead, they waste precious words. So never say something in three weak ways, when you could have said it once, effectively. A good start? A number of) examples.
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Tiffany Markman Training: Freelancers' potential tax deductables
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A regularly updated snippet of some of the communication tips and techniques I share with delegates on my training courses, workshops and seminars. Monday, September 29, 2008. Freelancers' potential tax deductables. My advice is 100% non-FICA compliant and non-expert, but it remains 100% well-intended. Printing, postage and stationery. Posted by Tiffany Markman. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Tiffany Markman in action at the IABC Communicators' Conference, October 2007. How good is your spelling?
