9 Tips for Writing Great Business
Tip 1: Make Your Content Valuable and Relevant. When internet users type a topic into a search box on Google, Yahoo, or any other search engine, they expect the search engine…
Grant Writing Tips
A grant is a simple request for funds that entails a description of a specific need and the proposed program that will fill that need. It is the applicant’s responsibility…
How to Avoid Bias in Your Writing
Gender and ability bias in language doesn’t register for many people, but that’s often because many of them do not belong to the classes who have been subjected to the…
The Tasks of Technical Writing
If you’ve ever read an instruction manual, you know what technical writing is, though it comes in many other forms. The three basic categories of technical writing are: · end-user documentation,…
Five Tips for Writing a Great Speech
1. Read your speech out loud Unlike almost all other forms of writing, speechwriting is designed for listeners. So, when reviewing your text, read it to yourself, and pay attention…
10 Tips for Better Business Writing
Writing in a business environment is an activity with associated norms, challenges, and opportunities. Keep the following points in mind as you craft communication in the context of a company…
10 Words Often Misspelled in Business Correspondence
Most word processing programs have a built-in spell checker, but business correspondence still goes out with misspelled words that a checker would have caught. I’m not talking about words like bare and bear,…
Starting a Business Letter with Dear Mr.
Several years ago, when a reader said he refused to use “Dear So-and-So” to begin a business letter because dear is too intimate a word to use with a stranger, I assumed…
Beginning A Business Letter with First Person Singular
A reader wonders about beginning a letter with the first person pronoun: I was taught never to begin a letter (business or personal) with the word “I.” This must certainly…
Business Gravitas and Language
According to Walker, “if you want to be taken seriously in our post-gravitas culture, you must demonstrate that you do not take yourself too seriously.” Walker makes his case for…
