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Email or Text – Why It Matters

February 12, 2019 by Anne Janzer 3 Comments

If you want to communicate with a work colleague, do you compose an email or send a text? How about a family member? As a rule, do you prefer to text or to email? For most of us, the answer is it depends on the situation. But some people take sides. They insist on texting […]

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How and Why to Filter the Jargon

January 29, 2019 by Anne Janzer Leave a Comment

Jargon – it’s the language we love to hate. We complain about encountering legal terms in packaging, or dense abstractions in academic journals. The term jargon brings a negative connotation of being pretentious and incomprehensible. Yet the much-maligned jargon has its place. It saves us a great deal of time. Industry-specific terms are how we […]

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A Quick Trick for Writing Better Emails

January 15, 2019 by Anne Janzer Leave a Comment

You need something from a colleague, a vendor, a partner, a relative – what do you do? If you’re of a certain age, you write an email. You do it in hopes that something will happen as a result – the recipient(s) will take action, respond, whatever. Yet often, those emails go unnoticed, lingering unread […]

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Collaborative Writing

October 23, 2018 by Anne Janzer Leave a Comment

Although writing in the workplace is a team sport, usually only one team member bats at a time. After the planning phase, the designated writer accepts responsibility for putting the words together for the first draft. In some situations, however, team participation also extends to the drafting phase. Truly collaborative writing presents significant challenges for […]

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How to Improve Your Technical Explanations [Video]

October 10, 2018 by Anne Janzer Leave a Comment

In this Femgineer video, Poornima Vijayashanker and I discuss techniques for being understood when you’re writing or speaking about abstract topics. Highlights include: Getting over your misconceptions about using story Balancing brevity and repetition Dumbing down vs. being clear   The video covers topics from my book Writing to Be Understood. If you like the […]

Filed Under: Business writing, Writing Tagged With: Femgineer, Poornima Vijayashanker

Humor in Otherwise Serious Nonfiction Writing

October 9, 2018 by Anne Janzer Leave a Comment

Let’s have a serious talk about humor. It’s tough to do well. It can be controversial. And it may land with a thud in business or nonfiction writing, particularly across cultural contexts. And yet … the careful application of humor catches the reader’s attention, sustains their interest, and, if done well, earns their trust. Many […]

Filed Under: Business writing, Writing Tagged With: interview, Kathy Klotz Guest

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