(Not the rock band, but I do like them … a lot!)
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‘Simplicity is the greatest sophistication.’ Leonardo Da Vinci ‘If you think presentations cannot enchant people, then you have never seen a really good one.’ Guy Kawasaki, Silicon Valley author, speaker and business advisor. ‘People don’t remember what we think is important. They remember what they think is important.’ John Maxwell, pastor, speaker and … Read more
KISS Your Verbosity Goodbye!
Let’s deal with an often unpleasant reality. As business leaders, we spend a lot of each day writing – emails, reports, proposals, marketing materials, evaluations … well, you get the picture. We should all add the title ‘Workplace Writer’ to our business cards.
And we often write more than we need. Those extra – and unnecessary – words waste our time to write them and our readers’ time to read them. They even can get in the way of our messages. What follows, then, is a quick review of ‘Keep It Short & Simple’ techniques to help you KISS your verbosity goodbye – for making every word count and counting every word.