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Writing fashions to be wary of

Internal communications that are dull and lifeless often masquerade as interesting by using ‘exciting’ boilerplate. Here are a few criminal uses of English.

Seven easy intranet improvements to make this month

I have had this role for one year. What have I done to our intranet? Not enough. What will you and I do in the next month or so? Plenty more.

Who writes for your MD?

Does your CEO have a ghost writer?

If you have nothing to say, don’t say anything

A real news article can’t just be 2 paragraphs long, it needs to b concise, but it needs to give enough background context to be informative and interesting to the average reader.

Editors; tread softly, for we tread on their dreams

Tend to other people’s work like you might an established garden – don’t hack.

Talk about what is, not what will be

Today does not exist on the Internet.

The difference between good communications and good writing

‘Effect’ or ‘affect’? Who decides? The educated author or the authoritative editor? Wedge experiences the pain of review cycles.

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