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Vote Business Writing Tips www.syntaxtraining.com — Simple but effective hints and tips to get you started Tags: Business writing 1 point, submitted 1 year ago by Robert Good 519 comments

Vote Daily Grammar dailygrammarlessons.blogspot.com — If you are a stickler for grammar, pit your wits against some of these quizzes! Tags: Business writing 1 point, submitted 1 year ago by Robert Good 114 comments

Vote Writing Good English www.theamericanscholar.org — Interesting article with an emphasis on writing with english as a second language Tags: Business writing 1 point, submitted 1 year ago by Robert Good 79 comments

Vote Five Types of Feedback wendymack.com — Useful summary, with a possibly helpful concept of 'feedforward' Tags: communication theory 1 point, submitted 1 year ago by Robert Good 380 comments

Vote Management Speak Translation Guide www.stokely.com — It's Friday afternoon, you deserve a break. So here's a mildly humourous guide to management speak that does actually show how important context is when we work out what a communication really means... Tags: Business communication 1 point, submitted 1 year ago by Robert Good 122 comments

Vote Present! Rethinking Presentation Design www.businesscommunicationblog.com — I like this PDF - an informal but effective way of helping you to keep your presentations focussed and effective. Tags: Presentation Design 1 point, submitted 1 year ago by Robert Good 78 comments

Vote Styles of creativity www.thinkingmanagers.com — Sometimes when we get stuck with our writing we need a creative solution to get us going again. Here is the great Edward de Bono on approaches to creativity. Your writing may never be the same again! Tags: Creative approaches Effective Writing 1 point, submitted 1 year ago by Robert Good 88 comments

Vote Does 'bimonthly' mean 'twice a month' or 'every two months'? www.askoxford.com — This is a fascinating site with answers to questions you never knew existed! Plus some excellent all-round language tips. Tags: Effective Writing 1 point, submitted 1 year ago by Robert Good 70 comments

Vote Top Business Writing Tips www.cactuslanguagetraining.com — A fairly standard list of writing tips, but includes a useful note to keep your phrases positive, as you are more likely to get a positive response. Tags: Effective Writing 1 point, submitted 1 year ago by Robert Good 133 comments

Vote The Business Writing Pocketbook www.pocketbook.co.uk — Well it’s a PDF actually, but you could print it out to make a neat little reminder of writing Do’s and Don’ts. Tags: Effective Writing 1 point, submitted 1 year ago by Robert Good 44 comments

Vote How we write: our creative process www.polon.co.uk — Includes a suggestion that you go for a walk, so can’t be bad. But see the accompanying illustration: I’m not sure all those Post It notes are strictly necessary! Tags: Effective Writing 1 point, submitted 1 year ago by Robert Good 127 comments

Vote Letter Writing www.askoxford.com — How to write that tricky letter, plus a reminder of the distinction between ‘faithfully’ and ‘sincerely’. Tags: Effective Writing 1 point, submitted 1 year ago by Robert Good 115 comments

Vote That or Which? blog.instructionalsolutions.com — A quick quiz for you – do you know when to use ‘that’ and when to use ‘which’? If you’re not sure, check the correct usage here. Tags: Effective Writing 1 point, submitted 1 year ago by Robert Good 79 comments

Vote We Have Met the Enemy and He Is PowerPoint www.nytimes.com — Forget the title and the politics, this is all about the dangers of complexity - whatever the medium Tags: Effective Writing PowerPoint Visual Communication 1 point, submitted 1 year ago by Robert Good 135 comments

Vote PowerPoint Tutorials For Beginners - The AutoContent Wizard www.homeandlearn.co.uk — If you don’t know where to start, try this very clear, easy to use guide. Starts with the basics, but covers advanced topics, too. Tags: PowerPoint Visual Communication 1 point, submitted 1 year ago by Robert Good 118 comments

Vote Silver bullet www.phrases.org.uk — We all need a silver bullet occasionally, but where did the phrase come from? Ok, this won’t directly help your writing skills, but we all need an occasional break from the day job… Tags: Miscellaneous 1 point, submitted 1 year ago by Robert Good 133 comments

Vote BBC News Style Guide www.bbctraining.com — Ever wondered how the BBC advises its staff to write effectively? See for yourself in their fascinating and definitive Style Guide. Tags: Effective Writing 1 point, submitted 1 year ago by Robert Good 0 comments

Vote Writing to be Found www.sun.com — Find out how to sharpen your online content. Tags: Writing for the Web 1 point, submitted 1 year ago by Robert Good 723 comments

Vote Information Design: Web Style Guide webstyleguide.com — Writing online content? This online Web Style Guide is packed with advice and theory. Tags: Writing for the Web 1 point, submitted 1 year ago by Robert Good 298 comments

Vote We need this yesterday – how do you react? www.badlanguage.net — Writing against the clock is never ideal – so check out this piece and see if you can turn things to your advantage… Tags: Effective Writing 1 point, submitted 1 year ago by Robert Good 205 comments

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