I just came across an entertaining and dead-on article about corporate speak. He’s talking about external communications, not internal, but it comes to the same thing. Check it out!
Eschew Jargon
Don’t you love that word: eschew? English is rich with so many quirky, wonderful words. One of the great joys of reading great literature is savoring the writer’s word choices like a dish cooked by a master chef. (Sometimes I just stop reading to wonder at the word a writer has used. How did he/she […]
Quick tip: Put those shiftless subheads to work
I’m too busy helping companies with their Working Mother submissions to write a full blog post. But here’s a tip for today. Make your Working Mother and NAFE essays easier to digest by incorporating subheads—without wasting valuable words. Get lazy, pointless subheads to work for you. Turn them into a part of your message. For […]
What’s Your POV?
Remember that high school English teacher who kept harping on passive voice? That professor who made you write a paper on the narrator’s perspective? That communications teacher who talked on and on about your “target audience”? To some extent, what they were all yammering on about is Point of View. (I’m going to stop right […]
Conquering the Tyranny of the Empty Page:
For Those Applying to “100 Best Lists” … and Everyone Else Today’s entry will get you started thinking about the essay question in the “Working Mother” and “NAFE” Best Company lists. But really, it’s Writing 101. Even if you’re not planning on applying for these lists this year, you probably face the occasional writing task. […]
3 (Working Mother) Resolutions for the New Year
If you’ve downloaded the Working Mother 100 Best Companies application and it’s moved from your inbox to the center of your desk, you may be fighting rising panic just about now. All those questions! All that data! How will you match the titles and job categories used at your organization with the titles and categories […]
Getting on “The List” – Tips for a Better “Working Mother” & “NAFE” Submission
The application is out for both “100 Best Companies for Working Mothers” and “NAFE’s Top Companies for Executive Women.” (No, I don’t have a problem with subject/verb agreement—it’s the same application, with just a few extras you need to complete in order to apply for both.) As always, the application is more than 60 pages […]
