Business Writing (October 2011)
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Illuminating Newsletter from
Management and personal skills development hints, tips and special offers focused on developing
better brains for better business®
+44 (0)1753 866633 www.illumine.co.uk info@illumine.co.uk
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Business Writing...
Last month our focus was on verbal communication (if you missed it you can see it here). Continuing our communication theme, this month we'll be focusing on written communication for business.
As well as the usual FREE guides, hints, tips and brain teasers we'll be looking at how you can make you business writing clear and concise; how the complexity of writing affects comprehension; and business grammar.
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Clear Business Writing...
The ability to write in an informative and authoritative manner is vital for businesses. The advent of such sites as Twitter with its 140-character limit, promotes writing that is immediate, brief, and somewhat informal. In this 'Twitter Age', much business writing has been influenced by this brevity, which can sometimes lead to cut corners and lost meaning. In this article we'll share our five top tips to help your writing to be as 'clear and concise' as possible.
» Read the article...
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The 'Illuminating' brain workout...
1. Not seen, felt or touched.
Yet I can be found in everyone.
My existence is always in debate.
And I have my own style of music.
What Am I?
2. My second digit is four times more than my third digit. My first digit is seven less than my second digit. What three digit number am I?
Answer at the bottom of this email...
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How the complexity of writing affects comprehension...
It is no coincidence that students just beginning to learn to read are offered short, simple sentences of only two or three words each. This practice reflects the general understanding that the level of complexity inherent in a piece of writing will affect the reader's ability to understand it..
» Read more in the full article here...
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It ain't what you say!
Are poor writing standards damaging business? In this article we look at the problems caused by inaccurate grammar and highlights a fast training solution.
» Read more...
FREE Grammar Guide...
'Apostrophes and Banana Skins' is our FREE introductory guide to business grammar.
» Download your copy here...
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Effective written communications guide...
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Proofreading Hints and tips...
These proofreading tips are taken from our Writing Dynamics™ post course learning area - available to all past attendees of our course:
- Use Microsoft Word to help you identify and fix basic spelling mistakes.
- Print your document out with double spacing to allow easier editing.
- Start your editing by doing the 'visual scan' of your document (highlight full stops, underline long words and circle problem verbs).
Work through your document line by line to find common mistakes.
» Find out more about the post course learning areas from Illumine...
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"Writing is physical work. It's sweaty work. You just can't will yourself to become a good writer. You really have to work at it." Will Haygood
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"We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to."
Somerset Maugham
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Get more inspirational quotations at
www.illumine.co.uk/inspirational-quotes
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Central London courses and workshops coming up..
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18 October 2011: Creativity for Logical Thinkers, www.illumine.co.uk/crlt
19 October 2011: Advanced Thinking and Learning, www.illumine.co.uk/atlw
15 November 2011: Mind Mapping for Business, www.illumine.co.uk/bmap
15-16 November 2011: Writing Dynamics™, www.illumine.co.uk/wdyn
16 November 2011: Effective Speed Reading™, www.illumine.co.uk/read
5-6 December 2011: Advanced Thinking and Learning, www.illumine.co.uk/atlw
7-8 December 2011: Think on Your Feet® - verbal communication skills, www.illumine.co.uk/toyf
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'Illuminating' Brain Workout answers:
1. A soul.
2. 182.
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The next newsletter: Stress Busting...
Research from Insurance Company AXA suggests that stress levels have doubled in the last 4 years. So, to coincide with National Stress Awareness Day (Tuesday 2nd November), next month's newsletter will be all about stress and stress busting. We'll not only be filling it with hints and tips to help you overcome stress, we'll hopefully help you to understand it more so that you can avoid it.
Find out more in next month's issue...
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This newsletter is produced by the Illumine Marketing Team and edited by Richard Evans. The information presented in this newsletter remains the copyright of Illumine Training and its respective writers and authors. You can post these articles to your blog and website as long as it is not for commercial use. You must reference this back to Illumine Training and the Illumine website (www.illumine.co.uk). Images used have been leased and permission should be sought from the image owners.
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