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Jan
Jan
This tutorial explains how to write, format, and publish release notes. It also shares best practices, guidelines and examples from Dropbox and Salesforce.
Category Archives: Business Writing
Top tips for Business Writing. Learn how to write reports, proposals, emails, and other types of writing used to communicate with different audiences. Business writing is a also known as business communication and professional writing.
22
Jan
Jan
Here are some guidelines that have helped me, tailored specifically for writing white papers—a format that demands clarity, credibility, and persuasion.
20
Jan
Jan
In the following article, I’ll outline the process of defining, writing, and sharing your style guide. These steps can be adapted to most large language models (LLMs). Subsequent articles will go into the specific elements and structure of an effective style guide.
25
Nov
Nov
In the following Klariti tutorial, I’ll show you when to use each list type, and give some examples to put things in context.
11
Nov
Nov
In the previous tutorial, I showed you how to export a ChatGPT conversion to MS Word. While this is fine in that it saves you time copy and pasting text, I’d like to show you how to improve this workflow. For example, how to save the last three responses with detailed formatting. I mention this […]
02
Nov
Nov
I had planned to call this article ‘The Nine-Step Strategy for Writing Summaries That Intrigue Readers’ but had a second look. It’s a bit long. And as this article is about writing headlines, summaries and abstracts, well… Let’s stick to the plan.
“An abstract highlights the key points you want your reader to remember after they’ve read your document.“
08
Oct
Oct
In Part 1 on Acquisition Planning, we provided an overview of the plan, identified who benefits, and some writing guidelines.
In Part 2, we’ll now go a little deeper and look at each part of the document.
07
Oct
Oct
If you’ve never written an Acquisition Strategy Plan before, this primer is for you. Acquisition Strategy Plans help guide organizations through the acquisition process, ensuring a well-defined approach that aligns with strategic goals.
30
Sep
Sep
In this four-part tutorial, I’ll show you how to setup cost calculation formulas in Excel to support your Cost Management Plan.
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Aug
Aug
This week Laura and the team created a new Product Design Specification template. This is one of our series of templates related to product development, so if you’re interested in this area, please take a look at the product requirements specs and the user story template.
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Jul
Jul
Non-native English speakers often face significant hurdles when communicating when they move to English speaking countries, such as the US or UK. These challenges can include navigating language nuances, cultural expectations in written communication, and industry-specific jargon.
Apple Templates, Business Writing, Excel Templates
Updated – Communications Plan Templates for MS Office and Apple iWorks
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Jul
Jul
If you work in an IT company, you know that communicating both internally and externally to customers is always a challenge.
Creating a communications plan especially in IT is difficult as due to the dynamic nature of the industry, multiple stakeholders, and the technical complexity of the products.
If I were to identify some of the main challenges I see, it would include the following:
