We're moving on, past getting the job to doing the job, and this time, in teams.
Please see this as the place where communications skills "Go Live!" You will have to be able to write emails, memos, letters, marketing and oral communication that may step on toes, or create measureable response.
See this great article on Business Writing (Don't Be a Dickens.) PS. Charles Dickens was not always considered the nicest guy on the block.
Please see this as the place where communications skills "Go Live!" You will have to be able to write emails, memos, letters, marketing and oral communication that may step on toes, or create measureable response.
See this great article on Business Writing (Don't Be a Dickens.) PS. Charles Dickens was not always considered the nicest guy on the block.
How to Succed in Business Writing: Don't Be A Dickens (
read here)
The difference between business writing and all other forms of expression is one
thing: a call to action. A memo, report, business plan, email, and so
on, all have in common that they ask the reader to do something, which is
usually either to part with their own money, someone else's money, or take some
other action that will ultimately result in cash trading hands in a manner
beneficial to the author of the document.
If your business document doesn't do that, then consider that it might work
better engraved on a Grecian urn — because what you've typed as an email to your
boss is more an ode than a request to approve your project.
How to ensure your memo contains a clear call to action? A few things to keep
in mind:
~ David Silverman~
