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How to craft great headlines
Do you waste the most important real estate in your communication?Titles and headlines grab your audience's attention, making them curious about what you have to say. Yet many documents I see waste this opportunity.They either use one or two words that say things...
How to cut the number of updates you deliver
In last week’s MasterClass I shared ideas to help you make your updates more interesting. One idea I shared is the possibility of having greater influence by NOT updating at all. It shocked some participant to silence! We are so accustomed to updating our leaders and...
How to prepare updates that don’t bore you AND your audience
Do you typically go onto auto pilot when preparing updates? You might take the last one and tweak it a bit, or fill in the template? If so, you may be missing an opportunity. Updates present an under-appreciated opportunity to engage senior and captive audiences. In...
Can AI write your papers?
There is much talk about how artificial intelligence (AI) can write for us. Nikki Gemmell wrote in The Australian newspaper that ‘We scribblers and hacks are staring at the abyss in terms of the chatbot future roaring at us’. Professional copywriter Leanne Shelton...
Using peer pressure to skittle dissent rather than doing it yourself
How often have you presented a new capability or idea knowing that some stakeholders are not in your corner? It is rare to have all your stakeholders championing your success so a common challenge to address. During a coaching session this week, a client shared his...
Write emails that are easy to action
Emails are a constant challenge. They are 'everywhere' in our day to day work and yet often seem too small a communication to invest heavily in. To help with this challenge I have prepared a short video tutorial offering four techniques for writing emails that are...
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