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Researchers: Reading Bite-Size Bits of Information Hinders Our Thinking

Jun 18, 2020 | Communication, Editing, Effective Writing, Managing

The way many people read today — tapping, skimming, swiping – is affecting how well we process and remember information, says a neuroscientist who studies digital reading. Maryanne Wolf, author of Reader Come Home: the Reading Brain in a Digital World, says...

Gathering Quality Information Requires Good Questions

Jun 3, 2019 | Communication, Effective Writing

Interviewing skills are not the domain only of reporters, police officers, or job recruiters. The ability to ask good questions is important for all business professionals, because the quality of the answers will depend on the questions. We ask questions every day...

What Kind of First Impression Are You Making with Your Writing?

Jan 10, 2017 | Effective Writing

If you go out to lunch with a prospective employer and you tend to drool when you eat, you can forget about that job. First impressions still matter, whether they involve your eating or your writing. People do not need to know exactly what the issue is, whether it...

Improving Your Writing: Four Ways to Sharpen Your Skills

May 17, 2016 | Effective Writing

Regardless of how good your writing skills are (or how good you think they are), you don’t know it all. Stay sharp and keep learning. Strong writers draw attention in business, because most people understand that writing is difficult. Some things that we learn...

How to Be a Coaching Editor and Help Writers Develop

Feb 23, 2016 | Editing

A business manager who wants to get the most out of her writers should be a coaching editor who builds a collaborative relationship. Managers might not think of themselves as editors, but they are, given that they oversee the written content that their team produces....