From the category archives:
Basex, a leading knowledge management firm, asked top executives to explain the impact of information overload on their work:
Tips to Manage Information Overload:
At the start of each work day, take a few minutes to identify that day’s business-critical actions. Guard both your schedule and your media intake so random interruptions do not disrupt your work [...]
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Here is a fascinating video that explores the explosion of information and changing social forces. What was most interesting to me – and most relevant for business writers – was the examination of changing skills required as jobs evolve. However, clearly, strong communication skills will become increasingly more important.
We must manage more and more information, [...]
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I want to share a recent upsetting and sad example of web plagiarism, and its consequences, as illustration and follow up to my post Protect Your Writing on the Web.
Jill Konrath, a highly respected and well-published sales professional, learned from other sales colleagues that a self-professed “Trusted Sales Adviser” had copied their content. Their posts [...]
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I’m a little sad I need to offer this tip, but it is a reality: on the web, writing that you have created, shaped, and edited into good form to share with your readers gets swiped. It is unethical, but it happens.
You may publish a blog, or post a white paper, sales copy, product details, [...]
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Instructional Solutions celebrated ten years in business last month.
2008
1998
Across these past ten years, so many changes occurred:
–Writing standards and online technologies have evolved in ways I couldn’t imagine ten years ago.
–My children grew tall and strong and principled. (And, a special thanks goes to them, pictured above then and now. I don’t know if I [...]
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I’ve received several emails about my blog post yesterday from executives seeking to hire good candidates. They are frustrated about the poor documentation that job applicants submit. Misspellings, incorrect names and improper approaches seem rampant.
When you are searching for a new job, you are in essence “branding” yourself. Lyn Chamberlin writes The Brand Dame, an [...]
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Two resume recommendations were sent in this morning from an obviously frustrated marketing executive:
1) Email address – Not great to use lovesbeer@ISPnamechanged.com. (Use a neutral email address for your job search. Lovesbeer@ definitely does not convey responsibility. Note: I wrote about this issue in last month’s newsletter.)
2) The resume file name should be the applicant’s [...]
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An easy way to build your vocabulary is to subscribe to Dictionary.com’s Word of the Day.
Today’s word:
cosmopolite \koz-MOP-uh-lyt\, noun:
1. One who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world; a cosmopolitan person.
2. (Ecology) An organism found in most parts of the world.
You can subscribe here.
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Are you using an RSS feed to organize and retrieve information from your favorite websites and blogs? It’s simple, will save you much time, and keep you well informed.
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication, and it allows you to subscribe to websites and blogs, using a RSS reader or “feed,” so blogs and websites you [...]
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