This podcast focuses on the third "C" of communication: that of considering your readers.

Considering Your Readers

In this podcast, learn tips to write more concise emails.

Being Concise

Pam and MJ discuss when and how to use active versus passive voice.

Active vs. Passive Voice

In this podcast, learn why it's important to write for skimmers.

Writing for Skimmers

In this podcast, learn how and why to write a great subject line for your emails!

Email subject lines

Discusses the importance of usable documents and how to ensure usability in your documents.

Writing Usable Documents

Discusses three easy steps to help your team of problem-solvers become better writers.

Can Great Thinkers be Turned into Great Writers?

Discusses two ways to standardize documents and eliminate answering the same questions about writing.

Ask an Expert: Why does My Team Come to Me with the Same Writing Questions?

Discusses the vague statements Yahoo! made in its memo to employees about the change it was making to its work-from-home policy.

Yahoo's Work from Home Policy wasn't Well-Received; Could Better Communication have Helped?

Learn seven easy-to-implement strategies that will help you write more concise, precise business communications.

7 Simple Ways to Tighten Up Business Communications

Hurley Write, Inc. develops and teaches customized onsite and online writing courses: "Exceptional Technical Writing," "Better Business Writing," "Effective Writing for Engineers," "Writing Fundamentals," "Scientific Writing," and "Writing the Scientific Manuscript." We also write and edit technical and scientific documents and grants.

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Effective Prewriting Strategies

Discusses eight tips for creating a corporate style guide.

Eight Tips for Creating a Corporate Style Guide

Discusses several tips for writing more effective emails.

Do's and Don'ts of Effective and Professional Email Communication

Discusses what a style guide is, how they can be created, and how staff should be trained to use them.

Style Guides--What, Why, and How

Discusses George Orwell's essay, "The Politics of Language" and how lazy thinking is reflected when writers don't take the time plan their document and the words they'll use.

Does Your Writing Project Laziness?

This provides a few simple tips for writing effective emails.

Email Writing Tips

Discusses the idea that good writing is essential in all fields and that professionals use their critical thinking and problem-solving skills when they write.Visit us at http://www.hurleywrite.com/ to find out more about how you can become a better writer.

Discusses the idea that good writing is essential in all fields and that professionals use their critical thinking and problem-solving skills when they write. Visit us at <a href="http://www.hurleywrite.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.hurleywrite.com/</a> to find out more about how you can become a better writer.

Good Writing Essential in All Fields

Discusses the importance of topic sentences in technical and scientific documents, both for readers and writers.Visit us at http://www.hurleywrite.com/ to find out more about how you can become a better writer.

Discusses the importance of topic sentences in technical and scientific documents, both for readers and writers. Visit us at <a href="http://www.hurleywrite.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.hurleywrite.com/</a> to find out more about how you can become a better writer.

Topic Sentences in Technical and Scientific Writing

Discusses how changing verbs into nouns can make writing wordy and less concise.Visit us at http://www.hurleywrite.com/ to find out more about how you can become a better writer.

Discusses how changing verbs into nouns can make writing wordy and less concise. Visit us at <a href="http://www.hurleywrite.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.hurleywrite.com/</a> to find out more about how you can become a better writer.

How to make writing more concise and precise

Discusses what writers need to know about their readers in terms of planning the document.Visit us at http://www.hurleywrite.com/ to find out more about how you can become a better writer.

Discusses what writers need to know about their readers in terms of planning the document. Visit us at <a href="http://www.hurleywrite.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.hurleywrite.com/</a> to find out more about how you can become a better writer.

Writing and Planning

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