Clear Writing Strikes a Nerve!

Wow! Eleven comments! My last post on clear writing seems to have struck a nerve. I will write more on it (well, I hope!), but first I wanted to share something that an actual member of the millennial generation said about the topic (in addition to the millennials...

Clear Writing

I gave a presentation to an association Board on Friday about generational differences. During the discussion, one of the Board members (who had described himself as one of the oldest in the room) made a point that he was concerned about the quality of writing of...

Eight Things

The “Eight Things” meme is going around the blogosphere (more specifically the blogoclump), where bloggers shed a little light on their personalities or personal life. Ben Martin has tagged me in this go-round. I was tagged back in March on a “Five Things” meme. The...

Your Organization versus a Penguin

I quite by accident stumbled across some notes I took when I read Seth Godin’s 2002 book Survival Is Not Enough today. This quote seems worth repeating:The difference between a penguin and your company is simple: while you both evolved to the point where you...
Jamie Notter