Are you writing to give your employees bad news? Or are you writing to pitch a new idea? Or are you writing an essay with a persuasive argument? No matter your purpose, the way you organize your paper is critical to the way in which it will be received. To
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As I passed a billboard this week, telling me the “do’s and dont’s” of something or other–I can’t even recall what the billboard was about because I was so distracted by the error–I was reminded how frequently we see apostrophe errors in all kinds of professional settings. (By the way,
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I found this infographic (published by Coastal Creative) insightful and wanted to share it with you. Design trends are constantly changing and it’s important to be aware of what is considered contemporary and what is considered cliche. What do you think? Are you and your company’s designs keeping with the
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Article by Andrew Wise wisestartupblog.com With the knowledge that 6.7MM people post blogs on blogging websites, it can be difficult for a new blogger to stand out. One sure way to do this, however, is to have a unique and updated About Me page. Potential readers want to know they
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Font choice matters. Beyond just transforming the entire feel of a document, the font you choose actually says a lot about you, too. Do you always stick with the defaults (like Calibri and Times New Roman)? Are you in love with a cliche or hated font, like Comic Sans or Papyrus?
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A couple years ago, I published a flowchart on image copyright best practices that followed the question, “Can I Use that Picture?” While that chart has been widely distributed and used in schools, libraries, and businesses across the country, I have since wondered if it might be clearer to simplify the
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When you’re given the task to write a report or an essay, do you just stick to the defaults? (You know, like sticking with Calibri, 11-pt. font?) If you’re like most regular folks (meaning, you don’t have a background in design), the chances are you do. Of course, you do some formatting, right?
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Read these five words out loud: “rough,” “cough,” “bough,” “dough,” and “through.” Now ask yourself, does the pronunciation of those words and their spelling make any logical sense whatsoever? Has it ever occurred to you that we, English speakers, are the only ones in the world that actually have spelling bees? Why
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College Match Up recently published an infographic that shows the relationship between color preferences and personality. While the validity of the infographic is certainly up for debate, the fact that colors express certain characteristics is a well-known fact. Are what colors you’re drawn to indicators of your personality? Is it true
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In a recent course I was teaching, and in what turned into a somewhat off-topic, lighthearted discussion on punctuation (these are the kinds of conversations that may occur in a college business writing course), some students marveled aloud that you could place three punctuation marks in a row–like when you
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