I was just helping my daughter with a college sociology paper. It brought back memories—shudder…The Professor gave them a set of questions difficult questions requiring citation, proof points and analysis of impact yet gave them no more than a page for each question to answer.
Posts Tagged ‘concise’
Monday, November 12th, 2007
Let there be light
- http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/fashion/11guru.html?ex=1195794000&en=9b22cfb9f7cb6238&ei=5070&emc=eta1 Read more >
- I MEANT to type: Maybe the professOR (who, after all controls the agenda) wanted brief writing because that forces the students to pull out the important parts. Ie, after simplicity and some happy engagement, things get more interesting. The typo raised the issue of professions (and professionals) controlling the agendas. In a lot of orgs that doesn't seem to ...Read more >
- In the beginning of a client relationship, or the first wave sales pitch, simplicity is gold. One experienced communications coach around here talks about "crimes of passion" - meaning not knowing what to omit and not being able to omit. This gets you off message and clients get distracted, bored and confused. However, later in the relationship with the client, ...Read more >
