Comments on: The One Page Memo http://www.hrbartender.com/2009/training/the-one-page-memo/ HR RESPONSIBLY Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:26:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=5414 By: Calling People Out | HRM Today http://www.hrbartender.com/2009/training/the-one-page-memo/comment-page-1/#comment-2596 Calling People Out | HRM Today Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:34:30 +0000 http://www.hrbartender.com/?p=2613#comment-2596 [...] let’s say it’s part of Mary’s job to buy chocolate bars and/or write articles for the company newsletter.  Then, John’s comments are merely holding Mary accountable.  [...] [...] let’s say it’s part of Mary’s job to buy chocolate bars and/or write articles for the company newsletter.  Then, John’s comments are merely holding Mary accountable.  [...]

]]> By: Anthony Madigan http://www.hrbartender.com/2009/training/the-one-page-memo/comment-page-1/#comment-1678 Anthony Madigan Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:37:49 +0000 http://www.hrbartender.com/?p=2613#comment-1678 Useful tips for people, HRB. Keep it up. There are though a couple of unspoken rules that should be addressed too: remove all personality from what you write and make sure your memo looks like everybody else's. The unfortunate thing is that the pursuit of lifeless english in business communication is suffocating organisations rather than liberating them. While plain, concise english is a welcome step up from rambling incomprehensibility, the language of business needs to be engaging, personal, persuasive and memorable. Let's raise the bar and use the richness of language to make business work. Anthony Http://www.infernalcomms.com Useful tips for people, HRB. Keep it up. There are though a couple of unspoken rules that should be addressed too: remove all personality from what you write and make sure your memo looks like everybody else’s. The unfortunate thing is that the pursuit of lifeless english in business communication is suffocating organisations rather than liberating them. While plain, concise english is a welcome step up from rambling incomprehensibility, the language of business needs to be engaging, personal, persuasive and memorable. Let’s raise the bar and use the richness of language to make business work.

Anthony
Http://www.infernalcomms.com

]]> By: Mary Cullen http://www.hrbartender.com/2009/training/the-one-page-memo/comment-page-1/#comment-1677 Mary Cullen Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:24:08 +0000 http://www.hrbartender.com/?p=2613#comment-1677 I love the "Grand Poobah Law" concept! "If it has a staple, a CEO won't read it." Perfect image to visualize the need for clear, concise business writing. Short words, in addition to powerful verbs, ensure tight text: http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/2009/05/16/power-of-short-words-in-business-writing/ I love the “Grand Poobah Law” concept! “If it has a staple, a CEO won’t read it.” Perfect image to visualize the need for clear, concise business writing. Short words, in addition to powerful verbs, ensure tight text: http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/2009/05/16/power-of-short-words-in-business-writing/

]]> By: hr bartender http://www.hrbartender.com/2009/training/the-one-page-memo/comment-page-1/#comment-1673 hr bartender Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:56:56 +0000 http://www.hrbartender.com/?p=2613#comment-1673 Thank you April and Wally for the comments. I really like the read it out loud suggestion. Great way to enhance clarity. Thank you April and Wally for the comments. I really like the read it out loud suggestion. Great way to enhance clarity.

]]> By: Wally Bock http://www.hrbartender.com/2009/training/the-one-page-memo/comment-page-1/#comment-1666 Wally Bock Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:14:00 +0000 http://www.hrbartender.com/?p=2613#comment-1666 A most wonderful and helpful post, oh bartender! From a career of writing and coaching business people on writing their books, let me add two tips. Let it cool before you revise and send it. Very few bits of writing look as good in the cold light of the next day. Allow the time to let the piece rest and revise to make it better. Before you send it off, read it out loud. Better yet, have someone else read it out loud to you. There's no better way to find the tongue and thought twisters embedded in your prose. A most wonderful and helpful post, oh bartender! From a career of writing and coaching business people on writing their books, let me add two tips.

Let it cool before you revise and send it. Very few bits of writing look as good in the cold light of the next day. Allow the time to let the piece rest and revise to make it better.

Before you send it off, read it out loud. Better yet, have someone else read it out loud to you. There’s no better way to find the tongue and thought twisters embedded in your prose.

]]> By: adowling http://www.hrbartender.com/2009/training/the-one-page-memo/comment-page-1/#comment-1663 adowling Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:48:53 +0000 http://www.hrbartender.com/?p=2613#comment-1663 At the former employer I used to write monthly board reports as to what HR did the previous month. The Chairman had the one page rule and he was strict on the font. If you had more than one page of information to share, at 11 font, you were to find some other way to say it; absolutely no second pages, not even for the CEO. There were plenty of times I needed another page but in trying to keep things limited, it taught me to be concise and get to the point quickly At the former employer I used to write monthly board reports as to what HR did the previous month. The Chairman had the one page rule and he was strict on the font. If you had more than one page of information to share, at 11 font, you were to find some other way to say it; absolutely no second pages, not even for the CEO. There were plenty of times I needed another page but in trying to keep things limited, it taught me to be concise and get to the point quickly

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