Ode to the Banking Royal Commission
The Royal Commission wants banks to be more accountable. Could changing language change cultures? Here’s my case … as a poem! Ode to the Banking
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NEW from Credosity: Free writing analysis (your ‘report card’!)
Download your free writing analysis as a PDF Like some free writing analysis? If you’re writing important emails and documents at work you can now
Writing to senior execs? Avoid this! [infographic: reading grade level]
How tough reading grade levels can limit your career I was training a group from a big-4 bank when a guy (bravely) shared a vital
The Curse of Cognitive Load: Why complexity kills comms
‘When I saw them shuffling back from the director’s office, I knew he’d said no.’ If you’re like most people, you’re missing something crucial in how
Meet CYBA: The Credosity Bulk Analyser
Bulk Analyser X-rays hundreds of documents at once What if you could generate a spreadsheet summarising the readability, professionalism and diversity/inclusion issues in hundreds of documents
Avoid passive voice. Ask a zombie.
Now Credosity finds your passive voice Passive voice is one of the biggest problems we’ve seen in the 8000 corporate writing samples we’ve
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Research proves it: Big words make you look dumb
Research shows that readers judge writers who use big words needlessly as less intelligent.
Doctor’s orders: Less waffle. More cream.
Cut the ‘waffle’ (wordy, unfocused writing), by cutting to the chase, and by using natural, everyday language.
Give your reader ‘cream’ by giving them benefits, by telling them what’s in it for them and why it’s relevant to them, and by using devices like subheads to help skim-readers.
Worst gobbledegook ever?
Is this the worst gobbledegook you’ve seen? It’s from a thesis, describing what a close-up shot is in a movie: “The close up expands optical