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Beth Nyland
A short list of phrases to SAY and STIFLE right about now
in External Communication, Internal Communication, Life & Business, Presentations & Speaking, Spencer Grace, Story Mode, Writing / / 0 commentsThings are a mess right now. I’ll spare you a detailed description of “these challenging times” and instead offer a…
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Beth Nyland
Trigger phrases to torch in these challenging times
in External Communication, Internal Communication, Life & Business, Spencer Grace, Story Mode, Writing / / 0 commentsThe other day I was lacing up my shoes to take my favorite podcast for a walk. The episode was…
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Beth Nyland
What do you call the people who matter to your business?
in External Communication, Internal Communication, Spencer Grace, Story Mode, Writing / / 0 commentsAs a career-long business communicator, I’ve been challenged to refer to human beings in many ways. Whether driven by industry…
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Beth Nyland
Why zero is a perfectly reasonable wordcount goal
To the delight or (more accurately) dismay of participants, when Jill Pollack and I are leading Story Mode workshops, we…
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Beth Nyland
Leaders: Your people write poorly. You ask for it. Consistently.
Love it or loathe it, if you’re a business leader, you probably review and approve other people’s words. Email, presentations,…
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Beth Nyland
You don’t say (real-world lessons in brevity and clarity)
Hey, business person. Yeah, you. The one who keeps putting words on the page, every freaking day. You create a…
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Beth Nyland
Think you can’t take creative chances? Liar!
in Creativity, External Communication, Internal Communication, Spencer Grace, Writing / / 0 commentsYou face the blank screen. Fingers curved over the keyboard. Preparing to put new words on a new page, you…
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Beth Nyland
In vocabulary, bigger is not better
in External Communication, Internal Communication, Presentations & Speaking, Spencer Grace, Writing / / 0 comments“Research and write a biography of a person you admire.” Unintimidated, my fourth-grade classmates and I embraced the assignment. We named…
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Beth Nyland
Play with vocabulary, work on brevity
in Spencer Grace, Writing / / 0 commentsIn the first session of of my current Business Writing Fundamentals class, one student shared a desire to broaden her vocabulary. As a communicator…
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