Writing Tip Sheet
- Plan and organize.
- Identify the objective of the communication - To give clear directions? To solicit feedback? To tell or to sell? To obtain information?
- Assemble all materials.
- Identify the readers and their characteristics.
- Based on your objective and readers determine:
- How to structure the document
- Key phrases to use
- Level of complexity
- Method/media for distribution
- Method/media for obtaining feedback such as agreement, questions, completed form
- Use a proven standard structure for the type of communication you are developing.
- Format and layout
- Regulations compliancy
- Industry best practices
- Terminology and phrasing
- Size of fonts and fields
- Ensure that your readers' response is the one you want.
- Monitor employee activity in following directions given.
- Solicit feedback in as "frictionless" a manner possible.
- Follow up by soliciting readers' responses at several points in time.
Now all you need is a writer or coach to -
- Develop the models for communications you need
- Help you get started using those models creatively and effectively
- Give supportive and creative feedback to your own communications
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