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Email and Website: AP Style Guide Changes

March 18th, 2011 by · Writing Tips

Last year, the AP Stylebook made a bold move and changed “web site” to “website”. It was a welcome change for many, but met with a little confusion: why didn’t they also change “e-mail” to “email”. Well, today was the day: it was announced just awhile ago (on their Twitter page and website) that they are finally making this change as well. Make a note, dear writers.

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Writers’ Fest March 19

February 18th, 2011 by · Local Events of Interest, Regional

We received some information today about this event, which is taking place in LoDO on March 19th at the Tattered Cover. This flyer has some of the details. Please contact the organizers with any questions you might have with regard to attending or participating in some way.

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A few of my favorite things: Making Data Meaningful

December 29th, 2010 by · Business Tips, Copywriting, Technical Writing

After reading Making Data Meaningful, Part 1, A guide to writing stories about numbers (a free document from the United Nations), I’m considering making it a prerequisite for all my technical writing classes. Nearly everything it says agrees with what I teach, and there’s even more information than I can cover in class (or in this brief review).

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Tips for the team presentation: Leadership

December 29th, 2010 by · Writing Tools

Will you be presenting a panel discussion soon? Participating in a team presentation for work? This article focuses on the importance of picking an effective team leader.

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Two cool presentation tools

December 27th, 2010 by · Software and Design Tools, Technical Writing, Writing Tools

The periodic table of visualization methods

I often joke that I was born without a right hemisphere in my brain, but my lack of visualization abilities really has limited me in my writing and presentations. That’s why I was so glad to discover The periodic table of visualization methods. Run your mouse over any of the 100 blocks in the table and you’ll see an example of a particular visualization method. (Warning: Such behavior can become addictive.)

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