ChristnerHammock101

On the subject of teaching business communication skills, ponderous length doesn't impress; it alienates. All of us are busy, and we all have limited attention spans. FOCUS your message and don't forget: Brevity is clarity.

In business communication instruction, a similar rule applies whether you're attempting to sharpen your presentation skills or ability as a copywriter. Maintain your audience or readers uppermost mentally -- stifling the impulse to pontificate -- and they're going to be next to you. The very last thing you want them to perform is examine the insides with their eyelids when you're halfway through your speech.

Needless to say, keeping it concise simply the most effective way. Often I recall returning to the newsroom like a reporter that has a notebook packed with facts and juicy quotes coming from a homicide scene or perhaps a contentious city council meeting, only to hear my editor say: "We're putting it for the top of the page, but ensure that is stays short. We've only got 10 inches because of it."

Ouch, I'd think. I would not have enough time to write short. Now I can decide more to work with. Fresh fruits: It's more than worth it. Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was 278 words, also it took him only six or seven minutes to produce the magnificent 701-word Second Inaugural. No, you're not Lincoln. But you are able to distilling your notions and stifling your ego.

Second, I've got top tips for any person frightened on the prospect of stand-up business communication, meaning a presentation or a speech: Consider it like a conversation between two intelligent those who cherish effective communication. Doing this, you're not an actress on it's own available online for with a stage. Instead, you are in a dialogue that assumes energy and depth because of partners who listen and use you.