Enhancing Message Clarity
Foggy messages are marked by sloppy references that may require additional inquires to clarify their meaning.
What is choosing clear and concise words?
This is the best way to judge the success of your communication.
What is feedback?
The subject performs the action.
What is an active-voice?
This phases of the writing process.
What is pre-writing, drafting and revising?
This is the first step to becoming a good listener.
Expressions that have become exhausted by overuse.
What are cliches?
Your writing takes place of this.
What is personal appearance?
Use similar structures to express similar ideas.
What is parallelism?
What is a digital message?
What are physical barriers, psychological barriers, language problems, nonverbal distractions, thought speed, faking attention, and grandstanding.
Zombie nouns - because they cannibalize and suck out the life of active verbs.
What are buried verbs?
Businesses pay thousands on these individuals
Who are writing consultants?
It's misplaced when the word or phrase it describes is not close enough to be clear
What is a modifier?
Edit your message for clarity, conciseness, tone and readability.
What is revising?
When you perceive nonverbal cues that contradict verbal meanings, politely seek additional cues.
What is probe for more information?
Your goal is to express not impress.
What is keep it short and simple?
Three elements to improve your writing skills.
You achieve this through style.
What is emphasis?
This step you are analyzing your audience and finding the right words that will win their approval.
what is prewriting?
The following keys will help you become and active and effective listener.
What is stop talking, control your surroundings, establish a receptive mind-set, keep an open mind, listen main points, capitalize on lag time, listen between the lines, judge ideas not appearances, hold your fire, take selective notes, and provide feedback?
Your writing will sound fresher and more vigorous if you eliminate these?
What are trite phrases?
Painful but don't take offensive.
What is criticism?
The four skillfull writing techniques
What is emphasis, active and passive voice, parallelism and dangling/misplaced modifiers?
Researching and organizing your message.
What is drafting?
These cues affect how a message is interpreted, or decoded by the sender.
What are non-verbal cues?