Robert F. Abbott
Discover how politics and national economies are being shaped by new connections among working people, profits, and pensions at Robert Abbott’s blog, People, Profits, & Pensions: <a href="http://www.peopleprofitspensions.com" title="http://www.peopleprofitspensions.com" target="_blank">http://www.peopleprofitspensions.com</a> .
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Getting Started With Business Writing Courses
- By Robert F. Abbott
- Published 08/14/2008
- Management
- Unrated
Planning to improve your communication effectiveness with business writing courses
Let me suggest that you start not with the courses themselves, but with some thinking about your specific goals
Power Writing Skills: What's Your Readability Score?
- By Robert F. Abbott
- Published 07/23/2008
- Writing
- Unrated
We’re all familiar with the maxim that says, “That which gets measured, gets done” In the same vein, I’d like to offer another important maxim; this one falls under the heading of power writing skills
Persuasive Writing Techniques: Pull-Quotes
- By Robert F. Abbott
- Published 07/15/2008
- Writing-&-Speaking
- Unrated
Have you noticed, when reading magazines or newsletters, that excerpts from the article have been copied from the main body and put into a special box
That's called a pull-quote, and it's a useful persuasive writing technique for anyone who writes -- and not just for magazine editors
Why Bear Stearns Matters To All Of Us
- By Robert F. Abbott
- Published 03/30/2008
- Finance
- Unrated
It's tempting isn't it, to smirk at the recent Bear Stearns collapse: How the mighty have fallen After all, the people running this company were not only bankers, but Wall Street investment bankers, and everyone knows they're too proud and too arrogant, right