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Hello !*FIRSTNAME*!, Happy new year! New financial year that is! I have recently been dealing with lawyers for a client - the lawyers check my work for legal and compliance correctness and then I adjust their work to be understandable in Plain English! It was challenging - especially when they write a five line sentence full of so many long words it took me minutes to read and understand it myself before I could rewrite it! However, it did remind me that the best work is often a team effort where the technical people work with the marketing people and the writers get to pull it together. It is easy to miss how confusing something is when you are expert in that field and wrote the information yourself. June has been an interesting month for me - I've learnt about KiwiSaver (a new superannuation scheme launched in New Zealand today), online shopping carts, rapid visual imaging (how quickly images change on a TV screen and how that affects young children) and major issues facing today's youth (part of studying a Certificate III in Business (frontline management)). I love the variety of my work and the opportunity to learn so many new things! Use your words wisely! Tash PS If you are a parent running a business, you may like to
participate in a survey about the reasons why parents start a
business. The survey is being run a business network (the Business
Mums Network) and then I will use the results to prepare an article
on this topic.
Click here to participate - it will only take a few minutes.
Making
accounting a bit easier It is easy to let our accounts wait until tomorrow or when we're not so busy, but how long can we afford to let them go? It is hard work to do all of your accounting work at the end of each financial year - it's harder to remember why something is unusual or what that scrunched up receipt was from months later. And it takes a long time to sort out accounts in one hit. There are ways to make doing your accounts quicker, such as using your computer to keep records, having a clear filing system and noting when you have entered data into your system. Read some more tips for saving time with your accounts in this article. A recent government
publication on the marketing of cabbage contains, according to one
report, 26,941 words. It is noteworthy in this regard that the
Gettysburg Address contains a mere 279 words while the Lord's Prayer
comprises but 67. Formatting
business letters Writing a letter’s easy, right? You put someone’s name at the top, write what you want to say and sign it. Simple. Wrong! It’s not that simple! To get the best results from your letter, it needs to be thought out and well laid out to be easy to read. To find out more about how to address a letter, sign it off and lay it out, you can read the entire article here.
Book review -
Wild Child Leanne Preston and the Wild Child Story by Leanne Preston, Random House Australia, 2007, North Sydney "After leaving school early, marrying young and settling down to raise a family, Leanne Preston thought she had everything in life she wanted. But when her marriage broke down, she suddenly found herself jobless, isolated and confronting the daunting task of raising three young children on a single-mother's pension." From a humble beginning, Leanne was able to build up a natural-health company that now sells products around the world. The story of the business growth is in itself interesting, and a few lessons can be learned form Leanne's experience although this isn't a 'how to ' book. What is also interesting is to read about Leanne's impact on how lice is treated and research developments in ridding the world of malaria. The book is easy to read, although not short, and shows that being a single Mum, being in isolated WA, being unqualified and being a woman don't have to be reasons to sit and wait for 'better' times. Leanne is down to earth in her story, and keeps to her story without any preaching about hat she does or how others can build their own business options. Worth the read if you enjoy stories and inspiration rather than always reading how-to books.
The story of one woman, many lice and a successful business! Poor examples Sometimes, the easiest way to learn the correct way to do something is to see it done poorly so in this section of my newsletter, I show you some real-life examples of writing that need a little help. example: A better version would be: Members who do not choose an investment option will have their contributions automatically placed in the default Balanced option. {There was no need for two sentences so I simplified it into one. And members will only be interested in what happens, not that the Trustee chose it for them.} You are welcome to pass this newsletter on to anyone you think will be interested, but please send it as is without changes. If you were passed this email by a friend, you can subscribe here. This newsletter is only ever sent to my clients and people who request the monthly newsletter & writing tips found at www.wordconstructions.com. Your email details will never be given, lent or sold to any party whatsoever and you are free to leave this service at any time by unsubscribing here. Important: This email (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender. Whilst Word Constructions has taken reasonable steps to ensure this email is virus free, it accepts no responsibility and makes no warranty. The recipient should take its own steps to ensure there is no virus. Word Constructions accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. |
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