Posted on Tuesday 18 November 2008
Write to express - not impress
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Write to express - not impress
Denglisch, a portmanteau of the words Deutsch and English, used in all German-speaking countries to describe the influx of English into the German language through travel and widespread usage in advertising and business…
“I’m from theblueballroom” is a great introduction. Like any good story opener, it has your audience hooked from the word go.
Back in September, I joined a whole host of marketing and IT professionals at the Enterprise 2.0 Forum in Cologne, Germany.
It proved a great way to meet like-minded industry people and, together, we listened to some interesting case studies exploring Web 2.0 solutions and what they mean for internal communications.
Fear of transparency and conservatism appeared […]
A post for National Poetry Day
Looks like our riveting read blog post started a bit of a trend.
Motivated by general office chit-chat about the 2008 National Year of Reading, we did a quick straw-poll: we asked theblueballroom and thebluedoor what they’re reading at the moment.
2008 is the National Year of Reading (NYR). This yearlong celebration hopes to build a greater national passion for reading, in all its forms and whatever your age.
Blowing away long-winded, jargon-filled communication
There’s a glimmer of hope that, going forward, management speak may, just may, become a thing of the past.