Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

I’ve had my head down on a major project, a bunch of upcoming speaking engagements, some writing I’ve agreed to do, and…(hence the relative paucity of blog posts). Yet that’s hard, particularly when they’re not domain experts, and SMEs have issues.

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Making Change

JULY 31, 2017

When we talk about writing style, we can get bogged down in personal preferences that are hard to communicate. Many plain-English advocates suggest aiming for a score in the 60s, and that’s my preference, too (this blog post gets a 63). We stopped talking around the issue and stated it directly, the way our CEO might say it.

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OpenSesame

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Editor’s Note: Today’s guest post is part of a blog series on creating eLearning courses by Sharlyn Lauby, SPHR, CPLP. And clients don’t want wimpy objectives. Wimpy objectives use what are considered to be weak verbs. What do you see as the biggest challenge to writing good learning objectives? We all know it.

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