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Presenters: If you want to be persuasive, the most important thing you can do is to make sure your presentation has a clear point.

In this week’s podcast, "Why People Struggle to Get to the Point," I describe the seven capital sins of brevity and how they often get between you and the point you’re trying to make.

To celebrate Independence Day, The Brief Lab presents four surprising facts about our Declaration of Independence.

Do you ever feel like your emails are ignored by recipients? Of all the reasons to become a brief writer, email may be the most important.

When was the last time you evaluated your own writing skills? If it's been more than a year, our free Brief Writing Webinar may be for you.

Whatever your profession, you write. Whether you’re publishing a novel, composing an email or a Tweet, or building a multimedia presentation, you are judged by your business writing.

Every job interview has the possibility to be a defining moment in your career, and brevity can help you succeed when others fall flat. In this week’s episode of my Just Saying podcast — Job [...]

In this week’s episode of my Just Saying podcast, "How to Handle #WorkRage," I discuss how to handle anger at work in a way that will elevate you, not undermine you.

Many professionals highlight their activity in status reports, because it seems to prove they’re doing something. And the problem with this is threefold: In the Weeds: Many of the activities in [...]

In this week’s podcast, Pitching a Bright Idea, I discuss why logic -- before passion or enthusiasm -- should be the driving force when you’re selling a bright idea to colleagues or clients.