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What every organisation can do to maximize ROI on Training - Skills Clinic  What every organisation can do to maximize ROI on Training 0 Organisations investing in training often experience disillusionment when the returns on investment don’t seem to be realised. Over our years engaging all levels of entities from blue chip corporates to smaller businesses, we’d like ...

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Tips for Taking Minutes in a Virtual Meeting Minute-taking isn’t easy at the best of times.

To communicate effectively, you probably need to amp up your writing skills. A huge percentage of your work product will be documented in emails and status reports. Writing a short and to-the-point email is a skill that few possess, so if you get good at this, you’ll be noticed. Crafting an email or a clear memo subject line helps busy people figure out which documents need to be opened now and which can be held for later. Keeping your emails short and to the point, with a clear takeaway or request for action, is important and a gift to anyone with an overloaded inbox (and that’s everyone). If your work group uses modern digital team-management software like Slack, Microsoft Teams, or whichever new collaboration platform your company adopted last week, you need to spend the time it takes to become a power user.

Your boss will notice.

If you are not sure that your grammar and punctuation are up to s***f, go immediately to the bookstore (pick a local one, please) and purchase a copy of The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White. First published in its full form in 1919 by Strunk and later updated and revised by White in 1959, it is the writer’s reference for all things grammatical. Read it—no, memorize it. Your writing will improve immensely.

Why upping your communication game is a huge part of redesigning your work life The skill of writing clearly and concisely is critical during these fast-changing times, write authors Bill Burnett and Dave Evans in this excerpt.

Because we could all use some tips on how to write better!

How to Make Your Business Writing Readable (With Real-Life Examples) Write for the way your coworkers actually read with these 11 data-backed best practices: Frontload what's important, chunk information for retention, make it skimmable, and more...

Understand the logistics and behaviors of successful virtual meetings

Virtual can't be better than in-person, right? Incorrect. Here's a guide. One of the major themes, discussions, and arguments about the shift to more remote work and hybrid models has been the idea that you cannot innovate or do things properly in a largely-virtual environment. As noted by Ed Zitron in his work-related newsletter: One of the classic anti-remote defenses i...

We've been pioneering and supporting the shift to remote workspaces for some time now, in these challenging times this article serves to inspire organisations that 'the new normal' is really worth embracing!

Your Culture Was Never Your Building, But Now It Definitely Isn’t

Your Culture Was Never Your Building, But Now It Definitely Isn’t With the world on the verge of returning to the office, it's important to remember that the culture was never the building, and it never will be.

In order to take professional minutes of meetings, it is necessary to have a good grasp of Business English before you begin. Here's a free online course to assist minute takers who are struggling with Business English - invest 15 minutes a day to boost your core skills!

Invest 15 minutes a day and become proficient in Business English with GlobalExam Business English lessons in 15 minutes You need to develop your English skills to advance your career, but in the past whenever you started a new course you felt you spent lots of time but you did not really see your progress. Evidently, when you deliver a presentation in your native language you ar...

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As a Minute Taker having a strong vocabulary is essential to your role. This article provides resources that can make your job easier: https://minutetakersclinic.co.za/increase-your-vocabulary-the-easy-way/

Increase your vocabulary the easy way! | Minute Takers Clinic Learning new words is often done ‘intuitively’ but this can result in incorrect usage, Minute Takers Clinic has a fun way to increase our vocabulary.

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