February 2007 - Posts

• Test the readability of your writing

  In a previous post I suggested a simple tool for improving the writing in your organisation. Here’s another one, designed to test the readability of the writing. The Flesch reading ease test scores your writing based on average words per sentence and Read More... Posted 24 February 2007 11:45 by Phil Turner | 10 Comments Filed under: Writing

• Moustaches

  David and I are playing blog tennis today. We share an interest in the facial hair debate. I had a moustache when I was 24. Yes, I know that's far too young to have a moustache, but I was inspired by my Dad's Mo and by the 24-year-old bloke at work who Read More... Posted 23 February 2007 14:04 by Phil Turner | 8 Comments

• Can Rock save the planet?

  It’s claimed Al Gore’s latest venture , a 24-hour series of rock concerts set for 7 July, could be seen by two billion people. Those who regularly read this blog might think me flippant or self-indulgent for writing about rock n’roll in a serious blogging Read More... Posted 16 February 2007 20:42 by Phil Turner | 3 Comments Filed under: Rock n'roll

• Beards

  I saw my old mate Andy last night. He's grown a beard. A ginger beard. It's one of my great regrets that beards don't belong in the workplace. I grew one over Christmas, and shaved it off the day I came back to work. Where once it was de rigeur , now Read More... Posted 16 February 2007 15:10 by Phil Turner | 5 Comments Filed under: Rock n'roll

• The best stories are children's stories

  My good friend Dan has just signed a book deal to write children’s football novels. The first, The Kick Off , is set to be released on 4th June. Dan is an expert communicator. He knows his football. He also knows children’s stories - we all do. The best Read More... Posted 14 February 2007 13:31 by Phil Turner | 1 Comments Filed under: Writing, Storytelling

• Improve the writing in your organisation

  This is a tool that helps make people better business writers. And better communicators all round, in my opinion. It’s nothing more than a template for creating 100 word articles. It was created by a guy called Andrew Faulkner (if I remember right) for Read More... Posted 09 February 2007 11:23 by Phil Turner | 14 Comments Filed under: Writing

• The business of writing

  We’ve been talking about how to write in the business world. Here’s my starting point: "Short sentences, short paragraphs, active verbs, authenticity, compression, clarity and immediacy." Recognise this? It’s Ernest Hemingway . It’s the first thing he Read More... Posted 06 February 2007 18:15 by Phil Turner | 12 Comments Filed under: Writing