Category: Written Communication

What a Virtual Assistant Does

Working from home

Working From Home, Working for You A virtual assistant (VA) is a remote assistant, taking care of your back office, allowing you to work on or in your business, and they’re a person who specializes in client relationships. They ‘take care of the small stuff’ (or big stuff, if that’s what you need), and that …

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Less is (Usually) More

Working from home

Please, do not, ever, be 100% reliant with the grammar or spelling checker your browser (or word processing program, like Microsoft (r) Word) uses.

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Business Writing – A Few Pointers

A Game of Chess?

Understanding what an Executive Summary was allowed the axiom ‘less is more’ to sink in even more.

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Writing on the Go

On the go Office

Do you love to write? I do. So much so that I said goodbye to a prestigious contract teaching position at one of Canada’s two largest colleges. I had been writing content for clients, on and off, but two things kept on pushing themselves the surface of my mind: I was done, overdone; in fact …

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Writing Tools for Writers – Microsoft Word and Others

Overcoming writing hurdles

Microsoft Word has added some valuable tools for writers.

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