How the first S in FINESSE Creates Effective Communication to Senior Management
The first S in FINESSE stands for Structure. These three tips and a three-minute video will help you improve the structure of your...
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JD Solomon
- Nov 21, 2023
- 2 min
Technical Communication Is ‘Easier to Read’ with These 5 Writing Tips
The "Easier to Read' series on writing tips is now complete. Technical professionals will gain an understanding of how social media has...
JD Solomon
- Oct 11, 2023
- 2 min
Five Writing Tips That Make Your Business Reports Easy to Skim
Most people now flip through reports searching for useful information, stopping to read only if something seems interesting. Blame it on...
Lester Ray Moore
- Sep 6, 2023
- 1 min
Effective Communication: Be Concise
An Example In the end, the sign said simply ‘John Thompson’ with a picture of a hat. Conciseness Conciseness involves conveying...
Lester Ray Moore
- May 19, 2023
- 3 min
Structure: How to Improve Business Presentations by Practicing without PowerPoint Slides
You have completed the final draft of your business presentation. Now it is time to practice, and practicing means pulling up the...
Lester Ray Moore
- May 11, 2023
- 2 min
Structure and Sequence Empower Effective Communication to Senior Management
Communicating with FINESSE had the opportunity to poll 63 young professionals in two separate forums. Our conclusion is that presentation...
JD Solomon
- May 2, 2023
- 3 min
Five Presentation Sequences Used by the Best Young Professionals
The organization of any presentation is important but is often overlooked by technical professionals. Technically trained professionals...
JD Solomon
- Feb 21, 2023
- 3 min
Why It Doesn't Matter If Color Blindness is a Deficiency or an Impairment
Color blindness should be addressed in your communication and facilitation approach, whether you believe it to be a deficiency, an...
JD Solomon
- Feb 1, 2023
- 3 min
Does Inclusion & Accessibility Matter When Communicating Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)?
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) is probably the hottest topic in the environmental sector these days. As an expert in...
JD Solomon
- Jan 16, 2023
- 4 min
Increase Accessibility (and visibility) by Using Correct PowerPoint Headings
The constant bombardment of information has created short attention spans. Headings (headers) help consumers of information skim through...
JD Solomon
- Jan 9, 2023
- 2 min
The #1 Speech-to-Text Tool That Improves Inclusion and Business Presentations
Speech-to-text recognition software identifies spoken language and turns it into text. These apps are invaluable to the hearing-impaired...
JD Solomon
- Jan 2, 2023
- 2 min
Checking Contrast Easily Improves Business Reports and Presentations
Contrast impacts the readability of your content in print, on PowerPoint presentations, and on the web. Contrast is especially important...
JD Solomon
- Nov 29, 2022
- 3 min
8 Tips for Facilitating Public Workshops and Comment Sessions
Facilitating public workshops and comment sessions are typically conducted by public-sector organizations. These sessions are intended to...
JD Solomon
- Nov 10, 2022
- 3 min
Facilitation Lessons Learned: One Board, Four Board Retreats, and Four Formats
Facilitators seldom have the opportunity to use four formats with the same board of directors for four consecutive years. Blame it on...
JD Solomon
- Nov 2, 2022
- 2 min
How to Communicate with FINESSE in Information Sessions
There was a lot to unpack from the 45-minute information session. After all, three different governmental units evaluated the issue for...
JD Solomon
- Oct 26, 2022
- 2 min
Telling Your Story Produces Relaxed Communication, Effective Technical Presentations
As trusted advisors, technical professionals stand on the data first. Telling the story of the data overpowers most of our communication...
CWF
- Oct 14, 2022
- 1 min
A Rightly Timed Pause...
Mark Twain was a writer, publisher, lecturer, and the greatest humorist the United States has produced. We share his quote today in the...
JD Solomon
- Oct 10, 2022
- 2 min
A Classic Example of Public Speaking, Noise Reduction, and The Three-Act Structure
I was pleasantly surprised to find a great example of the three-act structure at a recent Young Professional forum where I was speaking....
JD Solomon
- Sep 2, 2022
- 3 min
Communicate Your Results at the Beginning of Your Business Presentation
Start with the conclusion. No build-up. No grand reveal. No details. Simply and concisely state the conclusion. This is the message that...
JD Solomon
- Mar 21, 2022
- 3 min
The Big Stuff, and the Small Stuff, of Communicating Complexity and Uncertainty
The Average Does Not Matter Biologist Stephen Jay Gould was told he was dying of a rare form of cancer. His time on this earth was...
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