Smart Brevity
The Power of Saying More With Less (revised and Updated)
Workman Publishing Company · Print & ebook · September 20, 2022
Brevity is confidence.
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- Who it’s for
- A practical guide to clearer, shorter writing that respects your time.
- Genres
- Business Writing, Better Communication, Leadership
- Published
- Workman Publishing Company, September 20, 2022
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Brevity is confidence. Length is fear. This is the guiding principle of Smart Brevity, a communication formula built by Axios journalists to prioritize essential news and information, explain its impact and deliver it in a concise and visual format. In this revised and updated edition, the co-founders of Axios have created an essential guide for communicating effectively and efficiently using Smart Brevity—think Strunk and White’s Elements of Style for the digital age.
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In Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less, Axios co-founders Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, and Roy Schwartz teach readers how to say more with less in virtually any format. They also share communications lessons learned from their decades of experience in media, business and communications.
Clearer, Shorter
A practical guide to clearer, shorter writing that respects your time.
Come here for
- tight, usable guidance
- a brisk, dip-in format
Expect
- straightforward advice
- easy reference for daily use
Where it sits
| Business Writing | 46% |
|---|---|
| Leadership | 41% |
| Better Communication | 27% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Business Writing
- Business Skills
- Creative Writing
- Building Success
- Authors
- Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, Roy Schwartz
- Publisher
- Workman Publishing Company
- Published
- September 20, 2022
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Business Writing