The Secret to Business Writing: Crash Course Business - Soft Skills #3
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- Опубликовано: 26 мар 2019
- **This series is sponsored by Google**
In business, you need to know how to write. And that involves learning a bunch of things like knowing who you're writing to and what kind of thing you're writing. In this episode of Crash Course Business Soft Skills, Evelyn talks to us about writing for business.
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Most important thing I ever learned regarding business:
If you have an important conversation, Slack chatter, or meeting, follow-up with an email summarizing things to all concerned parties. Especially when it comes to what you have done, what needs to be done that was agreed upon, issues that have come up, and any changes in schedule or scope. This gives an approximate date/time of the event, and is crucial to protecting yourself later if the topic gets revisited with office hearsay/politics added on.
It also helps you with your peers, as no one likes doing meeting minutes. For the more cutthroat out there, it also lets you get first shot at defining the narrative following the event.
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nantukoprime Nobody likes an overachiever! Lol
Thanks for this, I’ve put this in its own OneNote page for future reference!
"Put your subjects before your verbs and limit your use of 'to be's".
That's a good quick summary of active voice for beginners.
I always get called up for using passive voice (by Word) but never really understood it until this video!
@@thewrastler I don't blame you. Voice is a monster that even the most experienced linguists are afraid of, and the school system does'nt help. But this will suffice for most people's goals. Just bare in mind that this is not 100% accurate and only applies to English, other languages manage it in different ways.
But yeah! Live your life and be happy!
A good book on this is “Style: Towards Clarity and Grace”. Especially for Engineers.
There’s a free pdf online as of March 2019
Thanks man
I l o v e how this series is presented. Please bring this presenter back
she's amazing
That's Evelyn on the internets on RUclips
Wow ! Thank you for this class. I'm going to business school right now and they are going to start with the same topic. This is really helpful. 🙏
The Freedom Universe, success with that! 😊
Cheers from Ireland. 🍀🇮🇪
Gosh, Evelyn I love your style of presenting! I train on Business Writing, and yet, I found enough to take back with me from this video. This kind of value add is exactly what makes Crash Course phenomenal.
Another important business skill I hope this course covers is the benefits of Journaling. Which would be taking the time to write down conversations you had, success, failures, and lessons learned. Reviewing them months or years later, or in the event of an issue, will be very helpful. After all, do you remember the details of what you did 4 months ago? I know project managers that keep daily journals and review them regularly to check their development progress.
As a non-native speaker new student who just start to study marketing, it's really helpful! Thanks! CrashCourse!
You are my new fav human. You have a seamless and relaxed way about you that makes the information easy to remember. Thank you from a nearly 50 something looking for a healthy workplace. Thank you for all of the research that goes into these vids.
Evelyn. You are so so good in this quick tutorial. It was clear, enjoyable and helpful. Thank you!!!!
I don't know much about business but I like listening to you.
Seeing the Who/What/When/Where/Why/How reminded me of my old boss, he was always on about "The 'Ws' and 'Cs.'" and even had a poster printed up with them on the back wall. The Ws were of course what was mentioned, the Cs were Consistency and Clarity. I studied how everyone else was writing e-mails and the daily briefings that go out to the company's board members and got frequent compliments on my formal writing, but every time someone else would mess something up we'd all get a 15+ minute lecture on the Ws and Cs when he got into the office haha.
I also really like the analogies in this series! I know this isn't the most recent video in the series, but I've had them randomly come up from RUclips's recommendation engine and I've enjoyed every one of them that I've watched!
Love this series, keep it up!
This is mostly good advice, but point #3 is generally horrible advice (disastrous in some business sectors). Project confidence in your abilities, do not express confidence in statements that you are not actually confident in. Otherwise, sooner or later you'll either make a serious mistake or face someone who is more knowledgeable about a topic and your poor judgement (in expressing confidence in something not worthy of that confidence) will sour your relationships both with customers and colleagues.
Being successful in business does not require being deceitful. Sometimes it helps, but it's not a necessity. Better decisions are available when the decision makers have the correct relevant facts.
I searched the best RUclips in Google search, and I'm lead here. Well, after watching one video,I agree. Very educational. I like it. Clean and precise.
Acronyms!: i use a lot of acronyms in my job. like, ~40% of the nouns i use at work are acronyms.
to battle this, i edit the auto-correct options in Microsoft word, which is the word processor i use, to auto-correct things like 'eac' to 'Exchange Admin Center'.
this way my clients, and coworkers alike dont have to look up what im talking about, and i dont have to write it out either.
also, bulleted lists are great in tech industries. they go a step further than headers to break down sentences into digestible bytes. because reading is for English majors.
something funny I experienced when watching this video:
during the part where it talks about "How to Limit Word Count", point number 2 "don't bury the lede" in particular, I was so sure that lede was supposed to be spelled "lead", and thought to myself, "did they really just leave that in and nobody caught it even during post-production?...."
Then during the part where it says "check for typos" I thought, "oh my goodness, did NOBODY check for typos in this case? I have to see whether 'lede' is a word or not and if it isn't, I'm gonna be super helpful by writing a RUclips comment pointing out that subtle spelling error."
...Lo and behold, I discovered "bury the lede" is a correctly spelled phrase dating back to at least the 1970s, and I'm so glad I did my research before making a fool of myself and correcting a professional team of video-makers who do their jobs extremely well.
TL;DR ~ a perceived typo taught me a little something extra besides the valuable information on writing for business that I came to this video for.
I was actually thinking the same thing. Ended up checking whether lede was "a" correct spelling at all, and if it actually meant what the writers intended in this context. Even now, Chrome is underlining it in red, thinking it's not a real word.
OMG! That is exactly what I was thinking ... I was about to go check that spelling especially after she made the point about spelling :) ... too funny!!!
Love this. Am going to make students view this during MCO. Thank you.
Thank you 🙏🏼. This video is really helpful
I love how Evelyn hosts this 😁
Thanks for the Valuable and Knowledgeble Content Team, I really Appreciate that, Do More to bring positive outcome from the Society !
I needed this like yesterday >.
Love the video it make it a little more understanding to me very important in the business world
Yep! Back when writing was an art and the best way to contact someone.
This is awesome!👏🏻😊 Thank you!
Thank GOD someone made a video of this!
I have so many coworkers who don't spellcheck their emails and chats and it drives me absolutely insane. Especially when they type "can" when they mean "can't" or "did" when they mean "didn't". It completely changes the meaning of what they said, and now I have to play detective and figure out what words were intentional and which were mistakes.
Omg Bob's burger reference love it
Thank you so much ma'am. Very useful lesson
Thanks, this is a vital lesson.
Ug! I simply cannot get over the cuteness of the new intro. It just looks and feels so realistic while being cute. Or maybe I'm weird. (That's probably it)
Love how you low key came for those recipe bloggers.
This is good. Thank you.
Great video! Also love the intro
Soft music for soft skills, eh?
Awesome. Thanks!
I love you, evelyn!!!
Thanks for your kind help.
Hey there I really like your information it will help me lots thank-you
Thanks!
Thanks! Also could you recommend some books about business writing?
You SOLD me from 1:32!
Ooh. Ooh! Now do policy analysis for my undergrad interns....
Love your humor 😍😍😍😍😍
Can an emotionally written book can it draw attention from the audiences?
edit: if your done rechecking your written page, can you test it with your associate or friend if this makes sense?
Tina from Bob’s Burgers in the Thought Bubble was perfect 😂😂
Educational!
Please make video on Law,Ethics and Human Rights
Thank you
Is a more “involved” reader doing anything more than spending more attention to do critical reading?
I love your hair
Did you just predict that the 13th Doctor will face off against Davros? You convinced me!
9:21 is so relatable
Too bad most scientific and academic papers look that way
(even though it's concepts and thoughts and research compressed already)
she is amazing
Ugh! If only those dang zombies in my hometown shared my passion❤️ for pizza! 🍕🍕
I used to teach at a school where the principal would "memorialize" things, meaning "to write a memo about." XD
W.C.E.F.T. and DFTBA you guys!
I like this host bring her back put her in more vids plss😀😀😊😊😁🙂👍👋👋
this series is SO GOOD! but why are the close-up shots cutting the top of Evelyn's head off? :/
Why is next video private .?
Good.
I like your job
One thing many people in the US have to learn when dealing with international associates is that not all cultures appreciate pleasant small talk or pleasantries at the beginning of business communications.
Topher S The US is actually considered one of those countries that are more direct compared to a lot of middle eastern countries which tend to do a lot more small talk first.
Valeu!
I love you Miss.
awsome
I am average English speaker not have so fluency in English, I got stuck when I engaged in a long conversation beacause of this I could not write good email. Could anyone help me how do I improve my communication and writing skilld, please reply t
It stands to reason that these tips would also work for non-business applications such as dating. 🤔
Already do most of what this episode says cause I dislike writing in general.
You guys should do a crash course cooking and get babish to host it
Okay but like the fact that she referenced doctor who in this video.
Romania?
Where's number 2?
what is a vent session？
BLUF, Bottom Line Up Front, is a good policy in emails, in my experience.
Can u elaborate ?..it seems interesting!
@@kakikencing8390 It's a military-ism; in a long email, it's common to have a BLUF right at the beginning, which is essentially the condensed point of the message; it's useful for situations where the message is sent to a large group, but it requires only situational awareness for some, and action from others.
Owh I see..thanks for the explaination
Evelyn, i like you a lot, but if you don't remind me, i very well MIGHT forget to be awesome!
Twitter is important for honing skills succinctly. Communication skills require practice. Twitter is important for practice.
Bury the lede? Funny how I never knew how to spell this correctly. Ty
Except apparently the reasoning for lede itself was an invention in the 80s. They really mean a lead. Usage is so important though.
See you on the internet somewhere
else
I like Evelyn from the internet
Grammarly is a free, awesome tool to double check your writing.
Internet cousin, is that you?!
1.double check to avoid miscommunication, spelling
Hey cuz
It's not helpful to argue about the importance of formatting versus content. They're both important; however, formatting is what the reader sees before reading any word. If your writing is poorly formatted, no one will read it.
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EVELYNNNNNNNNN?!??!?!?
Am I the only non native english speaker here?
Gabriel Fagundes
No I speak Spanish bro
And a little russian
Nope. I speak Somali and Arabic.
German bro.
I am an Arabic speaker.
First
First!
TacoCrisis nah mate sorry
@@jarethtorres72 WHAT THE F- I WAS NUMBER ONE ON MY PHONE
Ur second thoo
Ok
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WHO THE HELL AM I DO YOU WANNA DIE I JUST WANNA FLY I WANNA GO
Ugh I can't watch these, they remaind me of... well, my job...
Bury the “lede”? Isn’t it “lead”?
Today I learned that it’s lede, not lead. 😜
Is it? lead is used as the opening sentence or paragraph!
كويز رضا وينكم😂
Idk why I'm here
nor do we but thats ok make up tutorials are down there on the right >
The script probably should have read, "... explaining initialisms"
You mean writing in Ebonics isn't a good idea?
Booooo! The new doctor who sucks!!!
5:17 this is my generation, isn't it? Ugh, gross.