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Smart Brevity

The Power of Saying More with Less

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Smart Brevity

By: Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, Roy Schwartz
Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
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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. Now, 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.

In SMART BREVITY: The Power of Saying More with Less, Axios co-founders Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, and Roy Schwartz teach listeners 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.

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©2022 Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, Roy Schwartz (P)2022 Workman Publishing Company Business Writing Career Success Personal Development Personal Success Words, Language & Grammar Writing & Publishing Career Business Inspiring
Effective Communication Techniques • Practical Writing Tips • Valuable Communication Framework • Concise Messaging Approach
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It made the same point 24 times (Chapters)
Why it matters:
I’m busy and intelligent. Some repetition is good, but it was too much.

Repetetive

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Until about the 17th chapter, when it starts talking about oral communications, this book is a five star, must-read. After that, it starts devolving into platitudes and truisms until it finally reaches the chapter on using “inclusive” language - a low point for the book.

How to get your point across!

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Not totally new concepts, but valuable approach to changing nature of work and communication

Must Read for ALL Professionals

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The guidance on capturing the audience to efficiently deliver messaging is top notch. The tools work

Where has this been???!!!

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Most of us could use more brevity (oxymoron?)
Many of the techniques mentioned are quite useful; the constant promotion of Axios was irritating and excessive. However, as another reviewer mentioned, the target audience is clearly the Type A go-getter, not so much the average person who just wants to do a better job of communicating!

Useful concept but...

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If you follow the direction of this book you’ll be a step above 90% of others on your communications.

These authors have got it right. This is the future of communications in the news, businesses, and even emails/social.

Meet the reader where they are and give them when they want at the beginning.

It’s 100% worth the time and credit/money to listen.

I’m bought in - keep it brief.

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Useful information for work . Next step will be to use the resources and website to test it out . Thank you

Very helpful

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While these writing tips are on point, much of this is common sense in communication.

I agree with other readers that they missed the mark on their own brevity with this book.

Ironically could have been more brief

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I challenge anyone after reading/listening to this book to not feel motivated to try it out. A GREAT resource.

Smart Brevity…in both title and their explanations

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Examples of effective communication and the practical use in any large group environment. Simplistic idea that is so often overlooked which is exactly why we overlook written communication in our day to day lives.

Getting to the point

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