Miraka’s Blog Archive

October 2024
- 23 Oct 2024 Plain language - what is it really? 23 Oct 2024
- 10 Oct 2024 4 ways plain language makes for happier, more effective employees 10 Oct 2024
September 2024
- 16 Sept 2024 How I’m helping a large multinational with grad training 16 Sept 2024
- 16 Sept 2024 How I helped a council-controlled organisation improve its board papers 16 Sept 2024
- 11 Sept 2024 3 lessons after 8 months of being in business for myself 11 Sept 2024
- 4 Sept 2024 CrossFit and writing – how to make hard habits easy 4 Sept 2024
August 2024
- 28 Aug 2024 How to write brilliant documents without spending hours at your desk 28 Aug 2024
- 20 Aug 2024 Double Dutch: Disney claims man can’t sue for wife’s death at Disney resort because of Disney+ T&Cs 20 Aug 2024
- 7 Aug 2024 5 reasons why nobody’s reading your docs – the painful truth and how to fix it 7 Aug 2024
November 2022
- 9 Nov 2022 Plain Language - Winning All Around 9 Nov 2022
October 2022
- 11 Oct 2022 Feeling Stuck in Your Writing? 11 Oct 2022
July 2022
- 6 Jul 2022 Preaching to The Choir of Good Writing 6 Jul 2022
June 2022
- 3 Jun 2022 How to write a shitty document — in 7 steps 3 Jun 2022
May 2022
- 19 May 2022 How to communicate with customers: Put on their smelly shoes (Part 3) 19 May 2022
- 3 May 2022 How to communicate with customers: Put on their smelly shoes (Part 2) 3 May 2022
April 2022
- 25 Apr 2022 How to communicate with customers: Put on their smelly shoes (Part 1) 25 Apr 2022
November 2021
- 15 Nov 2021 How’s your writer switch? 15 Nov 2021
September 2021
- 15 Sept 2021 The power of leveraging your strengths 15 Sept 2021
- 2 Sept 2021 Confidence in writing 2 Sept 2021
May 2021
- 17 May 2021 Managing expectations 17 May 2021
- 3 May 2021 How to advocate for yourself by email 3 May 2021
October 2020
- 12 Oct 2020 Writing for outcomes - Part 3 12 Oct 2020
September 2020
- 22 Sept 2020 Writing for outcomes - part 2 22 Sept 2020
- 7 Sept 2020 Writing for outcomes - part 1 7 Sept 2020
August 2020
- 25 Aug 2020 Emails: How to deliver hard messages 25 Aug 2020
June 2020
- 27 Jun 2020 How bad emails stop you from getting things done 27 Jun 2020
- 8 Jun 2020 Emails - The Conversation Follow Up 8 Jun 2020
May 2020
- 26 May 2020 What do business readers want? 26 May 2020
March 2020
- 16 Mar 2020 Emails: Saying sorry 16 Mar 2020
February 2020
- 24 Feb 2020 Writing saves lives 24 Feb 2020
January 2020
- 28 Jan 2020 Assertive business emails 28 Jan 2020
November 2019
- 19 Nov 2019 How to sound professional and human in your business writing 19 Nov 2019
October 2019
- 15 Oct 2019 How to make a living as a writer 15 Oct 2019
- 11 Oct 2019 Writing, Joy & Badassery 11 Oct 2019
September 2019
- 25 Sept 2019 Whose permission do you need? 25 Sept 2019
- 18 Sept 2019 How to get better at writing 18 Sept 2019
August 2019
- 20 Aug 2019 How to write an essay 20 Aug 2019
- 12 Aug 2019 How to write an executive summary 12 Aug 2019
July 2019
- 30 Jul 2019 How to write faster 30 Jul 2019
June 2019
- 25 Jun 2019 How to proofread - quickly and efficiently 25 Jun 2019
- 12 Jun 2019 Getting clarity - how do I write more clearly? 12 Jun 2019
May 2019
- 30 May 2019 Sell them what they want, so you can give them what they need 30 May 2019
- 23 May 2019 How to persuade and get buy-in 23 May 2019
- 8 May 2019 Dear document reviewers 8 May 2019
- 2 May 2019 How to write a report 2 May 2019
April 2019
- 24 Apr 2019 What place does empathy have in business writing? 24 Apr 2019
- 3 Apr 2019 How to write a cover letter 3 Apr 2019
March 2019
- 20 Mar 2019 How to write a resignation letter 20 Mar 2019
- 13 Mar 2019 How to create the right tone in your emails 13 Mar 2019
- 6 Mar 2019 You can't please everyone 6 Mar 2019
February 2019
- 16 Feb 2019 Dear language purists 16 Feb 2019
November 2018
- 21 Nov 2018 The formal business voice is dead 21 Nov 2018
August 2017
- 29 Aug 2017 How to make your CV stand out 29 Aug 2017
- 17 Aug 2017 How to be concise – strip out the fluff! 17 Aug 2017
April 2017
- 23 Apr 2017 Writing for outcomes part 3 - tools for document structure 23 Apr 2017
March 2017
- 10 Mar 2017 Writing for outcomes part 2 - how to structure a business document 10 Mar 2017
February 2017
- 20 Feb 2017 Writing for outcomes part 1– how to structure a business document 20 Feb 2017
- 4 Feb 2017 How does plain language save money? 4 Feb 2017