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Don’t Use These Words on Your CV or LinkedIn Profile

Don’t Use These Words on Your CV or LinkedIn Profile | Box of delight | Scoop.it
If you’ve ever gone house-hunting or looked for a flat, you know there are certain words that act  as a kind of code: “cozy” means it’s about the size of a postage stamp, “rustic” means there might be
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For the Sake of Argument: Writing Persuasively to Craft Short, Evidence-Based Editorials

For the Sake of Argument: Writing Persuasively to Craft Short, Evidence-Based Editorials | Box of delight | Scoop.it
In this lesson, we offer suggestions on how to guide students through the process when writing editorials — from brainstorming a topic to publishing their work — and all the steps in between.
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Tell them; then convince them. | Research Funding Toolkit

When writing a grant application you need to be direct.  Begin each paragraph with its main message. Then use the rest of the paragraph to convince them that the message is true. In the book we refer to this style as “assert-justify“. An easy way to describe  assert-justify style is “Tell them; then convince them”.

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