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- Business Writing: Tips for Using Acronyms, Buzzwords, and ClichesArticle discusses pitfalls of cluttering Business Communications with Acronyms, Buzzwords and Cliches. Tips are offered to ensure writing is understandable to a broad readership.
Bone Up on Your Financial Lingo and Buzzwords for the Upcoming Presidential DebatesDefinitions for hot topic economic and financial terms that we will be hearing over the next 12 months.- 50 Worst, Most Annoying, and Funniest Office Buzzwords EverThese office buzzwords are simply over-rated, over-used, and overly-annoying. The comical part is that everyone is guilty as some point of using these office buzzwords.
- Popular Buzzwords: Where Did They Come From?An overview of popular buzzwords and their origins.
- Exploring Management Buzzwords: InnovationThis is the twentieth in a series of essays that addresses management topics. The first ten explored "hot button" issues; the next ten explore management "buzzwords."
- Management Buzzwords Explained: BureaucracyThis is the eighteenth in a series of essays that addresses management topics. The first ten explored "hot button" issues; the next ten satirize management "buzzwords."
- Management Buzzwords Explained: Value, Value-Added and Value-ChainThis is the twelfth in a series of essays that addresses management topics. The first ten explored "hot button" issues; the next ten satirize management "buzzwords."
- Management Buzzwords Explained: Vision and MissionThis is the seventeenth in a series of essays that addresses management topics. The first ten explored "hot button" issues; the next ten satirize management "buzzwords."
- Management Buzzwords Explained: Core and Distinctive CompetenciesThis is the sixteenth in a series of essays that addresses management topics. The first ten explored "hot button" issues; the next ten satirize management "buzzwords."
- Management Buzzwords Explained: Competitive AdvantageThis is the fifteenth in a series of essays that addresses management topics. The first ten explored "hot button" issues; the next ten satirize management "buzzwords."
- Management Buzzwords Explained: StrategyThis is the fourteenth in a series of essays that addresses management topics. The first ten explored "hot button" issues; the next ten satirize management "buzzwords."
- Management Buzzwords Explained: Economic Value-AddedThis is the thirteenth in a series of essays that addresses management topics. The first ten explored "hot button" issues; the next ten satirize management "buzzwords."
Buzzword: Redefining Web 2.0 Word Processing with FlashUsing some online word processors feels like you are submitting forms to edit. Buzzword, a new online entry from Virtual Ubiquity uses Flash to deliver a unique, clean, and simple user interface that can handle many word processing tasks.
Buzzword - the Best Online Word Processor I've UsedI've used Google Docs, AjaxWrite, Zoho Writer, ThinkFree Online, and more... but Buzzword, by far, is the best of the bunch. It still isn't really ready for prime time (none of them are), but in my opinion, Buzzword is closest to what an online word processor should be.
Say Goodbye to Business Buzzwords: A Quick Primer on Linguistic PufferyGo to any corporate website these days and you'll see it: a barrage of business buzzwords. If you see any of these words, here is a quick primer on what they might actually mean.- Attack of the BuzzwordsThanks to information from a friend of mine I have become aware of the fact that the use of buzzwords has reached critical mass. This must stop.
7 Buzzwords Every Content Producer Should KnowAre you familiar with these important buzzwords?- Good Riddance to Bad RubbishA commentary on Herman Cain's withdrawal from the Presidential Race
- Why "Moral" Corporations Do Not and Never Did ExistWhy "moral" businesses are not moral and can never be moral. An indictment of the "moral-washing" that does nothing but erect a moral facade over unsustainable and ultimately immoral corporations.
Quirky & Flattering Descriptions, a to Z, to Describe Your Boss in an Acrostic PoemIf you have a boss or manager that goes nuts for business buzzwords, consider writing him an acrostic poem using the letters in his name to prompt each line.- Branding's New Buzzword: PurposeWords like "green", "sustainable", and "natural" have been used and abused to the point that they've lost much of their meaning. Well buckle your seatbelt, because "purpose" may be next.
New Manufacturing Terms to KnowAs more companies shift toward Lean manufacturing practices, the language of industry workers is changing. Here are a few of the new words and their meanings.- The 12 Most Important Words to Include in a Marketing HeadlineUse these 12 (13 if you're selling sex) in marketing headlines and you can almost guarantee that you body of text will also be read.
- Cuyahoga County executive candidate: Regionalism will take timeAt the same time that Cuyahoga County prepares to establish a new form of government, the idea of regionalism to strengthen the area's economy is being analyzed by current and would-be politicians.
Can You Ping Me when You Have Extra Bandwidth?A humorous piece using as many corporate buzzwords as possible.
Can Someone Be Taught to Be Authentic?This article is about whether you can teach someone to be authentic or not. Believe it or not, there is a debate.
What's This Augmented Reality that I Keep Hearing About?If you've been paying attention to new devices and gadgets that are hitting the market and coming soon, you're sure to have come across a new buzzword; Augmented Reality. This new technology sounds cool but what is Augment Reality technology?
Will Community Be the New Buzzword for 2010As we move into 2010, let us thrive with our community by loving each other, eating local and healing ourselves. We can spread health allowing it to trickle down to those whom need it the most.- Application Development - Another Day, Another Word for the Same ThingsAn overview of Rapid Application Development (RAD), Joint Application Development (JAD), and the fluff industry.
- The Ten Percent SolutionA look at the reality of treatment according to percentages and why it really fails while succeeding
- Survive and advance is the theme for the economy-ravaged among usHaven't we all had to negotiate impending financial doom at some point? By that measure, experience should be the ultimate guide as we meander down this path of uncertainty.
- Economic Buzzwords Hit AdvertisingEconomic buzzwords like stimulus, bailout in advertising, commercials and promotion.
- Revolutionary New Marketing ConceptsNew ways many marketers a teaming together to take internet by storm.
- Sex, Dating and American IdolCreating a test to see how many clicks can be had by simply putting popular searches into an article title.
- Management Buzzwords Explained: System and SynergyThis is the eleventh in a series of essays that addresses management topics. The first ten explored "hot button" issues; the next ten satirize management "buzzwords."
- Writing Better in the Business Worldwriting, business writing, writing better
