Never hit the send button right after writing. Even if you are not writing an emotionally charged email, hitting send too fast can hurt you. You might have sounded a little more harsh than you meant to, or you might not have written as clearly as you could have. Either way, give it an hour or two and come back to it with fresh eyes before sending. Often you are too close to the material just after you have written it to spot flaws in your communication.

Tone it down. You may not mean to come off harshly, but people are always taking your emails and memos the wrong way. If this happens to you, you may not realize how harsh you sound in your writing. Sometimes when people read something negative, it blocks them from absorbing your entire message. Before sending out your email, read it over carefully to make sure your message is not too negative.

Write in Microsoft Word first. Microsoft Word has the Spell Check feature, and your email probably does not. The feature does not catch every mistake, but it may help you spot some typos that you otherwise would have missed. If you have difficulty with spelling, write your communications in Microsoft Word first to take advantage of its Spell Check feature.

Break it up. People have difficulty absorbing long unbroken blocks of text. To make your emails and other communications more reader-friendly, break them up into shorter paragraphs, each containing a single main idea. This will make it easier for readers to understand your point.

Don’t be too casual. The Internet has given rise to a lot of casual acronyms and shortenings of words, such as ur for your and u for you. Avoid these at all costs in business communications. They are too casual for a business environment.

Consider your audience. Are you writing to a marketing exec, a programmer or other technical employee, or the company president? Are you writing to one specific person or to a large audience with different levels of technical understanding? You should always tailor your communications to your audience. If you are writing to employees who are not technical, avoid specialized technical words and break concepts down so that laypeople can understand.

Every email and communication you send does not have to be a work of genius. But it does need to be easily understood. Use these tips, and your business communication is sure to improve.

Jennifer Williamson runs a successful business as an article writer and freelance writer in southern Pennsylvania. Visit her website for copywriting services that can help you boost sales and traffic online, or her freelance writing blog for up-to-the-minute writing advice.

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The mean may sound like a bad thing, but the mean is actually just another word for a concept that you have UNDOUBTEDLY used SEVERAL times up to this point… the AVERAGE! That’s right, the mean is what you have always known as the average. (In fact, the average is not the most precise word to use to describe this function… mean is the correct name.) It is remarkable how many times this connection is not immediately presented to the students, and so they feel they are struggling with a new concept, and one that is probably not being taught well! I will briefly go over the calculation of the mean, but please leave a comment if you wish to have any additional details about it.

The arithmetic mean is the sum of a group of values, divided by the number of values used to determine that sum. A familiar example would go something like this:

Example:
The grades received for a test in a math class, composed of 12 students, were:
65, 98, 92, 43, 76, 64, 69, 72, 75, 85, 96, 90
What is the mean grade received on this test?

To compute the mean of this set of data, first determine the sum of the grades… this is 925.
Next, you determine the number of values, which was stated as 12.
Divide the sum by the number of values to give…. 77.083333
So the mean grade received on this test was 77%.

It’s that simple. The sum of the values, divided by the number of values. Let me know if you want more. Otherwise, I will now move on to median and mode. See my post here for tips on how to choose which of these measures of central tendency to use.

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Here is some information from David:

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The site also says, “TutorTalk Classes are dynamic, interactive small-group classrooms, led by a qualified teacher, and hosting up to five students. Students work together and chat to solve onscreen problems from the comfort of their own homes, with the help and hints of the instructor.”

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