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RE: "How to Help Anyone Understand How to Do Anything"
Subject:RE: "How to Help Anyone Understand How to Do Anything" From:"Wright, Lynne" <Lynne -dot- Wright -at- Kronos -dot- com> To:John Allred <john2 -at- allrednet -dot- com>, "Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com> Date:Mon, 30 Apr 2018 14:24:13 +0000
"his" advice? The author is a woman.
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Subject: Re: "How to Help Anyone Understand How to Do Anything"
I think the author succeeded in writing an interesting overview. His advice to assume the reader has none of your knowledge is spot-on, in my opinion, except where the audience is known or can reliably be assumed to possess specific expertise.
John Allred
> On Apr 30, 2018, at 8:29 AM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com> wrote:
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> Greetings Whirlers,
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> I came across this article today and wondered what you all might think of it. The subhead reads: "Instructions made easy." Has the author succeeded in making instructions easy?
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>https://www.inc.com/alison-davis/how-to-help-anyone-understand-how-to-
> do-anything.html
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> Cordially,
> Craig Cardimon
> Senior Technical Writer
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