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Australia’s important strata community has the opportunity to celebrate its successes each year at each state’s Strata Community Awards for…
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Founded in 1988 by businessman and multicultural marketing guru, Joseph Assaf AO, the annual Ethnic Business Awards are the country’s longest-running national business awards…
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What does the Tenderer really want? How to ask questions during the Tender process. Once you’ve read all the Request for…
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If you’re considering entering a business award, take note of these important tips to radically improve your chances of winning.…
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GM Proof Communications, Chrissy Crust had the pleasure of interviewing Roy Wakelin-King, Government Strategic Advisor for IMAB2B, focusing on the…
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A comma splice is a grammatical error that’s easy to identify. It’s when a comma separates two phrases (independent clauses)…
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Editing and proofreading your own work is tough. We’re too close to it to proofread it perfectly. A fresh pair…
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During a recent radio interview a prominent Sydney barrister was several times heard to use the phrase ‘it was more…
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The extra comma As you’ll remember from school, we use commas to separate items in a list. For example: I…
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Big businesses have in-house style manuals or style guides which set out basic grammar rules and conventions, plus those used…
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Affect vs. Effect ‘Affect’ is a verb that means ‘cause a change in’ or ‘influence’. ‘Effect’ is mostly used as…
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When you’re typing or texting at speed, it’s easy to spell a word incorrectly. But mistakes can completely change the…
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There’s almost certainly been at least one occasion when you’ve re-read an email or a report you’ve written and just…
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Take 5 seconds to read the following sentence: Fifty florins for a flagon of fluff. How many Fs did you count? Six? Seven? There…
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As the music world mourns the death of rock god Eddie Van Halen this week, stories of his eponymous band’s…
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Doing business is difficult enough without having to reach for the urban dictionary and thesaurus. In an effort to outdo…
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Some things in life are just plain wrong. Referring to a week at home as a ‘staycation’, and believing macramé…
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They say English is the world’s most difficult language to learn. And proofreading certainly has its challenges. The English language…
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What does the Tenderer really want? How to ask questions during the Tender process. Once you’ve read all the Request for…
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GM Proof Communications, Chrissy Crust had the pleasure of interviewing Roy Wakelin-King, Government Strategic Advisor for IMAB2B, focusing on the…
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Annual reporting season is almost upon us! Yes, it’s that happy time of year when listed companies, government and not-for-profits…
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The executive summary holds pole position in your tender, pitch, bid or proposal. That’s because it represents a golden opportunity to…
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A poorly written tender or proposal can be a major roadblock in your business’ success. If you’re not effectively, concisely…
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Writing a tender, bid or proposal takes stamina! In addition to answering the tender questions, dealing with the paperwork can…
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If you’re considering entering a business award, take note of these important tips to radically improve your chances of winning.…
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Despite mountains of evidence, some business owners still remain unconvinced of the benefits of winning a business award. So, listen…
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As the year winds down, many businesses enter a slower period. But there’s an upside: when there’s less work to…
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Entering a business award can significantly boost your company’s profile, credibility and business opportunities. However, the process of award writing…
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Whether you’ve written the first draft or you’re yet to write a single word, when it comes to creating a…
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When you consider that your business award entry is just one of perhaps hundreds that the judges are assessing, you…
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Give yourself five seconds to read the following line: Fifty florins for a flagon of fluff How many Fs did…
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Whether a writer doesn’t have time to focus on editing and proofreading, or simply doesn’t understand the importance of it,…
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There’s almost certainly been at least one occasion when you’ve re-read an email or a report you’ve written and just…
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Take 5 seconds to read the following sentence: Fifty florins for a flagon of fluff. How many Fs did you count? Six? Seven? There…
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As the music world mourns the death of rock god Eddie Van Halen this week, stories of his eponymous band’s…
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Some things in life are just plain wrong. Referring to a week at home as a ‘staycation’, and believing macramé…
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Most can write, but most can’t write well! Writing is hard: it’s not only thinking up the ideas, but articulating…
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It would be a crying shame if a document you’ve spent countless hours working on is riddled with errors when…
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Copywriting experts may instruct us to ‘write as you speak’, but there are times when it’s better not to. You’ll…
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If you’re briefing an editor or proofreader, you’ll need to know the difference or you might not get the result…
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Sreeram Sreenivasan, founder and CEO of Ubiq BI, sums up building your brand as being ‘all about occupying a sizeable…
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‘Write a complex business document’ is never going make it onto any list of Fifty Things You Absolutely Must Do…
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If you’re considering entering a business award, take note of these important tips to radically improve your chances of winning.…
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A comma splice is a grammatical error that’s easy to identify. It’s when a comma separates two phrases (independent clauses)…
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Winning a grant in Australia needs a strategic approach that combines an understanding of the environment, clear reasons for seeking…
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While tender writing can be an arduous process, successfully submitting a winning tender can lead to highly profitable and worthwhile…
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Give yourself five seconds to read the following line: Fifty florins for a flagon of fluff How many Fs did…
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Entering a business award can significantly boost your company’s profile, credibility and business opportunities. However, the process of award writing…
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Annual reporting season is almost upon us! Yes, it’s that happy time of year when listed companies, government and not-for-profits…
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Every year, as annual reporting season approaches, organisations across the corporate, government, and not-for-profit sectors face the critical task of…
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Where do we even begin? Not proofreading an annual report can have significant repercussions, not least because it’s a summary…
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If you’re a listed company or government agency you’ll understand better than most how important annual reports, sustainability reports and…
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Given the importance of annual reports for regulatory compliance and stakeholder communications, it’s vital that they are accurate, clear, and…
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Proofreaders for annual reports When you consider that your public facing or important stakeholder documents are going to be closely…
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