Josh Bernoff

discusses

Writing Without Bullshit:
Boost Your Career by Saying What You Mean

This event includes a book signing

Date

Sep
13
Tuesday
September 13, 2016
6:30 PM ET
(Doors at 6:00)

Location

WorkBar Cambridge
45 Prospect St., Cambridge, MA 02139

Tickets

This event is free; no tickets are required.

Harvard Book Store welcomes technology analyst and bestselling author of Groundswell JOSH BERNOFF for a discussion of his latest book, Writing Without Bullshit: Boost Your Career by Saying What You Mean.

About Writing Without Bullshit

Joining the ranks of classics like The Elements of Style and On Writing WellWriting Without Bullshit helps professionals get to the point to get ahead.

It’s time for Writing Without Bullshit.

Writing Without Bullshit is the first comprehensive guide to writing for today’s world: a noisy environment where everyone reads what you write on a screen. The average news story now gets only 36 seconds of attention. Unless you change how you write, your emails, reports, and Web copy don’t stand a chance.

In this practical and witty book, you’ll learn to front-load your writing with pithy titles, subject lines, and opening sentences. You’ll acquire the courage and skill to purge weak and meaningless jargon, wimpy passive voice, and cowardly weasel words. And you’ll get used to writing directly to the reader to make every word count.

At the center of it all is the Iron Imperative: treat the reader’s time as more valuable than your own. Embrace that, and your customers, your boss, and your colleagues will recognize the power and boldness of your thinking.

Transcend the fear that makes your writing weak. Plan and execute writing projects with confidence. Manage edits and reviews flawlessly. And master every modern format from emails and social media to reports and press releases.

Stop writing to fit in. Start writing to stand out. Boost your career by writing without bullshit.

Josh Bernoff
Josh Bernoff

Josh Bernoff

Josh Bernoff has been a professional business writer for more than 30 years, including two decades as a renowned technology analyst. He is the coauthor of three books on business strategy, including the bestseller Groundswell.

WorkBar Cambridge
45 Prospect St., Cambridge, MA 02139

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