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Articles & Books From Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts
Supercharge your next grant proposal with the power of AI A stand-out grant proposals can be the difference between your organization thriving, surviving, or folding. So don't miss the opportunity presented by artificial intelligence (AI) to take your grant proposals to the next level! In Grant Writing with AI For Dummies, business writer extraordinaire Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts delivers an exciting new guide to supercharging your next grant proposal with AI.
Learn how to generate high quality, business documents with AI This essential guide helps business writers and other professionals learn the strengths and weaknesses of AI as a writing assistant. You'll discover how AI can help you by chopping through writer's block, drafting an outline, generating headlines and titles, producing meaningful text, maintaining consistency, proofreading and editing, and optimizing content for search engines.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 06-17-2024
Unleash the power of AI to transform your writing process and revolutionize your creativity. This Cheat Sheet introduces you to some common AI lingo and popular AI tools to get you started, and helps you to identify your target audience, generate a writing brief, and polish and proofread your content.Introducing a buffet of AI lingoIf you’re not familiar with AI, here are some terms to get you started:
AI ethics: Adopting and implementing systems that support a safe, secure, unbiased, and environmentally friendly approach to AI.
Article / Updated 10-19-2023
In the context of creating presentations, I compare understanding your audience to many of the courtroom scenes you’ve viewed in the movies and on TV. During the trial, attorneys pose leading questions they know will impact the jurors as they intend. They can do that because they’ve had the opportunity to get to know them beforehand through questioning.
Article / Updated 10-18-2023
Whether presentations are live, virtual, or hybrid, they’re one of most effective business communication tools of our time. Strong presentation skills are a hallmark of strong leaders and people who aspire to become leaders. When you want to be seen as a subject matter expert (SME) or knowledge source, a presentation can showcase your skills and potential.
Article / Updated 10-30-2023
It’s in our nature to tell stories and share our life’s events. And you probably use hyperboles (exaggerations) to make your stories more engaging — peppering them with statements such as, “I nearly died of embarrassment” or “My feet were killing me.” While this casual sharing is different from being in front of an audience, you do know how to tell stories.
Learn to influence audiences with storyopia: Stories that take them on a journey from what is to what could be: Storytelling in Presentations For Dummies shows you how to develop and deliver a presentation through storytelling, keeping audience interested, and most importantly, making them heroes that take action towards change.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 09-05-2023
Storytelling is one of the most effective tools in presentations for several reasons:
Stories engage the audience and evoke emotion responses.
They make information more relatable and memorable.
They can increase retention and make messages more compelling.
And they help build trust between the presenter and the audience.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 06-06-2023
This Cheat Sheet includes an outline for writing a technical brief, which is an important first step in the technical-writing process — whether you're an experienced technical writer or a beginner.A technical brief helps you identify and organize important information, such as your reader profile and the writing and approval process.
Learn to document the technology that makes the world go Technical Writing For Dummies is a master class on how to build a career writing user manuals, e-learning, streaming, simulations, and more. It even zooms into the metaverse. Whether you’re new to the field, a seasoned professional, or a technical person who needs to write, this guide arms you with the skills you need to cash in on this flourishing world of technical writing.