To use or not to use ChatGPT? March Wordnerdery collects opinions
If ChatGPT wasn’t a robot, it might well be blushing. That’s because people are endlessly talking about it. Writers especially are wondering if a chatbot can do what we do. In early tests, not very well. Text generated by artificial intelligence (AI) reads...
It takes more than a social media post to drive change
Communications professionals play an important role in the companies we work for. We’re their eyes and ears. We’re the lens through which they view the world. And we help define and share the strategies that move the company forward. So what are we doing to support...
Tips for better inclusion in links you might have missed, January edition
Welcome to another roundup of links you might have missed from posts I’ve shared on social media! This collection has to do with diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). You may be interested to know that inclusion is the reason I stopped calling these “ICYMI” (In case...
Marvellous metaphors in February 2023 Wordnerdery
Metaphors are marvellous when you want to explain something complicated, give an idea of size, make a point memorably – or just make someone smile. “An especially apt metaphor surprises and delights,” says author Jack Hart in A Writer’s Coach: An Editor’s Guide to...
Thinking about getting certified? Here’s what you need to know
If you want to get certified as a communication professional, get on it. You don’t have to leave your house. You don’t have to wait for your IABC chapter to host an in-person exam, although there will be one at the World Conference in Toronto June 4. You can now write...
Streamline sentences to translate terms; a ‘Before & After’ in Wordnerdery
This may be a new year, but it’s the same old, same old when it comes to wordy, baffling language. And you’ll find lots of that in any company’s Terms of Use. Terms of Use should be easy to read, don’t you think? And making them easy is just...
Writing tips you might have missed, December edition
A new year, a new series of social media posts you might have missed, once again all about writing. Yes, you could say that is a particular interest of mine. There’s some advice about getting back into writing after the holidays, tips to be a better writer, what...
Gaslighting and goblin mode among the 2022 words of the year
In 2022, we finally moved past the pandemic’s domination of the words people searched for online. We’re not out of the pandemic woods yet, of course, and we’re still talking about it. But we’re also looking up and talking about a range of other things going on in our...