tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709106806146552376.post8106294459474311919..comments2019-12-26T07:40:56.071+00:00Comments on A Few Kind Words: In the beginning ... (part two)Jamie Jaunceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10487256106040012552noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709106806146552376.post-841913942223210822010-03-08T18:27:03.864+00:002010-03-08T18:27:03.864+00:00Is it just about giving people the permission to w...Is it just about giving people the permission to write as themselves? Telling them the rules they thought they had to use to sound grown-up are not true? You'll tell me it takes more than that to change business writing, no doubt.<br /><br />What you say reminds me of giving people permission to "perform" when speaking in public. Or permission to engage with others: beam at someone in a queue, rather than nod vaguely. Permission to be alive?Moira Munrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14108625155504355663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709106806146552376.post-72898450663954617692010-03-05T17:54:22.614+00:002010-03-05T17:54:22.614+00:00The personal is almost utterly absent in writing i...The personal is almost utterly absent in writing in the public sector, if my experience of schools and the NHS is anything to go by. It is actively discouraged, as if 'I' were some sort of profanity. I've been trying to help several departments redesign leaflets and submit posters to conferences, and everyone is surprised that people stop and look at posters that are personal, that talk about failures as well as successes, and acknowledge the emotion with which we invest caring for patients and writing for and about them. I wish more openings were Holloway-esque! They would then be more accessible, and, potentially, more true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com