Clear idea #5: Information is useless.

Simple ideas to help you write what you mean – clearly and persuasively.

5. Information is useless.

The information superhighway. How quaint. Technology, tempered by wisdom, has evolved the information age into the knowledge age.

Most people despise data and crave context. Your job as a communicator is to show your readers why what you think is so vitally important is so vitally important to them.

We all ask: “What’s in it for me?” Give your readers relevance, context, and meaning.

Released on February 18th, 2006