A company's value is not simply just a reference to its impressive performance and its financial reports. It also refers to the role a company or organization plays in (or the attention it pays to) aspects regarding social life, economic progress and environmental sustainability. These can also serve to boost a company's value. These sustainability aspects can be comprehensively disclosed in a Sustainability Report. What, then, are the aspects that are usually listed in a Sustainability Report, … [Read more...]
The Significance of Sustainability Report for Business Development
Sustainability Reports have been on the rise for the past few decades, both for profit-based companies and non-profit ones. Though often viewed together, a Sustainability Report is not the same thing as an Annual Report. The latter outlines a company’s profile, the line of business, and its performance in terms of finance and business in a given calendar year. It is through a Sustainability Report that a company or organization can take into account its impact on various issues regarding … [Read more...]
Exophony: Adopting a language and enriching it
By Prasiddha Gustanto Senior writer and editor at ALVEO People have written in languages that are not their mother tongue for thousands of years. Yet, it wasn't until the past few decades that the world of academia came up with a term to describe this phenomenon. That term is “exophony.” Coined by scholars Susan Arndt, Dirk Naguschewski and Robert Stockhammer in 2007, the term, as its Greek roots suggest, is a combination of “exo” and “phonic”, with “exo” meaning “from outside” and … [Read more...]
The Importance of Grammar in Business Writing
By Felicia Yulianti Senior writer at ALVEO “Making grammar mistakes is quite common, even among native speakers.” Although it may be applicable in casual conversation, it is not always the case when it comes to writing, especially business writing. In fact, grammar in business writing is essential. As time progresses and we are currently in the content-driven era, business written contents—such as press releases, newsletters, proposals, websites, articles, social media captions, and … [Read more...]
Annual Report: Communication Aspects
Almost all companies, including the ones in Indonesia, are required to submit their performance results for the past year in the form of an annual report addressed to the public or stakeholders. On a fundamental level, an annual report not only serves as a written copy of the company's performance presented to comply with regulations or directions from regulators. It also serves as a means to gain trust from both the public and from business partners for the company's business … [Read more...]
How to manage your ghostwriter…successfully
By Christian Razukas Originally published on linkedin. Republished with permission. Writing your memoirs is a great way to share what you’ve learned–or to build your personal brand. As a former journalist, I’ve been using my skills to create books and white papers for brilliant people who want to write, but who choose not to, for whatever reason. I’ve done this behind the scenes as a ghost writer. If you’re thinking about collaborating with a ghost, check out these tips for working with a … [Read more...]
5Cs for Effective Business Writing
By Aulia R. Sungkar (Ollie) Director at ALVEO Business writing has one ultimate goal: to convey valuable information. To achieve this goal, a company needs to be good at effective business writing. However, how does one produce effective business writing? Is there any guide for doing this? Worry not. Context, Content, Clarity, Color and Carrier (also known as the 5Cs) are the keys to effective business writing. The 5Cs are widely known as the definitive guide to delivering effective … [Read more...]
Different Roles of Editors and Copy Editors
By Prasiddha Gustanto Senior writer and editor at ALVEO The average layperson can be forgiven for thinking that editors and copy editors are synonymous positions with identical roles. After all, in all fairness, the two titles do sound rather alike, and they both focus on editing. These two jobs, however, have very important differences, and it is important to know what role each plays for any individual or organization hoping to prepare the final draft of a document. Whenever one … [Read more...]
What is 5W1H Method?
By Felicia Yulianti Senior writer at ALVEO At school, people usually understand 5W1H as a tool to construct proper news paragraphs in language subjects. Further, at university, 5W1H becomes students’ method to use in compiling a good report. The 5W1H method is shorthand for “Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How.” Answers to these questions are the basis for information gathering, so as to communicate a clear situation. This method is often used in research and journalism. The method … [Read more...]
How not being a native English speaker makes me a better UX writer
Companies often list “native English speaker” as a requirement but are they missing out on first-class writing talent? Dragana explains why non-native English speakers actually make for great UX writers! By Dragana Milovanovic Originally published on UX Writers Collective “The folks in the US should do it,” he said. “We can write the content, but they should do the review. They’re a native English speaker after all.” Sigh. Another person who thinks that I’ll never be as good in my … [Read more...]