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		<title>To Correct or Not to Correct</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest media comment around the British education system’s attitude to grammar and spelling comes from the London Metro. The paper has highlighted the case of one particular unnamed secondary school where teachers have been told to correct a maximum of three spelling errors in any piece of written work. Parents have brought their concerns [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Punctuation and Spelling Test for British Primary Children?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In response to current government thinking that standards in spelling, punctuation and grammar have fallen among British school leavers, the Department for Education plans to introduce an external SPAG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar) test that children will take before they leave primary school, as reported by the BBC. Head teachers have responded negatively to this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://communicationskillsblog.communicaid.com/writing-skills/business-writing-skills/a-new-punctuation-and-spelling-test-for-british-primary-children/</link>
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		<title>To Copy or Not to Copy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Few conversational topics in the workplace are more emotive than the use of the &#8216;CC&#8217; or &#8216;carbon copy’ function when sending and receiving professional emails.  Who would think that the clicking of one or more items in an electronic address book could cause such consternation?  Originally designed to improve the flow of information, CCing has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://communicationskillsblog.communicaid.com/writing-skills/email-writing-skills/to-copy-or-not-to-copy/</link>
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		<title>What’s in an Acronym?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If someone asked you for a document ASAP, sent you one FYI or offered you some TLC you would most probably understand them. If they asked for the document by COB (close of business) or EOD (end of day) you might be less sure. Asked for the MO (Modus Operandi), would you know how to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://communicationskillsblog.communicaid.com/writing-skills/email-writing-skills/what%e2%80%99s-in-an-acronym/</link>
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		<title>How do I Sound?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The British press including The Independent has recently been reporting on the current increase in demand for speech training and elocution lessons here in the UK. Over recent decades we have seen regional accents become less of a hindrance and sometimes even a plus point in sectors such as the media or in contact centres. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://communicationskillsblog.communicaid.com/communication-skills-2/how-do-i-sound/</link>
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		<title>Plain English or Gobbledegook?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You may not be aware that today is National Plain English day. The BBC is reporting that The Plain English Campaign has announced this year’s booby prize for gobbledegook has been awarded to the Meteorological Office. The Plain English Campaign encourages organisations to communicate clearly and simply with the public and fights against the use [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://communicationskillsblog.communicaid.com/writing-skills/business-writing-skills/plain-english-or-gobbledegook/</link>
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		<title>Zero Tolerance to Emails at Work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How much time do you think you spend writing, reading, sorting and talking about emails while you are at work? Far too long is the most probable answer as many organisations and independent studies have reported that the average employee spends anything between two hours and more than 50% of their working day immersed in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://communicationskillsblog.communicaid.com/writing-skills/zero-tolerance-to-emails-at-work/</link>
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		<title>Councils ‘Waste’ £500,000 on Training Courses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once again the popular press including London’s The Evening Standard is up in arms about the amount of money local councils have been spending on training programmes during these times of cuts and economic hardship. The article cites all sorts of external and internal training courses council workers have been sent on including ‘key fob [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://communicationskillsblog.communicaid.com/communication-skills-2/councils-%e2%80%98waste%e2%80%99-500000-on-training-courses/</link>
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		<title>Communicating from the Top-down</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Evening Standard has recently identified good communication skills as essential for ensuring managers are not seen as ‘horrible bosses’. The article is clearly very light-hearted but it highlights important messages to all managers about the importance of creating excellent professional relationships and developing an authentic and credible communication style. Successful senior managers and leaders [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://communicationskillsblog.communicaid.com/communication-skills-2/communicating-from-the-top-down/</link>
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		<title>Manchester Accent Banned from Selfridges</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The popular British press, including the Daily Mail, has recently picked up that Selfridges’ store in Manchester has banned staff from using expressions that are considered to be ‘too Mancunian’ such as ‘hiya’, ‘see ya’ or ‘cheers’. This has caused quite a lot of controversy. Etiquette experts on the one hand have supported the decision [...]]]></description>
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