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                               q Focus on cultivating and sharing  q Reading attention span is 8 seconds  q The curation role is key to
                                 creative well delivered, compelling  - you need to grab attention, use  reduce  overwhelm  and
                                 stories where you tell and show to  lots of visuals and keep bloat to the  deliver information in bite
                                 engage. People remember stories   minimum.                          sized chunks – establish
                                 way more than facts so frame a                                      groundrules  and   train
                                 message as a story – including data  q Go for clarity with a simple, authentic  people on how to curate,
                                 findings.                         and brand led tone. Making sure you  synthesise and sense make.
                                                                   differentiate between facts and
                               q Focus   on   delivering  these    points of view.                q See your digital space as an
                                 stories well on a few mediums                                       enabler to facilitate better
                                 tailored to your audience. Know  q Writing style – get clear on your  working  practices  -  by
                                 each of your audiences and        intent. Structure and outline your  making it easy to signpost,
                                 write the narrative just for      content. Use headlines, keep the  access and share all useful
                                 them.                             language informal, be more succinct,  information quickly.
                                                                   and encourage dialogue through
                               q Take the opportunity to create a  thought provoking questions.   q Look out for blockages that
                                 simple intellectual and emotional                                   prevent or reduce the flow
                                 connection to the business WHY.  q Get Visual – the instagramification of  of information – fix them.
                                                                   your communication – pictures and
                               q Use a storytelling platform to    some words.                    q Aim for quality over quantity
                                 provide content employees look                                      of information.
                                 forward to receiving rather then a  q Establish  and  explain  your
                                 deluge of newsletters, memos and  ‘house’    content  style  with  q Keep asking who and how
                                 PowerPoint decks.                 templates and guidelines. Then    does  this  help  in  the
                                                                   invest in skills training to use them  business?
                               q Mobile. Visual. Words. Quality.   well.
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