Is your writing hard to understand or says nothing at all? Do you want to save the reader time and increase their understanding? Does your reader walk away like they’ve tried to decode something? If so, here are some books to help you become a better writer. Revising Prose by Richard A. Lanham (Link) … Read more
Month: May 2023
My personal checklist for a REACH Restriction
Many people are starting to wake up to the REACH PFAS Restriction. Here is my basic checklist of things to do and not to do on REACH Restrictions. I’ve used this for years and adapted it. It may be of use to some people. Do Be ready. You usually know years ahead that this is … Read more
What’s the first thing you should do when the Commission’s proposal is published?
What’s the first thing you should do when the Commission has published a proposal? It’s not to have many internal meetings to anguish about the proposal or give a summary of the proposal in a very long ppt 50 + times. Instead, I do something dull and radical. I print a copy of the Impact Assessment, … Read more
The Superpower Every Lobbyist Wants
If you are a lobbyist, what superpower would make your job easier and make you 1000x more effective? For me, it is the superpower to get into the minds of your audience and see the world they do as they do, and be able to reformulate what you were going to say so that it … Read more