Re: Mission Statements

[Pat Gantt <pagantt -at- POSTOFFICE -dot- WORLDNET -dot- ATT -dot- NET>]

Bears repeating...

> Somebody mentioned Tom Peters... and Elna reminded us that a good mission
> statement is the one that sells potential customers in the elevator.... or,
> for that matter,  on the index page of a website <blush>.
>
> In the latest issue of _Fast Company_,  Tom Peters has the cover story;
> "YOU, Inc."
>
> On the web at: <http://www.brandyou.com/>

Mission Statements can be a good idea but just don't
call them Mission Statements... make sense?

ex.

_____ Inc. believes...

_____ Inc. strives to achieve the following...

Rather than:

Mission Statement of _____ Inc.: blah, blah, blah.

De-buzz your writing as with all clean, simple,
clear technical writing.

You are far more apt to get your writing read
than the automatic turn-off that buzz inevitably
connotes.

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Best Regards,

Pat Gantt, M.S. HRD
Personal email ~ pagantt -at- worldnet -dot- att -dot- net
The University of Tennessee Alum
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