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12 Steps for Agnostics and Atheists Who Abuse Alcohol, Drugs, Other Things

Mar 4, 2022

12 Steps for Agnostics and Atheists Who Abuse Alcohol, Drugs, Other Things

Mar 4, 2022

Don Bates

These Are the Best Books on Writing: I Know Because I Read Them All.

They’re well-written, well-meaning, well-done. They’re perceptive, perspicacious, principled. They’re perfect for writers in business and…

Mar 28

These Are the Best Books on Writing: I Know Because I Read Them All.

Mar 28

Don Bates

10 ‘Best’ Verbs to Use When You’re Clarifying Something Written or Said by Someone Else

Remember when you first began to write sentences in second or third grade? The teacher said, in effect, or wrote on the blackboard:

Mar 27

10 ‘Best’ Verbs to Use When You’re Clarifying Something Written or Said by Someone Else

Mar 27

Don Bates

Sampler of Professional Public Relations Goals, Strategies, Tactics & Messages

This exercise was created for graduate PR students to help them understand the distinctions among these four critical areas of public…

Mar 19

Mar 19

Don Bates

First ‘Public Relations Writer’s Code of Conduct’

Use It to Improve Your Writing for Business, Government, and Nonprofit Employers

Aug 23, 2023

Aug 23, 2023

Don Bates

What’s Your Story about Finding Books in Your Life? Here’s Mine.

When I lived in Lynn, Massachusetts, in my late teens, I found poetry and literature by accident when at nineteen I drove an empty dump…

Aug 23, 2023

Aug 23, 2023

Don Bates

Here’s a Big Question for Us Management Scribes (and Wannabes) in Any Organization:

Why don’t we write more intentionally to be read and acted upon with minimal editorial ‘obstruction’ and in the best interests of all…

Aug 23, 2023

Aug 23, 2023

Don Bates

‘How to Write Better for Business and Management Purposes in Any Organization’

Advisory #2: Know the Audience You’re Writing For

Aug 20, 2023

‘How to Write Better for Business and Management Purposes in Any Organization’

Aug 20, 2023

Don Bates

‘How to Write Better for Business and Management Purposes in Any Organization’

Advisory #1: Writing and What It Does for Us

Aug 20, 2023

Aug 20, 2023

Don Bates

In One Sentence, What Death is for Atheist Writers

Endless silence, a.k.a. wordlessness.

Jul 20, 2023

Jul 20, 2023

Don Bates

Don Bates

Recently retired as adjunct instructor of PR writing and management at New York University and after 50 years in public relations counselling.

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