Drop the Jargon!

Trina Wallace, a writer at ngo.media, has written a fantastic blog, Here’s to a jargon-free voluntary sector in 2011:

Too often, charity writing is littered with the latest buzzwords and highfalutin phrases in the belief that this sounds impressive. Strip away the jargon, though, and there’s often very little meaning underneath.

Brilliant! Read it! Show it to all consultants you work with! It’s an article that United Nations staff and those at other humanitarian organizations should read as well…

One thought on “Drop the Jargon!

  1. Anonymous

    I nearly blew my cover while playing ‘jargon bingo’ a while back – one of those occasions where a win is really a loss…for all of us!

    Reply

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