AF Tongue and Quill is a Valuable Resource When Writing
Are you looking for a good guide on writing more effectively? Do you want your speech or presentation to have more impact? Do you want to understand verbal and non-verbal cues when speaking? Do you need ways to overcome anxiety when giving a presentation? Do you need to know how to format memos, papers and letters? Do you want to better understand punctuation, grammar, capitalization, and abbreviation rules? The Unites States Air Force has a document just for you!
The Tongue and Quill is an AF publication that has all this and more. It is a great resource for writers and presenters. You can access it here:
https://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/saf_cio_a6/publication/afh33-337/afh33-337.pdf
Some of the topics in this resource are :
Principles of Effective Communication, Preparing to Write and Speak, Drafting, Editing, and Feedback, Seven Steps to Effective Communication, Effective Listening Strategies, Electronic Communications and Social Media, plus several document templates such as: The Official Memorandum, The Personal Letter, The Staff Study, Writing Better Bullet Statements, and The Résumé. There is an additional section on Writing Mechanics including Writing Terminology, Punctuation, Abbreviations, Capitalization, and Numbers.
