How to Write a Corporate Form 10-K Annual Report
Annual Report All U.S. companies that issue publicly traded stock shares must file an Annual Report with the U.S. SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) by law. They have to disclose their financial dealings, strengths and vulnerabilities, by filing Form 10-K every year. Another name for this form is the “Annual Report.” If a company has…
Read MoreHow to Avoid Obfuscation when Writing a Corporate "Tagline" or Mission Statement
Writing a corporate mission statement is both science and art. Movies Movies come with taglines that summarize the story in a hurry. ALIEN (1979): “In space, no one can hear you scream.” ERIN BROCKOVICH (2000) : “She brought a small town to its feet and a huge corporation to its knees.” FARGO (1996): “A lot can…
Read MoreHow to Write an Executive Summary
An executive summary is pretty much what the name suggests: it is a one- or two-page summary of much longer work. Its intended audience is executives and upper management staff who have very little time to read the whole work. There are two main types of executive summaries: those written for reports and those written…
Read MoreHow to Punctuate Items Listed in a Table Cell or Unordered List
Punctuation of table cell or unordered list items presents a special problem in technical writing since more often than not such lines include technical specs. Punctuation questions, like whether to end each line with a period or not, acquires a special significance since Parallelism “Parallelism” is one of those cardinal rules in technical writing. In…
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