Websites, books & tools
Training | |
 | Learn to Take the Numb Out of Numbers and more in Ann Wylie’s clear-writing workshop. |
Calculators | |
 | It’ll cost how much to pay my sunglasses off over 20 years? |
 | What is Your Dollar Worth Today? A cool way to compare the price of a candy bar or movie ticket between decades. |
 | Find out how much your Clay Center, Kansas, salary will buy you in California. |
 | “The fact that 10 is a bigger number than 9 doesn’t make 10 rupees worth more than $9; nor does it make $10 from 2004 worth more than $9 from 1981.” — David Leonhardt, The New York Times economics correspondent |
 | When I ask workshop attendees to figure percentage change, they act like it’s the hardest thing they’ve ever done. I think knowing how to figure percentage change is an important life skill. But why bother when there’s an app for that? |
Converters | |
 | Welcome to OnlineConversion.com Convert just about anything to anything else. Thousands of units, and millions of conversions. |
 | The World’s Trusted Currency Authority: For when you need to translate dinars to dollars or vice versa. |
Tipsheets | |
 | Statistics Every Writer Should Know Don’t know a median from a mean? Get up to speed fast with Robert Niles’ simple guide to understanding basic statistics. |
 | We hear about trillions all the time now, but the number is beyond human comprehension. |
Cut Through the Clutter in PR
How long should your press release or other PR piece be? Your headline? Your lead?
Learn “the numbers” you need to measurably improve your readability at NOT Your Father’s PR Writing — our PR-writing workshop starting July 12.
There, you’ll learn to write a one-minute release (Journalists rarely spend longer reviewing releases).
You’ll find out how to measurably improve readability. (PR pros in our press release workshops have improved readability by up to 300% with our cool — free! — tool.)
Save up to $100 with our group discounts.
