From the course: Smarter AI Writing: Elevating Your Business Communication
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BLUF and headline-first writing
From the course: Smarter AI Writing: Elevating Your Business Communication
BLUF and headline-first writing
One thing that AI will never be able to do for you, no matter how good your prompt is, is have the context across your company. It won't know the relationship nuances between your leadership team, and it doesn't pick up on the comment your manager said to you after the team meeting that's relevant for your next team email. That's only judgment and context you have from living your work and interacting with your colleagues every day. That judgment is exactly what BLUF is for. BLUF stands for bottom line, up front, and it was a formal term used in the military to cut through information overload and memos. Now businesses use it because of how valuable it is. You may also know BLUF as TLDR, too long didn't read, a headline, or an executive summary. Most AI drafts tend to do the opposite, they build up to the point instead of leading with it. Let's take a look at this draft that AI came up with. It's a doozy. I wanted to provide an update regarding the current status of the Q3 rollout…
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