

New book on professional communication
Communicate as a Professional, edited by Carel Jansen, Leon de Stadler and Aline Douma, was published recently byAmsterdam University...
Leon de Stadler

The cost of bad communication design
Communication is everything - believe me - and bad communication design (specifically bad document design) wíll cost you, and cost you in...
Leon de Stadler


Bad document design can hurt your image
So often the bad document design of institutions and companies also reflect badly on their image. The important principle here is that...
Leon de Stadler

The role of the publisher in the quality of the document
In this article (written in Afrikaans) I argue for the role of the publisher in ensuring the quality of communication. In the article I...
Leon de Stadler


Remember: the text is also a graphic
So often when we talk about document design, we discuss the interaction between text and graphics as if these two elements are different...
Leon de Stadler


Twitter-happy?
Then you might be putting yourself at risk "twitter ... 1. to utter the successive chirping notes of a bird, make a bird's continuing...
Leon de Stadler

The reader is your client!
Knowing how to focus on your reader - that's the thing! We so often forget when writing that we are writing TO someone! There is...
Leon de Stadler


Getting some personality into the text
Creating personas in your communication Even though your communication may be addressed to a large number of people and not an audience...
Leon de Stadler


Bad source, bad communication
Source credibility is everything The ANC - a once proud party, the party of Albert John Lutuli, Oliver Reginald Tambo, Nelson Rolihlahla...
Leon de Stadler