Eliminate Nonessential Content

What it's about

Key chapters

• A roadmap for learning

  Traveling the learning road, tasks and realities, an example, writing for instruction, series organization.

• Learning objectives

  Use five tactics for removing excess words and content from your instruction. Then, practice the five tactics in examples and your own content.

• Introduction

  When should you apply these tactics?

• Tactic 1

  Prefer simpler words and phrases to complex words and phrases.

• Tactic 2

  Avoid phrases with no value.

• Tactic 3

  Use technical terms only when they are needed or expected.
  

• Tactic 4

  Replace long descriptions with graphics.
  

• Tactic 5

  Move less essential content to non-prime space.
  

• Eliminate words and content checklist

  Use the checklist to analyze your content.

• Wrap-up

  Top 10 takeaways