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Smart Brevity The Power of Saying More with Less

Jim VandeHei

Brevity is confidence. Length is fear. This is the guiding principle of Smart Brevity, a communication formula built by Axios journalists to prioritize essential news and information, explain its impact and deliver it in a concise and visual format. Now, the co-founders of Axios have created an ess...

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The book's premise is that communicating more powerfully is achieved by being sharper and thinking through what one wants to say, keeping in mind the audience; it gives ways to communicate efficiently and powerfully.

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The big idea behind smart brevity the book is that anyone whether you're a student whether you are boss whether you want to be the boss that you can communicate more powerfully by being sharper and th...

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The book's premise is that communicating more powerfully is achieved by being sharper and thinking through what one wants to say, keeping in mind the audience; it gives ways to communicate efficiently and powerfully.

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The big idea behind smart brevity the book is that anyone whether you're a student whether you are boss whether you want to be the boss that you can communicate more powerfully by being sharper and thinking through what you want to say and thinking about the audience

What is the one thing that I want people to remember like what's a memorable punchy muscular way to say my big idea and then just say it tell people why it matters give them some evidence give them the power to go deeper.

That's a formula for being heard in a way that you never will be with those masses of text.

smart brevity says think about how I would say it to you if we were having chips and salsa think about how we would say it to a human being right like a human not like a robot

Tell me something new tell me something that matters in a kind of interesting way in the sea of content out there words that are always coming at us that sharp smart new important what's new why it matters make me smarter about the things that matter.

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The book 'Brevity' was mentioned in relation to Axios's news format, with a discussion on whether their concise style was effective or felt lacking in depth and nuance.

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I just got Jim Vanderhey's book about brevity

Morning Joe

The book was highlighted across three episodes as a new guide on concise communication, introduced by the Axios co‑founders. Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski expressed enthusiasm, noting its practical advice for anyone from interns to executives. The discussion emphasized its value in helping people say more with less and be heard.

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Episode: Morning Joe 10/21/22

It was mentioned as the title of a new book co-authored by Axios co-founder Mike Allen, discussing the concept of conveying more information concisely.

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Axios co-founder Mike Allen...He's the co-author of the new book Smart Brevity, the power of saying more with less. I love it.

Episode: Morning Joe 9/20/22

It was discussed as a new book about the power of saying more with less, particularly in the workplace and other communications settings. The authors, Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen, highlighted the concept of 'smart brevity' as a tool for more effective communication.

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Joining us now the co-founders of Axios Jim Bandahai and Mike Allen they're out with a new book today titled Smart Brevity, The Power of Saying More with Less

The new book is titled Smart Brevity The power of saying more with less Axios co-founders are good friends Jim Van De Hei and Mike Allen

Episode: Morning Joe 7/14/22

It was described as having a lot of value, with a message of communicating effectively, and was highlighted for its advice on saying more with less and being heard.

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I love this book because it has a lot of what I try to send along to people and know your value a message of communicating effectively give me 10 seconds on smart give me some brevity on smart brevity.

Yeah this empowers any communicator whether you're just graduating whether you're an intern, whether you're a mogul we show you the secret sauce of how to say more with less and be heard.

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