K.I.S.S. - Keep it short and simple

"Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple."  - C.W. Ceram
 
 

Even if you are not a fan of acronyms, you will have to like this one: KISS meaning Keep it short and simple.  The so-called KISS principle, first coined by Kelley Johnson, an engineer at Lockeed, was Keep it simple stupid; however, in communications, the principle became Keep it short and simple.
 
Whether your speaking or writing , keep it short and simple.
Make your communication easy to understand.
 
Making a presentation Sometimes presenters want to impress their audiences and do so by using complex language and slides. The audience may marvel at your intelligence, but it will not educate them. It takes humility and more effort to keep things simple.
1. Keep things short and simple. This should start when you are preparing.
2. Use plain language and avoid jargon.
3. Avoid extra words and phrases like significant, clearly, I guess, sort of, probably, know what I mean, you see.

Speaking No one will ever complain that you've made things too simple to understand.
1. Ideas and situations are best confronted by keeping it simple so no one is in doubt about what it is you are trying to say.
2. Be specific as possible. This sounds easy, but it is not. Simple does not equal dumbed down.
3. Keep your messages short, succinct, and use everyday language. The key to effective communication is to use simple, easy-to-understand language.
 
Writing Short and simple sentences are the easiest to read.
1. Assume the reader knows nothing, but don't assume the reader is stupid.
2. The visual treatment of words on a page (digital or actual ) can greatly enhance their effectiveness. You must have white space. Large chunks of text are depressing.
3. Simplify the complex.  The reader wants to read the content once, understand its meaning and move on. The proof of somemeone's intelligence is their ability to simplify the complex.

Whether you are presenting or speaking to chapter members/others or marketing your chapter in newsletters, on your website, on flyers, on social media ; apply the K.I.S.S. principle in effective communications - Keep it short and simple!

Leonardo Da Vinci said: 'Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication'.
Albert Einstein said:  'If you can't explain it, you don't understand it yourself.'