I mostly endorse your list, though I often fail to follow it.
Among my favorites (these are not entirely disjoint from your list, but strike me as importantly different in emphasis):
Know where I’m going and why I’m going there Once I figure out what I’m trying to say, I can say it far more effectively.
Avoid the second person IME, second-person advice is far more likely to inspire defensiveness. When I’m really fine-tuning, I avoid the word “you” altogether unless I’m CERTAIN that my audience will feel complimented by the sentence.
Present complex points iteratively I’m fond of short-phrase bullet points followed by a few sentences of explanation (and cross-references to longer explanations where needed).
Specify who is doing what to whom. This is related to your point 13, though distinct from it. Also related is limiting pronoun use.
Avoid lists of more than five or six items. If I genuinely have that many things to say, I try to chunk them into more comprehensive items and expand each item.
I mostly endorse your list, though I often fail to follow it.
Among my favorites (these are not entirely disjoint from your list, but strike me as importantly different in emphasis):
Know where I’m going and why I’m going there
Once I figure out what I’m trying to say, I can say it far more effectively.
Avoid the second person
IME, second-person advice is far more likely to inspire defensiveness. When I’m really fine-tuning, I avoid the word “you” altogether unless I’m CERTAIN that my audience will feel complimented by the sentence.
Present complex points iteratively
I’m fond of short-phrase bullet points followed by a few sentences of explanation (and cross-references to longer explanations where needed).
Specify who is doing what to whom.
This is related to your point 13, though distinct from it.
Also related is limiting pronoun use.
Avoid lists of more than five or six items.
If I genuinely have that many things to say, I try to chunk them into more comprehensive items and expand each item.