Voice and tone

When writing on behalf of Azavea, whether on our website or in a blog post, we strive to always be friendly, professional, and humble.

Authentic voice

• Be friendly and kind.
• Be professional and helpful.
• Be excited and curious.
• Be respectful and humble.

Be Polite

• Don’t speak poorly of another company or person.
• Avoid comments, judgments, or opinions about religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, languages, and so on.
• Don’t brag about how great your/Azavea’s work is - we like to come to the table with some humility.
• Don’t communicate in all caps.

Code Considerations

Feel free to reference source code examples that have an open license. Don’t post proprietary or private code without checking with your team lead first.