Learnship 02 - 2023/08/01

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Small talk notes

Only after all these steps are we convinced.
Only with these metrics can you measure.

Business Language Coaching - Session 2 - Your Presentation

  • Listen to and workshop your presentation
  • Explore how pausing can help you communicate more successfully

Starting point

Set the scene for your presentation. Tell me about:

The context & topic

  • Sprint review
  • Showcase progression on specific work

The audience and Your aims

  • Give general information in a non-technical way

Concerns

  • Did I give enough background information? Did I make it clear enough?
  • Did I give the full story?

Notes

Good

  • signposting phrases
  • rhetorical questions: “So maybe you would ask…?”
  • grammatically flawless
  • pronunciation good

To improve

  • pausing
  • pronunciation & intonation
  • keywords: cost reduction, extent, AZ, delegate & destination, benefit
  • explaining terminology
  • repeating key words
  • use analogies or examples

Voice Power: Pausing

Quotes

Without good delivery, the best speaker cannot be of any account at all. - Cicero, Roman orator

No word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. - Mark Twain, American author

I learned that the spaces between words were as important as the words themselves. Gerry Spence, undefeated lawyer

Vocabulary/Notes

  • Only after these steps we are convinced; Only with these metrics you can measure

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