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Public speaking (Part 1): Engage

Many people are frightened of public speaking. Surveys suggest that people fear speaking in front of an audience more than they fear death! As the American comedian, Jerry Seinfeld, pointed out, it means that, for many people at a funeral, they would rather be in the coffin than giving a eulogy. Read more

Public speakingAnecdote, Audience, Expectation, Fear, Hook, Humour, Instinct, Key point, Listen, Sequencing, Signalling, Slide, Three 'Ns

Contents

  • Introduction

  • A technique that transformed my writing

  • Putting more tools in my writing toolbox

  • I don’t have to be word perfect every time

  • A time for absolute clarity

  • A place for subtext and subtlety

  • Public speaking (Part 1): Engage

  • Public speaking (Part 2): Inform

  • Public speaking (Part 3): Encapsulate

  • Writing a CV or resumé

  • Writing an article

  • Writing a report

  • Odds and …

  • … ends

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Four main themes

  • Thinking before you write
  • Finding the right words
  • Public speaking
  • Workplace applications

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Abbreviation Accuracy Achievement Allegory Anecdote Apology Applause Aspiration Audience Body Call-back Call to action Chronology Clarity Closure Conclusion Conflict Contrast Credentials CV Debate Delivery Diagram Emotion Expectation Expertise Fact Fear Grammar Graphic Headline Hook Humour Instinct Instruction Interrupting question Jargon Key point Listen Literary Nuance Numbers Objective odds Preparation Punctuation QAT Quote Recruitment Relevance Report Resumé Rhetoric Script Selling Sequencing Signalling Slide STAR Storytelling Stress Subtext Suggestion Summary Theme Three 'Ns Timing Title-close Voice

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Four main themes

  • Thinking before you write
  • Finding the right words
  • Public speaking
  • Workplace applications

Key words

Abbreviation Accuracy Achievement Allegory Anecdote Apology Applause Aspiration Audience Body Call-back Call to action Chronology Clarity Closure Conclusion Conflict Contrast Credentials CV Debate Delivery Diagram Emotion Expectation Expertise Fact Fear Grammar Graphic Headline Hook Humour Instinct Instruction Interrupting question Jargon Key point Listen Literary Nuance Numbers Objective odds Preparation Punctuation QAT Quote Recruitment Relevance Report Resumé Rhetoric Script Selling Sequencing Signalling Slide STAR Storytelling Stress Subtext Suggestion Summary Theme Three 'Ns Timing Title-close Voice

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