I learned to write

… and to love public speaking

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Odds and …

This final page contains a couple of miscellaneous items that I couldn’t find another home for on the website. Read more

Odds and endsApology, odds, Suggestion

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

Key words

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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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