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This time, I’ll come back to the theme of how to give successful presentations. So far, I have spoken about what to do before a presentation and how to succeed the introduction and the first few minutes. Now, I’ll turn to the main part of your presentation,...

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I’m coming back to the theme of successful presentations. Last time I wrote about what happens upstream, or before the presentation. I focused specifically on how looking at WHAT and WHO can help you with your presentation. In a way, a successful presentation...

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This time, I’ll be sharing a few insights on the theme of improving communication skills, and I will focus specifically on the topic of how to cope with glossophobia! Now, you may be wondering what exactly is glossophobia? After all, it’s not a word that...

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This time, I’ll be sharing a few insights about how to be more convincing when you communicate in English, and I’ll focus specifically on how reinforcing your vocabulary can improve your credibility. Whenever I start coaching people in communicating in...

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In my last posting, I began explaining the importance of getting to you know yourself well as you start the process of career evolution. In this post, I’ll focus on how to use the information you have assembled (in other words, your liberating thoughts,...

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NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS It is traditional to begin the New Year by making a series of resolutions, or promises, about how we are going to change part of our behaviour. Over the years, people promise to stop drinking or smoking, do more sport, lose weight,...

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COMMUNICATING IN ENGLISH – MISSION POSSIBLE Peter Sanderson-Dykes 12 Novembre 2015 The results of this annual English Proficiency Index (EPI) report for 2015 were released recently. Based on the analysis of the English language skills of more than 900,000...

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THINGUMMYS AND WHATSITS Whenever I start coaching people in communicating in English, I like to begin with a little explanation of what is necessary in order to be understood. In other words, rather than being perfect, a message needs to be clear, coherent...

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DON’T FEAR THE CONF-CALL Many of my clients tell me that while they feel relatively comfortable talking to an international correspondent that they can see, communication is much harder without the non-verbal communication. Given that 90% of our message...

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JARGON FOR COMMUNICATING Almost all professions have specialized language or jargon which is often incomprehensible to outsiders. In my work as a business coach, I have frequently met people from such diverse fields as luxury goods, insurance, pharmaceuticals,...

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