EPISODE · Oct 10, 2019 · 1H 16M
#17 - Shelly Davies Interview (Writing, Communications, Language, Profanity, Maori, White Privilege etc.)
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Spoke with Writing and Communications Trainer Shelly Davies about how to improve your writing and training as well as other topics such as Maori, Profanity, Racism and moreWEBSITE www.shellydavies.co.nzTIMESTAMPS01:27 - How Shelly Got Into Writing 02:47 - Hapu Trust Board/Document of RMA 03:39 - Written Document That Was Easy To Read 04:50 - Being Handed A Business 05:54 - Plain Language 06:44 - Why We Write Different To How We Speak 07:59 - Untraining People To Write Differently From Spoken Word/Examples 10:04 - Finding The Balance To Write Professionally But Simple 10:33 - Shelly’s Website/Errors 12:38 - Active & Passive Sentence Structure 14:48 - Shelly’s Marketing/Brand 17:08 - Plain Language Not Taught In Universities 19:13 - Grammar Nazi’s/Modern English 21:41 - Differences Between Te Reo Maori & English 24:53 - Difference In Languages/Mistranslation & Communication 25:50 - Communication 27:58 - Shelly’s Critical Eye 29:00 - Apostrophe Errors 31:13 - Plain Language Comes Across More Professional 31:45 - Writing Emails 32:13 - CV’s 34:10 - Automation 35:35 - Writing Worse Now Because Of Automation & Social Media 36:47 - Handwriting 37:33 - Shelly Plays A Game With Reece 39:05 - Profanity 41:00 - Profanity In Shelly’s Brand 42:55 - The Pros Of Profanity According To Studies 43:58 - When Profanity Is Bad 44:53 - Shelly’s Book “Good Shit I’ve Learned” 46:57 - Shelly’s Second Book “Engaging With Maori For Success In Business” 47:31 - The Idea For Shelly’s Second Book 49:02 - Having Inter Generation View Of Maori 51:17 - Misperceptions Of Maori/Shelly’s Views On Maori 52:18 - Colonisation Of Maori Still Has Ongoing Impacts 53:48 - Racism/Defence Mechanisms 55:46 - Shelly’s Moko/People Thinking Shelly’s White 57:40 - White Privilege/Multicultural Society 59:07 - Different Reactions To Shelly’s Moko 1:01:35 - America 1:03:41 - Differences Between America & NZ 1:05:09 - Empowerment For Women/Social Media Being Fake 1:07:31 - Reece Tries To Be Respectful On The Podcast/Maturity 1:10:26 - Gratitude Journal/Being Happy 1:12:11 - Counselling Sessions 1:13:16 - Ted Talks/Speeches Different To Speaking 1:14:17 - Shelly Focusing More On Speaking Gigs 1:15:00 - How To Contact Shelly
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