1. How to Say It for Women: Communicating with Confidence and Power Using the Language of Success By Phyllis Mindell, Ed.D.

2. Why I Chose This Book

3. 3 Key Points Grammar is Important 6 Steps to Vocabulary of Power Perfect Your Presentation

4. Starting Sentences with “I” Don’t begin sentences with “I” unless you are the subject of the sentence 5 ways “I” statements weaken language Solution

5. Intimacies Words that convey emotion rather than action Examples: Feel Like Want Need

6. Hedges Hedges are improperly used to soften statements by the speaker Examples: I guess… I think… Well…

7. Tags A tag is a short question added to the end of a statement or comment Examples: …, isn’t it? …, don’t you think? …, okay?

8. Like Saying “like” can make a woman seem ditzy Solution Team up with an ambitious friend and have them signal you every time you use “like”

9. Modifiers Only use modifiers when they add vital information Examples: Very Really Many

10. 6 Steps to Vocabulary of Power

11. 1) Think before you speak 2) Energize with action verbs 3) Be savvy about business words 4) Make metaphors work for you 5) Mimic successful communicators 6) Keep your word store up-to-date

12. Perfect Your Presentations

13. 13 Steps to Organization 1) Think about the audience 2) Determine the purpose(s) 3) List the details 4) Group the Details 5) Order the Details

14. 13 Steps of Organization 6) Name the topics 7) Sequence the topics 8) Write the thesis statement 9) Write the lead and end structures 10) Plan the paragraphs, topic sentences, transitions, and reminders

15. 13 Steps to Organization 11) Write the piece 12) Plan the visuals 13) Practice, tape, and edit

16. Applying the 13 Steps of Organization Scenario: We must present our entrepreneur venture to investors…

17. Effective Presentations Write for listeners, not readers Make words easy to remember Use grammar of power Tell stories Remind and repeat Appearance

18. Mentor Meetings Research, research, and research Be prepared Be flexible

19. The End