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How To Turn Complicated Ideas Into Simple Concepts
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Get To Know Your Audience
What’s most important to them? What motivates them? What’s their background? How do they prefer to communicate? What “language” do they tend to use?
By underst...
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The “One Thing” They Should Understand
If something is too complicated, people are most likely to be confused by it, or worse, forget about it.
Ask yourself:
- If my audience will only...
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Give Context
The way you frame your information matters – the language, terms, and examples you choose to use will have a huge impact on what your audience remembers and understands.
So, paint a ve...
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Watch Your Language
Opt for using simple, everyday language. Avoid any acronyms, jargon, or highly niche phrases. When it’s impossible to avoid, make sure to define any complex terms.
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Get to Know Your Audience
Presenting information is never about the presenter--it's always about the audience.
Get to know who they are, in order to use their common knowledge and experience: What's most imp...
The "One Thing" To Remember
To have a better chance of making complex information memorable, ask yourself these 2 questions:
- If my audience will only remember one thing about my explanation, what is that "one thing?"
- And, why should my audience care about this "one thing?"
Give Context and Use Examples
The way you frame your information matters--the language, terms, and examples you choose to use will have a huge impact on what your audience remembers and understands.
Paint a verbal picture. You will make the problem tangible, and the solution appealing.
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Fun Money
In a 'zero-based' budget, where we are putting every dollar to work for us, we have to put aside some 'fun money', a budget line for our fun activities, like a fancy cappuccino or the new shoes we...
Plan For Some Fun
A budget isn't about restrictions or a speed breaker to your freedom, but a way to plan for your freedom and fun, responsibly.
When you have every aspect of your financial life and goals planned out, you do not feel guilty having a little fun, and the fun budget is your permission to spend.
Your Fun Mileage May Vary
Each one of us has different levels of income, debt, and savings goals.
If one is new to budgeting and has limited resources, it is prudent to keep the fun money to a bare minimum. It is also fun to stretch your dollars, getting more for less, using creative ways. For instance, you can buy second-hand instead of buying everything new, to save your dollars.
Savings hacks are always a good idea, and there are several Apps available to help you manage your spending.
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What you say, and how you say it
When trying to explain complex information to an audience, the first task is to get the content of what you're saying right.
How we communicate is also cr...
How much technical detail to include
Try not to use technical language. If you do, make sure it is absolutely necessary in order to help the audience understand or appreciate your point – and ensure that you explain the word or term immediately afterwards.
Keep your words as simple and clear as possible, and use real-life examples and illustrations where possible. But don’t patronize your audience.
How to use body language
If you look alert but relaxed, your audience will mirror this and feel the same way. Stand up straight, but relax any tension or stiffness in your body.
It’s a good idea to gesture with your hands in such a way that helps to make clear what you are explaining – but only do this if it feels natural, and try not to wave your arms around unnecessarily.