WEBVTT - Here's what I'm excited about

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is that when you are presenting your work, start

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<v Speaker 1>by identifying what you are excited about so you can

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<v Speaker 1>get your audience excited too. Today's tip comes from the

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<v Speaker 1>book Broken Wrong When the career latter breaks for women

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<v Speaker 1>and how they can succeed in spite of it. Authors

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<v Speaker 1>coiln ellingrid Lorena Yee, and Maria del Mar Martinez draw

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<v Speaker 1>on their experiences at Senior Partners at Mackenzie to offer

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<v Speaker 1>strategies for women in particular, but really for everyone to

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<v Speaker 1>thrive in their careers. They recount the story of an

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<v Speaker 1>associate brand manager who was about to present her annual

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<v Speaker 1>plan to the president of her company. The president said,

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<v Speaker 1>before you dive in, always explain why someone should be

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<v Speaker 1>excited about your plan. This employee took the advice to heart.

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<v Speaker 1>Ever since, they say, she never starts a presentation with

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<v Speaker 1>the deck. Instead, she opens with, these are the things

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<v Speaker 1>you're going to hear about that I'm most excited about.

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<v Speaker 1>They continued, It allows her to intentionally position any conversation.

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<v Speaker 1>This seems like smart advice when you are getting ready

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<v Speaker 1>to give a presentation, get clear on why you are

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<v Speaker 1>excited so you can get others excited too. You want

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<v Speaker 1>to sound conversational when you say why you are excited,

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<v Speaker 1>but I would still be inclined to plan what you

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<v Speaker 1>are going to say and rehearse it. You want to

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<v Speaker 1>be sure that whatever you are excited about comes through clearly.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't want there to be a disconnect between what

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<v Speaker 1>you are excited about what you spend most of your

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<v Speaker 1>time talking about. For some presentations, it will be easy

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<v Speaker 1>to articulate what you are excited about, and for others

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<v Speaker 1>it may be a little harder, but there is probably

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<v Speaker 1>still something. If you are presenting on a new set

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<v Speaker 1>of options for health insurance, you may be excited about

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<v Speaker 1>how a new plan will give your employees the same

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<v Speaker 1>level of care while saving your company money. In a

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<v Speaker 1>presentation about a marketing plan, you might be excited that

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<v Speaker 1>you've identified an emerging market of customers and a strategy

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<v Speaker 1>for reaching them before your competitors do. Maybe you are

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<v Speaker 1>excited about your role in executing whatever plan you're presenting.

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<v Speaker 1>It might be a chance to use new skills you've gained.

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<v Speaker 1>You could mention that too. You want to be strategic

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<v Speaker 1>in choosing what you say you are excited about. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean it should be something you are genuinely excited about,

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<v Speaker 1>but also something that will be relevant and meaningful to

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<v Speaker 1>your audience too. So do some thinking. Nobody likes a

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<v Speaker 1>dull presentation. You don't want to give one, and your

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<v Speaker 1>audience really doesn't want to sit through one. When you

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<v Speaker 1>convey your excitement as a prelude to your presentation, you

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<v Speaker 1>liven things up. You connect with your listeners and get

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<v Speaker 1>them excited so they will be engaged and invested in

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<v Speaker 1>you and in what you present. You show you care

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<v Speaker 1>so they care, and that is as important as however

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<v Speaker 1>fancy you have made your slides. In the meantime, this

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<v Speaker 1>is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making the

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<v Speaker 1>most of our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast.

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