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#17 - Shelly Davies Interview (Writing, Communications, Language, Profanity, Maori, White Privilege etc.)
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 more
WEBSITE
www.shellydavies.co.nz
TIMESTAMPS
01:27 - 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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By KiwiSpoke 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 more
WEBSITE
www.shellydavies.co.nz
TIMESTAMPS
01:27 - 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