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Sometimes when we get up to give a big talk or presentation, the speech that sounded great on paper suddenly falls flat when we say it out loud. Why does this happen? It has to do with how we process language, which we do by taking in information from other people.

This ability to learn from two perspectives, both ours and our audience's, is called dialogic processing. We also have monologic processing, which occurs when we don't have that feedback, like when we're writing our speech.

How do we activate our dialogic processing? The next time you're writing something, say it out loud, or even better, to another person. That way your brain can get the additional perspective it needs to make your message effective.

Resources

• Dialogic Learning
• The Red Thread Worksheet