People think that something's different in email, and I'm like 'no it's a communication between you, a human, and another human. And all of the same good relationship things apply. - Shelly Davies

Meet Shelly Davies, Writing Trainer, New Zealand

Shelly does words!!! If you need to use words to transmit information and you want to do it quickly and effectively, she's your girl. But boy, those engineers and government departments don't realise what they're going to get once Shelly's in the room.

What they get is a lot of UNTRAINING – undoing all of the bad habits they picked up at university and through their careers. With hashtags like #writelikeahuman and #authenticitywins, Shelly encourages research-based approaches to writing in more authentic ways, with a natural voice that increases confidence and trust.

Shelly is also the founder and creator of The School of Unprofessional Writing, online writing courses for individuals who want to write better.

Shelly is living a dream she didn't know she had – helping people live more fully, more authentically, and more in their truth. She does this with a lot of laughs, her traditional Māori chin tattoo, and a fair amount of curse words sprinkled liberally through everything she does, even her website.

One of her goals in life is to support women. Women in business, women in life, women in their own skins. Because we are enough.

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Engage The Room - A formality-free approach to speaking & interpersonal communication

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Show Notes

  "If you want to eat steak you don't ask a vegan for permission…who's permission do I need? Just mine."

• What Shelly wanted to be when she grew up and how it plays out today (1:30)
• How she became a plain language writer (3:50)
• Biggest formality Shelly had to shed to create her brand (6:10)
• Shelly's catalyst for creating a stand out "rock star" brand and overcoming people pleasing (13:00)
• Shelly's chin tattoo as an expression of her full identity (20:00)
• Swearing and shedding formalities and being true to who you are at work because we're human to human (26:20)
• Let's talk about the importance of Plain language writing - it's still about relationships! (35:00)
• Why we're robotic in our writing (45:00)

Shelly's Quick Tips: How to get into your natural writing voice

1. Speak out loud
2. Turn your writer switch off and start reading
3. Empathy

Now I get to show up with what I've always known to be true on the inside visible on the outside and that feels powerful to me. - Shelly Davies