Communicating with clarity and simplicity

Communicating with clarity and simplicity

            Not much to say here apart from to acknowledge http://99coolwords.com/ "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." This is true for speeches, presentations, election campaigns and, of course, interviews. Clarity and simplicity. Let the words speak. Say them briefly, don't dress them up or put them on steroids - then shut up. After all - big ideas do not need big words.

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