Explaining Skillfully - Cutting Edge Communication Comedy Series
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Explaining Skillfully - Cutting Edge Communication Comedy Series

Seven Dimensions
Updated Feb 12, 2019

The art of explaining concepts and information is covered in four key steps about engagement, structure, maintaining interest and ensuring understanding. While Carol is impatient and patronizing with new starters, others like Sam, Alex, Steve and Michael are more patient and creative in ensuring their messages are understood one to one or in groups.

Key Learning Points

When an explanation is not understood. The explainer needs to improve

EXPLAIN SKILLFULLY

  • Don’t be intolerant
    INSTEAD: Positively engage the listener
  • Don’t ramble
    INSTEAD: Be clear and structured
  • Don’t be dull and boring
    INSTEAD: Maintain interest
  • Don’t assume they understand
    INSTEAD: Ensure understanding

Comedy makes learning fun

This course is part of the Cutting Edge Communication Comedy Series, created by Psychologist Eve Ash and comedienne Erin Brown, starring Emmy-award winning Kim Estes. A powerful training series covering topics every workplace needs to address. Short, sharp and funny with simple messages and skills for everyone.

Cutting Edge Communication follows several characters through a landscape of social faux pas, insult and embarrassment. This series will amaze and enter-train, covering important lessons in human interaction, motivation, leadership, service, unprofessional behavior, apologizing, negotiating, stress, difficult people among many other workplace hot button issues.

Everyone will laugh and learn with these short episodes that highlight dos and don'ts. This Australian produced series was filmed on location in Los Angeles.