Sunday 1 May 2011

Words to conjure up a positive emotion

I'm often asked how we can create emotion and a positive experience in my presentation training courses, and the answer is both complicated and simple. There are many factors that control positivity including delivery, subject, the environment, but also the words you use will have a huge effect.

Certain words carefully placed throughout your speech will engender a more positive response from you audience. A small sample of these words include:

 

Acquired
Advised
Arranged
Augmented
Built
Completed
Conducted
Converted
Corrected
Created
Decreased
Designed
Developed
Devised
Directed
Doubled
Effected
Engineered 
Enlarged
Ensured
Established
Expanded
Facilitated
Generated
Implemented
Improved
Increased
Initiated
Installed
Instigated
Integrated
Introduced
Launched
Managed
Negotiated
Optimised
Organised
Persuaded
Planned
Prepared
Presented
Produced
Rationalised
Reduced
Saved
Set up
Specified
Steered
Streamlined
Strengthened
Succeeded
Supervised
Trained
Won