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Rhetorical Questions

• Present IDEAS in question forms. Questions create

anticipation in the mind of the audience ( .

Rhetorical Questions

Rhetorical Questions

• Question + Emphasized ADJ

IS NUR ARE BEA IS ? I’ll tell you POSSi IS ? I’ll tell you STRO

• Statement + Question + answer

RESULT? RESULT PROSPECTS PROSPECTS

Dramatic Contrasts

• Make your point with 2 strongly opposing ideas.

 If we don’t someone else will  Instead of just say nothing why don’t we do something  Either we by 25% now, or we by 50% in 50 weeks time  It’s not a question of time, it’s a question of money.  Ten y ea rs a go we had a reputation for excellence. Tod a y we’re in danger of losing that reputation  That’s one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind. (Neil Armstrong)  Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country. (John F. Kennedy)

Tripling: Rule of Threes

• chunk your ideas into 3.

 The ideal manager is experienced, highly motivated, and well- qualified. A good presentation should be well-planned, well-prepared and well-delivered.  To do this well you need to consider where to place stress in words and in sentences, where to pause naturally in your speech, and where to pause for effect.

• Question + short response + 3 answers

1. How did we reach out goals? 2. Simple. 3. By building new plant, by taking on more workers, by keeping production costs down.  What’s the solution? Simple. Cut expenses, cut staffing levels, cut salaries.  Change the system and what do you get? Problems. Problems with workers, problems with distributors, problems with customers.

Tripling: Rule of Threes

• samples

Government of the people, by the people, for the people. (Abraham Lincoln) I came, I saw, I Conquered. (Julius Caesar) Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is

• success. (Henry Ford)

The old believe everything; the middle- aged suspect everything; the young know

• everything. (Oscar Wilde)

Machine-gunning Effect

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang! It’s cheaper, newer, faster, bigger, cleaner, safer, AND BETTER designed than anything else on the

• market. WHAT MORE CAN I SAY?

Simplification

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Simplification

IF you pack in too many product features, naturally your prices go up and eventually you lose customers. Pack in too many features your prices go up and you lose customers What about diversification? Is it a good idea? Sure, it is. But isn’t it a bit too late? Yes, I’m sorry to say, it probably is. Diversification? a good idea? Sure, But too late? Yes, probably Big companies are out And small companies are in , look at IBM. Once were at the top Now more of a struggle