#17 - Shelly Davies Interview (Writing, Communications, Language, Profanity, Maori, White Privilege etc.)

Spoke with Writing and Communications Trainer Shelly Davies about how to improve your writing and training as well as other topics such as Maori, Profanity, Racism and more

WEBSITE www.shellydavies.co.nz

TIMESTAMPS

01:27 - How Shelly Got Into Writing 02:47 - Hapu Trust Board/Document of RMA 03:39 - Written Document That Was Easy To Read 04:50 - Being Handed A Business 05:54 - Plain Language 06:44 - Why We Write Different To How We Speak 07:59 - Untraining People To Write Differently From Spoken Word/Examples 10:04 - Finding The Balance To Write Professionally But Simple 10:33 - Shelly’s Website/Errors 12:38 - Active & Passive Sentence Structure 14:48 - Shelly’s Marketing/Brand 17:08 - Plain Language Not Taught In Universities 19:13 - Grammar Nazi’s/Modern English 21:41 - Differences Between Te Reo Maori & English 24:53 - Difference In Languages/Mistranslation & Communication 25:50 - Communication 27:58 - Shelly’s Critical Eye 29:00 - Apostrophe Errors 31:13 - Plain Language Comes Across More Professional 31:45 - Writing Emails 32:13 - CV’s 34:10 - Automation 35:35 - Writing Worse Now Because Of Automation & Social Media 36:47 - Handwriting 37:33 - Shelly Plays A Game With Reece 39:05 - Profanity 41:00 - Profanity In Shelly’s Brand 42:55 - The Pros Of Profanity According To Studies 43:58 - When Profanity Is Bad 44:53 - Shelly’s Book “Good Shit I’ve Learned” 46:57 - Shelly’s Second Book “Engaging With Maori For Success In Business” 47:31 - The Idea For Shelly’s Second Book 49:02 - Having Inter Generation View Of Maori 51:17 - Misperceptions Of Maori/Shelly’s Views On Maori 52:18 - Colonisation Of Maori Still Has Ongoing Impacts 53:48 - Racism/Defence Mechanisms 55:46 - Shelly’s Moko/People Thinking Shelly’s White 57:40 - White Privilege/Multicultural Society 59:07 - Different Reactions To Shelly’s Moko 1:01:35 - America 1:03:41 - Differences Between America & NZ 1:05:09 - Empowerment For Women/Social Media Being Fake 1:07:31 - Reece Tries To Be Respectful On The Podcast/Maturity 1:10:26 - Gratitude Journal/Being Happy 1:12:11 - Counselling Sessions 1:13:16 - Ted Talks/Speeches Different To Speaking 1:14:17 - Shelly Focusing More On Speaking Gigs 1:15:00 - How To Contact Shelly