Workshop: Expressing Multi-syllable Technical Vocabulary

The EXPRESSING MULTI-SYLLABLE TECHNICAL VOCABULARY workshop is based upon the  Expressing Vowels to Create Meaningful Connections (listed above); therefore, you must complete the vowel workshop first. In my Breakthrough Needs Assessment meetings with engineers and technical professionals, we talk about their communication and career goals. As we talk, I am taking notes regarding their communication style. Most often, I note that they are dropping syllables and mumbling through some of their multi-syllable words. This absolutely interferes with their ability to speak clearly. But more importantly, it ensures that they will be seen by others as a technical expert, not a thought leader. My passion is to ensure that my engineering and technical clients are seen as more than technical experts and more than problem solvers. My mission is to help my clients communicate like the thought leaders that they are!

In this workshop, we cover a heap of concepts and vocabulary in just one hour, including 1) stress patterns in words with suffixes, 2) stress patterns that change in the same word depending on the part of speech, and 3) stress patterns in multi-word business and technical expressions. You and I will cover more than a hundred words in the hour together, but don’t worry - you don’t have to memorize these words because you will learn patterns, conventions, and concepts that will allow you to easily remember and apply what you have learned to the majority of English multi-syllable words. It’s a fast-paced hour well spent for engineers and technical professionals who realize that communication is 80% of the job as you advance along the leadership track.