Beyond Rhetoric with Chen Choon

In this episode, Chen Choon provides his concluding remarks of this series and some personal reflection how this has helped him to navigate his life.

In this episode, Chen Choon shares how he documents quotes to be used in his communication opportunities. He shares the different sub section of this notebook, its applicability and differences.

In this episode, Chen Choon shares how he documents humor to be used in his communication opportunities. He shares the different sub section of this notebook, its applicability and differences.

In this episode, Chen Choon shares how he documents story to be used in his communication opportunities. He shares a proven template that he uses and some important principles on how to use them.

In this episode, Chen Choon shares about how he documents stories, humor and quotes to enable him to use them when required. He shares the 3 basic principles before starting this process.

In this episode, Chen Choon shares his reflection from his 5 and half years reflection. He shares three key lessons: 1. Be generous with your energy 2. Focus on things that matters 3. Play a bigger part of ourselves in other people's live

In this episode, Chen Choon shares one of the tips that he shared with his coachee on the use of metaphor. He illustrate the power of metaphor through examples and why it is a powerful tool as part of your communication skill.

In this episode, Chen Choon shares the principle of why learning has to be effortful. He shares the 3 immediate thing you can do to make your learning stick.

In this episode, Chen Choon provides his concluding remarks on the Mastering Body Language series. He shares the new discovery he made while producing this episode and the general thoughts around body language.

In this episode, Chen Choon shares about how your lower body is the foundation for all the other body language. He shares the importance of being grounded when you speak and how to purposefully move around the space. He shares the general rule of how movement is a mirror of the size of the audience.

In this episode, Chen Choon explores the effective way to use hand gesture. He shares how hand gestures can be used to visualise a point and bring a story to life. In addition, he shared the differences between an open palm gesture and a close palm gesture and how to effectively use both of them. There is also a bonus tip of how hand gesture could also be used as an engagement tool.

In this episode, Chen Choon explores the first zone of the body language which is anything above the shoulder. He shares new thinking around how best to use the facial expression aside from the common advise such as looking at one part of the audience for 2 to 3 seconds.

In this episode, Chen Choon kick start a new series on Body Language. He shares the 3 principles to begin you mastering the body language journey. This episode contains an activities to prepare for the upcoming episode as part of this series.

In this episode, Chen Choon shares the 3 powerful questions that you can ask when meeting someone new in a networking event. These questions can help build deeper conversation and connection.

In this episode, Chen Choon shares how to structure your life's portfolio so that you build a sustained joy without expectation. Let's go

In this episode, Chen Choon explores how to be a better conversationalist. It all begins with being a good conversationalist to self followed by exercising curiousity and opening up. Let's go

In this episode, Chen Choon shares strategy for the most effective placement of pauses. He shares 3 principles which are; pause before triggering a new thought; pause in anticipation of a release AND pause to slow down your thought. Lets go.

In this episode, Chen Choon shares some of the tools and tricks to guide your audience flow of thoughts to enhance the clarity of each slide. He shares about arrows, numbers, icons and colors and ends the series with an important point on sliding vs storytelling. Lets go...

In this episode, Chen Choon shares the idea behind the entry point and exit point of each slide when you craft your presentation slides.

In this episode, Chen Choon introduces the principles of sliding and where to start when it comes to creating compelling slides.