This is an All-Ears English podcast, episode 2496, three winning frameworks to speak up in a meeting

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Even at the highest levels of business, we can feel nervous and clammy when we need to speak up

in a meeting. Today, our guest, Anna, gives us three simple but powerful ways to structure what you want to say

so that people understand you.

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Hello, Anna. Welcome to All-Eers English. Glad to have you here. How are you doing today?

Hi, Lindsay. I'm very well. How are you doing? Good. We're excited to have your voice on the show.

I'm just going to take a minute and introduce you to our audience. So everyone, today I have Anna Connolly on the show.

Anna Connolly is an accredited neurolanguage coach who helps senior managers

reach their goals through her weekly podcast, Confident Business English. Anna's here today

to share a simple technique to save you time and stress, especially when you need to speak up

in meetings. And Anna, I am so glad we're talking about speaking up in meetings because

I know it's a real pressure point for a lot of our listeners. Absolutely. Many people who are

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