The Art of Explanation with Ros Atkins

Power Hour

Adrienne Herbert

Society & Culture, Unknown

4.8 • 713 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Adrienne is joined by the brilliant journalist and broadcaster Ros Atkins.

Explanation - identifying and communicating what we want to say - is an art. And the BBC presenter and journalist Ros Atkins, creator of the viral 'Ros Atkins on...' explainer videos, is something of a master of the form. In his book, Ros shares the secrets he has learned from years of working in high-pressure newsrooms, identifying the ten elements of a good explanation and the seven steps you need to take to express yourself with clarity and impact.

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0:00.0	Welcome back. In today's episode, I'm joined by Ross Atkins.
0:08.0	Ros is a BBC presenter and journalist, and he's now the author of a new book all about the importance of explanation and communication.
0:18.0	Now, I received a copy of this book, and I went through it really quickly, and I started, as soon as I started reading this book, I started writing this book, I received a copy of this book and I went through it really quickly and I started,
0:22.8	as soon as I started reading this book, I started underlining things, highlighting things and it's
0:28.0	a really, really actionable book. It's something that you feel like I'm learning something that I can
0:32.7	actually put into practice today, tomorrow. It's really, really fantastic, really practical.
0:38.7	I love a non-fiction practical book. So what I wanted to say before we dive into this week's episode is that some people
0:44.6	might think, okay, well, I'm not a presenter, I'm not a news presenter, and I'm not somebody who does
0:50.1	a lot of public speaking. So is explanation, is communication, are these skills important to me?
0:56.3	And what I would say is that in the modern world, the digital age that we live in, communication,
1:01.8	and the skills required to share ideas and to storytell are more important than ever before.
1:09.0	Now, I see this in so many of the things that I do, not just as a podcast
1:12.5	host or as a speaker, but in meetings that I go into, when I work with startups, when I work
1:18.4	with companies that are trying to raise money and I look at their pitch deck and I help them to
1:23.0	think about how they're going to tell the story. Like storytelling is such an important skill.
1:28.6	And it's something I've been talking to my son about as well and being able to communicate,
1:32.6	sharing ideas with other people and being able to do so with enthusiasm and passion,
1:38.0	but also with data. It's really, really powerful. So bear that in mind as we listen to
1:42.9	this week's episode.
1:47.7	Welcome to the Power Hour. Welcome to the Power Hour.
1:54.8	I'm Adrienne Herbert, wellness coach, international speaker and author. Each week I speak to a variety of guests from business founders to Olympic athletes, leading coaches, change makers and innovators to find out their daily habits,
2:03.3	their rules to live by and what motivates them to get up out of bed each day.
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