SAY IT CLEARLY, MAKE IT COUNT

How Culture Shapes Getting Heard, Building Influence, and Advancing in the American Workplace

08/30/2026 08:30 PM EST

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Course Overview

Knowing when to speak is only half the challenge. You also need to know what to say and how to say it clearly.

This practical course helps professionals organize their thinking, get to the point faster, and communicate with greater clarity and confidence in meetings, presentations, networking, manager conversations, and unexpected questions.

Participants learn simple speaking structures they can use repeatedly—so they don't have to invent what to say every time they are put on the spot.

What will I learn?

GET TO THE POINT — Lead with the main idea instead of building up to it.
SAY LESS, MEAN MORE — Cut unnecessary detail, over-explaining, and verbal wandering.
SPEAK UNDER PRESSURE — Use simple structures to organize ideas quickly and respond with greater clarity, confidence, and presence.
Participants leave with practical speaking frameworks they can immediately apply to meetings, updates, recommendations, networking, presentations, and Q&A.

SAY IT CLEARLY, MAKE IT COUNT

Joseph Rios

Joseph Rios, PhD, is an Executive Coach and Human Capability Strategist, Stanford-trained researcher in the anthropology of human communication, former Google Brain AI learning design lead, and founder of DaKodit. For more than 25 years, he has helped professionals across cultures develop the human capabilities needed to turn expertise into greater visibility, influence, and career advancement.His career spans AI, education, leadership, entrepreneurship, and corporate learning across the U.S., Asia, and Europe. He has held senior educational leadership roles, lectured at two universities in China, taught entrepreneurship across China with Columbia Business School’s Venture for All, and trained Fortune 500 employees from around the world.

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