Sentences with phrase «speak like people»

And the characters tend to act and speak like people back in Idaho, etc. — it's really more a function of how my imagination works than anything else.

I speak like a person born in the 50s sometimes (um, of course that is when my mouth is taking a break from it's rather colorful language...).

On average they gazed a couple of seconds longer at that surprising situation of person 2 using an inconsistent language than they did at the expected case of person 1 speaking like person 3.

Make sure that Alexa speaks like a person, for example using contractions and avoiding jargon.

Not exact matches

In a personal blog post announcing his plans, Camp spoke of recent travels to Kenya, where he connected with people living without access to basic services like clean water, food and electricity.

I hate when people tell me to «just be yourself» — but in remote interviews, dialing back the corporate speak and acting like yourself makes you more trustworthy.

One of the most memorable points, which people may not like or agree with, yet well spoken from a student at Stanford University on Entrepreneurial Success:

«They sure as hell can't go in front of a large group of people and speak like you would at a company presentation.»

Other studies by Kross suggest that, when people use their first names, they're more likely to see stressful situations (like public speaking) as challenging, rather than threatening.

She may look like a pro now, but Corcoran used to be «horribly afraid» to get out in front of people and speak.

Speaking to the CIA on Saturday, Trump gave inaccurate figures about the crowd at his inauguration, saying it «looked honestly like a million and a half people» and said «it went all the way back to the Washington Monument.»

Even the more impressive challenges, like learning to speak passable Mandarin or coding a rudimentary A.I. system to operate devices in his home, are the sort a smart person can expect to accomplish in a year if he sets aside enough time.

But keep in mind that the people you're speaking with will use their brief meetings with you to try to guess what it would be like to have you around for eight hours a day or more.

«We build world - class tech that puts people back in control of their finances, we speak to our customers like humans and we're never afraid to challenge old thinking in order to innovate.»

When Bill Gates speaks, people listen — which can be an unfortunate thing, especially when the Microsoft founder espouses ideas like taxing robots.

Like the poet, you want the person you're speaking with to feel a connection to the request you're making.

We all go to the doctor to see how our body is functioning and we speak with retirement professionals to see what life after work will look like, so why not give your business that same kind of assessment for your most important asset — your people?

But a couple days ago I spoke to approximately 3,000 people and every question could have been summarized like this:

Because when you're watching a video of someone speaking (as opposed to watching, say, a road trip), there's no way to accelerate the accompanying audio without the person sounding like Mickey Mouse.

But it also seems like a lesson in effective speaking that business people would do well to remember too.

«It was more like you did it because you found something that spoke to you and you found like - minded people and you were all weirdos, everyone were kind of outcasts.»

«Like it or not, people want exposure to bitcoin,» CBOE CEO Edward Tilly said last week at the same conference where Dimon spoke.

For example, one person (who, like the others I spoke with, preferred not to share his name for this article) told me he offered to help protesters get out their message in English by providing translation services.

You can choose to associate primarily with fellow expats, speaking mostly English and easing your way into your new life in Mazatlán aided by people like you who've already made the move.

Speaking like a robot and repeating a spiel ad infinitum turns people away, but there's another way to become a more effective salesperson: focusing on purpose, rather than achieving certain metrics.

If not, gently remind the other person of the fact that you gave her the stage to speak her mind first and you'd simply like the same respect and courtesy now.

Particularly in the media space, you have to be careful to make sure you're not just speaking to people like you.

In the United States, «It's like trying to speak to the phone company» is a line people use to describe any hopeless customer service interaction.

Maybe you don't like to meet new people or you're really not that fond of kids or you don't like public speaking or you don't want to travel.

Fitzgerald said a challenge in a movie like Snowden is to appeal to the American public, which includes many people who don't know or care about geek - speak, while also remaining credible with hacker types.

Those who have spoken about their experiences, people like Brad Feld and Jaime Lowe and Ben Huh, deserve great praise.

Having spoken to countless entrepreneurs on this topic and receiving enormous resistance from most of them, I now begin the conversation with, «we are going to create a duplicatable formula that will increase sales and enable you to market to as many people as you like!»

But most people in the room, French and English alike, soon forgot about politics when Harrison started speaking about improving railway performance, which he has repeatedly proved he can do like nobody else in the business, so long as he is allowed to do things his way.

(Or in nonresearcher speak, when you think other people will like you, you act more naturally and come across as friendlier — which then makes people like you more since we tend to like warm, friendly people.)

CFO's are often challenged with speaking like a real person about and to real people because their lives revolve around numbers.

To improve your own presentation skills, consider joining a group or organization like Toastmasters, which aims to help people develop public speaking and leadership skills.

Even when we seem like complete opposites, there is usually something we can agree on with the person we're speaking with.

If our Spokes Models could work events like the Grammys and the Oscars, taking people to their seats, checking people in, and generally making sure they are having an amazing time, while representing a company like «clairol» or a startup like ``... com», the company could gain credibility and build consumer confidence.

People like me who speak up aren't wishing for a massive reckoning.

Since the people have spoken, dis - ownership has gotten the eyes and ears of investment hubs like Silicon Valley.

NewsCred's survey discovered that millennials want to be spoken to like the unique people that they are.

«More people are speaking up because they feel like they've been told lies,» Mr. Harris said.

Google security executives were suspicious that outside parties, like governments, could tap into the cables, but did not have hard evidence that the spying was occurring, according to three people briefed on Google's security efforts who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Like the other people I spoke with at Vanguard Monica also assured me that Vanguard were in the process of hiring more team members for the personal advisor service.

CCISD Police Chief Kirby Warnke says the message is mumbled and sounds like a person speaking Spanish.

And when I speak on this topic in public I like to remind people that, «when I raised capital there were no easy ways to figure out who were the friends of the VC's (let alone who the VC's were in the first place) but in 2009 you have alll the social networking tools: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter or even just plain old Google Search.

I think what I'm getting at is this: Imagine 100 like - minded people (each with an obvious right to free speech) band together to speak on electoral politics.

«In order to have an internet of value, people are going to have to interact with each other,» Baldet said, speaking to the need for an ecosystem that includes everyone from enterprises like her former employer to accredited investors to retail investors.

«He knows he has to do something,» said another person who has spoken with Trump about the issue, who said the president seemed open to stricter gun control but had not decided what it would look like.

CIC is said to be impressed with the prestige of the Vision Fund, according to multiple people who have spoken with the sovereign fund recently, and is attracted to the chance to tie its brand to Son much like the CIC did to Goldman Sachs.