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Build a Thirty-Second PREP Answer

Construct a thirty-second PREP answer from a messy set of meeting facts.

Dana is asked, "Should we expand the pilot?" She has four raw facts and thirty seconds to answer. PREP turns raw facts into point, reason, example, and landed recommendation. The common trap is to narrate every remembered fact in chronological order, which makes the listener infer the recommendation. Point Start with the recommendation: expand the enterprise pilot, not the whole pilot. The first sentence answers the question. It creates a shelf for every detail that follows. Reason Give the logic: enterprise is where the signal is strongest and the risk is controlled. The reason explains why this recommendation is not…

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