Bolivia situation guide
Sixty seconds, said out loud, on the record
Presenting well isn't about talking longer, it's a shape everyone can follow in sixty seconds: what it is, who it's for, one thing they can actually see, and what happens next. Say your dates and quantities aloud in one clean line, and check in halfway so a mixed-tech room stays with you. When the money question lands (and it always does) there is exactly one right move: the written cotización, today, with everything detailed, never a number spoken out loud. Don Miguel's skepticism about lo digital usually carries real market knowledge; the respectful move is to concede the possibility with 'puede ser' and ask your evidence question, never to argue or to mock. Close with one clean line and a date, and the point is made.
Essential vocabulary
- en resumen: in summary Opens the sixty-second structure, it tells Álvaro and Don Miguel a tight recap is coming, not a long story.
- la propuesta tiene dos partes: the proposal has two parts The 'qué' of your structure, naming what before anything else, so the room knows what it's listening for.
- por ejemplo, miren…: for example, look at… Turns an abstract promise into something they can actually see, pointing at the image you already shared in the group.
- el siguiente paso: the next step Every update needs one, it's what keeps a mixed-tech room moving forward together instead of wondering what happens now.
- en tres semanas: in three weeks Dates and quantities stated aloud, cleanly, no vague 'pronto' that leaves the timeline unclear.
- dos opciones de: two options of Gives the group something concrete to choose between, instead of just waiting for a single fixed result.
- ¿qué les parece hasta ahí?: what do you all think so far? The check-in that keeps a mixed-tech room with you mid-presentation, chunked instead of a wall of talk.
- les paso la cotización por escrito: I'll send you the quote in writing The only correct answer to any price question in this notebook, never a number, never a range, always the written quote.
- con todo detallado, para que lo revisen con calma: with everything detailed, so you can review it calmly The reason clause that makes the written quote read as professionalism, not evasion, it hands the decision pace back to them.
Bolivian Spanish terms
- puede ser: could be / maybe so The great Bolivian softener for disagreement, concede the possibility before you ever turn to your evidence question.
- ¿cuántas ya…?: how many already…? The shape of the evidence question, it turns a senior's skepticism into a fact-finding question instead of an argument you'd lose or win.
- nomás: just / simply (softening particle) Appears in Don Miguel's 'las tiendas piden por teléfono nomás', it softens his statement into an observation, not a complaint. Recognize it for now; you don't need to produce it yet.
Useful phrases
- La propuesta tiene [X] partes: [parte 1] y [parte 2].: The proposal has [X] parts: [part 1] and [part 2]. The 'qué' skeleton that opens any short presentation, name what before anything else.
- ¿Qué les parece hasta ahí?: What do you all think so far? The mid-point check-in that keeps a mixed-tech room following you before you move to the next part.
- Les paso la cotización por escrito hoy, con todo detallado, para que lo revisen con calma.: I'll send you the quote in writing today, with everything detailed, so you can review it calmly. THE only acceptable answer to any price question in this chapter, no number, no range, ever spoken aloud.
- Puede ser, don Miguel. ¿Cuántas ya les escriben por WhatsApp?: Could be, don Miguel. How many already write to you on WhatsApp? Concede a senior's skepticism respectfully, then move the conversation from opinion to evidence.
- Entonces: [siguiente paso]. Lo vemos el [día].: So: [next step]. We'll see each other on [day]. The one-line recap that closes a presentation cleanly, with a next step and a date the whole group can hold onto.
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