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• in Technorati Women
  I'm LIKE About to Scream!
  America's children need to learn how to speak. Let's help them remove the word 'like' from their vocabularies once and for all.
  by creativewealth / on Apr 30, 2011
• in Guru
  Easy Tips for Engaging an Audience
  Tips to be a better public speaker and engage your audience
  by sageone73 / on Mar 25, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “public speaking”

 

• Use Humor Safely During Your Next Talk

  
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  Many people advise new speakers to avoid using humor during their talks. “It’s not a safe subject,” they say. “It will almost certainly backfire, and you could cause yourself a lot of trouble.” Sure, if you have all the self-awareness of Michael Scott in a coma, yes, it will backfire. If you’ve been ...
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• Smile, Youre On!

  
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  By Laura Spinella  My first public reading was nothing short of a disaster. Trust me; there was nothing beautiful about it.  The moment was so bad I couldn’t even articulate the aforementioned pun at my own expense. (See Beautiful Disaster, Penguin, 2011) It was a packed library, which I wasn’t ...
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• Things to Never Say (Out Loud) At Work

  
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  "Umm, I guess Ill try to help you with that." Even if youve never said that entire sentence, you may still be guilty of saying at least one or two of those words at work. The thing is, we get so comfortable at the office, its hard to notice words that slip out that are better left unsaid. From "WTF" to "whatever" its ...
  5 days ago

• Law, Order, and an Atheist Monument in Starke, Florida

  
  Business Humor — Authority: 95
  Atheist Monument at the Courthouse in Starke, Florida Photo and article, copyright 2013, Danny Murphy U.S. 301, which is also known as Temple Ave., runs through the heart of Starke, Florida. River of Life Church of God is at the city limit to the north. The post Law, Order, and an Atheist Monument in Starke, Florida ...
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• What Mick Jagger Teaches us about Public Speaking

  
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  Mick Jagger and his Rolling Stones rocked the TD Garden in Boston last night, and thanks to David Meerman Scott’ s hard work on the Stones’ fan page , I was in the audience.  Thanks, David, for inviting me to come along!  Any time I get a chance to see a legendary performer like Jagger, I jump at it, ...
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• How to get over your fear of public speaking

  
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  Jerry Seinfeld once quipped, “According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you’re better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.” For some, though, any ...
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• Observational Humor — Case Study #99

  
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  Here is another set of humorous observations from a recent meeting.  We’ll look at the set-up, then the joke, and then we’ll analyze what made the joke work. THE SET-UP (What was said or what happened during the meeting, before the monologue was presented.) 1.  Bobby Williams said, “Many people think that ...
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• What Mick Jagger Teaches us about Public Speaking

  
  SEO LinkTagstic — Authority: 147
  Last night, my friend Nick Morgan and I caught the Mick Jagger Show... er, the Rolling Stones... in Boston. It was a terrific show. Nick is my speaker coach, so we used the Stones show as a field trip to... [ Web Ink Now ] [ Read More ]
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• 12 Most Massive Worries to Stop Sweating During Your Next Presentation

  
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  12 Most HE6TKNU4H59Q By Dr. Michelle Mazur Do you want to look good on stage during your next presentation? Professional speaker and 2001 World Champion of Public Speaking, Darren LaCroix, posed this question during a presentation at a recent conference I attended. Hands shot up all across the room including mine. ...
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• In Defence of Nudity

  
  Chris Worfolk's Blog — Authority: 114
  For project nine of the Toastmasters Competent Communicator manual, Persuade With Power, I presented a talk entitled “In Defence of Nudity”. It certainly wasn’t one of my best speeches, but I somehow muddled through to take home the best speaker ribbon.
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• Six “Small” Mistakes That Can Doom Your Next Speech

  
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  You have an important presentation coming up. You’ve done everything right to prepare for it. Hopefully, you’ve even incorporated many of the ideas in my post “The 25 Most Essential Public Speaking Tips.” But when the day of your presentation comes, you forget to do these six “little” things. They’re ...
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• 40 Tips for Stress-Free Public Speaking

  
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  No matter what kind of job you have, or what business you’re in, there comes a time when you are asked to give a presentation in front of a group of people. Now public speaking is something that doesn’t come naturally to most of us and in fact a survey not too long ago found that many people are more terrified of ...
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• How to Visualize your Success

  
  Art of Public Speaking — Authority: 95
  Its no secret that one common trait found in great athletes is the ability to visualize their success. Visualization is a proven psychological action that helps you to succeed. Visualization actually increases the cognitive dissonance in your brain, which forces your brain to find a solution to make the success ...
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• Thanks So Much, Country Bank!

  
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  What a beautiful letter from one of my favorite repeat clients,  Country Bank .  They did an appreciation night for 450 customers and it was all themed around my website - so unexpected and so creative! Paul Scully, Country Bank  Even Paul Scully, the FABULOUS bank president was wearing a ...
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• What It Takes to Drive Home a Paid Speaking Gig

  
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  It’s easy enough to land a speaking gig: every organization in your city wants a speaker to come in every once in a while. But that’s not the same as driving home a paid speaking gig. To actually receive payment, beyond travel expenses or an event ticket, requires a different approach. You need to be more ...
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• 20 Plus Tips on How to Optimize Your Presentations & Public Speaking

  
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  What does it mean to “optimize” your presentations? Keywords in your speech? Including your Twitter handle on all slides? Repurposing the slide content through Slideshare, Flickr, Visual.ly and on blogs? The answer is yes – all of the above. And more. More marketing and communications pros are getting on board ...
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• Managing Interruptions and Managing to Interrupt

  
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  Like modern life, meetings, conversations, and public speaking often are full of interruptions. How do you keep from being interrupted? How can you politely interrupt when you need to be heard? Learn how to manage interruptions.  Categories: Speaking Skills , Speaking Tips , Why Speaking and Media Skills Matter ...
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• Is public speaking fun?

  
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  By W. S. Gager   I thought I would continue with Beryl Reichenberg’s   post from Sunday about the class she did and how you always learn from each one you do. I enjoy doing public speaking appearances. And, no, I’m not crazy. Even when I try, no presentation is ever exactly like another. My ...
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• Interview (Misc)

  
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  Purchase $5.00 A Journalist is Making a Interview with a Microphone
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• Guest Posting: Presentation Tips from TV’s Shark Tank & Dragons Den, by Roger Kethcart

  
  Professionally Speaking — Authority: 98
  Roger Kethcart is a reality TV junkie with an amateur interest in the art of public speaking. He almost made his trade the dissemination of information by becoming a public school teacher, but the lure of writing about TV all day long was too much for him to resist. You can find his writing at [...]
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