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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Celebrating a milestone - 800 posts













Today I’m celebrating 800 posts on this blog by pointing out my favorite one from each of the past ten months:

October 2012
Either way you look at it, public speaking really is not our greatest fear

November 2012
Slides were used as visual aids long before PowerPoint

December 2012
Joy and wonder - the science behind mayonnaise and other things

January 2013
An infographic showing rhetorical fallacies, and a commercial for skepticism

February 2013
Fired up, ready to go

March 2013
Is that a true story or just a fairy tale?

April 2013
Don’t use official language

May 2013
Filling the skies with music on Music Monday in Canada

June 2013
Learning public speaking isn’t any harder than learning to drive a car

July 2013
Step up to more creative writing
Posted by Richard I. Garber at 4:16 AM
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Richard I. Garber
This blog is about public speaking. The author is Richard I. Garber, ACS, a Toastmaster. From July 2008 to June 2010 he was Vice President-Education for Capitol Club Toastmasters in Boise, Idaho. From July 2017 to June 2019 he was Vice President Public Realtions for Saint Al's Toastmasters. Opinions expressed on this blog are those of the author alone, and are not the official positions of Toastmasters International, etc. Richard is retired. He has over twenty years of experience as a consultant on failure analysis (figuring out why things busted or rusted) and a Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science. His email is r_i_garber at hotmail.com
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