tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919709354189953907.post850400532105384418..comments2024-03-18T22:17:45.917-07:00Comments on Joyful Public Speaking (from fear to joy): How many folks in the U.S. are freaked out about flying?Richard I. Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04032747070969465341noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919709354189953907.post-45903052730461436642012-08-01T13:21:52.687-07:002012-08-01T13:21:52.687-07:00I really appreciate your thoughtful analysis of th...I really appreciate your thoughtful analysis of the "fear of public speaking" stats. Did you know that Susan Cain's new book "Quiet" (which I liked, as a whole) reanimates the public speaking/fear of death statistic on p. 107. "...public speaking is the number-one fear in America, far more common than the fear of death." In the endnotes for that page, she references a study by Cunningham, Lefkoe and Sechrest: Eliminating Fears: An Interventiona that Permanently Eliminates the Fear of Public Speaking". Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 13 (2006), 59-81.<br /><br />Maggie K.<br />MS/US Library<br />Trinity Valley SchoolMaggie Knapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01557319237490295127noreply@blogger.com