Sunday, December 21, 2008

Rehearsing what you can’t say in words

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In a previous post (October 12, 2008) on “How should you rehearse before giving a speech?” I discussed Nick Morgan’s advice on how to rehear...
Saturday, December 20, 2008

Finding books to read - the joy of interlibrary loan

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If we really want to find out a lot about a topic (like public speaking) then we can find and read a book. What should we do if our local pu...
Monday, December 15, 2008

I saw it on the web, so it must be true

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On December 3rd I was scheduled to be Toastmaster at Capitol Club. I usually look up the meeting date on the web in order to find a theme or...
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Monday, December 8, 2008

I read it in the newspaper, so it must be true

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One common way of winning points in an argument is to research your topic, and then to quote from an authoritative source. Last year Peter R...
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Sunday, December 7, 2008

Audience size determines working distance and thus presentation style

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As I discussed yesterday, presentation style should match the audience size . The working distance between the presenter (you) and the back ...
Saturday, December 6, 2008

Your presentation style should match both your intent and the size of your audience

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This January, on his Extreme Presentation Method blog , Professor Andrew V. Abela discussed the difference between TWO presentation idioms. ...
Friday, November 28, 2008

A buffet of blogs about public speaking

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In a post back on June 6 I mentioned that Andrew Dlugan had discussed 106 blogs about public speaking . There is an interesting tool for kee...