Thursday, February 25, 2010

What can you say in the time it takes to soft-boil an egg?

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More than you might imagine. On July 24, 2009 Joan Detz gave a Thorough Speech on Brief Speechmaking, subtitled Mastering the Three-Minute S...
Sunday, February 21, 2010

Finding your niche

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Everyone needs to have a marketing niche, or two. Replacing shovel handles may be a narrow niche, but it might not be a tiny one. The sign s...
Friday, February 19, 2010

The power of thinking and presenting with images versus mere words

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Images are far more powerful than words alone. Using them we can catch things we otherwise might miss. Take a metaphorical seat in my car, a...
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Communicating versus just speaking

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Two weeks ago in her Ah, Um, Er blog Sara Marks posted about Speaking but not Communicating . She noted that when she joined Toastmasters sh...
Thursday, February 11, 2010

Why is your audience nodding off?

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Any speaker would prefer his audience to be alertly nodding rather than nodding off (and snoring like hibernating bears). I recently found a...
Monday, February 8, 2010

The joy of pareidolia

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People are skilled at finding patterns. Sometimes we find patterns that are not even there. Pareidolia is a recent word for the erroneous ...
Friday, February 5, 2010

Add visual interest to your public speaking presentation with balloons, and other inflatable props

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Balloons and other inflatable objects are inexpensive, easy-to-carry props that can perk up a presentation. They are sold ...