Tuesday, February 28, 2012

40.5 years of WorldCat - a great tool for digging up books, magazine articles, etc.

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Many are familiar with Amazon.com as a web site for finding books and other media to buy. We need a different tool f...
Monday, February 27, 2012

How an old pro accepts an Academy Award

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Last night Christopher Plummer finally won for Best Supporting Actor at age 82. Watch how he opens his speech with jokes, and how relaxed ...
Thursday, February 23, 2012

Getting useful structured feedback on speeches

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On February 21st at the Inter-Activ Presenting & Influencing blog Gavin Meikle asked How do you know if your pres...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

How is preparing a presentation like making a cup of coffee?

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What matters is the final result, not the speechwriting process used to get there. You can begin by making an outlin...
Sunday, February 19, 2012

Three quotations for President’s Day

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Tomorrow we celebrate George Washington's birthday approximately - on the third Monday in February rather than on the...
Friday, February 17, 2012

Top 21 anxieties for students at the University of Manitoba in 1974

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Previously I have blogged about recent surveys on what college students in the United States , Sweden, and India fear. I thought somewhere ...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Know the audience before you open your mouth

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Last night former US Senator Rick Santorum, who is a Republican presidential candidate, visited and spoke here in Boise. His...