Joyful Public Speaking (from fear to joy)

Monday, June 1, 2020

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and the 2020 presidential election

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By age 70 many Americans with common sense have decided they are over the hill, and already are retired. But ...
Thursday, May 28, 2020

Some names also can be verbs

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In the May 27, 2020 Pearls Before Swine comic strip there is an unusual way (heuristic) for selecting pe...
Tuesday, May 26, 2020

One little speech (because everything hasn’t been said)

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You always can give a little speech or tell a story of your very own - since everything has not been said yet. A few days ago I ...
Sunday, May 24, 2020

You probably won’t hear speaking coaches or motivational speakers cite results about fear of public speaking from the 2019 Chapman Survey of American Fears

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That is because the fear of public speaking only is ranked #54 of 88 fears (and it has a fea...
Saturday, May 23, 2020

Simplified images either can clarify or confuse

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A simplified image can clarify a point by removing unnecessary details. But it also can confuse by leading us to believe no...
Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Another ‘HeyPal’ phishing email

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Today I received another fraudulent phishing email claiming to be from PayPal and warning that my account has been limited. I...
Monday, May 18, 2020

Pop-Tarts: comedy, history, and toaster fires

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I particularly enjoyed a routine in Jerry Seinfeld’s Netflix special 23 Hours to Kill about Pop-Tarts . He said to...
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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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