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December 2007 |
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Are You a Better Speaker Than a Fifth Grader? |
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Joey Asher
President's
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“Daddy,
will you help me with my speech?”
That’s
how it began. My 10-year-old daughter Annie was running
for secretary of the fifth grade class of Dunwoody
Springs Elementary School. All the candidates would
have to deliver a speech the next day to the entire
class in the school cafeteria. Annie first showed her
talk to her mother, who promptly passed her on to her
father, the professional communication skills coach.
How
Annie crafted her winning speech is a lesson in how to
simplify a topic and deliver an easy to understand
presentation.
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Star Trek-Style Technology "Beams" Speakers Into Conferences From
Around the World. |
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Say
that you’re invited to speak at a conference in
Bangalore, India. But you also need to be present at a meeting
that morning in Atlanta. Normally, you would have to
make a decision on which of the two events to attend.
But
that may be changing thanks to a new Star Trek-style
technology that allows you to be “beamed” into the
Bangalore conference to deliver your speech. The
technology makes it appear that you’re actually in the
Bangalore auditorium on stage delivering your speech, even though
you would still be in Atlanta.
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If You're Looking For a Classy Insult, Try These. |
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‘Tis the Season
for good cheer and goodwill. So if you’re going to deliver an
insult, make it classy and witty.
There are
plenty of websites (many of them quite raunchy so be careful), dedicated to
insults.
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Cool Word of the Month: Hallowthanksmas. |
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The period of time
starting in late October and ending on New Year's Eve, so named for
the commercial tendency to put up Christmas displays before
Halloween. See also, Chistmahanukwanzakah.
Once October comes,
we have to celebrate hallowthanksmas for 3 months! |
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Public Speaking Tip from Albert Einstein. |
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“If you
are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the
tailor.”
Those
are the words of Albert Einstein. And while he wasn’t
talking about public speaking, he certainly could have
been. At Speechworks, we want our clients to understand
that great speaking is not about being elegant but about
being effective.
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