January 2010 |
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Public Speaking Tips from My Dog Balou. |
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Joey Asher
President's
Perspective |
My dog
Balou is a 60-pound, black-lab mix that we adopted at a
PetSmart rescue day last year in Sandy Springs. And if
he could only talk and write on a flip chart, I’m sure
he’d be a great public speaker. That’s because he
understands how to connect with people better than most
humans.
It’s
about connection not perfection
First,
Balou understands that you can do a lot wrong if you
establish great rapport.
Balou
makes lots of mistakes. He eats the insoles out of
shoes. He chewed the upholstery on our nice living room
sofa. When he vomits on the kitchen floor, it’s truly
disturbing. And I won’t bother describing the foul and
prodigious “gift” he left for us in the basement on
Thanksgiving morning last year. I guess we forgot to
let him out the night before.
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Word Czars Ban “Czar” in 2010 Jargon
List. |
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The word Czars at Lake Superior State University have declared 15
bits of 2010 jargon “shovel ready”.
"The list this year is a 'teachable moment' conducted free of
'tweets,'" said a Word Banishment spokesman who was "chillaxin'"
over the holidays. "'In these economic times', purging our language
of 'toxic assets' is a 'stimulus' effort that's 'too big to fail.'"
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Simple Business Development Tip for a Slow Economy: Practice the
Five Foot Rule. |
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One way
to help grow business during the current tough economy
is to start practicing
the “five foot rule.” That’s the rule that says,
“Whenever you’re within five feet of someone, say
‘Hello.’”
Great business developers realize that a major key to
developing business is to connect with lots of people
that can bring you business. Just saying “Hello” to
strangers in non-threatening circumstances leads to lots
of business every single day.
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Need to Introduce a Speaker? Tell a story. |
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Here’s an excerpt of a typical speaker introduction:
“Joe
Smith is President of the Chamber of Commerce, the Board of
Realtors, and is President Emeritus of the Auxiliary Firefighters
Fund of the Central Plains. He graduated in the lower half of his
class from Central State University with a major in Car Wash
Administration and a Minor in Box Carving. He loves to hunt (and
drink) wild turkey. His lovely wife Cindy is active in their
church. They have three children, John Jr., Bubba, and Earlene.”
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Public Speaking Wisdom from Yogi Berra. |
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Former Yankee catcher Yogi Berra coined a sage bit of
public speaking wisdom when he said, “I don’t want to
make the wrong mistake.”
What
does this have to do with public speaking?
The
best speakers often make small mistakes because they speak
extemporaneously, rather than relying heavily on a script or notes.
So mistakes are inevitable. But as Yogi might say, the key is to
avoid the “wrong mistakes.”
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