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SPEAK SCHMEAK FEBRUARY 24, 2012  Friday Fun: Comedians I am constantly fascinated by how much speakers can learn from comedians. Most recent posts are at the top.) It's the candles, it's the smoke. | MAX ATKINSON FEBRUARY 24, 2012 To read or not to read? That is the question for speechwriters - or is it? Yesterday's conference of the UK Speechwriters' Guild was another stimulating treat, for which founder Bran Jenner deserves the thanks of all of us who were lucky enough to attend. But, had there been more time, an interesting argument might have developed between some of us who were there and some of the speakers. Authenticity? False. | | | | | | | | | |
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ONLIGNMENT | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012 Step 1: Define the population
Over the past year we have been publishing extracts from The New Learning Architect. You’ll know if you’ve defined the population appropriately if you are then able to make some generalisations about its characteristics. The following questions will help you to characterise the population. How fast does this population turn over? MORE >> -
GREAT PUBLIC SPEAKING | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012 Public Speaking - Remove the Lectern
To get started in your efforts to involve the audience I recommend that you take a big axe with you to each one of your presentations and chop the lectern into tiny little pieces. That way you won't be tempted to stand behind it. The behind-the lectern speaker is quickly going the way of the dinosaur. MORE >> -
SPEAK SCHMEAK | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012  Friday Fun: Comedians
I am constantly fascinated by how much speakers can learn from comedians. They are masters of surprise, timing, storytelling, audience engagement, discipline, preparation, handling pressure, handling failure, taking risks, and many other techniques that speakers need to understand. Most recent posts are at the top.) It's the candles, it's the smoke. MORE >> -
 "Porn" - That keyword will boost your web/mobile traffic
According to a study done by Symantec of 3.5 million online searches, the 6th most used term was "porn." If you're feeling scared about trying out that tactic, you can lower the risk by inserting the modifier "soft." " The classic example are the Calvin Klein underwear promotions. MORE >> -
PIVOTAL PUBLIC SPEAKING | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012  Is your audience listening?
Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening. Dorothy Sarnoff. audience in public speaking public speaking quotations about public speaking MORE >>
- Trust: What has that to do with anything? JANE GENOVA: SPEECHWRITER - GHOSTWRITER | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012
- Old Line RDA: How can we tell if we are old line, too? JANE GENOVA: SPEECHWRITER - GHOSTWRITER | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012
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