Manner of Speaking

AUGUST 23, 2011

The 2011 World Championship of Public Speaking , hosted by Toastmasters International in Las Vegas, Nevada is now history. Again, my sincere congratulations to all contestants in the 2011 Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking. Congratulations to all contestants, especially Jock Elliott (1st Place), Kwong Yue Yang (2nd Place) and Scott Pritchard (3rd Place). Left to right: Kwong Yue Yang, Jock Elliott and Scott Pritchard.

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Manner of Speaking

AUGUST 7, 2011

I hope that you have been having an enjoyable summer. I have been traveling with my family in Canada for the past three weeks and taking a bit of break from the blog. W e return to Switzerland tomorrow, so look for new posts on Manner of Speaking in the near future.

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Manner of Speaking

AUGUST 7, 2011

I hope that you have been having an enjoyable summer. I have been traveling with my family in Canada for the past three weeks and taking a bit of break from the blog. W e return to Switzerland tomorrow, so look for new posts on Manner of Speaking in the near future.

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PowerPoint Tips

AUGUST 18, 2011

I’m pleased to announce the 2nd Outstanding Presentations Workshop with a new group of top-tier presenters! Those of you who attended last year (we had over 1700 sign-ups from 49 countries!) will remember the high quality of the presentations. And it’s all free! Thanks to our sponsors.). It’s starting on September 7th and will run for 7 sessions in total, at 11am Pacific Time/2pm Eastern Time. Sign up now! Or read on. Who will speak?

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Manner of Speaking

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Tonight is the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. It’s been years since I’ve seen the show live. For me, watching it from start to finish can be a tedious affair. And now that I live in Switzerland, the show doesn’t get started until the middle of the night, so I am usually fast asleep when the ceremony begins. Manner of Speaking backs "The King's Speech" This year, however, I have more than a passing interest in one movie: The King’s Speech.

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Manner of Speaking

AUGUST 23, 2011

The 2011 World Championship of Public Speaking , hosted by Toastmasters International in Las Vegas, Nevada, is now history. Again, my sincere congratulations to all contestants in the 2011 Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking. Congratulations to all contestants, especially Jock Elliott (1st Place), Kwong Yue Yang (2nd Place) and Scott Pritchard (3rd Place). Left to right: Kwong Yue Yang, Jock Elliott and Scott Pritchard.

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PowerPoint Tips

SEPTEMBER 25, 2011

In the afternoon of the first day of Presentation Summit 2011, I heard 2 excellent presentations and wanted to share them with you. Events Carmen Taran Olivia Mitchell presentation summit 2011Carmen Taran: I Can’t Remember %#&$! Carmen Taran was the afternoon keynote speaker. Those of you who are attending the Outstanding Presentations Workshop heard her present and she is always lively and interesting.

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Speaking Freely

JANUARY 30, 2011

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PowerPoint Tips

OCTOBER 15, 2011

Day 3 was the last day of the Presentation Summit and had fewer scheduled sessions. Nick Morgan on using stories to lead an audience to action. In the morning, we heard a keynote by Nick Morgan. His main point was that the only reason to give a presentation is to change the world. Is it a coincidence that I had just started a new website called ChangetheWorldMarketing.com before coming to the conference?

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PowerPoint Tips

OCTOBER 9, 2011

I owe you more of my thoughts about the Presentation Summit 2011 and it has been hard to get to it. After coming back from a conference, it’s so easy to get immersed in day-to-day work. But I want you to get as much benefit as possible from my attendance. Here are my takeaways from Day 2. Garr Reynolds on learning from bamboo. The morning keynote speaker was Garr Reynolds , the famous author of the PresentationZen blog and book, calling us via Skype from Japan, where he lives.

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Ian Griffin - Professionally Speaking

JULY 19, 2011

At the end of the month, I’m off to Anaheim, for my 7th NSA Convention. The theme this year is Influence and the conference chair is NSA bad-boy Randy Gage. He rocked the house a couple of years back with a religion-bashing keynote that, for the first time ever, did not get a knee-jerk [.]. Public Speaking National Speakers Association

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PowerPoint Tips

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

I’m at the Presentation Summit 2011 conference in Austin, TX and thought I’d share some quick takeaways from the speakers so far. I’m behind on posting, so you’ll see more content over the next couple of weeks. First, Austin is a pretty city on the Colorado River. It has a great music scene and an interesting motto, perhaps unofficial. Here’s a tee-shirt that was for sale in a store in the Austin airport.

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Speak Schmeak

OCTOBER 7, 2011

The results of Dave Paradi's Annoying PowerPoint Survey for 2011 have been released! Things are generally the same as in the past: Audiences find speakers who read the slides to them to be the most annoying aspect of PowerPoint presentations. Dave mentions three recurring themes in the comments to the survey: 1. Presenters attempting to cram too much information in to the presentation 2. Presenters need to be better prepared to deliver the presentation 3.

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Kate's Voice

JANUARY 6, 2011

How will you upgrade your voice in 2011? It’s January 6 and I have decided to participate in the WordPress challenge, Postaweek2011. Tomorrow is Friday. Time to get started. But how about you? How will you get started on your commitments this year? What is your intention? In looking back over the last year, I [.]. intention voice lessons postaweek2011

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Communication Steroids

JANUARY 5, 2011

Skip to content Follow: RSS Twitter Home About Contact Us Current Programs Inner Circle Newsletter Products 20 Presentation Skills That Kill: Audio CDSeminar Social Media and Public Relations: Audio Task Oriented Teams: Audio CDSeminar What We Do Podcast: A Look Ahead to 2011 by Tim 'Gonzo' Gordon on January 5, 2011 Tim ‘Gonzo’ Gordon and Roger Pike take a look ahead to 2011 in this, their first weekly podcast of the new year.

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Speak and Deliver

AUGUST 22, 2011

2011 World Champion Jock Elliott Contests. 2011 Int'l President Michael Notaro Our organization has a LOT of politics - and I've been vocal in the past about my likes and dislikes. I'm baaa-aaack.! A delay in my flight brought me home in the wee hours of today, vs. last night. After 5 days in Vegas, or at least inside of the Bally's hotel, I'm glad to be home. I have so much to talk about - I could write a post a day on the convention.

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TJ Walker Interactive

JULY 11, 2011

Uncategorized Cigar PEG 2011 Pirates of the PodiumParty Information: [link] Join the Cigar PEG: [link].

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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter

JULY 14, 2011

The August 2011 issue of VANITY FAIR has no commentary by Hitchens.  VANITY FAIR was the platform for iconoclastic author Christopher Hitchens to popularize his controversial theories.    One of the most famous was his "Missionary Position" article [and book].    Hitchens framed Mother Teresa as nothing but a miserable human being who was leveraging Catholic dogma for her own political gain.    That was the mid 1990s. 

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Speak Schmeak

OCTOBER 7, 2011

The results of Dave Paradi's Annoying PowerPoint Survey for 2011 have been released! Things are generally the same as in the past: Audiences find speakers who read the slides to them to be the most annoying aspect of PowerPoint presentations. Dave mentions three recurring themes in the comments to the survey: 1. Presenters attempting to cram too much information in to the presentation 2. Presenters need to be better prepared to deliver the presentation 3.

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Duarte Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

She has a well-deserved spot on the 2011 TED stage this year too. Sunni Brown lives up to the promise of her name. She lights up a room. She’s one of the author’s of Gamestorming , a fantastic book that has catalogued visual brainstorm processes that can be used in various situations yielding distinctly different results. Sunni also has her own consultancy and is starting a Doodle Revolution.

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DeFinis Communications

JANUARY 31, 2011

You took the time to think about the areas in your life where you’d like to make changes and you carefully crafted your 2011 New Year’s Resolutions. We’re in the infancy of 2011. Maybe you wrote them down, typed them up, put them on your wall, or shared them with your friends and family. Now, here it is a few weeks into the New Year. How are you doing on those resolutions? If you’ve already abandoned one or more of your goals, don’t feel bad; you’re not alone.

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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter

DECEMBER 22, 2011

In the high-margin luxury niche, making packaging more eco-friendly had been a topic at the 2011 global Luxe Pack conference. This holiday season, we all might wind up with less packaging to open and less trash to deposit in landfills.    That's because sustainability efforts are panning out.

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Public Speaking Advice and Commentary

JANUARY 4, 2011

A calendar year is an arbitrary deadline and communication is never-ending; nevertheless it’s helpful to take stock of the kind of year in communications we’ve just had and look ahead to what we can expect in 2011.    I see five trends that will each undergo shifts in 2011.   In 2011, we’ll replace the long-winded with the nano-communication So information-saturated and attention-deprived are we as a culture that Twitter will begin to seem endless in 2011. 

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Public Speaking Advice and Commentary

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Once again, my fellow communication coaches Decker Communications have published a “ 10 best and worst communicators for 2011 ,” and the list is fascinating both for those it includes and those it doesn’t, as well as what it says about us and where we are as a nation.    So, without further ado, are Morgan’s Reflections on the Best and Worst Lists of 2011.

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Communication Steroids

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Skip to content Follow: RSS Twitter Home About Contact Us Current Programs Inner Circle Newsletter Products 20 Presentation Skills That Kill: Audio CDSeminar Social Media and Public Relations: Audio Task Oriented Teams: Audio CDSeminar What We Do Big Time Internet Usage Stats From 2011 by Tim 'Gonzo' Gordon on February 19, 2011 Every year or so I try and get a handle on how big the internet is.

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Max Atkinson

DECEMBER 15, 2011

The best laid plans of mice, men and Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin don't always go as smoothly as intended (e.g. HERE ). So, for this year's Christmas competition, you are cordially invited to write a short speech of no more than 300 words outlining his message to supporters and/or opponents for 2o12.

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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter

DECEMBER 20, 2011

During 2011, those lost jobs increased about 30% to 3775, versus 2920 in 2010. The typical newsroom is becoming the corridor of broken dreams.    According to Emily Smith who tracks layoffs, reports Alan Mutter on REFLECTIONS OF A NEWSORAUR , that's where the most cuts occurred in the newspaper industry. Overall, except for giants in the field like the late Christopher Hitchens, we writers are becoming commodities. 

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Max Atkinson

DECEMBER 31, 2011

Regular readers will know that a regular feature of this blog is the inclusion of video clips to illustrate points discussed in different posts. So, as on this day last year , here's one from each month of the year highlighting themes that seemed worth blogging about: January 50 years since John F Kennedy asked not.

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Max Atkinson

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Then I discovered that they had a surprise in store and were going to elevate me to Communicator of the Year, 2011 - " awarded by Toastmasters to individuals who have either helped promote public speaking/leadership or helped to develop understanding of the speaking and leadership worlds." One is that the audience at the conference lecture on Saturday will no doubt be checking to see if my performance comes anywhere near to matching up to the title Communicator of the Year, 2011.

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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter

JANUARY 1, 2011

In 2011, the Winklevoss twins represent an old world of abstract principle which doesn't matter.  Obviously, the Winklevoss Twins can't get on with their lives.    They're still at it, still crying foul about Mark Zuckerberg's supposed stealing their idea for Facebook.    That's despite the reality that they received $60 million as a remedy for that supposed act.    Meanwhile, Zuckerberg has moved on. 

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Speak and Deliver

JANUARY 1, 2011

That - above all else - will change in 2011. So here's my list of Speaking/Coaching Goals for 2011: 1. Coach/Mentor more speakers in 2011 than I have over the last 5 years combined. I cannot declare 2011 the years of the speaker, I suppose - but YOU can declare for yourself that it will be the year you Speak.& Over in my Champion of Choice blog today, I mentioned I wasn't going to share a list of goals for the year.

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The Eloquent Woman

DECEMBER 30, 2011

From inspiring women's speeches to checklists, visuals and sexist speaking situations, 2011's most-read posts offer you a glimpse at what you and other readers found most valuable this year. Before we launch into 2012, take a look back at these popular posts: Helen Keller's "I am not dumb now" and "Strike Against War," part of our Famous Speech Friday series, ran away with top honors as the most-read post of 2011, and is the our all-time most-read post overall.

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OnSpeechwriting

JUNE 1, 2011

The Class of 2011 has (mostly) left the auditorium, in search of jobs and new apartments. All of which means it’s time again to commit ourselves to a reckoning of the best, the worst and the merely mediocre commencement speeches of 2011. The familiar refrains of “Pomp and Circumstance” have faded. Mortar boards and gowns have been carefully folded and put away.

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Executive Speech Coach

DECEMBER 23, 2011

What are the best ideas that you can use to improve your PowerPoint Presentations? What if Your PowerPoint Slides Make You a Liar? The marketing director of a well known Internet company presented us with fascinating stats about Internet use and users. I was captivated by the numbers and percentages until he reached the graph slide in his PowerPoint presentation. One of my colleagues raised his hand to ask a question.

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Kate's Voice

DECEMBER 29, 2010

As humans, we are passionately driven to communicate. We want to be heard. We want to be understood. But to be heard above all the noise of our culture, you must have a voice that others will listen to. There has never been a better time to develop that voice. Resources for study and practice [.]. communication Uncategorized Expression public speaking tips singing vocal impact

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Duarte Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

Business News Strategy Technology Tips 2011 authenticity forecast future hand made Nancy Duarte predictions presentations tablet tablet war twitterversePresentations have been through many (delightfully positive) changes in the last few years—but believe it or not—the most dramatic change is yet to come. Come along as we roll back the curtain and predict what the future looks like. Tablet war will shape future of presentations.

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TJ Walker Interactive

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Karl Vontz joins Mike Bako to discuss this years Clio Healthcare awards. The CLIO Healthcare Awards is an extension of The CLIO Awards, one of the world’s most recognized awards competitions for advertising, design and communications, which celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2009. Healthcare accounts for more than one-third of the U.S. gross national product. [.]. Analysis blogging Body Language celebrities CEOs/Financial Video clio awards karl vontz mike bako

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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter

OCTOBER 30, 2011

The traditional book industry is in disarray.    According to the Association of American Publishers, reports MEDIABISTRO.COM , sales of hardcover and paperback books have been down 18% this year.    On the other hand, sales of books in digital formats continue to increase.    The question on everyone's mind is if ebooks can fill the gap being created in the traditional market. 

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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter

JANUARY 12, 2011

It's 11.42 East Coast time and the snow has stopped enough for the powers that be who control the plows to decide to saunter over here in New Haven, Connecticut. That will make the streets okay enough for those who need to get to work to make an attempt. So, what about calling around to all the pizza spots which still pop for those display ads in the print Yellow Pages and ordering a double-cheese with red peppers pizza.    No asking if they're delivering. 

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Speaker Launcher

JANUARY 19, 2012

I think it’s healthy to learn from your mistakes, don’t you? And in this situation, by sharing, I might help you avoid some of my biggies. So let’s get right to it: FIRE, BEFORE READY AND AIM. You know I have people coming to me every day who want to book more speeches (Fire) when they aren’t really clear on what they are selling (Ready). So it surprised me when I did the same thing!

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The Eloquent Woman

AUGUST 28, 2015

One of the things that made Morrison’s 2011 Rutgers address notable is that she was paid $30,000 for that appearance– a steep fee for anyone, but especially for a fiction writer. Morrison’s address to Rutgers’ 2011 graduating class is a guide to crafting your own story in a world that is in dire need of better stories. A century from now, its quite possible that people 100, 200, 300 years from now will be stunned by the things that were taken for granted in 2011 America.

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Executive Speech Coach

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Executive Speech Coach Top Blog Posts of the year are: What’s the difference between a speaker’s bio and an introduction? Many people don’t realize the difference and often say bio when they mean introduction. And many non-professional speakers mistakenly supply their bio as an introduction. There is a big difference between these two documents in their purpose and hence their form. Function always drives form.

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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter

JUNE 7, 2011

THE ECONOMIST has published a chilling piece on the once-bulletproof consulting industry.    Many of us remember: The McKinsey army of MBAs would march into the corporation where we were employed full time or per diem and we will all shake in our boots.    Their analysis and then the proposal they submitted could disappear all of us. No more, explains THE ECONOMIST. 

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