And we must pass through solitude and difficulty, isolation and silence in order to reach forth to the enchanted place where we can dance our clumsy dance and sing our sorrowful song—but in this dance or in this song there are fulfilled the most ancient rites of our conscience in the awareness of being human and of believing in a common destiny.”. — Pablo Neruda. Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) Chilean Poet, Diplomat and Nobel Laureate. MORE
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I should never be able to fulfil what is, I understand, the first duty of a lecturer." You won''t mind if we get a little meta this week on Famous Speech Friday, and round up the speeches from The Eloquent Woman Index in which women talk about women and public speaking, will you? MORE
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Especially for technical roles involving sound, video, or websites – it becomes very easy to fall into a pattern of leaving one person to fulfill the role until the end of time. MORE
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Put them together and you should have a good ‘cheat sheet’ for fulfilling your resolution to improve your public speaking in 2012. What are the 5 most important quick ideas for improving your public speaking? I’m going to go for broke this week and blog on 5 quick takes for fast quality enhancement in 5 days. 1. Think of your job as persuading the audience. MORE
In addition to the topics of planning, development, sustainability and the environment, related to his legal career, Tim is a frequent speaker to legal and business gatherings on topics of human potential, fulfilled living, and conscious dying. Tim demonstrates how to build listening skills that allow you to break through communication barriers that separate you from authentic relationships and fulfilled living. MORE
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