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Secret Phone Call Reveals Pro-Life Rep Pressured Mistress to Get Abortion [Scott DesJarlais]
TJ Walker Interactive
OCTOBER 10, 2012
Uncategorized "Scott DesJarlais" "Abortion Debate" "pro life" "tea party" gop tennessee Gawker
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50th Anniversary of the Death of Martin Luther King Jr.
Manner of Speaking
APRIL 4, 2018
He was assassinated on 4 April 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. Today, 4 April 2018, marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr. He was 39 years old. On 3 April 1968, the day before his assassination, … Continue reading → History of Public Speaking I have been to the mountaintop Martin Luther King public speaking
Dr. Martin Luther King – Words Matter
Matt Eventoff
JANUARY 17, 2011
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Conjuring presentation magic for Halloween
The Presenter's Blog
OCTOBER 29, 2012
Tennessee Williams spoke for audiences worldwide in “A Streetcar Named Desire” when he wrote the words: “I don’t want realism. Halloween. Time for stories, and for magic. Let’s talk of magic, and illusion.
1,000 victories
Speak Schmeak
FEBRUARY 6, 2009
Yesterday Pat Summitt, long-time coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols, became the first Division I basketball coach -- male or female -- to reach 1,000 victories. She's won eight national championships in her 35-year career at Tennessee.
Glenn Reynolds - He, of all people, should have known better
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
He is a law professor at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and a columnist published in media outlets such as USA Today. Protest is a sacred right in America. Sure, sometimes those push-backs can get out of hand.
Shurnue Bratton - A Firing, Then Murder
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
APRIL 10, 2017
Shurnue Bratton was fired from law firm Casey Simmons and Bryant in Tennessee. Her story is not unusual. That was in March. More recently she returned with a gun. Among her acts of violence was fatally shooting law firm employee Betsy Raines. Here are the details in Abovethelaw.com.
Misplaced Compassion - The Puzzling Saga of Megan Barry
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
MARCH 6, 2018
The liberals of Nashville, Tennessee turned out not to be liberal enough to forgive both illicit romance and illegal corruption.
Domestic Flashpoints - Too Many Ending in Suicide-Murders
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
OCTOBER 15, 2018
The New York Post reports that in Spring Hill, Tennessee, a mother apparently shot her four children, ages 7 to 16, to death. Yet another domestic murder-suicide has occurred. This method of dealing with a problem or chronic stress within a group living together has become contagious. Then, she died of a self-inflicted shot gun wound. A sibling not there at the time returned to the house and found the bodies.
Megan Barry - All Too Human
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
FEBRUARY 19, 2018
I am mayor of Nashville, Tennessee. "Father, forgive me. I own my wrong in conducting an affair of the heart with subordinate Robert Forrest." " " My child, the supreme being forgives you. You must forgive yourself for being so human.
Rhetorical Devices: Epizeuxis
Manner of Speaking
JUNE 6, 2011
Sarah Palin, Nashville, Tennessee, 6 February 2010. This post is part of a series on rhetoric and rhetorical devices. For other posts in the series, please click this link. Device : Epizeuxis. Origin : From the Greek ??????????? epizeugnumi), meaning “to join together&# or “to fasten together&#. In plain English: Repetition of the same word or words in immediate succession, usually with great vehemence or emotion. Effect: Epizeuxis is a very dramatic rhetorical device.
Blue Jasmine Replaces Blanche DuBoise as Symbol for Outsized Delusion
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
AUGUST 25, 2013
Tennessee Williams' character Blanche DuBoise from "A Streetcar Named Desire" belonged to a different time. The flamboyant, outsized, self-destructive deluded female is everywhere.
This Week in History: Discoveries, Inventions and Leaps
Joan Detz Speaker Services
AUGUST 16, 2009
1920 State of Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote. 1774 Birthday of Meriwether Lewis. He served in the Army … became Secretary to President Thomas Jefferson … became Governor of the Louisiana Territory … and forever changed our view of the American West through the Lewis and Clark expedition. 1853 A Mr. Gail Borden received a patent for his method of condensing milk. .
Famous Speech Friday: Ashley Judd at the Women's March
The Eloquent Woman
JANUARY 27, 2017
Instead, Judd announced she would be performing a poem written by 19-year-old Nina Davenport, who, like Judd, lives in Tennessee.
Coaching a cadre of scientists to give TED-quality talks
The Eloquent Woman
SEPTEMBER 8, 2016
For this project, I trained scientists in Australia, Belize, California, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mongolia, Palau, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.without traveling to them or vice versa, except for the workshops.
NCAA Football program uses PowerPoint
Dave Paradi's PowerPoint Blog
JULY 16, 2009
I found this article (at [link] ) that shares how the University of Tennessee football players find that they have been able to absorb their playbook quicker because of the PowerPoint slides that the coaches have used. I haven’t seen these slides, but I think we can probably make a couple of observations. First, PowerPoint is only one tool to use when teaching a new skill. It is quite obvious in football that practicing what is taught is essential.
Becoming CEO via Text Message
Matt Eventoff
OCTOBER 14, 2009
Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summit complained that players on the team bus were texting each other rather than speaking face to face.
A Time to Shine: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
DeFinis Communications
JANUARY 18, 2011
But equally as powerful is the speech he gave the night before his death in Memphis Tennessee on April 4, 1968. When you’re looking for powerful material for your next speech—from examples and metaphors to stories and themes—look no further than your own life. In fact, the best content often comes from your personal challenges and tribulations, from your joys and successes, and from people you know who have survived adversity and risen above it.
Famous Speech Friday: Victoria Woodhull's "Principles of Social Freedom"
The Eloquent Woman
SEPTEMBER 13, 2013
Victoria and her sister Tennessee became the first woman stockbrokers on Wall Street, after a stint as spiritual advisers to Cornelius Vanderbilt. Victoria Woodhull led a fascinating life, without a doubt.
A Time to Shine: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
DeFinis Communications
SEPTEMBER 26, 2011
But equally as powerful is the speech he gave the night before his death in Memphis Tennessee on April 4, 1968. When you’re looking for powerful material for your next speech—from examples and metaphors to stories and themes—look no further than your own life. In fact, the best content often comes from your personal challenges and tribulations, from your joys and successes, and from people you know who have survived adversity and risen above it.
A Death in the Family: Pet Grief, Again
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
FEBRUARY 22, 2010
Baby was a beagle who brought such joy to Taryn in her life of an author and ghostwriter in Nashville, Tennessee. Today Taryn Simpson put to sleep Baby Simpson [5/1/1994 - 2/22/10.] Since our four-footed companions are so open and loving, they are family to everyone. For me here in New Haven, Connecticut this is a death in the family. Unfortunately these deaths come too often.
How to develop a paid public speaking career – II
Public Speaking Advice and Commentary
MARCH 25, 2010
You need both to sustain yourself over the long haul, because the travel is hard and you’re going to be depending on the kindness of strangers (to adapt Tennessee Williams) for much of it. Coming out of the SXSW conference and the session Tim Sanders and I ran, I’m going to continue a blog series begun then on how to develop a paid public speaking career. In the first blog I discussed in general terms some of the ideas that came up during the session.
Learning from Make TV’s William Gurstelle
Speaker Confessions
APRIL 28, 2009
As much as we would like to ask the orchestra conductor or theater director why they interpreted Beethoven or Tennessee Williams in a particular way, the opportunity to query them personally doesn’t often happen except in a lecture. I met William Gurstelle , author of Backyard Ballistics , at FOO Camp , an event run by O’Reilly Media.
Pennsylvania Education Policy Roundup for September 14, 2013: It’s not just the Basic Education Subsidy. There was almost $227 million in the PA budget’s Charter Reimbursement line before it was zeroed out. Zero, zip, zilch….
Speaking Of...
SEPTEMBER 14, 2013
link] “ Tennessee media have reported that nearly half of the superintendents in the state have signed the letter. Tennessee school superintendents protest against state ed chief Washington Post Answer Sheet Blog By Valerie Strauss , Published: September 13 at 1:59 pm A number of school superintendents in Tennessee have signed on to a letter that asks Gov.
One Novel, Two Authors - Ecstasy and Agony of Collaboration
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
SEPTEMBER 7, 2009
Remember, if the time in Nashville, Tennessee is 8 P.M., "I wanted to be part of this project." " That project was creating the novel "The Mango Street Cafe: Loi Kroh Road," which won the Indie Book Award and could well wind up being the film sequel to "Casablanca." " And that's how Taryn Simpson took on the unthinkable: Collaborating on a work of fiction.
Five Ways to Speak Like Obama | BNET
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MAY 1, 2009
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Who's on First:Selling Your Programs to Education Committees
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MAY 5, 2009
The committee usually chooses speakers who they have used before or someone has told them You need to get this speaker," explains Susan Taylor of the Tennessee Association for Home Care.
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