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Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 166) – Lily Tomlin 23 Jun 2013 | 11:08 am
Lily Tomlin – American Actress “For fast acting relief, try slowing down.” — Lily Tomlin Filed under: Quotes for Public Speakers
10 Ways to Ruin a Presentation 7 Jun 2013 | 10:02 pm
I just finished reading a great article in the June 2013 edition of the Harvard Business review by Chris Anderson, the curator of TED. The article, entitled How to Give a Killer Presentation, contains...
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 165) – Dale Carnegie 5 Jun 2013 | 12:53 am
“Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as i...
Filler Words 2 Jun 2013 | 12:31 pm
My friend, Gavin McMahon, is a founding partner at fassforward consulting group. He also writes a great blog on public speaking and presentations: Make a Powerful Point. Gavin recently turned his atte...
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 164) – John Kennedy 21 May 2013 | 03:57 pm
“The only reason to give a speech is to change the world.” — John F. Kennedy Filed under: Quotes for Public Speakers
Behind Every Champion 19 May 2013 | 04:06 am
One week ago, I achieved a goal that had been several years in the making. In Antwerp, Belgium, I won the Toastmasters International Speech Contest for District 59, which comprises 18 countries in Con...
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 163) – Richard Branson 3 May 2013 | 04:50 pm
“To be an impressive public speaker, you have to believe in what you are saying. And if you speak with conviction and you’re passionate about your subject, your audience will be far more forgiving of ...
Six Public Speaking Lessons from Freddie Mercury 23 Apr 2013 | 04:19 pm
Freddie Mercury was the heart, the soul, the very essence of showmanship. The lead vocalist and lyricist of Queen had one of the most incredible unique singing voices ever. And his singing talent was ...
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 162) – Carly Fiorina 4 Apr 2013 | 01:07 pm
“For me the process [of writing a university philosophy paper] would begin with writing twenty pages. Then I’d edit to ten, then five and finally two. I finally would get to a two-page, single-spaced ...
An Evening with Kofi Annan 2 Apr 2013 | 03:48 pm
One of the great things about living in Geneva is the variety of interesting people who visit the city. A little over a month ago, I was able to take in a great lecture by Hans Rosling. (You can read ...
