Archive for July, 2008

Jul 31, 2008

Obama Arrogant or Misquoted?

Jul 14, 2008

The Night Before the Big Speech

I am a confident speaker. Very Confident! But even I have my limits. If I had to speak in front of an important audience for the first time and I had to be unshaven, that would shake my confidence. That almost happened to me today. I woke up in Los angeles this morning and went [...]

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Jul 13, 2008

Do You Already Know the Answer to Your Question?

I’ve never believed in the old saw, “never ask a question that you don’t already know the answer to” unless you are in a court of law. After all, how else would you ever learn anything? But at some point, it is futile to ask questions when you know the answer is extremely negative. On [...]

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Jul 10, 2008

Jesse Helms, Public Speaking and Media Master Expert, Dies

People ask me all the time if I was a natural born speaker and communications expert. I tell them “no.” Then they want to know if I have special or rare talents to make it easy for me to speak well. Again, the answer is “no.” But there is one skill I have that many people [...]

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Jul 9, 2008

Rush Limbaugh Is a public speaking master

If you want a daily three-hour tutorial on how to be a master communicator, then I urge you to listen to the Rush Limbaugh show. (12 noon to 3p EST on 600 stations) I’m not asking you to buy into most of his beliefs, or any of them (I don’t). But you won’t find a [...]

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Jul 9, 2008

Appearance Matters !

TJ Walker,  CEO of Media Traing Worldwide, explains why appearance matters and how an unkept look can prevent people from hearing your message.

Jul 9, 2008

Appearance Matters !