Articles tagged: public speaking blogs

Every Saturday, we survey the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

This week’s selection includes:

• speech preparation;
• a book review;
• making a great first impression;
• storytelling;
• visual aids and slideware;
• and many more…

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Every Saturday, we survey the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

This week’s selection is an educational feast. Get comfortable, and dig in to topics such as:

• speech preparation;
• hand position;
• humor techniques;
• the “rule of 6” for slides;
• and many more…

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Every Saturday, we survey the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

Topics featured this week include:

• Speech writing;
• Political speaking;
• Flip chart tips;
• Toastmasters contests; and
• 8 New public speaking blogs.

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Saturday signals a scan of the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

Just a few of the topics featured this week are:

• speech preparation;
• conquering stage fright;
• visual aids;
• Toastmasters contests; and
• speech analogies.

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Saturday signals a scan of the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

Just a few of the topics featured this week are:

• Pauses and pause fillers;
• Public speaking in the mainstream news;
• Visual aids; and
• Toastmaster.

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Happy Valentines Week! Once again this Saturday, we scan the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

Just a few of the topics featured this week are:

• visual aids;
• dealing with difficult audiences;
• handing a Q&A session; and
• Toastmasters.

[Before we begin, did you catch last week’s review?]

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Another Saturday, and another review of the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

Just a few of the topics featured this week are:

• practicing;
• nervousness;
• humor; and
• Toastmasters.

[Before we begin, did you catch last week’s review?]

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It is Saturday, and that means it is time to review the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

Themes featured this week include:

• marketing yourself;
• body language;
• PowerPoint, Keynote, & slideware; and
• Toastmasters.

[Before we begin, did you catch last week’s review?]

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It is time again to review the past week here at Six Minutes and throughout the public speaking blogosphere.

As always, there is a wide range of great advice for speakers.

This week also features a series of articles on speech analysis, reflections on Martin Luther King Jr., several opinions on PowerPoint, and the first articles of Toastmasters contest season.

[Before we begin, did you catch last week’s review?]

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Week in Review: Six Minutes

• Speech Analysis Series: How to Study and Critique a Speech
  The first in a series of articles devoted to improving speech evaluation skills. Subsequent articles will be coming this week.

Week in Review: Public Speaking Blogosphere

Of the many fine articles published last week, here are a few that stood out for me.

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Week in Review: Six Minutes

• Presentation Zen Book Review
  A collection of expert book reviews for the Presentation Zen book.
• Six Simple Techniques for Presenting Data: Hans Rosling (TED, 2006)
  A video critique of Hans Rosling’s popular TED speech where he uses novel software and simple techniques for delivering a fantastic statistics-based presentation.

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