Articles in category: Weekend Reviews

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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