As our fall semester is winding down in my Public Speaking class at Georgia Southern University, we had a fun way to wrap up the key learnings.
Each student chose a small character (ninja, pirate or rubber ducky) from a basket and named the character. Then they each came up with a word or phrase that [...]

Write a five- to eight-page typed (double-spaced) paper that addresses the following topics. Cite specific examples wherever possible. 
What are your three strongest points as a public communicator? (bullet point — no specific detail needed here)
What are three areas for improvement? (bullet point — no specific detail needed here)
Specifically, address the following on how, and how [...]

Creating Your Presentation

Always create an opening slide with the title of your presentation, and perhaps a relevant graphic, along with your full name.
Use a template that complements your subject.
SmartArt adds to the presentation when you want to show your words graphically.

As with any presentation, use the three-pronged rule

tell ‘em what you’re going to tell ‘em
tell [...]

If you’re looking to get a jumpstart on my classes at Georgia Southern University this fall, here are the books that I will be using. I’ve linked to many of them at Amazon.com, but of course you can purchase them from anywhere you like. I recommend you try the Facebook Marketplace first, so you can get [...]

Webinar: Creating Powerful Presentations with Nancy Duarte
What a session. In our largest webinar to date, Nancy Duarte, principal of Duarte Design and one of the guru’s behind Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth presentation , took over 135 people through her advice & thoughts on how to create powerful presentation
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100 Most Often Mispronounced Words and Phrases in English
Now that Dr. Language has provided a one-stop cure for the plague of misspelling, here are the 100 words most often mispronounced English words (”mispronunciation” among them).
(tags: grammar language PublicSpeaking)

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YouTube - How NOT To Use Powerpoint By Comedian Don McMillan
How NOT To Use Powerpoint By Comedian Don McMillan
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YouTube - Funny Presentation Training - how many errors can you find?
Funny Presentation Training - how many errors can you find?
(tags: presentation PublicSpeaking)

YouTube - How not to begin a presentation
How not to begin [...]

Obama gives nervous students public speaking tips - USATODAY.com
Public speaking is tough enough when the audience is just your class. Try doing it as cameras flash, reporters scribble in their notebooks and one of the best orators in the United States, Barack Obama, judges you.
(tags: Obama PublicSpeaking)

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