We didn’t have the spiffy little reminder slips last week, so this message is an electronic reminder: The newsletter deadline is March 28! Send in your articles, speech write-ups, and thoughts today!
Welcome to the March 21, 2007 edition of carnival of public speaking. Redwood Ramblers Toastmasters is a Toastmasters club in Scotts Valley, California. We meet every Wednesday at noon. Our newsletter-blog, with public speaking tips and information is available online at our newsletter. More information on the blog carnival is available here and at our blog carnival page. Some of today’s carnivals were culled from the blog owner’s own readings of various blogs and websites out there; these are listed as being “presented by” us, but credit for their sources is given as well.
almomento presents Open Call For Project MastermindX posted at BurstCreativity.
The Positivity Blog presents Do you make these 10 mistakes in a conversation? posted at Henrik Edberg.
Charles H. Green presents Waddya, Nuts? posted at Trust Matters, saying, “Your favorite phrases may not convey to a listener what you think they do.”
David Maister presents Jury Duty posted at Passion, People and Principles, saying, “Observations on effective presentations based on the experience of jury duty.”
Jack Yoest presents Harvard’s Crimson vs Conservative Women posted at Reasoned Audacity, saying, “Charmaine recently spoke to the Second Annual Conservative Women’s Conference at Harvard University. The topic was Balancing Family and a Career in Public Service.
The Alert Reader would wonder that a room of 100 conservative women on Harvard’s campus would be so strange, so counter-intuitive that the university’s newspaper of record would capture the kooks on copy.
The Alert Reader would be wrong.”
Scott Schwertly presents Build it in a Crockpot posted at
href=”http://presentationrevolution.typepad.com/presentation_revolution/”>Presentation Revolution.
The Blog Owners present Project Management Source: Lessons from Project Management: 101 ways to organize your life posted at Project Management Source, saying, “Lessons in leadership from Project Management Source (found via LifeHacker).”
The Blog Owners present How to sound more intelligent posted at Lifehacker, saying, “This is a speedlink from LifeHacker, forwarding a related post from PlanB, about how to sound more intelligent when speaking spontaneously. The comments on this post are valuable insights as well, and there is a link back to the original article.”
The Blog Owners present I’m sorry posted at Your message and other things you say, saying, “Alan Hoffler writes about a fellow Toastmaster issuing a direct apology in a public forum.”
Christopher J. Brunner presents The Adverse Effects of Poor Communication posted at GreatFX Business Cards.
The Blog Owners present How to Debate a Point posted at Book Rags, saying, “Bookrags provides some basic tips for crafting an argument and delivering it.”
Neal presents Brain Fitness: Shift Happens posted at SharpBrains, saying, “Sometimes the bottleneck that prevents us from speaking well in public is anxiety. Here you have some reflections from a Head Coach and psychologist”
Scott Sehlhorst presents Ten Supercharged Active Listening Skills To Make You More Successful posted at Tyner Blain, saying, “Active listening is a great way to get a good read on your audience, which is important both for feedback, and for unstructured presentations, Q&A sessions, and when things go haywire and you have to “wing it.”"
That concludes this edition. The next edition of the carnival of public speaking is scheduled for April 18. Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of public speaking using our carnival submission form; deadline is midnight on Monday, April 16. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
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Hello –
- Ahuti is this week’s Toastmaster, so please send an email to let the Toastmaster know if you will be at the meeting.
- We need a second speaker on Mar. 28.
- The Area contests are THIS Thurs. evening, March 22 at Aptos Academy. Help support our members who will be speaking – Melanie and maybe Shawn. It’s fun too. (And volunteer as a ballot counter or timer or judge). Contest starts at 6:30, officials briefing 6:15, doors open at 6pm. Aptos Academy is on San Andreas Rd, one block off of Hwy 1 (toward the beach).
- Invite a friend, neighbor, factotum or co-worker to our meetings.
Found this little post over on Lifehacker today– a good one for anyone embarking soon on an Argumentation speech, or any time you wish to make a strong case:
- JOHN COWAN is this week’s Toastmaster. Please send an email to let the Toastmaster know if you will be at the meeting.
- The Area contests will be March 22 at Aptos Academy. Help support our members who will be speaking – Shawn and Melanie. (And volunteer as a ballot counter or timer or judge!). It’s fun, too!
- Invite a friend, neighbor, amanuensis or co-worker to our meetings.
Date: 3/14
Theme: Firetrucks I Have Known
Toastmaster John Cowan
Speaker #1 Melanie
Evaluator #1 Mary Edith
Speaker #2 Stephanie
Evaluator #2 Lawrence
Table Topics Steve*
General Evaluator Shawn
Thought Janet
Ah Counter Mina
Grammarian Shari *
Word Janet*
Timer Ryan
* Changed
- Once again, please email the Toastmaster ASAP so the TM can plan the write up the agenda.