Carnival of Public Speaking, Edition #2

March 21st, 2007

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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How to craft a strong argument - via Lifehacker

March 15th, 2007

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:

How to craft a strong argument - Lifehacker

Carnival of Public Speaking - February 21, 2007

February 21st, 2007

Welcome to the February 21, 2007 edition of carnival of public speaking, hosted by Redwood Ramblers Toastmasters. 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 http://www.redwoodramblers.org/newsletter.

Jane May presents Career Ramblings » Blog Archive » Speaking Capital is an Asset posted at Career Ramblings.

Naomi Rockler-Gladen presents Public Speaking Class Resources: Public speaking class tips for persuasive speech topics and more posted at College/University at Suite101.com, saying, “This is an index of articles on my site to help students with their public speaking classes.”

Charles H. Green presents Some Principles of Presentations and Pitches posted at Passion, People and Principles, saying, “Make sure you address the audience’s needs, concerns, wants – not yours. They will give you back what you want if you serve them first.”

Charles H. Green presents Trust Tip 13: Hard talk about a soft skill posted at Trust Matters, saying, “The power of listening — and how to be an ideal audience member.”

Anna Farmery presents How NOT to present change posted at The Engaging Brand.

Charles H. Green presents Trust Tip 45: The Three-Second Rule posted at Trust Matters, saying, “Speaking coach Patricia Fripp’s “Three-Second Rule” for starting presentations is guaranteed to grab your audience’s attention — in any situation.”

Brian Kim presents How to Give a Great Speech posted at BrianKim.net.

Debra Moorhead presents Eliminating Uh’s, Um’s, and Ah’s from Your Speech posted at Debra Moorhead.com.

Barbra Sundquist presents Top Five Places for Small Business Networking (HomeBusinessWiz.com) posted at HomeBusinessWiz.

Scott Schwertly presents My Favorite Presentation Resources posted at Presentation Revolution.

John E. West presents An experiment with the “Lessig Style” posted at The Only Trait of a Leader.

Jack Yoest presents Pick a Publicity Shot posted at Reasoned Audacity, saying, “A picture is worth a thousand words.

We are updating Charmaine’s pub shots. Following are two. We need to pick one.”

That concludes this edition of the carnival of public speaking! Submit your blog article to the next edition of
carnival of public speaking using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page. General information and guidelines for the blog carnival are available here.

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February Newsletter Available Now!

February 7th, 2007

The February Newsletter is now available. You can download it right here, from the newsletter blog:
February 2007 Redwood Ramblers News

[Note: As in the blog, email addresses in the newsletter are mangled to prevent harvesting by spammers.]

And now for some bonus materials and resources from our newsletter, available only here on the website:

Finally, the winners of the Table Topics Contest are Steve and Melanie! Congratulations to both of you!

Tips for Speakers: Using Visual Aids During a Speech - eHow.com

January 24th, 2007

Hello, fellow Toastmasters! I found this resource while surfing around the Internet today, and thought I’d share it with you all!
How to Use Visual Aids During a Speech - eHow.com

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