Soft Skills Articles
Where All Good Speeches Begin
Some articles are linked to my posts but you can read full versions below
I like writing because it is a challenge
Some of my writing never sees the light of day
I don't always get it right
But when I do I publish into a speech or video presentation
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Confidence – Growing or Fading ?
CONFIDENCE We talk of it – growing and building this elusive human attribute. We, the most optimistic creature on the planet, always talk about it, of it increasing – growing – the upside. But what happens when it doesn’t, and something that we keep doing, repetitively, keeps taking our confidence down, down, DOWN. Then what? […]
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Losing our Ability to Communicate with Each Other
Communications Every now and then I power up my “wonder box” and tune in to Jian Ghomeshi on CBC’s QTV (http://www.cbc.ca/q ), also found on YouTube. I have now watched this specific interview with “The Amazing Kreskin – Mentalist” (who hales from Montclair, Mass, the US of A) several times. He has been around performing […]
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The Anatomy of a Speech
Speech as Storytelling A speech is usually just storytelling. Writing a speech can be a daunting task. For our clubs or contests, it only has to be 5 to 7 minutes. But so much has to be said in those few minutes. When you listen to a good speech, all-time escapes you. In the end, […]
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