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Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Career Testing Can Help Direct the Directionless
Negotiating Can Be a Bit Like PokerKnow When to Hold 'Em

15 Tips for Powerful Public Speaking

1. Get out from behind the podium whenever possible. You feel protected behind there, but the podium turns you into an immobile talking head, and that’s a sleeping pill for your audience.

2. Tell stories. Real stories with a real point to them (not one-liners) to bring your material alive and show your audience how they can move what you’re saying into their lives.

3. Practice your talk in front of a full-length mirror, with particular attention to your facial expressions and your body language. Stand with both feet apart, knees bent just a little. Stiff legs can interfere with circulation and make you feel faint.

4. Record your practice presentations so you can really hear how you will come across. Yes, I know, you don’t like your own voice. Almost nobody does, but don’t let that stop you.

5. Be aware that we speed up and our voices tend to get thin and shrill when we’re under stress, so make a conscious effort to slow down, breathe, and keep your voice full and low, while maintaining a strong, consistent volume. Enunciate clearly and don’t mumble.

6. Make eye contact with your audience. Don’t just focus on the people directly in front of you. Divide the room into four quadrants, then keep moving your attention around the room as you briefly rest your eyes on a different person in each quadrant while you talk.

7. Finish strongly, with a call to action or a series of statements that tie everything up. End things with a real finish.

Speech-killers you should avoid:

8. Don’t fidget, avoid eye contact, or use sentence extenders like, “er”, or “uh”.

9. And, like, don’t keep using the word “like” in front of everything, and don’t, like, use any other word that will make your audience wish they could, like, kill you and leave. Good grammar and clean sentence structure count.

10. It’s OK to have a folder or some cards in one hand, but don’t ever read lengthy passages from anything; your audience will feel cut off and get restless quickly if you do.

11. Try to avoid reading, word-for-word, what’s right up there on the Power Point that everyone has already read, or can read for themselves. It’s b-o-r-i-n-g.

12. Don’t tell jokes unless you are very comfortable with them and have a great delivery. It’s also easy to offend with jokes. This doesn’t mean you can’t use humor – I recommend it – just don’t tell jokes.

13. Don’t ever go beyond your allotted time. It’s rude and unprofessional, and it will subtract quickly from whatever value your program had.

14. Don’t let your ego get in the way. Unless you’re Bill Cosby or Julie Andrews, those people in your audience are not there to see or ‘buy’ you personally; they want the information you have that can help them. Don’t get in the way of your information.

And here’s the final big thing to know: Don’t take this public speaking thing too seriously. Go out there and have fun! If you’re having fun, your audience probably is, too.
Earthlink to lay off 900
The plot behind killing electric cars
The Steve Jobs master plan- iPhone hacking
Images- Car tech for the masses
Ahmadinejad- Iran Ready to Fill Iraq Power Vacuum
Iraq Journal- The Future of Iraq
Gonzales replacement name-dropping begins
US, Russia "must unite to fight weapons of mass destruction"
Housing, growth worries trip up Wall Street
Home re-sales fall as inventories soar
Third-quarter hit for Wall Street-
Rent-a-dog for people too busy to own a pet
YouTube criticized in Germany over Neo-Nazi clips
Taiwan's Acer to buy Gateway
Sprint, Samsung bet on WiMax high-speed technology
Ancient bacteria could point to life on Mars- study
Russia showcases aviation ambitions at airshow

Monday, August 27, 2007

Lawmakers challenge Gonzales' successor
TorrentSpy shuts down in the US
Hussein-linked 'terrorist' caught
Glut of homes hits 16-year high
DUNKIN' DONUTS going zero grams trans fat...
Future of Workplace- No Office, Headquarters in Cyberspace...
Former Israeli Prime Minister Sharon's condition unchanged after 2 years...
EU mulls 'natural disaster' force
U.S. links Hussein's daughter to terror cell
Iran 'resolves' plutonium issue
Obesity rates climb in most states
Boeing checks ordered after inferno
Boom of condo crash loudest in Miami
Checkpoints Of The Future At MIA
Price, sale slumps of South Florida homes continue
Moscow's moves recall the U.S.S.R.
Why are mortgage lenders hiding under their desks? Because Congress is on the case
How much does your Realtor really make-
Wrap Your Car In An Ad For Big Bucks
Air traffic system overhaul nears key step
Farmer's Almanac predicts 'two-faced' winter
Castro signs essay, mum on death rumors
Bids for Mummified Walrus Penis, 4 Feet Long, Start at $16G
Report- US Troops Almost Snagged Bin Laden
As states play 'Me First,' primaries fall into chaos
Coming to grips with the iPhone's design
Separating fact from fiction on digital copyrights
Gonzales resigns as US attorney general
Castro column amid health rumours
American wireless users are in a bind
Yahoo Mail lets e-mailers text-message to phones
High-def DVD vs. Blu-Ray
New Jersey geek's iPhone sale is hung up
German Government PCs Hacked
Shuttle tank fix not expected to delay next launch
2008 Florida Election Controversy Pits Democrats Against Democrats
Gateway Brand to Expand After Acquisition
Family income rule costs some Texans insurance coverage
Afghanistan ‘set for record opium harvest’
Home Sales Hit Slowest Pace in 5 Years...
DEEP DISCOUNT- HOME DEPOT accepts $1.8B less for unit...
TEACHER SHORTAGE LOOMS...
Flips, scams blamed in California housing decline...
Still reason to believe in traditional journalism-
US Steel to buy Stelco for $1.1bn
West Nile turns deadly
Lone Star Spending Spree
Behind Bush's History Lesson
If Iraq Falls
France ready to mediate in Iraq
China blames design for Mattel recalls
Schwarzenegger signs late budget, cuts $703 million
DNC votes to strip Fla. of delegates
Decisions ahead for the US Military in Iraq
Server Error Labels Windows Customers As Software Pirates
Companies try to threaten iTunes, but Apple still wins
Intel to Update Chips, Software
Medtronic Gets FDA OK To Market Cervical Disc For Neck
Calcium supplements reduce bone loss, prevent osteoporosis
Clinton talks health care at DHMC
Fish Oil Might Help Relieve MS
Wine and beer 'could reduce kidney cancer risk'

Sunday, August 26, 2007

Former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers warns- United States may be heading into recession...
HISTORIC- Drop Foreseen in Median Price of Homes...
What is a CMO (Collateralized Mortgage Obligation)
Basic Bond Concepts
Help Wanted Ads Go Unanswered in West...
SAUDIS SET UP FORCE TO GUARD OIL PLANTS...
Soaring home prices challenge S. Florida employers
Did Countrywide Give Away Store-
NASA Believes It Has Found Reason Foam Fell on Shuttle
Stem cells proved effective in regrowing heart muscle in rats
AT&T Cracks Down On Commercial iPhone Unlocking Groups
Astronomers find gaping hole in the Universe
Inside the Countrywide Lending Spree
Maliki accuses US politicians of meddling in Iraq
Will Bush get the Truman treatment-
Venezuelan Funding to Latin America
Iran vows to use 2000-pound 'smart' bomb against its enemies
How Much Money-Market Vulnerability-
Sub-prime default rate almost doubled in June, report shows
Median price of homes seen falling- report
Dubai World goes to Vegas with $5B
Sony develops sweet little bio battery
How to See Tuesday Morning's Lunar Eclipse
Iraqi Government Still Shaky, Says New US Intelligence Estimate
Earth to put the moon in the shade
Stock pages switching to online only
NASA to repair all three shuttle fuel tanks
Ex-Astronaut Apologizes in NASA Love-Triangle Case
Lessons for Jamaica from US subprime debacle
Seventeen Year Old Unlocks iPhone
New bird flu cases discovered on German farm
How to unlock the iphone
Infectious Obesity- Adenovirus fattens stem cells
Iraqi PM hits back at US, French critics
Russia to Investigate Last Czar's Death
How a virus might make you obese
WHO says more killer diseases like AIDS on their way
New warning issued for Indian toothpaste
Psycho tries to open jet door in air
Ben Franklin Gets High-Tech Makeover in New 100 Bill
Iran threatens use of 'smart' bomb
Stealth cruise missile tested successfully
Group- Bad credit threatening U.S. economy
GM tests new combustion process to boost fuel economy
GM says it could raise fuel economy 15%
Economy 'sound' despite housing, credit woes
Music piracy costs US economy US12.5 Billion, report reveals
How it all went wrong for Countrywide Financial
Gloria Estefan debuts new album, 90 Millas, 90 miles from Cuba
Obama criticizes Cuba policy at Little Havana event
Is Castro alive- Cuba says yes, Miami gossip no
Dissidents freed as Raul Castro signals change in Cuba
For Cubans, a movie title may be a reference to Americans
Why Cubans Want To Go To Yuma
2 fathers speak out in Cuban child custody case
Cuban leader Castro 'very well'
Cuba blasts Hungary for granting migrants asylum

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

IBM- The Net Trumps Television
Video editing choices blossom into nicely workable options
Wal-Mart to launch rival to Apple's iTunes
Adobe Flash Player Goes High-Def
Microsoft, Nokia Sign Windows Live Deal
UBS says iPhone sales ahead of estimates, new iPods on the way
2nd UPDATE- Builders- Jumbo-Loan Woes Hurt Luxury-Home Sales
Lehman to shut down subprime business
Four Major Banks Tap Federal Reserve for Financing
Cuba's foreign minister applauds Obama stance on sanctions (Reuters)
Survey- Seniors have sex into 70s, 80s (AP)
Rangers score 30 runs, most in 110 years (AP)
De-icing system examined in bridge collapse (Reuters)
Comair pilots wife- Share blame
Bush says 'no pullout from Iraq'
Imams drop passengers from lawsuit
Bush endorses Iraqi leader
Bernanke Aims to Avoid Emergency Rate Cut, Differing From Greenspan's Way
Many Eligible for Child Health Plan Have No Idea
Suspicious Package Delays Ferry Runs
Google Sky launches
As credit tightens, foreclosures plague US
YouTube bows to reality with plan to interrupt clips with adverts
NATO steps up monitoring of Russia
Oil Futures Slide Again
Gastric Bypass Lowers Risk of Death
Children may lose out on insurance
Astronauts Thank Engineers, Scientists
CIA details errors it made before Sept. 11
Joint venture to battle iTunes
Home Foreclosures Almost Double in July as Rates Rise (Update3)
Nothing Says "Early Earth Was Cool" Like World's Oldest Diamonds
West Nile Virus found in another mosquito
Japan Nuclear Plant Not Safe to Restart After Quake, Group Says
US intelligence chief reveals details of spying program
Technology Helps Address Drunken Driving
Recall of lead-tainted goods expands
STUDY- Most American adults in dark about world politics...
Iraq Prime Minister Lashes Out at U.S. Critics...
Dems Refocus Message on Iraq After Military Gains...
California mortgage company halts loans, lays off employees...
World's oldest father has 21st child at 90...
Taliban chief says Bin Laden alive
Bernanke's Strategy of Increasing Liquidity Survives (Update2)
Oil falls as crude supplies gain
Romney holds lead in Iowa
Berlin's Bicycle Boom
Iran buys Russian passenger jets
Bush warns of new Vietnam in Iraq
Panel urges second mumps vaccination
Beach frolics eclipse politics in war-weary Lebanon
Fuel leak may have caused Taiwanese jet fire
British Jets Intercepted Russian Bomber...
Foreclosures Rise Sharply; Up 93% In One Year...
Congress Approval Rating Matches Historical Low - 18%...
Burping moose 'more destructive to environment than cars'...
Leaflets warn of Iran move into north Iraq...
Scientists Drug-Test Whole Cities...
Tenn. Nuclear Fuel Problems Kept Secret...
Fed May Avoid Emergency Interest Rate Cut on Signs Liquidity Crisis Easing...
CIA lacked terror plans before 9/11, report says
High Blood Pressure in Children
Venezuela Congress OKs Chavez's Reforms
Russia Air Show- Flexing Military Might-
Russia warns Czechs against hosting US shield
Pentagon to Close Terrorism Database
Remains believed to be second set of missing WWII airmen
Michigan foreclosures still on the rise
YouTube tests viewer-friendly ad format
US attorneys general urge federal crackdown on energy drink claims
Chrysler May Revisit Recovery Plan
Toshiba to offer 320GB laptop drive from Q4
Monster web site hacked

Monday, August 20, 2007

Loneliness bad for health
Coping With Stress Helps Cholesterol
Americans Using Painkillers More Than Ever
Leading Economic Indicators
Study- Dark-Colored Fruits and Veggies Fight Cancer
Oil prices fall
Artificial Life Likely in 3 to 10 Years...
Start-up sees 1,000 'brains' on one microchip...
Airlines brace for shortage of pilots...
Eco-millionaires see boom times ahead...
Study- Talk radio helped sink immigration reform...
Internet addiction 'more serious' than gambling, sex addiction...
Countrywide begins credit-crunch layoffs- Report
SunTrust to cut 2400 positions nationally
Too fat- Common virus may be to blame- study
Antioxidant Supplements May Raise Women's Skin Cancer Risk
Heavy Drinking Boosts Stroke Risk for Chinese Men
High price of parenthood
How to wash your car
Scientists Struggle to Define 'Life'
Humberto Fontova on what "Sicko" left out.
Too Much Exercise May Speed Heart Failure
Three Walks a Week Cut Heart Risk
Menopause Hard on Couple's Sex Lives
When to Fire Your Doctor
Candidates Develop Foot-in-Mouth Disease
Can China Coexist With the U.S.-
AOL says slow ad growth a 'hiccup'; Concern among analysts and investors...
Hundreds of Saudi camels die from mystery ailment...
Hurricane Dean pummels Jamaica (AP)
Ex-soccer star Maradona tells Chavez he hates U.S. (Reuters)
Miami jury convicts Padilla, two others, of supporting terrorism
FEMA- Dean Prep Far Exceeds Katrina
Immigration activist who sought sanctuary arrested in LA
Crew is missing after navy radar plane crash
Chavez- U.S. Trying to Turn Military Against Him
Bernanke's `Rookie Mistake' Forces Fed to Shift Focus to Market Stability
Clinton, Obama, in Iowa Debate, Say Withdrawal From Iraq Will Take Time
Florida Jobless rate rises as construction slows

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Company official- Missing Utah miners may never be found
Jazz World Mourns Loss of Be-Bop 'Architect'
Museums to get copies of biggest closed archive of Nazi records
Red Star Rising- Russian Military Rebuilds
Missed signs led to mortgage meltdown
Scientists hail 'frozen smoke' as material that will change world
Venezuela's Chavez denies rumors of Castro death...
U.S. Forces Tracking Iranians in Iraq...
Is universal health insurance on the horizon-
Drop in Breast Cancer Rate Tied to Drop in Hormone Use
Chavez morphs into Castro
Chicago-born spy remains hero in Cuba
Parents have trouble finding toys not made in China
Moscow resumes global bomber patrols
Skype outage- An unprecedented wake-up call
Sony Launches National E-Waste Program
Wikipedia and the art of censorship
Bush May Reduce Troops, But Gradually
Crisis may force Fed to slash rates
World oil prices rebound, London back above $70
CIA and Vatican edit Wikipedia entries
Google Opens Click-Fraud Site
A 300-page iPhone Bill-
Medicare Says It Won’t Cover ‘Preventable’ Hospital Errors
DEAR MR. BUSH
Travelocity Fined for Booking Trips to Cuba
Chavez offers stark changes to constitution
Venezuelans in South Florida lament Hugo Chavez's plans
At 81 or 80, Castro still a no-show for his birthday party
Castro: Cuba not cashing U.S. Guantanamo rent checks
AMERICAN AIRLINES Sues GOOGLE Over Keyword Ads...
Ahmadinejad- Israel Is Bearer of Satan...
Rush to pull out cash at Countrywide Bank...
RUSSIA, CHINA HOLD JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE...
Indian Tribes Offer Membership to Immigrants...
Looting, Anxiety Follow Peru Quake...
Michael Deaver, top Reagan adviser, dies at 69
NASA Orders Shuttle Home 1 Day Early
Florida Insurance Problems Continue
Countrywide taps its 11.5B credit line
Florida State's unemployment rises, job growth slows
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