Have you ever been to a conference and afterward felt motivated to conqueror new challenges? What is it that makes someone an effective speaker? Is it simply the words? I would love comments on what qualities people have admired in a good speaker.
Monthly Archives: September 2009
Schedule for this blog
I will post to this blog two times a month through June 2010. I’m always learning and discovering so this year I will share some of my observations and discoveries. I will write more about my specialty working with adolescent and adults. I especially like the intricacies of working with language-based disabilities, social language, accent …
Speak up I can’t hear you: Public speaking
Public speaking can be difficult for most of us. Speaking in front of strangers requires good verbal and nonverbal communication. I attended a lecture were the speaker spoke very quickly and mumbled, constantly looked down, and had a thick accent. Needless to say, he was difficult to understand which was too bad because he had …
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Motivated by interest
Everyone is good at something. Real life experiences in areas of strength help to balance the feeling of failure. Encouraging and developing other areas of interest offer another way to motivate during difficult tasks or when working in difficult areas. The love of a computer or football, can be used to help make task bearable.