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April 23, 2006
10 Steps to Releasing Your Inner Public Speaker
I really enjoyed the recent article by Jennifer S. Murray in the March 2006 AALL Spectrum, 10 Steps to Releasing Your Inner Public Speaker. In tip #1, "Seek it Out", Jennifer compares public speaking to using eye drops. "It goes against your instincts." Another of my favorites, #5, is "Don't be afraid of the pause." As she points out, if you want to encourage questions, pausing can create the opportunity, and sometimes just out of the desire to fill the pause, someone will finally pop up with a comment or question. I think this is especially true in a web conferencing environment, where dead air can seem to last forever. Just remember, if there's no dead air, there's no possiblity of interaction with the audience.
"10 Steps" is short, to the point, and clever. I'll bet Jennifer's speeches are, too!
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