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“Feedback is a gift. Ideas are the currency of our next success. Let people see you value both feedback and ideas.” – Jim Trinka and Les Wallace Last week, I covered three basic elements of speaking that were in an interesting blog recently entitled The Basic Elements of Public Speaking.

“Communication: 20% what you know, 80% how you feel about what you know.” – Jim RohnI read an interesting blog recently entitled The Basic Elements of Public Speaking. This blog takes an interesting “50,000 foot” look at speaking.This week and next week, I will delve into six basic

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” ? Benjamin Franklin Edgar Dale was an American educator who developed the Cone of Experience, also known as the Learning Pyramid. It says:People generally remember:10 percent of what they read20 percent of

“Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.” – Mary Lou Cook I am sure you have heard of “writer’s block.” This is where a writer is at a loss for ideas on which to write.Well, the same condition can occur

“There are few things more pathetic than those who have lost their curiosity and sense of adventure, and who no longer care to learn.” ? Gordon B. Hinckley, Way to Be!: 9 Ways To Be Happy And Make Something Of Your Life Your stock-in-trade as a speaker is information.

“Remember, the thoughts that you think and the statements you make regarding yourself determine your mental attitude. If you have a worthwhile objective, find the one reason why you can achieve it rather than hundreds of reasons why you can’t.” – Napoleon Hill The U.S. Army Field Manual (FM

“When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two-thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.” – Abraham Lincoln Which speaker would you enjoy listening to more, one who goes overtime or finishes early?

“Do good for others, it will come back in unexpected ways.” – Anonymous Have you ever thought about how you can do good works through public speaking?Your public speaking can give your audience a voice for what they are thinking, options for the challenges they face, and motivation

“The two words ‘information’ and ‘communication’ are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.” – Sydney J. Harris When I was a kid, my phone was on the wall. Nowadays your phone is in your pocket, ready to

“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.” – Abraham Lincoln I have been reading an interesting book called Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty, by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson. It details the predictable reasons