After reading Sean's most recent blog, I suddenly feel like I have nothing interesting or amusing to talk about. Funny how your life can seem so interesting and adventurous until you peek over the cubicle and see what the next guy is doing....I really gotta get out more often!
I just started a new book last night - "There's no Such Thing as Public Speaking".
So far, it's a really good read focusing on the "physics" of public speaking and the similarities between one-to-one and one-to-many conversations. The basic premise is that there should be no difference between speaking in public and public speaking. Which, not surprisingly, is a simply stated observation made by one of the fifth graders in my son's class last month (refer to my "Signals of Change" entry). I'm pretty sure I'll use this book as a reference in my future presentation skills courses - it covers many of the exact points. More to follow on that - I need to work all the way through it and make sure it doesn't do anything ridiculous like advise you to "imagine that the whole audience is in there underwear" as a tactic for overcoming nerves. I don't know about you, but an audience full of business associates in their skivvies is not an image that conjures up feelings of relaxation! Not sure if you've ever tried that tactic, but I just don't see it working for me.
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So tell me your thoughts on the upcoming race? Obama - too young, Muslim (why does this worry me at the gut level, ignorance?), not enough experience?
Hillary - can you say taxation? D we want to go back to the 1990's? Can she affect any real healthcare change?
McCain - maverick, could he get anything done with a democratic house? Yes or no on amnesty?
Huckabee - he really doesn't have a chance does he? Fair tax good or bad?
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