Blog Detail

Manner of Speaking

http://mannerofspeaking.wordpress.com/

JOHN ZIMMER writes about the world of public speaking. Ralph Waldo Emerson said that all the great speakers were bad speakers at first.
In his blog, Manner of Speaking, John provides entertaining tips on, and insights into, improving your public speaking and presentation
skills.

• Added on: May 14th, 2009
• Country: Switzerland
• Language: English

• Author: John Zimmer
• Listed in: Coaching Education
• Tags: humor business public speaking toastmasters presentations

Recent Posts

• Back from the District Conference

  Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 16:22 in humor, humour, comedy, toastmasters, reeperbahn, funny speech

  OK, I am back from the District 59 Toastmasters Conference in Hamburg, Germany.  The conference was held in the Empire Riverside Hotel, just off the Reeperbahn, which made for a unique venue. As usual, it was a great time.  The best part about th...

• Toastmasters District Conference – Hamburg, Germany

  Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 07:40 in toastmasters, table topics, humorous speech contest

  Tomorrow I am off to the Toastmasters District 59 Conference in Hamburg. I will be competing in the Humorous Speech Contest and the Table Topics (impromptu speaking) Contest. I am looking forward to the competitions; however, the best part will be ...

• Look this way, please

  Posted on Saturday November 14th, 2009 at 09:54 in eyes, emerson, powerpoint, einstein, leonardo da vinci, albert einstein, ralph waldo emerson, mona lisa, pictures and words

  Perhaps you have noticed that the tag line for this blog is a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson: “All the great speakers were bad speakers at first.” Great quote. (And perfect for a blog about public speaking.) Here’s a slide of the qu...

• Speaking with passion

  Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 16:10 in Passion, Delivery, speaking, presentations, ted, tony robbins, garr reynolds, presentation zen, becky blanton, speaking with passion

  One of the most famous catchphrases of motivational guru Tony Robbins is “Live with passion!” (I can just see that big pearly white smile.) He’s right; that is how we should live. That is also how we should speak: with passion. Garr...

• Chasing the dream

  Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 13:39 in inspiration, motivation, fear of public speaking, beyond the gray, erika liodice

  Today’s post is relatively short, but that’s because most of the work was done a couple of weeks ago when I gave my first on-line interview. Yep. My first on-line interview! How cool is that? A young woman named Erika Liodice writes a blo...

• 2D or Not 2D? That is the question.

  Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 09:41 in Delivery, charts, imax, powerpoint, graphs, garr reynolds, 3d effects, signal-to-noise ratio, presentation zen, 2d effects, three-dimensional effects, two-dimensional effects

  In the 1950s, 3D movies were all the craze. Since then, the technology has improved immensely and 3D has been used in a variety of interesting, educational and entertaining ways. "Oooh! Aaah!" Photo courtesy of Goddard Photo and Video Blog...

Comments & Reviews

There is no rating for this blog because there are no comments yet.

Post A Comment/Review

* Your IP is being logged.
* Your e-mail address is used only for verification purposes only and will not be sold, or shown publicly.
* No HTML tags allowed
* DO NOT use the Comments/Reviews to promote your own site.