Allyson Felix – An Athlete Worth Admiring

Two minutes of your time spent watching this clip will be worth it. Finally, an athlete who actually volunteers to take more than the required drug tests just to prove she is legit.
I took this from the guys over at Pyromaniacs; you can get a fuller story there.

Introducing With Pictures Says More in Less Time

Pastors (some anyway) have one significant difference from public speakers in that our content is dictated by a particular passage of biblical text. A typical Sunday finds us examining a section (paragraph, chapter, story, etc.) of scripture along with our audience while using speaking skills to guide the listeners to an appropriate conclusion about the [...]

Don’t Memorize Speeches

Unless you are a student competing in a division that requires such, there is no need to memorize your speech. You simply need to internalize it. This means you think through the flow and main idea enough that it becomes natural to recall. Memorizing and manuscripting are both unnecessary in my book. They take a [...]

Great Book That Will Polish Your Presentations

Without question this is the best book I’ve read on incorporpating multimedia into presentations. It is loaded with examples and useful information for non-artist types like me. Any businessman, professor, pastor or student will serve their audience better having benefitted from the writings of Garr Reynolds.

Studying Other Speakers

If you study other speakers in order to learn best how to imitate them you will end up frustrated. If you study them in order to learn how to improve yourself you will end up successful and satisfied.