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Top Communicators of 2009

Top Ten Best (and Worst) Communicators of 2009

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simple speaking tips

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Secrets from JFK's Speechwriter by Carmine Gallo

Secrets from JFK's Speechwriter

Ted Sorensen's new book stresses the power of ideas and the importance of simplicity, clarity, and organization to a truly persuasive speech

by Carmine Gallo

 

Dancing with Our Stars By Pat Lee

Dancing with Our Stars: ET Takes the Floor         
By Pat Lee    
May 7, 2008

We may have stumbled, stammered, ummed and ahed through several early talks
We may have scheduled and rescheduled and thrown other kinds of balks

Some of us have problems that may take some time to
fix
Thigh slapping may be one of them and so are facial ticks

Rocking back and forth or standing very still
We may pace or hide our face or speak with a voice quite shrill

Yet we try to show up weekly, we’re Extremers after all,
And even though we practice hard
We always have a ball!

One ET party planner took this at its face
And asked the gang to come and learn the way to move
with grace
What is it that this pack is capable of doing?
Last month we tried to dance and now we’re bugalooing!

You see it’s in our mission to have fun (for fun is key)
Because we want to strive for more than mediocrity

We have to grow to overcome the fears down deep inside
We have to do the things that make us want to run and hide

Few of us are dancers
Few know what steps to take
We have to stretch ourselves and grow
And not end up a fake

Do effective speakers make effective presidents? - Wynton C. Hall