Comments for Donn King's Corner http://donnellking.com It all starts with a Word Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:32:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Only as Good as the Material: How to Write a Great Speech by Donn King http://donnellking.com/blog/2012/04/only-as-good-as-the-material-how-to-write-a-great-speech/#comment-1448 Donn King Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:32:39 +0000 http://donnellking.com/?p=896#comment-1448 Thanks for contributing, Katheryn! Nice to have a fresh viewpoint! Thanks for contributing, Katheryn! Nice to have a fresh viewpoint!

]]> Comment on Why do it out loud? by Michelle Mazur http://donnellking.com/blog/2012/04/why-do-it-out-loud/#comment-1447 Michelle Mazur Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:18:08 +0000 http://donnellking.com/?p=890#comment-1447 I just had to say that I used this EXACT same clip in a blog I wrote about audience analysis. GMTA once again! I have to say that if a prof stood in front of the room and read their notes - students would riot. Your teaching evals would be in the crapper. Speaking is about connecting. Reading is about getting though it. I just had to say that I used this EXACT same clip in a blog I wrote about audience analysis. GMTA once again! I have to say that if a prof stood in front of the room and read their notes – students would riot. Your teaching evals would be in the crapper. Speaking is about connecting. Reading is about getting though it.

]]> Comment on It’s a small world after all*, part 2 by It’s a small world after all*, part 1 | Donn King's Corner http://donnellking.com/blog/2012/03/its-a-small-world-after-all-2/#comment-1445 It’s a small world after all*, part 1 | Donn King's Corner Mon, 26 Mar 2012 01:22:59 +0000 http://donnellking.com/?p=835#comment-1445 [...] Part 2, we’ll consider how Facebook and LinkedIn fill different roles, and yet form an important [...] [...] Part 2, we’ll consider how Facebook and LinkedIn fill different roles, and yet form an important [...]

]]> Comment on It’s a small world after all*, part 1 by It’s a small world after all*, part 2 | Donn King's Corner http://donnellking.com/blog/2012/03/its-a-small-world-after-all-1/#comment-1444 It’s a small world after all*, part 2 | Donn King's Corner Mon, 26 Mar 2012 01:21:53 +0000 http://donnellking.com/?p=832#comment-1444 [...] “It’s a small world after all, part 1,” we talked about how social media connects people in ways that weren’t possible until [...] [...] “It’s a small world after all, part 1,” we talked about how social media connects people in ways that weren’t possible until [...]

]]> Comment on Eye contact helps overcome stage fright by Donn King http://donnellking.com/blog/2012/03/eye-contact-helps-overcome-stage-fright/#comment-1443 Donn King Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:23:16 +0000 http://donnellking.com/?p=823#comment-1443 Very cool! Congratulations! Very cool! Congratulations!

]]> Comment on Eye contact helps overcome stage fright by Michelle Mazur http://donnellking.com/blog/2012/03/eye-contact-helps-overcome-stage-fright/#comment-1442 Michelle Mazur Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:16:13 +0000 http://donnellking.com/?p=823#comment-1442 The contest went very well. I won. Now, I will go on to represent my area at the Division contest in April! The contest went very well. I won. Now, I will go on to represent my area at the Division contest in April!

]]> Comment on Eye contact helps overcome stage fright by Donn King http://donnellking.com/blog/2012/03/eye-contact-helps-overcome-stage-fright/#comment-1441 Donn King Mon, 19 Mar 2012 03:24:16 +0000 http://donnellking.com/?p=823#comment-1441 Very cool! Thank you for the feedback! I tell students the same thing, on the basis that it starts to feel like a planned conversation instead of a "speech," placed in quotation marks to indicate people respond to their concept rather than to the reality of the situation. Gotta ask: how did the contest go? Very cool! Thank you for the feedback! I tell students the same thing, on the basis that it starts to feel like a planned conversation instead of a “speech,” placed in quotation marks to indicate people respond to their concept rather than to the reality of the situation.

Gotta ask: how did the contest go?

]]> Comment on Eye contact helps overcome stage fright by Michelle Mazur http://donnellking.com/blog/2012/03/eye-contact-helps-overcome-stage-fright/#comment-1440 Michelle Mazur Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:01:47 +0000 http://donnellking.com/?p=823#comment-1440 First, thank you so much for the shout out to my blog. Second, I had an experience with making eye contact yesterday that eased my own nerves. I was competing in a Toastmasters contest. I always get SUPER nervous for contest. As I scanned the audience before I began to speak, there was one face (someone I didn't know) that stood out. He had a big smile on his face, was leaning forward and seemed super engaged.I started my speech by looking at him. Anytime I got a bit nervous or need a bit reassurance that the speech was going well, I'd look back at this smiling, attentive face. He helped me connect with my audience as a whole. I always tell beginning speakers to find a couple of those faces in your audience because it will ease your fear and your nerves! First, thank you so much for the shout out to my blog. Second, I had an experience with making eye contact yesterday that eased my own nerves. I was competing in a Toastmasters contest. I always get SUPER nervous for contest. As I scanned the audience before I began to speak, there was one face (someone I didn’t know) that stood out. He had a big smile on his face, was leaning forward and seemed super engaged.I started my speech by looking at him. Anytime I got a bit nervous or need a bit reassurance that the speech was going well, I’d look back at this smiling, attentive face. He helped me connect with my audience as a whole. I always tell beginning speakers to find a couple of those faces in your audience because it will ease your fear and your nerves!

]]> Comment on It’s a small world after all*, part 1 by Michelle Mazur http://donnellking.com/blog/2012/03/its-a-small-world-after-all-1/#comment-1438 Michelle Mazur Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:42:07 +0000 http://donnellking.com/?p=832#comment-1438 It is a small world after all (yes it is stuck in my head)! What I find amazing is that you and I have meet some of the same people because of Twitter. We are all like a little tribe! It's very cool to have you all as my peers and my support group! It is a small world after all (yes it is stuck in my head)! What I find amazing is that you and I have meet some of the same people because of Twitter. We are all like a little tribe! It’s very cool to have you all as my peers and my support group!

]]> Comment on How to save your voice while speaking by Donn King http://donnellking.com/blog/2012/03/how-to-save-your-voice-while-speaking/#comment-1436 Donn King Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:26:48 +0000 http://donnellking.com/?p=796#comment-1436 Glad to hear it sounds useful! You're in the trenches a lot--let me know how things go with using that. Glad to hear it sounds useful! You’re in the trenches a lot–let me know how things go with using that.

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