Michael Specter @ TED

October 4 2010 by tjd in "Speaking Naturally" |No Comments

Michael Specter is a staff writer for the New Yorker. His new book, Denialism, asks why we have increasingly begun to fear scientific advances instead of embracing them. -No doubt, he is an accomplished writer and an interesting Speaker, but, That’s not why I’ve chosen to feature him here. The reason he’s here is because [...]

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#14- “How to Read a Speech Successfully”

July 7 2010 by tjd in "Speaking Naturally" |1 Comment

Reading a Speech, for Speakers, is rarely recommended but often necessary. Many seasoned  Speakers have difficulty sounding Conversational, almost always sounding like they’re Reading it rather than saying it. Here’s a link to a Speech delivered by Steve Jobs at a Stanford Graduation. It was well received and yet I think it would have had [...]

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