Not that you should salt your speeches with fillers, but researchers who study speech patterms say there's a reason for such conversational mileposts.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/12/the-secret-life-of-um/547961/
Friday, April 24, 2020
Thursday, April 23, 2020
A Two-Minute Master Class in Eye Contact and Facial Expression
Dolly Parton, an astonishingly good American treasure, gives a two minute Tonight Show performance. Watch how she sells her song Travelin Man. Can you sell your next speech this effectively?
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Strange Words That Will Enchant Your Club
Ever wonder about words like "scan" or "cleave" -- a word that can mean both one thing and it's opposite?
Scan can mean to look at something quickly, or to closely examine something.
Cleave can mean to split something in two, but it can also mean to cling to each other.
Check out this article that examines these types of words, nicknamed "Janus words", for the ancient Roman god that looked both into the past and the future (It's where we get the name January)
https://www.etymonline.com/columns/post/janus-words
Could you use it as a topic for a speech, or an extended Grammarian/Word of the Day highlight?
Scan can mean to look at something quickly, or to closely examine something.
Cleave can mean to split something in two, but it can also mean to cling to each other.
Check out this article that examines these types of words, nicknamed "Janus words", for the ancient Roman god that looked both into the past and the future (It's where we get the name January)
https://www.etymonline.com/columns/post/janus-words
Could you use it as a topic for a speech, or an extended Grammarian/Word of the Day highlight?
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