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		<title>Amplify Your Speech With Your Body</title>
		<link>http://www.marcusasmith.com/2009/03/26/amplify-your-speech-with-your-body/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus A Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever been inside of a vehicle with a state of the art sound system?  It is an incredible experience.  Every word is crisp, every hit of bass resonates through your body, and even the most intricate sounds dance on your eardrum.
Now compare that with a standard sound system.  The words are flat, the [...]


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		<title>What Speaking Style Comes Naturally to You?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus A Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It should not be a surprise to you that there are many different speaking styles.  People communicate in a plethora of ways depending on their levels of confidence, exposure, education, and practical knowledge.
When I think of speaking styles 4 very distinct categories come to mind:

Reserved - Quiet speakers who communicate in as few words as [...]


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		<title>Knowledge Murders Nervousness</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus A Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gaining undivided attention]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[95% of American teenagers get a reality check with their first work experience.  Before you start working you envision a lifestyle of glitz, glamor, world wide respect, and humongous paychecks.  For me that dream was unceremoniously crushed by the harsh reality that only a sink full of dishes, a 25% full jar of Palmolive, and [...]


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		<title>3 Painfully Obvious Reasons to Speak in Plain English</title>
		<link>http://www.marcusasmith.com/2008/11/11/3-painfully-obvious-reasons-to-speak-in-plain-english/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus A Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speakers, trainers, and presenters generally agree with each other on proper speaking techniques.  We all agree that you should strive to maintain eye contact, infuse your speech with vocal variety, and present useful information to your listener.
The community is largely divided on the issue of word choice when speaking.  Many speakers believe that you should [...]


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		<title>Carl Duivenvoorden Interview</title>
		<link>http://www.marcusasmith.com/2008/10/07/carl-duivenvoorden-interview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus A Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the 6th edition of &#8220;Interviews with Speaking Experts&#8221;.  The expert for today is Carl Duivenvoorden.  Carl Duivenvoorden is a longstanding member of Toastmasters, and has spoken before more than 250 audiences of all sizes.  Formerly with Efficiency New Brunswick, he now makes his living as a speaker, writer, and consultant, helping people and [...]


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		<title>Your Big Mouth Does Not Make You a Good Speaker</title>
		<link>http://www.marcusasmith.com/2008/10/05/your-big-mouth-does-not-make-you-a-good-speaker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus A Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know someone that loves to hear the sound of their voice?  Have you ever met a person who doesn&#8217;t believe their vocal chords have the right to rest?  Have you ever met the type of motor mouth who could talk from sunrise to sunset about the patterns of their living room wallpaper?
Yes you [...]


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		<title>Any Engineer Can be a Great Speaker</title>
		<link>http://www.marcusasmith.com/2008/09/27/any-engineer-can-be-a-great-speaker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus A Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Engineers & Public Speaking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pop quiz.
Raise your hand if you know what any of this means:

 Tensile strength
Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)
Centroid
Fourier Analysis
M/M/2/4 Queue
Markov Chain
Coefficient of Friction

The quiz is over.
If you know what any of those mean then you are a fellow engineer/dork/nerd/geek.  Don&#8217;t sweat it though.  This isn&#8217;t going to be a nerd bashing session.  You know what I [...]


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		<title>Margaret Page Interview</title>
		<link>http://www.marcusasmith.com/2008/09/23/margaret-page-interview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus A Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the 4th edition of &#8220;Interviews with Speaking Experts&#8221;.  The expert for today is Margaret Page.  Margaret Page is the founder and director of Etiquette Page, a leading Canadian firm offering business etiquette and international protocol services.
Marcus Smith: On a scale of 1 to 10 how would you rate your first speech?  Why?
Margaret Page: [...]


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		<title>Gene Perret Interview</title>
		<link>http://www.marcusasmith.com/2008/09/09/gene-perret-interview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus A Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the second edition of &#8220;Interviews with Speaking Experts&#8221;.  Gene is the second expert that I&#8217;ve interviewed for this series. Gene Perret has won several Emmys for his work on The Carol Burnett Show.  He was Bob Hope&#8217;s head writer for the last 12 years of Hope&#8217;s life.  Gene has written several books on comedy [...]


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		<title>3 Undeniable Reasons Why Public Speaking Fear is Ridiculous</title>
		<link>http://www.marcusasmith.com/2008/09/06/3-undeniable-reasons-why-public-speaking-fear-is-ridiculous/</link>
		<comments>http://www.marcusasmith.com/2008/09/06/3-undeniable-reasons-why-public-speaking-fear-is-ridiculous/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus A Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Speaking Fear]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going to go ahead and apologize now.  This article may hurt a few feelings.  It may cause people to curse me.  It might even cause somebody to throw something.  Hopefully, it will inspire some people to trash their fear of public speaking while I&#8217;m at it.  It&#8217;s been well documented that the fear of [...]


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