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Social Anxiety Can Be Contagious
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Photo by Aarón Blanco Tejedor on Unsplash
I have struggled with social anxiety for most of my life, beginning when I was a teenager in high school. The trigger is most often public speaking. In high-school French class I would have panic attacks when I sensed I would be asked to speak French. If the oral was scheduled and I had time for my imagination to create the worst possible outcomes, I would not be able to sleep and become desperate for ways to avoid the fully imagined pending disaster. Eventually it became so debilitating, the French teacher, Mrs. Dompierre, allowed me to come into her classroom during noon hour and “perform” my orals in front of just her. This happened for my last two years of high school, the same and only French teacher for both grades, so we kept the arrangement until I graduated. I was relieved and suffered fewer panic attacks, but as often happens with social anxiety when you avoid anxiety provoking situations it gets worse — because avoidance feels so good. By the time I entered university the anxiety was off the chart. As a sufferer of social anxiety, I expelled my dream of becoming a history teacher and studied computer science instead — because it involved talking to a machine, not people. Or so I thought.
Once my career started, I was still expected to public speak — that is what is expected of white-collar professionals. You start by going to regular status meetings and when it was your turn, you spoke and gave a status update. These were pure torture for me, and I struggled mightily before and during the meetings. I was ok one-on-one, but technology is often done by teams and everyone needed to know your status, not just your boss.
I knew I could not continue this way and I began looking for solutions, including appointments with a psychologist. And it was during these sessions I learned social anxiety is contagious.
I only had four sessions with this psychologist because I was moving to another city. During the first couple of sessions, I realized that this person never really understood a phobia of public speaking. He was relatively young, and this was during an earlier time when not as many people as today reached out for professional help for a phobia of public speaking. Most people seemed to just to avoid any type of public speaking, like my two brothers who took on jobs in a tire factory.
During the second session the phycologist started asking me questions about how I felt when I was asked to public speak. I explained to him in detail all the symptoms I experienced in anticipation of having to public speak. Then, as can be expected, he started asking about my thoughts which would lead to the sensations that would often result in a full-blown panic attack.
(Keep in mind I could have a panic attack if the person in the cubicle next to me was asked to prepare and deliver a presentation. I imagined death row inmates may have similar reactions when it is time for a fellow inmate to go meet his maker.)
So I listed off a number of my thoughts — I am not capable; I will embarrass myself; I do not know what I am doing; everyone else is better than me at the job and public speaking; why am I the only one who suffers from this phobia; how can I get out of it — I feel trapped; I will lose my job; I will go crazy; nobody wants to listen to me; and why am I feeling so anxious — I do not understand what is happening to me.
As I spouted all of this mental angst, I noticed the psychologist was paying keen attention to what I was saying. I thought, good, he is getting it and will be able to help. But I also eventually noticed some bewilderment in his face as I was talking. So, I did what I always did when I was opening up about my worst fear to someone else — I asked him if he ever had these thoughts. He replied, “No.” I thought well maybe he has never had to public speak, so I asked him if he had occasion to public speak? He said “Yes, I teach a class at the university on Monday evenings.” So, I asked him, does it ever bother you to stand in front of a class and public speak. Again, he said “No, I never really thought about it that way.”
I thought, man, are you ever lucky because I am the exact opposite. How do I get to be like you when asked to public speak? And why am I cursed with his affliction and you are not. The session ended and then I had disappointing thoughts — he is a psychologist, but does he understand enough to help me.
At the next session the following week, the psychologist seemed very excited to see me as we sat down in his office. He wanted to tell me something, something that happened to him. He told me that as he was walking to the building on the university campus to teach his Monday evening class, he unconsciously started having the same thoughts that I had described to him in our previous session. I do not know what doubts or even brain wiring that caused those thoughts to latch in his head, but he soon found himself in the same black abyss that those same thoughts took me, and he was having a panic attack. He told me he found himself on that cool, dark evening pressed up against the brick wall outside of the building trying desperately to get himself back under control so he could continue inside and meet his obligation to teach. He managed to get through the class, but then something quite oddly ironic occurred — he was worried about it happening again and he wanted to know what, if anything, helped me. The patient, me, had, even momentarily, become the clinician. And so, we spent the remainder of the session with me explaining what I had tried, and what seemed to help and what was no help at all.
After the session I had mixed feelings about whether the psychologist could help me or not. On the upside his thoughts and the resulting panic attack gave him a deeper understanding of the issue I was facing. However, he was now faced with trying to handle the same issue for himself and apparently was relying on me — at least partially — to offer some potential beneficial insight.
We had one more session before I moved to the new city and it was mostly a discussion around what tools, methods and approaches could help someone who has a severe phobia of public speaking.
It is now twenty-five years since I had those four sessions during the summer of 1997. When I reflect back, I realize on some level the psychologist, at least for a short period of time, “caught” my specific phobia of public speaking. I wonder if it only happened to him just that once or did it become a longer-term issue?
Regardless I was detailed enough in describing my anxious thoughts and the omnipresent associated feelings to him that it somehow resonated in his psyche, his mind. I now felt I had to be careful the next time I ever opened up to anyone about my anxiety disorder because I was, apparently, contagious and someone could catch it from me.
And if you feel susceptible to having anxiety, especially a phobia of public speaking, you may not want to come near me.
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https://medium.com/@wbishop60/social-anxiety-can-be-contagious-c19f5cb7d059
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['Bill Bishop']
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2021-11-25 19:08:44.999000+00:00
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['Phobia', 'Presentations', 'Public Speaking', 'Glossophobia', 'Anxiety Disorder']
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Title Social Anxiety ContagiousContent Photo Aarón Blanco Tejedor Unsplash struggled social anxiety life beginning teenager high school trigger often public speaking highschool French class would panic attack sensed would asked speak French oral scheduled time imagination create worst possible outcome would able sleep become desperate way avoid fully imagined pending disaster Eventually became debilitating French teacher Mrs Dompierre allowed come classroom noon hour “perform” oral front happened last two year high school French teacher grade kept arrangement graduated relieved suffered fewer panic attack often happens social anxiety avoid anxiety provoking situation get worse — avoidance feel good time entered university anxiety chart sufferer social anxiety expelled dream becoming history teacher studied computer science instead — involved talking machine people thought career started still expected public speak — expected whitecollar professional start going regular status meeting turn spoke gave status update pure torture struggled mightily meeting ok oneonone technology often done team everyone needed know status bos knew could continue way began looking solution including appointment psychologist session learned social anxiety contagious four session psychologist moving another city first couple session realized person never really understood phobia public speaking relatively young earlier time many people today reached professional help phobia public speaking people seemed avoid type public speaking like two brother took job tire factory second session phycologist started asking question felt asked public speak explained detail symptom experienced anticipation public speak expected started asking thought would lead sensation would often result fullblown panic attack Keep mind could panic attack person cubicle next asked prepare deliver presentation imagined death row inmate may similar reaction time fellow inmate go meet maker listed number thought — capable embarrass know everyone else better job public speaking one suffers phobia get — feel trapped lose job go crazy nobody want listen feeling anxious — understand happening spouted mental angst noticed psychologist paying keen attention saying thought good getting able help also eventually noticed bewilderment face talking always opening worst fear someone else — asked ever thought replied “No” thought well maybe never public speak asked occasion public speak said “Yes teach class university Monday evenings” asked ever bother stand front class public speak said “No never really thought way” thought man ever lucky exact opposite get like asked public speak cursed affliction session ended disappointing thought — psychologist understand enough help next session following week psychologist seemed excited see sat office wanted tell something something happened told walking building university campus teach Monday evening class unconsciously started thought described previous session know doubt even brain wiring caused thought latch head soon found black abyss thought took panic attack told found cool dark evening pressed brick wall outside building trying desperately get back control could continue inside meet obligation teach managed get class something quite oddly ironic occurred — worried happening wanted know anything helped patient even momentarily become clinician spent remainder session explaining tried seemed help help session mixed feeling whether psychologist could help upside thought resulting panic attack gave deeper understanding issue facing However faced trying handle issue apparently relying — least partially — offer potential beneficial insight one session moved new city mostly discussion around tool method approach could help someone severe phobia public speaking twentyfive year since four session summer 1997 reflect back realize level psychologist least short period time “caught” specific phobia public speaking wonder happened become longerterm issue Regardless detailed enough describing anxious thought omnipresent associated feeling somehow resonated psyche mind felt careful next time ever opened anyone anxiety disorder apparently contagious someone could catch feel susceptible anxiety especially phobia public speaking may want come near meTags Phobia Presentations Public Speaking Glossophobia Anxiety Disorder
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Is Public Speaking, as a skill , such a necessity for AMBITIOUS African youth?
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Is Public Speaking, as a skill , such a necessity for AMBITIOUS African youth?
Amanya Belyndah(2019)
One of the most wise people in the world are the Africans with rich wisdom hidden behind their proverbs. But the question is, are they able to efficiently use them to gather up themselves?
Public speech can be simply defined as the art of effective oral communication.
As Africans, many storms have hit us from the east, west ,north and south… And for some of the African states, they are still gaining momentum and still fighting to get rid of the stumbling blocks especially in politics and economical stability.
So there is need for us to learn best ways of talking to our fellow Africans to attain the following benefits;
Motivating each other: through public speech we can reach out to our wounded brother and sisters and help them put into action their wonderful ideas.
Win back the lost trust: many of the Africans lost trust in their leaders and it only takes a nice and well packaged speech to mend the Brocken hearts and be better leaders to our people.
Inform the people: it once said that the best way to hide knowledge from Africans is by writing it down, but if those who can reach can be able to communicate what they have really to their fellow Africans then we can all come to the same pace and develop together.
It is high time public speech is given a spot light in Africa especially by equipping the youth with knowledge about speech as the Baganda say that “emiti emito gye gigumiza ekibira” for a better Africa we need to bend the tree at its tender age by making public speech key in different education levels so as to groom generations that will speak up and support their continent through speech that not only reaches the ears but also the heart.
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https://medium.com/@debateafrica63/is-public-speaking-as-a-skill-such-a-necessity-for-ambitious-african-youth-dc0c29e4dca7
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[]
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2021-12-30 05:46:09.370000+00:00
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['Public Speaking']
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Title Public Speaking skill necessity AMBITIOUS African youthContent Public Speaking skill necessity AMBITIOUS African youth Amanya Belyndah2019 One wise people world Africans rich wisdom hidden behind proverb question able efficiently use gather Public speech simply defined art effective oral communication Africans many storm hit u east west north south… African state still gaining momentum still fighting get rid stumbling block especially politics economical stability need u learn best way talking fellow Africans attain following benefit Motivating public speech reach wounded brother sister help put action wonderful idea Win back lost trust many Africans lost trust leader take nice well packaged speech mend Brocken heart better leader people Inform people said best way hide knowledge Africans writing reach able communicate really fellow Africans come pace develop together high time public speech given spot light Africa especially equipping youth knowledge speech Baganda say “emiti emito gye gigumiza ekibira” better Africa need bend tree tender age making public speech key different education level groom generation speak support continent speech reach ear also heartTags Public Speaking
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How To Overcome Stage and Public Speaking Anxiety
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Public Speaking Anxiety
Public Speaking is something that all performers deal with to some extent. However, not everyone is the same. Some people are terrified while others can take on any role with ease. If you are looking for ways to become less nervous about performing in front of audiences, this book can help.
I outline all of the things I know about public speaking and stage fright so that you can overcome it for good! From overcoming sleeplessness to handling different kinds of stress, I explain all of the things I do to secure myself before an important show.
Public speaking is a common fear among people of all walks of life. As per research done by international schools in India, it’s has been estimated that 75–95% of the population have some sort of dread of public speaking or stage fright. Stage nerves can significantly handicap people from performing to their full potential. In addition to the effects on your confidence and self-esteem, it can have a negative impact on your career and earning potential.
Many people are afflicted with stage fright or public speaking anxiety, which causes the same symptoms, which make them extremely uneasy in front of a crowd. Their fear is irrational, but if you suffer from it to this extreme, it becomes very real to you.
Stage fright is an anxiety disorder that makes it difficult to appear comfortable in a public situation. While there’s no sure way to overcome stage fright, there are a few helpful techniques you can use to minimize your discomfort and make taking the stage a little easier.
How to overcome Stage Fright
You’ve perfected your speech and you’re well-practiced at it. You’re ready to wow and amaze the audience, but what happens next? Your heart starts to pound and your palms start sweating. You want to run away or collapse. You forget everything you learn in public speaking class. That’s where we come in.
To overcome stage fright, learn how to deal with the physical manifestations of anxiety so you can feel calm and confident on stage. We all get nervous before public speaking, but many of us experience anxiety so severe that it is debilitating. If you suffer from this type of extreme anxiety, your day or presentation can be ruined despite your best efforts to prepare.
Overcoming a fear of public speaking begins with getting to know your anxiety. You’ll learn how anxiety can be your friend at times, and where it becomes debilitating.
When you think about it, public speaking is nothing more than practicing what you have been saying one person at a time. It’s no different from working up the nerve to ask someone on a date or for a raise.
The biggest factor in overcoming this fear is acceptance. Acceptance is the biggest victory that can help you achieve anything in life.
Conclusion
You may be a CEO of a Fortune 500 company, or the founder of an exciting new start-up, but when you’re in front of an audience, whether it’s fifty people or five hundred, your knees get shaky, your palms sweat, and your heart pounds uncontrollably. That’s understandable; it’s the fight or flight response kicking in.
Stage fright can occur to anyone and it is not something to feel ashamed about.
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https://medium.com/@digital360india/how-to-overcome-stage-and-public-speaking-anxiety-12ea65c3226b
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[]
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2021-11-30 05:59:06.645000+00:00
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['Students', 'Public Speaking', 'Anxiety', 'Fear']
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Title Overcome Stage Public Speaking AnxietyContent Public Speaking Anxiety Public Speaking something performer deal extent However everyone people terrified others take role ease looking way become le nervous performing front audience book help outline thing know public speaking stage fright overcome good overcoming sleeplessness handling different kind stress explain thing secure important show Public speaking common fear among people walk life per research done international school India it’s estimated 75–95 population sort dread public speaking stage fright Stage nerve significantly handicap people performing full potential addition effect confidence selfesteem negative impact career earning potential Many people afflicted stage fright public speaking anxiety cause symptom make extremely uneasy front crowd fear irrational suffer extreme becomes real Stage fright anxiety disorder make difficult appear comfortable public situation there’s sure way overcome stage fright helpful technique use minimize discomfort make taking stage little easier overcome Stage Fright You’ve perfected speech you’re wellpracticed You’re ready wow amaze audience happens next heart start pound palm start sweating want run away collapse forget everything learn public speaking class That’s come overcome stage fright learn deal physical manifestation anxiety feel calm confident stage get nervous public speaking many u experience anxiety severe debilitating suffer type extreme anxiety day presentation ruined despite best effort prepare Overcoming fear public speaking begin getting know anxiety You’ll learn anxiety friend time becomes debilitating think public speaking nothing practicing saying one person time It’s different working nerve ask someone date raise biggest factor overcoming fear acceptance Acceptance biggest victory help achieve anything life Conclusion may CEO Fortune 500 company founder exciting new startup you’re front audience whether it’s fifty people five hundred knee get shaky palm sweat heart pound uncontrollably That’s understandable it’s fight flight response kicking Stage fright occur anyone something feel ashamed aboutTags Students Public Speaking Anxiety Fear
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How an International Experience Can Stop You From Worrying About Your Carabao English
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I’m not smart enough to learn English.
In our country, residents from outlying provinces flock to the capital for work. Thus, in a typical Filipino corporate office, you will find Bicolanos, Ilocanos, and Pangasinenses, to name a few, messing up with each other. Each of them speaks a unique dialect and brings with them distinct cultural nuances. At work, the national language, Filipino, is the medium for expression while the business language, English, is the language for impression.
Schools teach English as early as elementary, but hard practice happens in an office environment. However, if the office is purely local, English is not mandatory and even impractical. You can get along with just speaking the local language.
If the local office has international reach, that’s where hospitality and the need to impress replace practicality. English becomes the standard — in meetings, training, and all other corporate communications. You’ll have to level up your communication skills then. Your anxiety rises along with it.
In 2016, a foreigner with specialized industry knowledge joined our purely Filipino team at work. Foreigners who get into a Filipino team receive the best treatment possible. We smile a lot, ask personal questions, invite them regularly for meals outside the office, and even accompany them in their touristic explorations. It is typical Filipino hospitality.
We even set a rule of speaking only English during meals or when the person is around. It might seem ridiculous, but we do it so that the person will not feel left out. At the same time, the benefit is on us. We can practice speaking English.
Not all Filipinos are open to this kind of arrangement. The main reason is the one I mentioned above: fear of ridicule. Three major factors led to this fear.
Perception of one’s self
At school, students link speaking English well to intelligence. A common excuse that you might hear from students is, “I’m not smart enough to learn English.” Then, they stop making an effort to do so. The anxious thoughts of Filipino students over making mistakes impede their learning process.
Language anxiety, as one study shows, roots early in the classrooms. Second language classroom anxiety links to low self-confidence. Graduates bring this low self-confidence with them when they start working. The newness of the corporate experience and not knowing the ground rules sink their confidence further.
Perception from others
The initial adopters of the English language in our country have been mostly sons and daughters of families who migrated to the United States post-war. When they returned to the country, their strange ways and Americanized accent irked the locals. Locals stereotyped them as prideful and privileged. Not all of them acted that way but the stereotype spread. Fluent English became a sign of privilege, rather than a necessity.
Meaning lost in translation
Dealing with situations requires the ability to spot contextual clues. Words can have double meanings, especially when they are jokes and idioms. That’s the challenge. You cannot simply translate local jokes and idioms into another language. Or else, you risk losing their meaning. Thus, a common source of anxiety for a group of people hanging out with a foreigner speaking another language is that genuine fun is impossible.
Among these three factors, perception of one’s self is the easiest to resolve. Let me explain how.
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https://betterhumans.pub/how-an-international-experience-can-stop-you-from-worrying-about-your-carabao-english-96565830d51
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['Tin Mariano']
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2021-11-29 09:31:08.047000+00:00
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['Carabao English', 'Public Speaking', 'Communication', 'Anxiety', 'Immigration']
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Title International Experience Stop Worrying Carabao EnglishContent I’m smart enough learn English country resident outlying province flock capital work Thus typical Filipino corporate office find Bicolanos Ilocanos Pangasinenses name messing speaks unique dialect brings distinct cultural nuance work national language Filipino medium expression business language English language impression Schools teach English early elementary hard practice happens office environment However office purely local English mandatory even impractical get along speaking local language local office international reach that’s hospitality need impress replace practicality English becomes standard — meeting training corporate communication You’ll level communication skill anxiety rise along 2016 foreigner specialized industry knowledge joined purely Filipino team work Foreigners get Filipino team receive best treatment possible smile lot ask personal question invite regularly meal outside office even accompany touristic exploration typical Filipino hospitality even set rule speaking English meal person around might seem ridiculous person feel left time benefit u practice speaking English Filipinos open kind arrangement main reason one mentioned fear ridicule Three major factor led fear Perception one’s self school student link speaking English well intelligence common excuse might hear student “I’m smart enough learn English” stop making effort anxious thought Filipino student making mistake impede learning process Language anxiety one study show root early classroom Second language classroom anxiety link low selfconfidence Graduates bring low selfconfidence start working newness corporate experience knowing ground rule sink confidence Perception others initial adopter English language country mostly son daughter family migrated United States postwar returned country strange way Americanized accent irked local Locals stereotyped prideful privileged acted way stereotype spread Fluent English became sign privilege rather necessity Meaning lost translation Dealing situation requires ability spot contextual clue Words double meaning especially joke idiom That’s challenge cannot simply translate local joke idiom another language else risk losing meaning Thus common source anxiety group people hanging foreigner speaking another language genuine fun impossible Among three factor perception one’s self easiest resolve Let explain howTags Carabao English Public Speaking Communication Anxiety Immigration
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Presentation Skills: How to answer those killer questions
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Questions can be a major source of anxiety for many presenters.
In our presentation skills courses we are often asked to help people to answer questions more professionally.
It’s a much bigger issue than many people think.
When we probe a little deeper to understand the issue, our delegates often ask 3 questions:
1. ‘How do I respond confidently to a question I simply don’t know the answer to?’
2. ‘What if I don’t understand the question?
3. ‘How do I deal with hostile questions?’
Our first task is to re-frame the way we think about being asked questions. For many people that presents a significant challenge.
It is often perceived as the moment of truth
We’ve spent hours crafting our presentation to ensure its content rich and helpful. We know our content well and have practiced exhaustively.
We’ve left nothing to chance; so what’s the problem?
It’s as simple as it is frightening. We convince ourselves that our entire reputation depends on how we answer questions.
Unfortunately, there can be a touch of truth behind that limiting belief. That’s why it’s the cause of so much anxiety amongst presenters.
There’s plenty you can do to answer those challenging questions with confidence and credibility. Before we explore them, try to avoid this mistake.
Don’t answer a question saying:
“That is a really good question and I am glad you asked it.”
Quite often, it’s not a good question? If it’s not a good question the response sounds glib. If it is a good question, does that mean the others aren’t?
How you would feel if you asked the next question and the presenter didn’t acknowledge it as a ‘really good question’.
Just answer the question.
The scary six
Our job as presenters extends beyond crafting a content rich, compelling presentation. We also have to deliver it in a way that is congruent with our message. We have to anticipate difficult questions too.
Surround yourself with a small group of people you trust and respect. Share your presentation with them giving each person a specific role.
Roles
Devil’s advocate
Ask them to be contentious, oppose your view and challenge the strength of your presentation.
The sniper
Their role is to criticise you and to create an atmosphere of hostility and distrust.
The energy thief
Get them to look for a negative aspect of everything you say.
The know all
Encourage them to actively demonstrate that they know more than you on the topic.
The honest
Let them tell you in the most respectful way that they don’t agree with you.
The wanderer
They demonstrate that they haven’t listened to a word you said.
It’s not an excercise for the faint hearted because it takes courage.
It is, however an investment worth making.
Once the scary six have taken you and your presentation apart, take another look at your presentation.
As painful and as strange as it may sound, remember it’s not real and it won’t happen. You, however, will be prepared for anything.
What exactly should you do with those awkward questions?
Killer question 1 — You don’t know the answer
The old saying ‘honesty is the best policy’ has stood the test of time because it’s true. The moment you try to bluff your way through a question you don’t know the answer to you lose your credibility.
Try this instead.
Step into the question. In other words, take a step forward towards your audience. If you are seated then lean forward into the table or desk.
Have you noticed how common it is for people to be on the ‘back foot’ when they don’t know the answer to a question?
Your challenge is to be on the front foot and to step into or lean into the question.
Acknowledge the person who asked the question with eye contact. After that, bring the rest of the room into your response with eye contact too. Once you’ve moved forward and made eye contact, confidently say, ‘I don’t know, but I’ll find out and let you know’.
You have a few choices at this point. You can:
Ask the audience
“I don’t know the answer to that but I wonder whether anyone else in the audience does.”
“Can anyone help answer that question?”
Share a thought
You may not have the answer but you may have a view. Share a thought or perspective on the question if you have one.
‘I don’t know, but I’ll find out and let you know. In the meantime I have a thought on the issue. Please keep in mind that it’s not the answer to your question as I’ve already stated I don’t know the answer but here is a thought…
What’s your view on that?’
Ask for a moment
If you need a little time to think about the question, ask for it.
‘I need a few moments to think about that.’
This also take a little courage but remember, you don’t need to rush in to giving an answer.
Give yourself a little time to think. Your audience will respect you for it.
Postpone the answer
It may well be that you know the answer but under pressure the answer has slipped your mind. This is another opportunity to be honest.
‘Given the importance of the question, I’d like to give you the most complete answer I can. I will need to get back to you in…’
Killer question 2 — You don’t understand the question
I’ve long held the view that most people don’t really listen. I believe that many do something else — they wait to speak.
“Most people don’t listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” Stephen R. Covey
That is often the reason why we don’t understand the question. The solution is relatively simple; we need to really listen. That means:
– Listen — to the entire question
– Breathe — don’t leap straight into a response
– Check — ‘Let me just check that I understand you correctly, you are asking me if…’
‘To make sure that I’ve understood you correctly are you asking…’
If you still don’t understand the question, don’t panic. Take a deep breath and ask them to clarify what they mean. Explain politely that you are still not clear you understand the question.
Killer question 3 — It’s a hostile question
Most audiences are on your side. They are friendly, open and are keen to learn from you. That said, every now and then you may get what we call hostile questions.
They feel hostile because of the emotional charge. The questioner may wave their pen at you challenging or criticizing your perspective.
If this happens, your job is to remain calm. Depersonalize the attack and avoid being over defensive; easier said than done I know.
Your first priority is to diffuse the emotional charge and to take care of the rest of the audience whilst respecting the questioner.
Treat them the same as any other member of the audience. Answer their question as honestly and as professionally as you can.
Keep calm
Avoid matching your tone of voice to theirs. Stay calm, professional and polite. Remember that your audience will align with whoever is more courteous and respectful.
Very occasionaly it appears as though the questioner is looking for more of an argument rather than an answer. This is rare but if it happens, you owe it to the rest of your audience to close it down.
You do have some options:
– You can acknowledge their concern and suggest that the two of you meet separately after the presentation to discuss the matter in greater detail.
– If the questioner persists you can calmly assert:
‘I’m afraid I need to move on now.’
It’s possible that you may need to repeat this two or three times.
– A simple but powerful technique you can use to respectfully regain control of your presentation is to:
Listen — That means listening very closely and carefully to the perspective of the questioner.
Agree — You have listened closely enough to find something you can sincerely agree with. That does not mean you agree with a point they make even if you don’t. It means you listen intently for something that does make sense to you that you can agree with. When there is such a high emotional charge in a question it’s often fueled by passion and a need to be heard.
The questioner isn’t a bad person. They are simply someone who feels very strongly about what you are saying and may not share your perspective. Once you have listened closely enough to find something you can genuinely agree with, no matter how small, there is only one thing left to do.
Pause — You acknowledge that you agree with that element of their argument. Tell them that you understand their perspective or that the specific point they just made makes sense to you. Then you pause and you stay silent.
It’s more than a pause of course, as you are signalling to the questioner that you have nothing else to say on the matter.
You don’t say a word and watch what happens next.
Try to understand the motivation behind the question and tone. Share what you are picking up from them: “It sounds like your main concern is with the process. Is that correct?” This will encourage them to focus on the point they are trying to make. It will also give you a little time to consider a response.
One of the many key distinctions between a Mindful Presenter and a mediocre presenter is the ability to handle challenging questions professionally and effectively.
Remember
That distinction is achieved through the conscious focus and effort to:
– Listen very carefully to the question
– Lose the ‘headstuff’; in other words not making it all about you
– Pause and breathe
– Repeat the question if necessary and appropriate
– Understand the motivation behind the question
– Respect the questioner and the audience
– Anticipate difficult questions whilst crafting the presentation
– Stay calm, focused and on message
– Close the questions down politely and move on
If you need help:
– Book yourself onto a powerful public speaking course.
– Invest in some really good one to one public speaking coaching.
– Get yourself some excellent presentation training
If this article has inspired you to learn more you may want to take a look at our presentation training and public speaking coaching pages. You will also find a great deal of really helpful ‘free’ information in our Learning Centre.
Image courtesy of: iStock.com
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https://medium.com/@mauricedecastro/presentation-skills-how-to-answer-those-killer-questions-c6524e9a934f
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['Maurice Decastro']
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2021-11-23 12:03:05.463000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'Communication', 'Business', 'Leadership', 'Questions']
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Title Presentation Skills answer killer questionsContent Questions major source anxiety many presenter presentation skill course often asked help people answer question professionally It’s much bigger issue many people think probe little deeper understand issue delegate often ask 3 question 1 ‘How respond confidently question simply don’t know answer to’ 2 ‘What don’t understand question 3 ‘How deal hostile questions’ first task reframe way think asked question many people present significant challenge often perceived moment truth We’ve spent hour crafting presentation ensure content rich helpful know content well practiced exhaustively We’ve left nothing chance what’s problem It’s simple frightening convince entire reputation depends answer question Unfortunately touch truth behind limiting belief That’s it’s cause much anxiety amongst presenter There’s plenty answer challenging question confidence credibility explore try avoid mistake Don’t answer question saying “That really good question glad asked it” Quite often it’s good question it’s good question response sound glib good question mean others aren’t would feel asked next question presenter didn’t acknowledge ‘really good question’ answer question scary six job presenter extends beyond crafting content rich compelling presentation also deliver way congruent message anticipate difficult question Surround small group people trust respect Share presentation giving person specific role Roles Devil’s advocate Ask contentious oppose view challenge strength presentation sniper role criticise create atmosphere hostility distrust energy thief Get look negative aspect everything say know Encourage actively demonstrate know topic honest Let tell respectful way don’t agree wanderer demonstrate haven’t listened word said It’s excercise faint hearted take courage however investment worth making scary six taken presentation apart take another look presentation painful strange may sound remember it’s real won’t happen however prepared anything exactly awkward question Killer question 1 — don’t know answer old saying ‘honesty best policy’ stood test time it’s true moment try bluff way question don’t know answer lose credibility Try instead Step question word take step forward towards audience seated lean forward table desk noticed common people ‘back foot’ don’t know answer question challenge front foot step lean question Acknowledge person asked question eye contact bring rest room response eye contact you’ve moved forward made eye contact confidently say ‘I don’t know I’ll find let know’ choice point Ask audience “I don’t know answer wonder whether anyone else audience does” “Can anyone help answer question” Share thought may answer may view Share thought perspective question one ‘I don’t know I’ll find let know meantime thought issue Please keep mind it’s answer question I’ve already stated don’t know answer thought… What’s view that’ Ask moment need little time think question ask ‘I need moment think that’ also take little courage remember don’t need rush giving answer Give little time think audience respect Postpone answer may well know answer pressure answer slipped mind another opportunity honest ‘Given importance question I’d like give complete answer need get back in…’ Killer question 2 — don’t understand question I’ve long held view people don’t really listen believe many something else — wait speak “Most people don’t listen intent understand listen intent reply” Stephen R Covey often reason don’t understand question solution relatively simple need really listen mean – Listen — entire question – Breathe — don’t leap straight response – Check — ‘Let check understand correctly asking if…’ ‘To make sure I’ve understood correctly asking…’ still don’t understand question don’t panic Take deep breath ask clarify mean Explain politely still clear understand question Killer question 3 — It’s hostile question audience side friendly open keen learn said every may get call hostile question feel hostile emotional charge questioner may wave pen challenging criticizing perspective happens job remain calm Depersonalize attack avoid defensive easier said done know first priority diffuse emotional charge take care rest audience whilst respecting questioner Treat member audience Answer question honestly professionally Keep calm Avoid matching tone voice Stay calm professional polite Remember audience align whoever courteous respectful occasionaly appears though questioner looking argument rather answer rare happens owe rest audience close option – acknowledge concern suggest two meet separately presentation discus matter greater detail – questioner persists calmly assert ‘I’m afraid need move now’ It’s possible may need repeat two three time – simple powerful technique use respectfully regain control presentation Listen — mean listening closely carefully perspective questioner Agree — listened closely enough find something sincerely agree mean agree point make even don’t mean listen intently something make sense agree high emotional charge question it’s often fueled passion need heard questioner isn’t bad person simply someone feel strongly saying may share perspective listened closely enough find something genuinely agree matter small one thing left Pause — acknowledge agree element argument Tell understand perspective specific point made make sense pause stay silent It’s pause course signalling questioner nothing else say matter don’t say word watch happens next Try understand motivation behind question tone Share picking “It sound like main concern process correct” encourage focus point trying make also give little time consider response One many key distinction Mindful Presenter mediocre presenter ability handle challenging question professionally effectively Remember distinction achieved conscious focus effort – Listen carefully question – Lose ‘headstuff’ word making – Pause breathe – Repeat question necessary appropriate – Understand motivation behind question – Respect questioner audience – Anticipate difficult question whilst crafting presentation – Stay calm focused message – Close question politely move need help – Book onto powerful public speaking course – Invest really good one one public speaking coaching – Get excellent presentation training article inspired learn may want take look presentation training public speaking coaching page also find great deal really helpful ‘free’ information Learning Centre Image courtesy iStockcomTags Public Speaking Communication Business Leadership Questions
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Why is our project being refused funding even though it is attractive and profitable??
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In this article, I will talk about the project assuming that it is good in terms of financial and legal aspects, and it is a realistic project that can be applied on the ground in addition to being profitable — today, on the other hand, I am talking about the moment of showing to investors.
From personal experience, there are many entrepreneurs, inventors, and owners of emerging ideas, who do not find a supporter or funder for them because the investor is not convinced of what they are planning.
This problem is subdivided into several problems:
1- Fear of the investor
The huge amount of information is one of the most important reasons that lead to the overlap of this information in the recipient’s mind among themselves, and this leads to a problem in clarifying the idea or information, and from it it is difficult for the investor to understand your entrepreneurial idea
2- Speak imaginatively
An entrepreneur says, “I have a great project that will make you very rich if you invest in it, ..etc.”
This method is one of the wrong methods that the owner of idea believes will help convince the investor, but in fact, it is quite the opposite, and rather it increases his fear.
Dear entrepreneur, the investor is a person who has a set of money and a set of feelings of fear. In your conversation with him, you must speak realistically and give him a feeling of safety and truth.
3- Presentation
Presentation is one technique that everyone is going to use assuming it is correct, but….
It uses a range of shapes, colors and lines, which contributes to distracting the investor and leading to loss
The presentation that you should give should be kind of professional, use correct shapes, fonts and colors..
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https://medium.com/@ebrahemsewar/why-is-our-project-being-refused-funding-even-though-it-is-attractive-and-profitable-cd795d830ef7
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['Ebrahem Sewar']
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2021-11-23 16:02:51.420000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'Marketing', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Presentation', 'Success']
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Title project refused funding even though attractive profitableContent article talk project assuming good term financial legal aspect realistic project applied ground addition profitable — today hand talking moment showing investor personal experience many entrepreneur inventor owner emerging idea find supporter funder investor convinced planning problem subdivided several problem 1 Fear investor huge amount information one important reason lead overlap information recipient’s mind among lead problem clarifying idea information difficult investor understand entrepreneurial idea 2 Speak imaginatively entrepreneur say “I great project make rich invest etc” method one wrong method owner idea belief help convince investor fact quite opposite rather increase fear Dear entrepreneur investor person set money set feeling fear conversation must speak realistically give feeling safety truth 3 Presentation Presentation one technique everyone going use assuming correct but… us range shape color line contributes distracting investor leading loss presentation give kind professional use correct shape font colorsTags Public Speaking Marketing Entrepreneurship Presentation Success
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Lessons in Public Speaking From a Stand-Up Comedian
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Not all public speakers take the same approach, but they do have the same goal in mind — to win over the audience and convey information in a way that is captivating, engaging, and memorable.
I recently had the opportunity to interview a professional stand-up comedian. It was immediately apparent to me that the anecdotes he shared, as well as the advice he gave, were not only applicable to aspiring comedians but could be valuable to anyone who engages in public speaking of any kind.
In fact, as he spoke, I could picture him as an HR manager or sales team leader. Not surprising, since comedians often possess the transferable skills that companies want.
From his stories and advice, I’ve written this short article that I think will be helpful to anyone involved in public speaking — at any level.
What Exactly Goes Into Preparation
Comedians may sometimes appear to be speaking off the cuff or “improvising”, but I can assure you they are not — at least the good ones aren’t.
Being prepared goes beyond simply having the script polished and memorized. Being prepared also entails:
Anticipating obstacles and having a plan B, a detour, or amendment in place and ready to go.
and having a plan B, a detour, or amendment in place and ready to go. Knowing the precise timing of the material you are delivering. You may not have a clear understanding of what exactly your presentation is highlighting until you’ve timed it and timed all its sections. You may find that you’re spending too much time on one section to the detriment of another.
of the material you are delivering. You may not have a clear understanding of what exactly your presentation is highlighting until you’ve timed it and timed all its sections. You may find that you’re spending too much time on one section to the detriment of another. Knowing the room. This expression is usually used to refer to the audience, but knowing the room, literally, is also very important.
Understand the acoustics and be prepared to modify your delivery accordingly.
Understand the seating layout and be prepared to modify how you occupy the space accordingly.
Knowing the other speakers/performers. The person or persons who speak before you — and this includes the host or MC — will set the tone for the event. You need to understand what kind of tone they will set so that your presentation does not stick out in a bad way.
The person or persons who speak before you — and this includes the host or MC — will set the tone for the event. You need to understand what kind of tone they will set so that your presentation does not stick out in a bad way. Knowing the lighting. The stage lighting affects how or if the speaker/performer is able to see the audience.
The first time I ever bombed on stage was because I didn’t anticipate that the strong lighting would prevent me from making eye contact with the audience. I was thrown off balance and couldn’t recover.
How to Recover From a Poor Opening
I’m fortunate to be able to do what I love to do. But when I stand before a large audience and deliver my carefully crafted, clever opening, and it bombs, in those rare moments, I hate my job.
The truth of the matter is that your ability to recover from a poorly received opening will largely depend on the strength of the material you’ve prepared. However, I have learned from experience how to increase the chances of recovering from a poor opening. And I’ve also learned how to make it more difficult.
What Not To Do
Do not acknowledge, apologize, or self-deprecate
What you perceive to be a poor opening might be just that — your perception. The audience — or at least a portion of the audience — might not have noticed, or they might think the opening was quite good. Just because you didn’t get the reaction you anticipated doesn’t mean the audience isn’t engaged. Different audiences show their appreciation in different ways.
When you apologize or self-deprecate you draw attention to the misstep. You also show a lack of confidence and are likely to cause the audience to doubt you going forward.
Do not go off script
Once you go off script, you’ve immediately failed at what you set out to do — deliver the message you came to deliver. If you follow a poor opening with a poor presentation and a poor ending, at least you will have accomplished your main objective — to deliver the message you prepared to deliver. Then you will need to go back through your material or watch a video of your performance to understand where it went wrong. In the middle of your performance is not the time to do that.
What To Do
Pause, take a breath.
Literally, take a moment, a breath. You don’t want to quickly transition into the next part of your set/presentation. Instead, you need to mark the end of the opening with a beat or two of silence. This sets it apart from the rest of your set/presentation. It gives you a new start, as it were.
Move, change position, change perspective
Give yourself and your audience a new perspective before you go into the next part of your presentation. A new perspective can be accomplished simply by taking a step or two and facing the audience from a different point on the stage.
Making a slight adjustment to your posture or changing how you hold the microphone will help give the next part of your set/presentation a different look and a different feel. You don’t want to acknowledge the weak opening verbally, but you can and should distance yourself from it physically — both for your sake and for that of the audience.
The Little Things That Can Make the Difference
You have good material, and you have a good delivery. Now, take a look at some subtle tips that will help you to give a presentation that is better than the sum of its parts.
Use silence and space in concert
I am not a big fan of moving while I’m talking, not counting hand and facial gestures. And I mean that in a literal sense. When I talk, I stand still. I will, however, shift positions or take a step in between sentences when I’m taking a breath, and only in those moments.
I’m not suggesting this approach should be used by everyone. But I do recommend paying attention to how you incorporate silence into your presentation, how you handle it, and what you are doing with yourself in those moments.
Silence can be unsettling for the audience, but it is necessary. When I reserve movements only to those moments of intentional silence, I am showing the audience that I am still in control, they need not be unsettled. Also, by standing still while I’m speaking, I draw attention to my every sentence.
Milk the cow
When I deliver a joke that lands especially well, I’m not quick to get off it. In fact, often I will repeat the punchline. I milk that cow until it’s dry.
What I won’t do is repeat the punchline with different words (unless it’s in my script). I will repeat the same punchline with the same words, perhaps changing the inflection and adding a gesture.
In smaller venues or in more intimate settings, after having delivered the joke to the audience as a whole, I will focus my attention on a single audience member and deliver the punchline for just that person. It works every time.
The Takeaway
Even if, as a public speaker, you’re not trying to get laughs, the skills and techniques a stand-up comedian might employ to get an audience to focus on and be receptive to the message are just as applicable.
The chances of giving a great presentation, as opposed to a mediocre one, are largely dependent on the material you’ve crafted. And that can’t be understated. Know it frontwards and backwards. And know the timing of each section — how long it takes you to deliver each part of your presentation.
Offer the audience a consistent and predictable visual point to focus on. And incorporate the natural silences and pauses that occur in your presentation in a thought-out and intentional way.
About the author:
Russell Ridgeway is an American writer based in Budapest, Hungary. He works for Lensa and creates freelance content in the business, tech, and fashion industries. He also writes creative fiction. You can reach him by email ([email protected]), or on LinkedIn and other social media platforms.
This was originally posted on SpeakerHub Skillcamp.
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2021-12-10 00:48:48.753000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'Public Speaker', 'Speakerhub', 'Comedian', 'Comedy']
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Title Lessons Public Speaking StandUp ComedianContent public speaker take approach goal mind — win audience convey information way captivating engaging memorable recently opportunity interview professional standup comedian immediately apparent anecdote shared well advice gave applicable aspiring comedian could valuable anyone engages public speaking kind fact spoke could picture HR manager sale team leader surprising since comedian often posse transferable skill company want story advice I’ve written short article think helpful anyone involved public speaking — level Exactly Goes Preparation Comedians may sometimes appear speaking cuff “improvising” assure — least good one aren’t prepared go beyond simply script polished memorized prepared also entail Anticipating obstacle plan B detour amendment place ready go plan B detour amendment place ready go Knowing precise timing material delivering may clear understanding exactly presentation highlighting you’ve timed timed section may find you’re spending much time one section detriment another material delivering may clear understanding exactly presentation highlighting you’ve timed timed section may find you’re spending much time one section detriment another Knowing room expression usually used refer audience knowing room literally also important Understand acoustic prepared modify delivery accordingly Understand seating layout prepared modify occupy space accordingly Knowing speakersperformers person person speak — includes host MC — set tone event need understand kind tone set presentation stick bad way person person speak — includes host MC — set tone event need understand kind tone set presentation stick bad way Knowing lighting stage lighting affect speakerperformer able see audience first time ever bombed stage didn’t anticipate strong lighting would prevent making eye contact audience thrown balance couldn’t recover Recover Poor Opening I’m fortunate able love stand large audience deliver carefully crafted clever opening bomb rare moment hate job truth matter ability recover poorly received opening largely depend strength material you’ve prepared However learned experience increase chance recovering poor opening I’ve also learned make difficult acknowledge apologize selfdeprecate perceive poor opening might — perception audience — least portion audience — might noticed might think opening quite good didn’t get reaction anticipated doesn’t mean audience isn’t engaged Different audience show appreciation different way apologize selfdeprecate draw attention misstep also show lack confidence likely cause audience doubt going forward go script go script you’ve immediately failed set — deliver message came deliver follow poor opening poor presentation poor ending least accomplished main objective — deliver message prepared deliver need go back material watch video performance understand went wrong middle performance time Pause take breath Literally take moment breath don’t want quickly transition next part setpresentation Instead need mark end opening beat two silence set apart rest setpresentation give new start Move change position change perspective Give audience new perspective go next part presentation new perspective accomplished simply taking step two facing audience different point stage Making slight adjustment posture changing hold microphone help give next part setpresentation different look different feel don’t want acknowledge weak opening verbally distance physically — sake audience Little Things Make Difference good material good delivery take look subtle tip help give presentation better sum part Use silence space concert big fan moving I’m talking counting hand facial gesture mean literal sense talk stand still however shift position take step sentence I’m taking breath moment I’m suggesting approach used everyone recommend paying attention incorporate silence presentation handle moment Silence unsettling audience necessary reserve movement moment intentional silence showing audience still control need unsettled Also standing still I’m speaking draw attention every sentence Milk cow deliver joke land especially well I’m quick get fact often repeat punchline milk cow it’s dry won’t repeat punchline different word unless it’s script repeat punchline word perhaps changing inflection adding gesture smaller venue intimate setting delivered joke audience whole focus attention single audience member deliver punchline person work every time Takeaway Even public speaker you’re trying get laugh skill technique standup comedian might employ get audience focus receptive message applicable chance giving great presentation opposed mediocre one largely dependent material you’ve crafted can’t understated Know frontwards backwards know timing section — long take deliver part presentation Offer audience consistent predictable visual point focus incorporate natural silence pause occur presentation thoughtout intentional way author Russell Ridgeway American writer based Budapest Hungary work Lensa creates freelance content business tech fashion industry also writes creative fiction reach email russelllensaworkcom LinkedIn social medium platform originally posted SpeakerHub SkillcampTags Public Speaking Public Speaker Speakerhub Comedian Comedy
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Why should we enhance our Public speaking skills?
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Why should we enhance our Public speaking skills: Public speaking plays a very important role in all spheres of life including education, business, and other aspects of daily public life too. Public speaking is a reflection of your personality. Public speeches can include a wide range of topics which can be chosen as per the occasion of speaking. Slideshows and presentations always add a complimentary to your speeches and will ultimately help you cover all points of the topic. Pictorial representation helps in building the interest of the listeners and grasping the maximum interest of the audience. Public speaking differs a lot from online presentations as in online medium all audiences are present in virtual form and pre-recordings are also used while in public speaking you directly address your speech to the huge crowd. Many people generally get afraid of public speaking but once you get adapted to it one will enjoy maximum interaction with the crowd in a joyful manner.
Public Speaking in a corporate field has great benefits which will ultimately help you in reaching the topmost position of your life are as follows:
Career advancement
Helps in boosting confidence
The power of critical analysis and thinking develops to a great extent.
Helps in developing the personality of an individual
Enhance your communication skills.
One gets an opportunity to build new social relations in the world
Personal satisfaction will keep both your physical and mental health healthy and help in deriving peace.
Professional contacts or network ranges get increased
Best public speaking skills will help to learn the skill of persuasion which is in high demand nowadays.
Leadership skills of presenting your ideas and getting other colleagues' best innovative ideas on board can be developed which will ultimately help in being a good listener.
Vocabulary and fluent English qualities will help in best-presenting ideas in the speech
Argument on proper firm points too can be made.
Changes can be easily driven if you are a public speaker.
Improves individual self-esteem.
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2021-12-20 04:21:21.006000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'Skills']
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Title enhance Public speaking skillsContent enhance Public speaking skill Public speaking play important role sphere life including education business aspect daily public life Public speaking reflection personality Public speech include wide range topic chosen per occasion speaking Slideshows presentation always add complimentary speech ultimately help cover point topic Pictorial representation help building interest listener grasping maximum interest audience Public speaking differs lot online presentation online medium audience present virtual form prerecordings also used public speaking directly address speech huge crowd Many people generally get afraid public speaking get adapted one enjoy maximum interaction crowd joyful manner Public Speaking corporate field great benefit ultimately help reaching topmost position life follows Career advancement Helps boosting confidence power critical analysis thinking develops great extent Helps developing personality individual Enhance communication skill One get opportunity build new social relation world Personal satisfaction keep physical mental health healthy help deriving peace Professional contact network range get increased Best public speaking skill help learn skill persuasion high demand nowadays Leadership skill presenting idea getting colleague best innovative idea board developed ultimately help good listener Vocabulary fluent English quality help bestpresenting idea speech Argument proper firm point made Changes easily driven public speaker Improves individual selfesteem httpwwwguidershalacomwhyshouldweenhanceourpublicspeakingskillsTags Public Speaking Skills
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Public Speaking Tips
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If you search for “public speaking techniques” on Google, you will receive approximately 2.6 million results. That may sound like a lot, but when you have to be the one who has to stand in front of a group, there isn’t enough material in the world to help you get over your fear of public speaking.
Believe it or not, the majority of those anxieties are created by the individual. What exactly do I mean? The folks listening to you aren’t very concerned with how knowledge is transmitted; they are just interested in receiving it. The speaker is the one who puts themselves through the wringer several weeks before the presentation. Here are some ideas that, while they may seem obvious when implemented, can truly put your mind at ease.
Public Speaking Tip #1
I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT! What I mean by knowing your topic is that you know it from top to bottom, inside and out, upside down, and that you know the answer to every question that might be thrown at you. It is really necessary to be prepared to attain this level.
You must be able to recite your speech practically verbatim; you must be familiar with the products you will be addressing. If you complete your homework, you will know that you have attained the level of public speaking. When you reach Nirvana and experience that “feeling,” it will be accompanied by wisdom. Believe!
Public Speaking Tip #2
Attempt to greet as many people as possible before your speech or presentation. Confidence is boosted by familiarity. Consider the benefit you will bring to the topic you will be speaking on if you take the time to meet with people before you begin speaking.
You will not be pacing back and forth or worrying yourself to death until you have completed the task at hand with this method. There’s no point in cramming right now; if you don’t know something, you won’t know it, and it will be obvious.
Public Speaking Tip #3
If you believe that everyone in the audience is nude, this will work against you to have a good public speaking event.
Public Speaking Tip #4
To ensure that your points are delivered effectively, stop yourself and repeat the statement as though it were more important than ever before. Then, replace the uhs and ums with silence to deliver your points effectively.
Public Speaking Tip #5
Make your speech more animated. The majority of individuals believe that effective communication is centered on the mouth. There is nothing that could be further from the truth here! When it comes to becoming an effective communicator, you must employ your entire body. The use of gestures and body language can infuse your speech with more fire and enthusiasm.
These suggestions can truly assist you in taking the next step in your public speaking career. Are you aware that some people decline promotions because they will be expected to speak in front of a group of people?
Do you understand that people are more afraid of speaking in public than dying? Why is this so? Perhaps death is abstract and appears far away, whereas the podium is directly in front of them. In either case, you will be able to come to terms with your fear, and while you may not enjoy it, you will be able to get through it with less difficulty.
I cannot emphasize enough how much of your battle will be won simply by knowing what you will say and anticipating the questions that others will throw at you. It is possible to be simple!
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https://authors.cvsingh.com/public-speaking-tips-3acbd840ae19
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['Chandra Vijay Singh', 'C V Singh']
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2021-12-12 11:07:33.197000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'Communication', 'Public Speaking Tips', 'Life Lessons', 'Self Improvement']
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Title Public Speaking TipsContent search “public speaking techniques” Google receive approximately 26 million result may sound like lot one stand front group isn’t enough material world help get fear public speaking Believe majority anxiety created individual exactly mean folk listening aren’t concerned knowledge transmitted interested receiving speaker one put wringer several week presentation idea may seem obvious implemented truly put mind ease Public Speaking Tip 1 KNOW YOU’RE TALKING mean knowing topic know top bottom inside upside know answer every question might thrown really necessary prepared attain level must able recite speech practically verbatim must familiar product addressing complete homework know attained level public speaking reach Nirvana experience “feeling” accompanied wisdom Believe Public Speaking Tip 2 Attempt greet many people possible speech presentation Confidence boosted familiarity Consider benefit bring topic speaking take time meet people begin speaking pacing back forth worrying death completed task hand method There’s point cramming right don’t know something won’t know obvious Public Speaking Tip 3 believe everyone audience nude work good public speaking event Public Speaking Tip 4 ensure point delivered effectively stop repeat statement though important ever replace uhs ums silence deliver point effectively Public Speaking Tip 5 Make speech animated majority individual believe effective communication centered mouth nothing could truth come becoming effective communicator must employ entire body use gesture body language infuse speech fire enthusiasm suggestion truly assist taking next step public speaking career aware people decline promotion expected speak front group people understand people afraid speaking public dying Perhaps death abstract appears far away whereas podium directly front either case able come term fear may enjoy able get le difficulty cannot emphasize enough much battle simply knowing say anticipating question others throw possible simpleTags Public Speaking Communication Public Speaking Tips Life Lessons Self Improvement
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5 Vital Public Speaking Tips
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If you are a frequent visitor to my site, you have probably learnt that I was a two-time captain of the Debate Club in my university while I was undertaking my undergraduate study. Plus, I was also a Toastmasters Club member for around 3 years.
Personally, I don’t consider myself an expert in the field of public speaking even though I have attended many local and international public speaking competitions and experienced public speaking to over 1,000 people in an event. Instead, I would like to call myself an experienced person in the world of presentation, public speaking and communication.
In this article, I would like to share with you guys what I think are the 5 most important Public Speaking Tips. You can take these tips to improve your Public Speaking ability. Trust me when I tell you that Public Speaking skills is crucially important and can actually lead you to the peak of your life especially if your goal is to become a leader in any of your life pursuit.
1. Positive Mental Attitude
Personally, I’ve never heard or seen anyone die of public speaking. So, there is nothing to be afraid of public speaking. It’s easier said than done, right? It truly is, yet such fear can really be overcome.
Many people are afraid of public speaking because they don’t like the feeling of nervousness when they have to stand on the stage and face with many eyes locked on them. In other words, nervousness keeps them stay away from speaking in public.
Personally, I have also undergone the feeling of nervousness in my pursuit of excellence in public speaking. Even though I have a number of experiences giving speech to a group of people, I still feel nervous whenever I am on the stage. I just know how to manage my nervousness well.
How to manage nervousness
If you have some time, please read this detailed article: How to kill your nervousness in public speaking.
But, if you don’t, you should do as the follows:
a. Mentally remind yourself that public speaking can’t kill you.
b. Learn to get accustomed in looking to people’s eyes.
c. Start talking to people while standing whether in formal or informal settings.
2. Voice projection
Personally, I strongly believe that voice is the most important feature in public speaking. A speaker’s ability to properly project their voice well is crucially important in speech delivery.
Great public speakers, in my experience, are people who speak loudly and clearly enough that can be distinctly heard by people listening to them. The voice should not be too loud as it annoys the audience and too low as it makes the audience sleep.
When it comes to voice projection, there are many things to consider such as the using of tone and etc. Usually, a speaker is recommended not to use one tone for the whole speech because it simply makes the speech boring and less emotional. If possible, the speaker should use different tones for different plots. If the plot is about something sad, the tone must be in accordance to the story; it’d better be soft and slow.
How to project voice properly
You can try the following tips:
a. Practice talking to people standing or sitting 2–5 meters away from you. Try to get them understand everything you say. This helps you to talk better with a big group of people.
b. Practice talking to people standing or sitting 0.5–1 meter away from you. Try to get them understand everything you say. This helps you to talk better with a small group of people.
c. Listen to expert story tellers and learn how they use their tone in different parts of the story. Practice narrating story using different tones.
3. Eye contact
Eye contact is usually used by professional public speakers to attract the audience attention. In general, an audience participant focuses on listening to the speaker only when they realize that the speaker speaks to them or that the speaker pays attention to them. How does the participant know that? My experience has taught me that eye contact is the means of such knowledge.
Maintaining a natural and good eye contact with audience is crucially important because it somehow determines the degree of attention the audience members give to us the speakers. Personally, I almost always maintain a close eye contact with the people who listen to me and those who seem not to be focusing on my speech. I don’t have to say their name or point to them to listen to me because my eye contact says it all. Isn’t that cool?
Initially, I was so scared at looking into people’s eyes. I remember I took my glasses off during a classroom presentation because I was not able to undergo the overwhelming pressure of the 20-plus pairs of eyes looking at me. However, thanks to the countless speech delivery practices that I have done for years, I today don’t feel the pressure anymore every time I am on the stage. I just feel at ease.
How to develop powerful eye contact
You can try the following tips:
a. Practice looking into your eyes in the mirror and maintaining the contact for some time (two or three minutes) every day.
b. Practice looking into people’s eyes when you are in conversation in them. I know it’s difficult especially if you come from any country like Cambodia whose societal culture doesn’t promote people looking straight into other people’s eyes. You can start with people that you know well before strangers.
4. Body language
Body language is also one of the most essential elements in speech delivery. Effective use of body language makes the speech lively and active while ineffective use of body language could pose great threat or embarrassment to the audience members. For example, the use of middle finger in North America is offensive. The showing of folding fist could mean either anger or power.
Body language is a bit complicated if one wants to be perfect in it. Yet, it’s worthwhile to learn to use it effectively or perfectly if possible because it’s generally believed that body language conveys much more message than words and tones in any communication scenario. For example, yawning means being sleepy or feeling bored even though the person who yawns tries to say that he is not sleepy or bored.
The use of body language could include such as winking the eyes, using facial expressions, using of hands or legs, posing or standing, and etc. Basically, any movement of the body can be considered as body language.
How to develop powerful body language
You can try the following tips:
a. Strongly believe that use of body language in speech delivery is not crazy or silly. It’s what you are supposed to do and do well if possible.
b. Study the culture in which you are about to deliver your speech. There must be some gestures or body signs considered appropriate or inappropriate. Study them well so as not to offend your audience.
c. Practice using wide and clear body language. Use your hands widely. When you are on the stage, you shouldn’t fold your hands together. Instead use them widely so that your audience can see what you are trying to convey to them.
5. Practice
“Best practices give best results,” said Mr. Somboon Mongkol Sambath, one of the most experienced Toastmasters members with whom I associated during my time in Toastmasters Club. I heard the saying quite early in my pursuit of excellence in public speaking skills, and it has always become my only philosophy in speech delivery and public speaking.
There might be born great public speakers, but the number of these people is so few. Yet, there are so many great trained public speakers. The late Steve Jobs could be one of the examples. Before he passed away, he was considered one of the world’s most powerful public speakers even though he was not born to be a public speaker. During his initial show-ups on the stage or via media, he was quoted as nervous and shaky delivering his speeches.
Like Steve Jobs, I am not a gifted or born public speaker. I spent around 6 years to get trainings on how to effectively deliver speeches. I joined IFL Debate Club and Toastmasters Club. Plus, I have rarely if not never rejected the opportunities to improve my public speaking ability. I even volunteer for the chance to talk in front of people on any topic.
So, if you want to become a powerful and successful public speaker too, you should have this practice mindset. Sharpen your public speaking skills with practices, as many as possible.
How to develop powerful practices
You can try the following tips:
a. Prepare what you are going to talk. Put it in writing in brainstorming or complete form.
b. Rehearse your speech as many as possible before you get on the stage. You can do it in front of pretending audience if you can find. This helps build up your confidence.
c. Practice with a partner that has similar mindset to you.
d. Get constructive feedback from people who listen to your speech after each of your practices.
e. Video-tape your speech. Believe me when I say that you will learn more if you witness your own strengths and/or weaknesses.
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2021-12-23 12:19:00.783000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'Counseling', 'Tips', 'Course', 'Self Improvement']
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Title 5 Vital Public Speaking TipsContent frequent visitor site probably learnt twotime captain Debate Club university undertaking undergraduate study Plus also Toastmasters Club member around 3 year Personally don’t consider expert field public speaking even though attended many local international public speaking competition experienced public speaking 1000 people event Instead would like call experienced person world presentation public speaking communication article would like share guy think 5 important Public Speaking Tips take tip improve Public Speaking ability Trust tell Public Speaking skill crucially important actually lead peak life especially goal become leader life pursuit 1 Positive Mental Attitude Personally I’ve never heard seen anyone die public speaking nothing afraid public speaking It’s easier said done right truly yet fear really overcome Many people afraid public speaking don’t like feeling nervousness stand stage face many eye locked word nervousness keep stay away speaking public Personally also undergone feeling nervousness pursuit excellence public speaking Even though number experience giving speech group people still feel nervous whenever stage know manage nervousness well manage nervousness time please read detailed article kill nervousness public speaking don’t follows Mentally remind public speaking can’t kill b Learn get accustomed looking people’s eye c Start talking people standing whether formal informal setting 2 Voice projection Personally strongly believe voice important feature public speaking speaker’s ability properly project voice well crucially important speech delivery Great public speaker experience people speak loudly clearly enough distinctly heard people listening voice loud annoys audience low make audience sleep come voice projection many thing consider using tone etc Usually speaker recommended use one tone whole speech simply make speech boring le emotional possible speaker use different tone different plot plot something sad tone must accordance story it’d better soft slow project voice properly try following tip Practice talking people standing sitting 2–5 meter away Try get understand everything say help talk better big group people b Practice talking people standing sitting 05–1 meter away Try get understand everything say help talk better small group people c Listen expert story teller learn use tone different part story Practice narrating story using different tone 3 Eye contact Eye contact usually used professional public speaker attract audience attention general audience participant focus listening speaker realize speaker speaks speaker pay attention participant know experience taught eye contact mean knowledge Maintaining natural good eye contact audience crucially important somehow determines degree attention audience member give u speaker Personally almost always maintain close eye contact people listen seem focusing speech don’t say name point listen eye contact say Isn’t cool Initially scared looking people’s eye remember took glass classroom presentation able undergo overwhelming pressure 20plus pair eye looking However thanks countless speech delivery practice done year today don’t feel pressure anymore every time stage feel ease develop powerful eye contact try following tip Practice looking eye mirror maintaining contact time two three minute every day b Practice looking people’s eye conversation know it’s difficult especially come country like Cambodia whose societal culture doesn’t promote people looking straight people’s eye start people know well stranger 4 Body language Body language also one essential element speech delivery Effective use body language make speech lively active ineffective use body language could pose great threat embarrassment audience member example use middle finger North America offensive showing folding fist could mean either anger power Body language bit complicated one want perfect Yet it’s worthwhile learn use effectively perfectly possible it’s generally believed body language conveys much message word tone communication scenario example yawning mean sleepy feeling bored even though person yawn try say sleepy bored use body language could include winking eye using facial expression using hand leg posing standing etc Basically movement body considered body language develop powerful body language try following tip Strongly believe use body language speech delivery crazy silly It’s supposed well possible b Study culture deliver speech must gesture body sign considered appropriate inappropriate Study well offend audience c Practice using wide clear body language Use hand widely stage shouldn’t fold hand together Instead use widely audience see trying convey 5 Practice “Best practice give best results” said Mr Somboon Mongkol Sambath one experienced Toastmasters member associated time Toastmasters Club heard saying quite early pursuit excellence public speaking skill always become philosophy speech delivery public speaking might born great public speaker number people Yet many great trained public speaker late Steve Jobs could one example passed away considered one world’s powerful public speaker even though born public speaker initial showups stage via medium quoted nervous shaky delivering speech Like Steve Jobs gifted born public speaker spent around 6 year get training effectively deliver speech joined IFL Debate Club Toastmasters Club Plus rarely never rejected opportunity improve public speaking ability even volunteer chance talk front people topic want become powerful successful public speaker practice mindset Sharpen public speaking skill practice many possible develop powerful practice try following tip Prepare going talk Put writing brainstorming complete form b Rehearse speech many possible get stage front pretending audience find help build confidence c Practice partner similar mindset Get constructive feedback people listen speech practice e Videotape speech Believe say learn witness strength andor weakness Drastically Improve Public Speaking Ability ConfidenceBoosting EngagementIncreasing ResultsOriented Tools Tips Skills… Developed Public Speaking Master Click Continue source Story contains affiliate linkTags Public Speaking Counseling Tips Course Self Improvement
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Create an influential and persuasive message…
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Create an influential and persuasive message…
How to Uncover the Heart of Your Story in 4 Easy Steps
Uncover the Heart of Your Story
THE Key to a Memorable and Impactful Message
One of the most vital skills in storytelling is to deliver a crystal clear main point. Without clarity, you lose your audience and your influence.
If you want to get to the heart of your story and connect with your listeners, this simple exercise will help…
The Power of the MESS
A common misconception is that great speeches and stories flow out of you.
Here’s a super-secret insider tip:
That almost NEVER happens!
On rare occasions, a message flows out of you. It happened to me — once — in 2008. Most times, it’s a struggle to uncover your meaningful and memorable message.
Vikas Jhingran is the Toastmasters 2007 World Champion of Public Speaking. He describes the problem like this:
“Many times, writing your story is like chiseling away at a block of marble. You start chipping away, then step back to see your progress.
Then chisel some more. Step back again to evaluate.
And repeat the process until you have a finished statue.
“It’s a grind. And sometimes, you have to throw out the marble and start over.”
One of my speech coaches has a terrific saying that applies here: “Your message is a MESS, with AGE. Get your ideas on paper (or computer). That’s the ‘mess.’
Then, chip away at your material over and over. That’s the ‘aging’ process that leads to your memorable message.
A Simple Solution to a Challenging Problem
My friend Kevin Burke is a long-time veteran of the Las Vegas Strip. He is a 40-year veteran actor and stage performer.
He recently shared an exercise to help you uncover your core message. It’s simple, but not easy.
It’s called 250–150–75–240. Here’s how it works:
Write the first version of your story, in 250 words. Set it aside.
When you return to it, cut out more material until it is 150 words in length. Set it aside again.
Return, and then remove half the remaining material to reach a 75-word version.
The final step is to cut your 75-word story to 240 characters.
A Message For Any Occasion
Why would you put yourself through this experience?
It’s not to create a ‘tweetable’ version of your talk and discard the rest of your material.
You’re multi-purposing your message.
Other reasons to go through this exercise include:
Uncovering your CORE message -– one or two sentences that summarize your main point.
Creating a 75-word version that becomes your ’30-second talk.’ Use this at a networking or social event. Or when you have a short time to explain the benefit you provide.
In your 150-word version, you can give more detail about yourself.
The 240 character version forces you to get to the point. Most people spend too much time on backstory or extraneous details.
Audiences today want you to get to the point. If you don’t, you’ll lose their attention. Gain their interest with your brief introduction. Once they show interest, you can go deeper into the details.
An Example of the 250–150–75–240
250-word Version
I was recently at a two-day retreat. A woman named Margie stood up. She told us that she’s mentally exhausted. She feels like she’s being pulled in 100 different directions. She’s a business owner, spouse, mother, and daughter. She said, “My tank is empty.”
When asked ‘why,’ she said, “I can’t say no.”
The facilitator asked, “Why?”
She paused and said, “Because if I say ‘no’ people will get mad at me.”
The facilitator said, “What will happen if they get mad?”
She thought about this, then said, “They might not want me around?”
“They won’t want you around?” the facilitator said.
“Yeah, I won’t matter,” she said.
A chill ran down my spine. For all of my adult life, I have felt like there is something wrong with me. I’ve felt like I’ve often fallen short of my goals. Many times I’ve felt I didn’t measure up or wasn’t good enough.
And now I knew why. Because deep down, I’ve felt like I don’t matter.
When I was two years old, my father walked out on my Mom and me. I’ve buried emotions from that experience and I didn’t know how it impacted me.
Now I do. What else can a two-year-old child feel but that he doesn’t matter if one of his parents leaves?
This was one of the most liberating moments of my life. I finally could fill in that missing ‘puzzle piece’ that has confounded me on why I’ve often gotten poor results.
150-word Version
I recently heard Margie, say she’s feeling pulled in 100 different directions. She said, “My tank is empty.”
When asked why, she said, “I can’t say no. Because if I say ‘no’ people will get mad at me. They might not want me around. And I’ll feel like I won’t matter.”
Those words sent a chill down my spine. For all of my adult life, I have felt I’ve always fallen short. That I didn’t measure up or wasn’t good enough.
It’s because I’ve felt I don’t matter. When I was two years old, my father walked out on my Mom and me. What else can a two-year-old child feel but that he doesn’t matter if one of his parents leaves?
This moment was liberating because I finally could fill in that missing ‘puzzle piece’ about why I’ve often gotten poor results.
75-word Version
I recently heard a woman say, “My tank is empty. I can’t say ‘no.’ If I do, people will get mad at me. And I’ll feel like I don’t matter.”
For much of my life, I’ve felt like I’m not good enough and afraid that I’ll let people down. Her words helped me realize I’ve had that same feeling — “I don’t matter.”
With this insight, the events of my life now make total sense to me.
240-Character Version
A woman said, “I feel like I don’t matter.”
I realized that I’ve been carrying that same message since I was 2-years old.
My life struggles now completely make sense to me. This insight enables me to overcome self-limiting behaviors.
Do you see how each successive version gets closer to my premise?
Each is clearer until the final version quickly introduces the insightful moment, the problem, and my insight -– wisdom that can help others.
Want to uncover your core message?
Use this exercise. It takes time and thought.
But, in the end, it will pay off with a crystal-clear premise that leaves a lasting imprint on your audience.
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2021-12-30 22:51:30.976000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'Storytelling', 'Storytelling For Business', 'Business Communication', 'Speaking']
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Title Create influential persuasive message…Content Create influential persuasive message… Uncover Heart Story 4 Easy Steps Uncover Heart Story Key Memorable Impactful Message One vital skill storytelling deliver crystal clear main point Without clarity lose audience influence want get heart story connect listener simple exercise help… Power MESS common misconception great speech story flow Here’s supersecret insider tip almost NEVER happens rare occasion message flow happened — — 2008 time it’s struggle uncover meaningful memorable message Vikas Jhingran Toastmasters 2007 World Champion Public Speaking describes problem like “Many time writing story like chiseling away block marble start chipping away step back see progress chisel Step back evaluate repeat process finished statue “It’s grind sometimes throw marble start over” One speech coach terrific saying applies “Your message MESS AGE Get idea paper computer That’s ‘mess’ chip away material That’s ‘aging’ process lead memorable message Simple Solution Challenging Problem friend Kevin Burke longtime veteran Las Vegas Strip 40year veteran actor stage performer recently shared exercise help uncover core message It’s simple easy It’s called 250–150–75–240 Here’s work Write first version story 250 word Set aside return cut material 150 word length Set aside Return remove half remaining material reach 75word version final step cut 75word story 240 character Message Occasion would put experience It’s create ‘tweetable’ version talk discard rest material You’re multipurposing message reason go exercise include Uncovering CORE message – one two sentence summarize main point Creating 75word version becomes ’30second talk’ Use networking social event short time explain benefit provide 150word version give detail 240 character version force get point people spend much time backstory extraneous detail Audiences today want get point don’t you’ll lose attention Gain interest brief introduction show interest go deeper detail Example 250–150–75–240 250word Version recently twoday retreat woman named Margie stood told u she’s mentally exhausted feel like she’s pulled 100 different direction She’s business owner spouse mother daughter said “My tank empty” asked ‘why’ said “I can’t say no” facilitator asked “Why” paused said “Because say ‘no’ people get mad me” facilitator said “What happen get mad” thought said “They might want around” “They won’t want around” facilitator said “Yeah won’t matter” said chill ran spine adult life felt like something wrong I’ve felt like I’ve often fallen short goal Many time I’ve felt didn’t measure wasn’t good enough knew deep I’ve felt like don’t matter two year old father walked Mom I’ve buried emotion experience didn’t know impacted else twoyearold child feel doesn’t matter one parent leaf one liberating moment life finally could fill missing ‘puzzle piece’ confounded I’ve often gotten poor result 150word Version recently heard Margie say she’s feeling pulled 100 different direction said “My tank empty” asked said “I can’t say say ‘no’ people get mad might want around I’ll feel like won’t matter” word sent chill spine adult life felt I’ve always fallen short didn’t measure wasn’t good enough It’s I’ve felt don’t matter two year old father walked Mom else twoyearold child feel doesn’t matter one parent leaf moment liberating finally could fill missing ‘puzzle piece’ I’ve often gotten poor result 75word Version recently heard woman say “My tank empty can’t say ‘no’ people get mad I’ll feel like don’t matter” much life I’ve felt like I’m good enough afraid I’ll let people word helped realize I’ve feeling — “I don’t matter” insight event life make total sense 240Character Version woman said “I feel like don’t matter” realized I’ve carrying message since 2years old life struggle completely make sense insight enables overcome selflimiting behavior see successive version get closer premise clearer final version quickly introduces insightful moment problem insight – wisdom help others Want uncover core message Use exercise take time thought end pay crystalclear premise leaf lasting imprint audience Seven Storytelling Mistakes Costing Money Opportunities Committing 7 Deadly Storytelling Sins Want effective storyteller Avoid seven common mistake kill impact story FREE report give insight error avoid download report nocost noobligation visit httpbitly7StorySinsReportTags Public Speaking Storytelling Storytelling Business Business Communication Speaking
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Your speech pace: guide to speeding and slowing down
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John F. Kennedy talked fast, very fast. He is in the Guinness Book of World Records for rate of speaking. During a speech in 1961, he spoke 327 words in just one minute. That’s about 3 times faster than the normal conversation rate.
During JFK’s inaugural address, however, he remarkably slowed down his speaking rate to a 96.5 words per minute, the slowest in the past 60 years of inauguration speeches.
JFK was a master in the art of pacing: knowing when to get the audience fired up by a blasting fury of words, and when to slow everything right down to carefully measuring out each word to emphasize the meaning of his message.
As a speaker, the art of pacing can be one of your greatest tools.
Too fast or too slow?
The ultimate goal is to speak at a conversational pace. Do not attempt to speak in a completely steady pace, measuring out every word evenly: this could come off as monotone and boring.The combination of slow, fast, and medium speed makes your speech more engaging.
When to change your speed:
Fast: indication of passion, urgency, excitement, and emotion.
indication of passion, urgency, excitement, and emotion. Slow: indication of importance, sadness, confusion, the seriousness of a point or the introduction of new ideas (use to help the audience grasp what you are saying)
When you’re speaking quickly, initially it is exciting for the audience, but after a minute or two, it stops being stimulating and becomes overwhelming.
When you are speaking slowly, it can grab the attention of the audience and help them process every word, but an entire talk at a slow pace will bore your audience: while waiting for you to get to the point they will lose interest.
Mix it up! Keep the majority of your talk in the ordinary conversation range, then change your pace to emphasize points in your message and influence the emotions of your audience.
Speech rate guidelines
How can you tell if you are speaking too fast, or too slow?
While in your head you might think your pace is perfect, in reality, you might be off the mark.
This is where finding out your speech rates can be helpful.
Speech rate is simply the speed at which you speak. It’s calculated in the number of words spoken in a minute (wpm.)
Speech rate guidelines:
Slow: less than 110 wpm
Conversational: between 120 wpm and 150 wpm.
Fast: more than 160 wpm
Radio hosts and podcasters speak at 150–160 wpm.
Auctioneers and commentators speak between 250 to 400 wpm.
Still having a difficult time imagining these speeds? We’ve pulled together a list of 7 TED Talks with varying speeds, to help you get better idea of the effect it can have on your presentation.
Examples of speeds:
Martin Luther King Jr., Steve Jobs, Barack Obama, and Amy Tan are all examples of fantastic (and well-paced) speakers, give them a listen to see what a well-paced speaker sounds like.
Do you need to adjust your speech rate? The first step is to figure out how fast you speak. There are a number of methods you can use to figure out how fast you are speaking.
Finding your speech rate
One of the most straight forward ways of figuring out your speech rate is to count your words over a few minutes of talking.
Speaking Rate (wpm) = Total words / # of minutes
You can either record a few minutes of your talk with your smartphone (or any other recording device) or watch one of your own videos.
Top tip: If you use a mobile device, have it convert your speech to text. Talk for one minute to capture the text then cut and paste the text into a word counter.
Practicing
One of the best ways to get used to speaking at a slower or fast rate is to use a metronome to rehearse.
There are several free metronome apps available for Apple and Android which can help keep time as you practice your presentation. The click of the metronome can be set to your desired speech goal per minute. For instance, begin with 100 ticks per minute to get a feel for your pace, and adjust accordingly.
Want to practice your speed? Here are 2 smartphone apps that can help:
Android | iOS
Metronome Beats has easy-to-use controls for increasing and decreasing the tempo in small increments. The visual beat indicators help you to keep track, and it is very easy to mute the metronome while visually monitoring your tempo.
Pro Metronome
Android | iOS
Pro Metronome was created for all kinds of stage performers to improve their rhythm (think: musicians) but it is a fantastic app for public speakers who are working on their pacing. This has a wide variety of ways to keep your tempo, from our tempo screen color changes, to vibrations, to sounds.
You can also practice in front of someone, either a colleague or a presentation coach, and ask whether or not you are speaking too quickly or too slowly.
They can offer you feedback on where to pick up the speed, or slow it down to make a point more impactful.
What are some of your struggles when it comes to setting your pace? We would love to help you in one of our future articles. Please contact us here.
Are you looking for more speaking and training opportunities? SpeakerHub is the fastest growing network of speakers and trainers, connecting presenters with event organizers from around the world. Find out more here.
This was originally posted on the SpeakerHub blog.
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2017-01-23 04:28:18.490000+00:00
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['Speech', 'Public Speaking', 'Self Improvement']
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Title speech pace guide speeding slowing downContent John F Kennedy talked fast fast Guinness Book World Records rate speaking speech 1961 spoke 327 word one minute That’s 3 time faster normal conversation rate JFK’s inaugural address however remarkably slowed speaking rate 965 word per minute slowest past 60 year inauguration speech JFK master art pacing knowing get audience fired blasting fury word slow everything right carefully measuring word emphasize meaning message speaker art pacing one greatest tool fast slow ultimate goal speak conversational pace attempt speak completely steady pace measuring every word evenly could come monotone boringThe combination slow fast medium speed make speech engaging change speed Fast indication passion urgency excitement emotion indication passion urgency excitement emotion Slow indication importance sadness confusion seriousness point introduction new idea use help audience grasp saying you’re speaking quickly initially exciting audience minute two stop stimulating becomes overwhelming speaking slowly grab attention audience help process every word entire talk slow pace bore audience waiting get point lose interest Mix Keep majority talk ordinary conversation range change pace emphasize point message influence emotion audience Speech rate guideline tell speaking fast slow head might think pace perfect reality might mark finding speech rate helpful Speech rate simply speed speak It’s calculated number word spoken minute wpm Speech rate guideline Slow le 110 wpm Conversational 120 wpm 150 wpm Fast 160 wpm Radio host podcasters speak 150–160 wpm Auctioneers commentator speak 250 400 wpm Still difficult time imagining speed We’ve pulled together list 7 TED Talks varying speed help get better idea effect presentation Examples speed Martin Luther King Jr Steve Jobs Barack Obama Amy Tan example fantastic wellpaced speaker give listen see wellpaced speaker sound like need adjust speech rate first step figure fast speak number method use figure fast speaking Finding speech rate One straight forward way figuring speech rate count word minute talking Speaking Rate wpm Total word minute either record minute talk smartphone recording device watch one video Top tip use mobile device convert speech text Talk one minute capture text cut paste text word counter Practicing One best way get used speaking slower fast rate use metronome rehearse several free metronome apps available Apple Android help keep time practice presentation click metronome set desired speech goal per minute instance begin 100 tick per minute get feel pace adjust accordingly Want practice speed 2 smartphone apps help Android iOS Metronome Beats easytouse control increasing decreasing tempo small increment visual beat indicator help keep track easy mute metronome visually monitoring tempo Pro Metronome Android iOS Pro Metronome created kind stage performer improve rhythm think musician fantastic app public speaker working pacing wide variety way keep tempo tempo screen color change vibration sound also practice front someone either colleague presentation coach ask whether speaking quickly slowly offer feedback pick speed slow make point impactful struggle come setting pace would love help one future article Please contact u looking speaking training opportunity SpeakerHub fastest growing network speaker trainer connecting presenter event organizer around world Find originally posted SpeakerHub blogTags Speech Public Speaking Self Improvement
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The Truth About Stage Fright in Public Speaking
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Stage fright in public speaking is real and universal.
Knowing that throughout history, some of the world’s most famous people struggled with stage fright doesn’t help much.
A partner or colleague telling you, ‘It’ll be fine’ or ‘You’ll be great, don’t worry’, doesn’t help much either.
How about:
‘Imagine your audience naked’
‘Picture you audience applauding’
‘Just pull yourself together’
How does that work for you?
Anyone who has ever suffered with stage fright will know that it’s symptoms are real and punishing:
Pounding heart
Sweaty palms
Nausea
Shaky legs
Headache
Confusion
Stuttering
The urge to escape
Have I mentioned the trembling hands and voice, dry mouth or tightness in the throat?
What about the endless worry, sleepless nights and dread?
I’d love to tell you that ‘You’ll be fine if you just believe in yourself’, but I know that’s not the solution to stage fright.
The truth
You have a number of very good reasons to be nervous.
Firstly, it’s a normal reaction to a stressful situation. The truth is, we have primordial roots.
We may be living in modern times but we are still met with situations which can feel dangerous and threatening. Sadly, public speaking is one of them.
The moment we stand to speak, the Reptilian Brain wakes up. Once upon a time, we lived in tribes and as well as our ancestors being vulnerable to prehistoric large animals, surviving from each other was often a challenge too. Being rejected from the group for any reason threatened our survival.
Fast forward to today and presenting to an audience whether we know them or not, can leave us feeling vulnerable to rejection.
Secondly, we now live in an information age where everyone is overwhelmed with data. We are all so busy and yet we are still compelled to endure terrible presentations. We’ve all been on the receiving end of speakers boring us with bullet points and irrelevant information. In that knowledge, we know how hard it can be to capture and keep an audience’s attention interest and curiosity.
Thirdly, in an increasingly challenging and demanding world of work many people are perfectionists. That means that if they can’t be certain their presentation will be perfect, they will be affected by stage fright.
If it’s not perfectionism, it may be:
– Unrealistic perspectives of what is expected of them
– Limited or unhealthy beliefs about their capability
– Placing to much importance and value on the opinion of others
– Inexperience
– Low self confidence
– A difficult or upsetting past experience
– Poor preparation and practice
– A lack of knowledge
– The fear of failure or rejection
– An overactive imagination which catastrophises
– A habit of comparing ourselves to others
– Past criticism or judgement
Stage fright does not discriminate. It doesn’t care about your age, position, experience or status. Stage fright affects all kinds of people in all kinds of situations.
The solution
The truth is, there is no quick fix. It takes mindfulness, commitment and effort to overcome stage fright but it is possible.
Here’s another truth; what works for one person may not work for another. It’s incumbent on us to explore all of the possibilities and opportunities to see what does. Often, you’ll find it’s a combination or techniques that will work best for you.
Here are some of my favourites:
Set an intention
The clearer you are on what you are trying to achieve, the less fear, doubt and confusion there will be.
Be absolutely clear on how you can help your audience and how you want them to feel. Don’t focus on the data, idea or message to begin with. Start with clarity of your intention. In other words, how does what you have to say help your audience.
Stage fright can be triggered and greatly exacerbated by focusing how much you have to say rather than what your audience needs to hear.
I wrote an article relating the late Dr. Wayne Dyers ‘Seven Faces of Intention’ to public speaking; ‘Powerful Public Speaking Lessons: Inspired by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer’
Instead of asking yourself how you can impress your audience, ask how you can help them.
Set an intention.
Practice mindfulness
Mindfulness can help us to focus our attention on being in the present moment. Stage fright often involves so much energy, projecting out thoughts into the future. The ability to place our awareness without judgement on the moment can be very liberating.
Rather than judging, worrying, anticipating and assuming, a practice of mindfulness helps you to regulate stress and anxiety.
Practice mindfulness
Slow your breath
Practicing relaxation techniques are another great way to manage stage fright. Some common ones include, breathing exercises and meditation.
We naturally breathe faster when we are feeling anxious. Adopting a practice of slowing our breath sends a message to our mind and body that we are not in danger and can relax. Practice taking long, slow, deep breaths in through your nose breathing out longer through your mouth. Make your exhale twice as long as your inhale.
Slow your breath
Talk to Nancy
Stage fright often takes the form of an unhelpful and annoying voice in your mind.
You know the one, it says things like:
‘I’m a terrible public speaker’
‘I just know I’ll freeze’
‘What if they don’t like me’
Are you aware of your own inner voice?
Do you talk to it or just let it say whatever it wants to you?
Many of us let our inner voice say horrible things to us that we wouldn’t dream of letting our best friends tell us. Don’t ignore this inner voice, give it a name and talk to it.
I wrote about this voice in a previous article; ‘The Presenters Inner Critic — 3 steps to taming it’.
In this article I share the following advice:
‘Often, I’ll listen carefully and then tell him what I think. I will tell him he is simply exaggerating or even lying to me. Sometimes I tell him that what he is saying is nonsense. A great deal of the time I simply tell him to leave me alone because I’m not in the mood for his antics.
Sometimes I thank him for his opinion and for keeping me on my guard. I now know that it’s just his strange way of reminding me to be the best that I can. I always, always close our conversation by reminding him that I’m the boss. We now have an understanding that he gets to do what I tell him and not the other way around.’
I recently came across another writer who has named her voice and talks to it.
Talk to Nancy
Don’t be selfish
We all want to look good.
Often, in our zest for doing so we become a little selfish and make our presentation or speech all about us.
This is one of the biggest and most harmful triggers of stage fright. The truth is, your presentation is not for you and it’s not about you; it’s for your audience.
Focusing exclusively on your audience is an empowering and anxiety releasing solution to stage fright.
The brilliant actor, Jonathan Pryce explains it beautifully in this short 4-minute talk.
Speak often
The most common solution to stage fright is to avoid putting ourselves in the situation in the first place.
It’s been suggested that as much as 77% of the population has some level of anxiety regarding public speaking and presenting.
Stage fright pushes many people to avoid the idea of public speaking altogether. Many will go out of their way to find any excuse to decline the offer. The payback in doing so is often instant relief. The trouble is, the cycle of avoidance continues each time they are asked to speak.
As you can imagine, it’s not a helpful strategy. Whilst it feels counterintuitive, the solution is to seek out opportunities to speak.
Start out by looking for small, short and low risk opportunities to present. As you do so, you’ll begin to realize that it wasn’t as bad as you had imagined it to be. You may even feel greater relief and pride of having put yourself forward.
The truth is: “We suffer more often in imagination than in reality. Seneca
TEDx speaker, Anwesha Banerjee, explains it nicely in this short TED Talk:
Stop presenting
Here at Mindful Presenter, we meet very few people who like presenting. We meet even fewer who enjoy attending presentations.
I wrote about this some time ago when I suggested that:
‘When it comes to presenting and communicating with each other in meetings, professionals in businesses all over the world are crying out for a revolution.
Yes, they want the information.
They want the facts.
Your knowledge is important to them.
Yes, they want insights.
That will never change, but the time has come when they want all of that wrapped up in something very few presenters are currently offering.
They want you to help them to feel something. They want to connect with you on a human, emotional, and personal level.’
It’s time for us to stop presenting and to start connecting.
Everyone gets nervous
The truth is, everyone gets nervous:
If you need help with stage fright:
– Book yourself onto a powerful public speaking course.
– Invest in some really good one to one public speaking coaching.
– Get yourself some excellent presentation training
If this article has inspired you to learn a little more about how effective your presentation skills are you may want to take a look at our presentation training and public speaking coaching pages to see how we may be able to help you. You will also find a great deal of really helpful ‘free’ information in our Learning Centre.
Photo by Siavash Ghanbari on Unsplash
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https://medium.com/@mauricedecastro/the-truth-about-stage-fright-in-public-speaking-c57bbdbcaaf
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['Maurice Decastro']
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2021-12-13 14:17:59.892000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'Personal Development', 'Communication', 'Anxiety', 'Personal Growth']
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Title Truth Stage Fright Public SpeakingContent Stage fright public speaking real universal Knowing throughout history world’s famous people struggled stage fright doesn’t help much partner colleague telling ‘It’ll fine’ ‘You’ll great don’t worry’ doesn’t help much either ‘Imagine audience naked’ ‘Picture audience applauding’ ‘Just pull together’ work Anyone ever suffered stage fright know it’s symptom real punishing Pounding heart Sweaty palm Nausea Shaky leg Headache Confusion Stuttering urge escape mentioned trembling hand voice dry mouth tightness throat endless worry sleepless night dread I’d love tell ‘You’ll fine believe yourself’ know that’s solution stage fright truth number good reason nervous Firstly it’s normal reaction stressful situation truth primordial root may living modern time still met situation feel dangerous threatening Sadly public speaking one moment stand speak Reptilian Brain wake upon time lived tribe well ancestor vulnerable prehistoric large animal surviving often challenge rejected group reason threatened survival Fast forward today presenting audience whether know leave u feeling vulnerable rejection Secondly live information age everyone overwhelmed data busy yet still compelled endure terrible presentation We’ve receiving end speaker boring u bullet point irrelevant information knowledge know hard capture keep audience’s attention interest curiosity Thirdly increasingly challenging demanding world work many people perfectionist mean can’t certain presentation perfect affected stage fright it’s perfectionism may – Unrealistic perspective expected – Limited unhealthy belief capability – Placing much importance value opinion others – Inexperience – Low self confidence – difficult upsetting past experience – Poor preparation practice – lack knowledge – fear failure rejection – overactive imagination catastrophises – habit comparing others – Past criticism judgement Stage fright discriminate doesn’t care age position experience status Stage fright affect kind people kind situation solution truth quick fix take mindfulness commitment effort overcome stage fright possible Here’s another truth work one person may work another It’s incumbent u explore possibility opportunity see Often you’ll find it’s combination technique work best favourite Set intention clearer trying achieve le fear doubt confusion absolutely clear help audience want feel Don’t focus data idea message begin Start clarity intention word say help audience Stage fright triggered greatly exacerbated focusing much say rather audience need hear wrote article relating late Dr Wayne Dyers ‘Seven Faces Intention’ public speaking ‘Powerful Public Speaking Lessons Inspired Dr Wayne W Dyer’ Instead asking impress audience ask help Set intention Practice mindfulness Mindfulness help u focus attention present moment Stage fright often involves much energy projecting thought future ability place awareness without judgement moment liberating Rather judging worrying anticipating assuming practice mindfulness help regulate stress anxiety Practice mindfulness Slow breath Practicing relaxation technique another great way manage stage fright common one include breathing exercise meditation naturally breathe faster feeling anxious Adopting practice slowing breath sends message mind body danger relax Practice taking long slow deep breath nose breathing longer mouth Make exhale twice long inhale Slow breath Talk Nancy Stage fright often take form unhelpful annoying voice mind know one say thing like ‘I’m terrible public speaker’ ‘I know I’ll freeze’ ‘What don’t like me’ aware inner voice talk let say whatever want Many u let inner voice say horrible thing u wouldn’t dream letting best friend tell u Don’t ignore inner voice give name talk wrote voice previous article ‘The Presenters Inner Critic — 3 step taming it’ article share following advice ‘Often I’ll listen carefully tell think tell simply exaggerating even lying Sometimes tell saying nonsense great deal time simply tell leave alone I’m mood antic Sometimes thank opinion keeping guard know it’s strange way reminding best always always close conversation reminding I’m bos understanding get tell way around’ recently came across another writer named voice talk Talk Nancy Don’t selfish want look good Often zest become little selfish make presentation speech u one biggest harmful trigger stage fright truth presentation it’s it’s audience Focusing exclusively audience empowering anxiety releasing solution stage fright brilliant actor Jonathan Pryce explains beautifully short 4minute talk Speak often common solution stage fright avoid putting situation first place It’s suggested much 77 population level anxiety regarding public speaking presenting Stage fright push many people avoid idea public speaking altogether Many go way find excuse decline offer payback often instant relief trouble cycle avoidance continues time asked speak imagine it’s helpful strategy Whilst feel counterintuitive solution seek opportunity speak Start looking small short low risk opportunity present you’ll begin realize wasn’t bad imagined may even feel greater relief pride put forward truth “We suffer often imagination reality Seneca TEDx speaker Anwesha Banerjee explains nicely short TED Talk Stop presenting Mindful Presenter meet people like presenting meet even fewer enjoy attending presentation wrote time ago suggested ‘When come presenting communicating meeting professional business world cry revolution Yes want information want fact knowledge important Yes want insight never change time come want wrapped something presenter currently offering want help feel something want connect human emotional personal level’ It’s time u stop presenting start connecting Everyone get nervous truth everyone get nervous need help stage fright – Book onto powerful public speaking course – Invest really good one one public speaking coaching – Get excellent presentation training article inspired learn little effective presentation skill may want take look presentation training public speaking coaching page see may able help also find great deal really helpful ‘free’ information Learning Centre Photo Siavash Ghanbari UnsplashTags Public Speaking Personal Development Communication Anxiety Personal Growth
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Projecting confidence — How to create a stage persona
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When do you think about a stage persona or alter ego? You probably think about artists — especially musicians. It is pretty common for them to change their real names and create a persona for the public.
You can find plenty of outstanding stage personas, like Bob Dylan, Elton John, Lady Gaga, or some more discreet ones, like Keanu Reeves. So, what does it have to do with public speaking?
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF A STAGE PERSONA
Persona means mask in Latin, and the concept has existed since the first men started telling stories.
Using a persona means that it’s not you; it’s someone else. This partly-fictional alter-ego is this way a tool which allows an artist to create a distance between themselves and their performances. It frees them from their own prejudices, allowing them to do what they could never otherwise. It also helps them to protect and separate their private self from the one on stage.
Now, that you can better understand how a stage persona works, what can it do for your public speaking?
Creating this alter ego can help you, even if you’re shy, to have a strong and confident stage persona. It helps you come across as more extroverted and reliable for your audience.
The main rule to create your own alter ego? It has to be consistent from performance to performance.
PRACTICAL GUIDE STEPS TO CREATE A STAGE PERSONA
You don’t need to change your name or anything so radical. Also, it doesn’t happen overnight. Creating a stage persona is a process of experimentation. Here are five tips that can help you develop yours.
1. IT MUST HAVE SOMETHING OF YOURSELF
It is contra-productive to create an entirely new personality. To ease the process, you must recognize yourself in it. It must have a part of your off-stage personality. Bring something that helps you to connect with your persona and doesn’t make you feel fake.
You can think of it as a better version of yourself. Something that you think is good and works well on stage. The part of your true self can be the way you move across stage, maybe the power of your voice, and emphasize it. Anything that you already have and makes you feel confident should be incorporated into your stage persona.
Personalities are complex, and you have many traits. Pick one that is already perfect, in the sense that you will come across as you want to your audience, and project it on stage.
2. FIND A VOICE THAT SETS YOU FREE
Most stage personas are born of the fact that the person is shy. You need to break free from your shyness, and the persona you’re creating should help with that process.
It just makes you feel free, confident, and secure. To facilitate the initial stage, you can think of it as a character. How should your character be, to be able to do what you need, but can’t, do by yourself?
A stage persona frees you to get experimental and helps your creativity flows.
3. OBSERVE OTHERS PERFORMANCES
You may never have thought of it, but other people have their own stage personas, even if it isn’t that obvious. They may not have changed their name or used weird clothes, but that person on stage is usually not who they are in private. If you think about it and observe, you may notice this in colleagues or others you interact with.
Observe them with all your attention. What do you like? What do you think works? Then, pick up the traits you admire and get inspired.
4. EXPERIMENT IN A SAFE SPACE
You’ll not win the first time. Creating the ideal persona takes time, effort, and… practice. So find a place where you can practice as much as you need. (Remember that our Virtual audience will never get bored and will listen to you for hours and hours.)
Record your performance and watch yourself. Did you like it? No? Try again. Experiment, practice, rehearse.
The more stage time you have (even in a virtual environment), the more you know your strengths and weaknesses. Use all the practice to know what is good and what needs improvement.
5. PASSION
Passion is vital for this to work, and it has two sides — both extremely important.
First, find a persona about who you are passionate. Remember that you’ll BE that person for long hours. You must like and admire them.
Second, your persona’s most important trait: it must be passionate about your topics. You can’t reach an audience if you’re bored yourself, right? So, you need to be enthusiastic! Enjoy what you’re doing.
THE IDEAL PERSONA
Creating a stage persona can be of great help for you, especially if you are shy. Yet, it requires a lot of determination and time to build. It helps you create your stage presence, which is vital to capture your audience’s full attention.
It may feel artificial for you at first, but the more you experiment and practice, the more natural it will feel.
Then you’re free to amaze your audience!
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https://medium.com/@virtualorator/projecting-confidence-how-to-create-a-stage-persona-879837ea8f0
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['Virtual Orator']
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2021-11-24 10:22:40.729000+00:00
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['How To', 'Confidence Builder', 'Public Speaking', 'Stage Fright']
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Title Projecting confidence — create stage personaContent think stage persona alter ego probably think artist — especially musician pretty common change real name create persona public find plenty outstanding stage persona like Bob Dylan Elton John Lady Gaga discreet one like Keanu Reeves public speaking PSYCHOLOGY STAGE PERSONA Persona mean mask Latin concept existed since first men started telling story Using persona mean it’s it’s someone else partlyfictional alterego way tool allows artist create distance performance free prejudice allowing could never otherwise also help protect separate private self one stage better understand stage persona work public speaking Creating alter ego help even you’re shy strong confident stage persona help come across extroverted reliable audience main rule create alter ego consistent performance performance PRACTICAL GUIDE STEPS CREATE STAGE PERSONA don’t need change name anything radical Also doesn’t happen overnight Creating stage persona process experimentation five tip help develop 1 MUST SOMETHING contraproductive create entirely new personality ease process must recognize must part offstage personality Bring something help connect persona doesn’t make feel fake think better version Something think good work well stage part true self way move across stage maybe power voice emphasize Anything already make feel confident incorporated stage persona Personalities complex many trait Pick one already perfect sense come across want audience project stage 2 FIND VOICE SETS FREE stage persona born fact person shy need break free shyness persona you’re creating help process make feel free confident secure facilitate initial stage think character character able need can’t stage persona free get experimental help creativity flow 3 OBSERVE OTHERS PERFORMANCES may never thought people stage persona even isn’t obvious may changed name used weird clothes person stage usually private think observe may notice colleague others interact Observe attention like think work pick trait admire get inspired 4 EXPERIMENT SAFE SPACE You’ll win first time Creating ideal persona take time effort and… practice find place practice much need Remember Virtual audience never get bored listen hour hour Record performance watch like Try Experiment practice rehearse stage time even virtual environment know strength weakness Use practice know good need improvement 5 PASSION Passion vital work two side — extremely important First find persona passionate Remember you’ll person long hour must like admire Second persona’s important trait must passionate topic can’t reach audience you’re bored right need enthusiastic Enjoy you’re IDEAL PERSONA Creating stage persona great help especially shy Yet requires lot determination time build help create stage presence vital capture audience’s full attention may feel artificial first experiment practice natural feel you’re free amaze audienceTags Confidence Builder Public Speaking Stage Fright
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Building up the courage
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I’ve been listening to a lot of talks and taking part in some events where people discuss different topics around new technologies.
This Friday I was listening to a company-wide summit where some people within their community shared some valuable experiences and dig deeper on some new trends. Some of those talks were very much outside my comfort zone as they were around web3, blockchain and other tech terms that I don’t really remember now.
While I listened to them, I not only tried to absorb some of their knowledge but also their confidence. Everyone that spoke shared their personal experience and views on the topic with such certainty that I was left feeling jealous — and I’d love to steal just a little bit of that to myself.
I’ve worked as a copywriter and content writer for a while and I now help manage a team of around 30 people. I know there are some experiences that I could share and that there are things that I’ve discovered that could help others write faster or more efficiently, for example. However, when I thought about it, I would never be confident to share those “tips” on a talk because I’m not really sure if they work for others.
Whenever I had to talk for an audience regarding digital marketing or content management, I’ve kept it as straightforward as possible. I shared some techniques that other experts recommend and I’ve tried to only talk about facts and fully tested theories or strategies. Yet, listening to these people talk made me rethink my past workshops and my approach to life in general.
Why am I so hesitant in sharing my experiences? Why wouldn’t I talk about what worked for me and let others see for themselves if they worked or not? I guess it’s because I don’t want people to assume that I’ve got all the answers. That I’m a true master at what I do and I know everything because I don’t and I have so much more to learn.
Take writing for example. This was something that has always come easy for me and I couldn’t really share a lot of rules and best practices because I write from impulse. I just write as I know, and that doesn’t mean that’s better than other person’s tactic.
I would never want people to assume that I’m sharing universal truths.
Or maybe it’s not that and I’m just scared of failure; and by sharing things that might not work for others I’m opening myself to criticism.
Either way, I don’t do workshops or public speaking anymore but maybe if one day I get back to that, I’ll try to bring a little bit more of myself.
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https://medium.com/@marianaspmachado/building-up-the-courage-70994603806
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['Mariana Machado']
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2021-11-29 22:00:58.050000+00:00
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['Growth', 'Personal Development', 'Public Speaking', 'Personal Marketing']
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Title Building courageContent I’ve listening lot talk taking part event people discus different topic around new technology Friday listening companywide summit people within community shared valuable experience dig deeper new trend talk much outside comfort zone around web3 blockchain tech term don’t really remember listened tried absorb knowledge also confidence Everyone spoke shared personal experience view topic certainty left feeling jealous — I’d love steal little bit I’ve worked copywriter content writer help manage team around 30 people know experience could share thing I’ve discovered could help others write faster efficiently example However thought would never confident share “tips” talk I’m really sure work others Whenever talk audience regarding digital marketing content management I’ve kept straightforward possible shared technique expert recommend I’ve tried talk fact fully tested theory strategy Yet listening people talk made rethink past workshop approach life general hesitant sharing experience wouldn’t talk worked let others see worked guess it’s don’t want people assume I’ve got answer I’m true master know everything don’t much learn Take writing example something always come easy couldn’t really share lot rule best practice write impulse write know doesn’t mean that’s better person’s tactic would never want people assume I’m sharing universal truth maybe it’s I’m scared failure sharing thing might work others I’m opening criticism Either way don’t workshop public speaking anymore maybe one day get back I’ll try bring little bit myselfTags Growth Personal Development Public Speaking Personal Marketing
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Three Breakthrough Public Speaking Secrets for Managers
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Breakthrough Public Speaking Barriers to Leadership Success
Most managers know public speaking is a vital business communication skill. And many of them write and practice their speeches and presentations.
But, most fail to get the results they expect when they speak to a group, whether it’s their team, clients, or prospective clients.
So, here are three secrets to effective public speaking used by some of the best speakers…
Breakthrough Public Speaking Secret #1: Avoid Clichéd Pleasantries to Open
Bob is introduced to the audience. He walks to the front of the room, smiles, and says, “Good morning! And thank you for that nice introduction. It’s a pleasure to be with you on this glorious morning.”
Immediately, some audience members try to sneak a quick peek at their phones. They don’t hear the next words Bob says.
Why?
Isn’t it important to be polite and show people you appreciate them?
Yes being respectful and polite is a good trait. Just don’t do it at the beginning of your speech.
Why?
Because audiences are highly distractible and more sophisticated than ever. When you open with the same words every other speaker starts with, you sound like everyone else.
And this triggers a subconscious message in the minds of your audience,
“I’ve heard this before. I don’t need to listen.”
Does this sound a bit extreme?
It’s not. Think about the reaction you have when you hear a speaker who sounds like all other presenters.
You begin losing interest. You might not consciously be aware, but you become a little more distractible and you are at risk of losing interest.
If the speaker doesn’t quickly say something different or uncommon, he’s at risk of losing his audience completely.
One secret to overcoming this problem: Open with a story. Be sure it’s related to your main topic and orients the audience to what they’re about to hear.
If you’d like more insights into storytelling, register for your complimentary 52 Storytelling Tips: https://speakingcpr.com/52-storytelling-tips/
Breakthrough Public Speaking Secret #2: Involve Your Listeners
Before the COVID pandemic, most speakers obviously spoke at live events. And generally, they would speak to their audiences, sharing their information and stories. They talked, the audience listened.
However, a select few knew the secret to create a deeper connection with audiences and making a lasting impact. They invoked their audiences in their speeches.
After nearly two years of virtual presentations, a new dynamic has been created between speakers and audiences — people on the receiving end of your message no longer want to passively sit and listen. They have been conditioned to become more involved in presentations.
They’ve been asked for their opinions in chat boxes, they’ve been sent to break-out rooms, and they’ve been encouraged to talk on camera.
In other words, they’ve come to expect to be part of the experience.
One secret to overcome this problem is: Use technology to ask specific poll questions. This allows your audience to participate, gives them a forum for their voices and opinions to be heard.
And it also gives you valuable feedback to let you know which part of your presentation resonates with them and which part needs to be adjusted.
Breakthrough Public Speaking Secret #3: Avoid Information Overload
You’re listening to a speaker, she’s entertaining and provides excellent insight into her topic.
But, then you realize you can’t absorb any more information. She shared so many stories and data and graphs that your head is starting to hurt.
Unfortunately, this scene is too common. Speakers provide too much information in a short amount of time.
Why does this happen?
One of two reasons:
1. The speaker is so enthusiastic about her topic she wants to share as much as she can to help you.
2. The speaker is insecure and wants to prove to her audience she belongs up at the front of the room. She believes the best way to do this is to provide as much information as possible to prove she knows what she’s talking about.
In each case, the speaker is well-meaning. But, she is not serving her audience. Chances are she’s not even paying attention to their reactions.
Most people are familiar with the concept of The Point of Diminishing Returns. Too many speakers are doing this to their audiences.
One secret to overcoming this problem: Employ the 10:1 Rule. The states that for every 10 minutes of speaking time, you present one (and only one) key point to your audience.
You can support this point with a short story, a case study, or relevant information, research, or data.
If I’m speaking to a group about speaking skills, and I’ve been given 30 minutes to talk. I will give at most three points, perhaps…
The importance of creating a positive speaking mindset. Why you need a foundational concept. Why you should avoid falling into “speaker mode.”
These three sub-points are enough for the audience to digest, but not so much they walk away feeling like they’re stuffed with too much information.
If you’d like more insights into public speaking skills or have questions about your presentations, feel free to check out Speaking CPR’s video series about public speaking, https://bit.ly/YouTubeStopBoring.
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https://medium.com/@speakingcpr/three-breakthrough-public-speaking-secrets-for-managers-28221002c1c5
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['Michael Davis']
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2021-11-23 12:02:28.616000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'Communication Skills', 'Storytelling', 'Leadership Development', 'Speech']
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Title Three Breakthrough Public Speaking Secrets ManagersContent Breakthrough Public Speaking Barriers Leadership Success manager know public speaking vital business communication skill many write practice speech presentation fail get result expect speak group whether it’s team client prospective client three secret effective public speaking used best speakers… Breakthrough Public Speaking Secret 1 Avoid Clichéd Pleasantries Open Bob introduced audience walk front room smile say “Good morning thank nice introduction It’s pleasure glorious morning” Immediately audience member try sneak quick peek phone don’t hear next word Bob say Isn’t important polite show people appreciate Yes respectful polite good trait don’t beginning speech audience highly distractible sophisticated ever open word every speaker start sound like everyone else trigger subconscious message mind audience “I’ve heard don’t need listen” sound bit extreme It’s Think reaction hear speaker sound like presenter begin losing interest might consciously aware become little distractible risk losing interest speaker doesn’t quickly say something different uncommon he’s risk losing audience completely One secret overcoming problem Open story sure it’s related main topic orient audience they’re hear you’d like insight storytelling register complimentary 52 Storytelling Tips httpsspeakingcprcom52storytellingtips Breakthrough Public Speaking Secret 2 Involve Listeners COVID pandemic speaker obviously spoke live event generally would speak audience sharing information story talked audience listened However select knew secret create deeper connection audience making lasting impact invoked audience speech nearly two year virtual presentation new dynamic created speaker audience — people receiving end message longer want passively sit listen conditioned become involved presentation They’ve asked opinion chat box they’ve sent breakout room they’ve encouraged talk camera word they’ve come expect part experience One secret overcome problem Use technology ask specific poll question allows audience participate give forum voice opinion heard also give valuable feedback let know part presentation resonates part need adjusted Breakthrough Public Speaking Secret 3 Avoid Information Overload You’re listening speaker she’s entertaining provides excellent insight topic realize can’t absorb information shared many story data graph head starting hurt Unfortunately scene common Speakers provide much information short amount time happen One two reason 1 speaker enthusiastic topic want share much help 2 speaker insecure want prove audience belongs front room belief best way provide much information possible prove know she’s talking case speaker wellmeaning serving audience Chances she’s even paying attention reaction people familiar concept Point Diminishing Returns many speaker audience One secret overcoming problem Employ 101 Rule state every 10 minute speaking time present one one key point audience support point short story case study relevant information research data I’m speaking group speaking skill I’ve given 30 minute talk give three point perhaps… importance creating positive speaking mindset need foundational concept avoid falling “speaker mode” three subpoints enough audience digest much walk away feeling like they’re stuffed much information you’d like insight public speaking skill question presentation feel free check Speaking CPR’s video series public speaking httpsbitlyYouTubeStopBoringTags Public Speaking Communication Skills Storytelling Leadership Development Speech
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Speaker I Admire — Mel Robbins, The Most booked Female Speaker In The World
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“What energizes you naturally expands your possibilities. It’s exciting, and maybe scary, and that doesn’t matter.” “What energized me today won’t necessarily energize me next week”
Says Mel Robbins in a video interview where she talks about the misunderstanding of passion; here is the link to this video:
According to her own website’s introduction, Mel Robbins is the most booked female speaker in the world. She is an American lawyer, television host, author, and motivational speaker. Her TEDx Talk on “ How to Stop Screwing Yourself Over” has over 10 million views across 37 countries.
The first time I heard about her was when I listened to her audible book called “Take Control of Your Life” from the Amazon Audible app. In that book, she interviewed people from all walks of life across the US, listened to their stories and struggles, and helped them to figure out how to get unstuck and move forward.
The reason why she is one of the speakers that I admire this much is because of the way she responded to those interviewees was full of compassion and understanding, and yet the suggestions she made were solid and affirmative. During those talks, she acknowledged people’s pains, resonated with their emotions, and provided actionable steps to motivate listeners like me.
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https://medium.com/@farryhsu/speaker-i-admire-mel-robbins-the-most-booked-female-speaker-in-the-world-114d433be649
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['Farry As A Digital Nomad']
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2021-12-24 02:07:50.620000+00:00
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['Audiobooks', 'Public Speaking', 'Mel Robbins', 'Interview Tips']
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Title Speaker Admire — Mel Robbins booked Female Speaker WorldContent “What energizes naturally expands possibility It’s exciting maybe scary doesn’t matter” “What energized today won’t necessarily energize next week” Says Mel Robbins video interview talk misunderstanding passion link video According website’s introduction Mel Robbins booked female speaker world American lawyer television host author motivational speaker TEDx Talk “ Stop Screwing Over” 10 million view across 37 country first time heard listened audible book called “Take Control Life” Amazon Audible app book interviewed people walk life across US listened story struggle helped figure get unstuck move forward reason one speaker admire much way responded interviewee full compassion understanding yet suggestion made solid affirmative talk acknowledged people’s pain resonated emotion provided actionable step motivate listener like meTags Audiobooks Public Speaking Mel Robbins Interview Tips
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The Narcissistic Mindset That Permanently Fixed My Public Speaking Anxiety
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In the summer of 2018, Ron was taking a train to his home in Singapore.
Ron never enjoyed being in public gathers. He even felt uncomfortable in public places like a train.
What would they think of me? How am I being perceived?
He’d ask himself that without any reason.
Even on the train, he’d choose the furthest corner to avoid as many people as possible. He’d endure through the journey and quickly get out when the train reaches his station.
That was his routine that continued for years.
On any other day, he’d do the same.
But that day, something different happened.
The group standing beside him were tourists. They were talking about their travel from China and how they were in Singapore for just that day.
Ron thought to himself, what a coincidence! This group is here for a day and just by chance they took the same group as I did.
Then it occurred to him — that he was wondering what they’d think of him.
If he was late or early by 5 minutes, he wouldn’t even meet them.
He got off that train thinking, Why was he giving so much power to complete strangers who he met by chance?
That thought started to change who he was.
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https://betterhumans.pub/the-narcissistic-mindset-that-permanently-fixed-my-public-speaking-anxiety-9cc1f13c2220
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['Mofrad Muntasir']
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2021-12-10 09:32:39.427000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'Lifehacks', 'Self Improvement', 'Productivity', 'Personal Growth']
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Title Narcissistic Mindset Permanently Fixed Public Speaking AnxietyContent summer 2018 Ron taking train home Singapore Ron never enjoyed public gather even felt uncomfortable public place like train would think perceived He’d ask without reason Even train he’d choose furthest corner avoid many people possible He’d endure journey quickly get train reach station routine continued year day he’d day something different happened group standing beside tourist talking travel China Singapore day Ron thought coincidence group day chance took group occurred — wondering they’d think late early 5 minute wouldn’t even meet got train thinking giving much power complete stranger met chance thought started change wasTags Public Speaking Lifehacks Self Improvement Productivity Personal Growth
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Five Online Public Speaking Courses for 2021
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Public speaking is an art form, and like all art forms, it can be taught. In fact, the best public speakers bring together a certain amount of natural aptitude and mix it with book learning, formal courses, and a whole heap of practice.
If you want to be the best public speaker that you can be, it’s important to take advantage of as many resources as you can, and online courses are a great way to uncover new insights and sharpen your skills. Better still, a lot of them are either free or partly available as a free trial.
And so with that in mind, in today’s article, we’re going to take a look at five of the best public speaking courses that you’ll want to consider for 2021 and beyond. Let’s get started.
#1: Alex Lyon: How to Open and Close Presentations Like a Boss
They say that you only have one chance to make a positive first impression, and this course will help you to do exactly that. But while making a positive first impression is important, it’s also a good idea to end with a bang, with one key takeaway that you want people to remember.
This handy course by Alex Lyon will cover both, using 13 video lessons that take an hour or so to cover all of the key points about opening and closing presentations, along with why you should use a story to create a narrative that makes your presentation more approachable and memorable.
One of the good things about this course is that it’s delivered via Skillshare, which is well-known for its aggressive marketing program in which it offers a month’s membership for free. That makes it easy for you to sign up and consume the course.
And of course, Skillshare has other advantages, such as its community features, which mean that you can discuss the course with other learners and share insights or ask them any questions that you might have.
Find out more about this course: PUBLIC SPEAKING: How to Open & Close Presentations Like a Boss
Course #2: Matt Abrahams: Managing Your Anxiety While Presenting
Provided by LinkedIn Learning and presented by educator, author, and coach Matt Abrahams, this course has a good pedigree and comes with a certificate of completion that can be displayed on your LinkedIn profile or downloaded and printed if you prefer a hard copy.
Anxiety is only natural, and we all experience it at times. It doesn’t usually become a problem until it starts to interfere with our day-to-day lives, but public speakers put themselves under more pressure than most, and so can understandably find themselves struggling with anxiety when they’re addressing audiences.
In fact, the U.S. National Social Anxiety Center says that the fear of public speaking is the most common phobia ahead of death, spiders, and heights. With that in mind, it’s perhaps a little less surprising that this course is so popular, with nearly 200,000 learners at the time of writing.
Even if you’re not normally an anxious person and you generally have no problem with public speaking, it can still be a good idea to take this course so that you’re familiar with the techniques and have them to fall back on. You can also access it for free if you take out the trial of LinkedIn Learning.
Find out more about this course: Managing Your Anxiety While Presenting
Course #3: Chris Anderson: Chris Anderson on Public Speaking
Chris Anderson is the head of TED, so he knows a thing or two about public speaking. He’s also a successful entrepreneur, having founded a company called Imagine Media, which created IGN and published 150 magazines with a staff of 2,000 people.
These days, he focuses exclusively on working with TED to bring the world’s best public speakers on a variety of different subjects together to share inspiration and education. Because of that, he has a huge amount of experience at spotting good and bad public speaking, and he’s distilled all of that knowledge into this super useful course on public speaking.
The course only takes an hour or so to complete and has an average rating of 4.5/5 from nearly 5,000 reviewers, so you know it’s a good one that’s well worth your time. Throughout the session, Anderson will teach you how to create an effective through-line and how to structure your talk, as well as how to leave your audience with a memorable impression.
Because of the limitations imposed by the length, it’s not the most comprehensive course on the market. Still, it’s a great introduction to some of the most important concepts in public speaking, and you’ll also take away a certificate of completion and a number of worksheets and exercises that you can use to plan your next speaking engagement.
Find out more about this course: Acumen Presents: Chris Anderson on Public Speaking
Course #4: Dr. Matt McGarrity: Dynamic Public Speaking Specialization
Dr. Matt McGarrity is a principal lecturer in the communication department at the University of Washington, and his course is dedicated to sharing the master techniques you need to know to design and deliver clear and compelling presentations.
With free enrollment and over 50,000 people already enrolled, as well as an average of 4.8/5 from over 1,000 ratings, you know that this course is valued. It’s particularly worthwhile if you’re looking for ways to improve your delivery, in terms of the use of voice, movement, and gestures, and it’s suitable for a wide range of presentation types, whether you’re trying to impart information or to persuade someone to buy from you.
The other thing to note about this course is that it has four different sessions, each of them covering a different aspect of public speaking:
Course #1: Introduction to Public Speaking
Introduction to Public Speaking Course #2: Speaking to Inform: Discussing Complex Ideas with Clear Explanations and Dynamic Slides
Speaking to Inform: Discussing Complex Ideas with Clear Explanations and Dynamic Slides Course #3: Speaking to Persuade: Motivating Audiences with Solid Arguments and Moving Language
Speaking to Persuade: Motivating Audiences with Solid Arguments and Moving Language Course #4: Speaking to Inspire: Ceremonial and Motivational Speeches
This all combines to make it one of the best courses when you’re looking for an overall understanding of public speaking and the different techniques that you can use in different situations. It’s definitely not one to miss.
Find out more about this course: Dynamic Public Speaking Specialization
Course #5: TJ Walker: 2021 Complete Public Speaking Masterclass for Every Occasion
TJ Walker is a bestselling personal development and habits expert who also happens to be a highly rated Udemy coach, with a 4.4/5 rating from over 100,000 reviews. He’s taught over a million students on Udemy alone and has 240 courses on offer, spanning everything from personal development and public speaking to presentation and communication skills and media training.
In this course, you’ll learn a little bit of everything, with highlights including:
How to look comfortable, confident, and relaxed in speaking situations
How to speak clearly and understandably
How to speak in a memorable way
How to influence your audience
How to know exactly what to do when speaking to any size audience
Speaking about the course, Walker says, “I put every ounce of experience and insight I’ve learned from 30 years of conducting public speaking training courses all over the world into this course.” He also dodged writing his own marketing copy, pointing instead to the testimonials of the many satisfied students who’ve taken the course.
And despite being one of the most well-known instructors on the Udemy platform, TJ also has a reputation for being approachable, and so if you want further support after the session is over, feel free to contact him.
The course is also a bargain at just £99.99, with benefits including 31 hours of on-demand video, four articles, eight downloadable resources, a 30-day money-back guarantee and full lifetime access, along with a certificate of completion.
Find out more about this course: 2021 Complete Public Speaking Masterclass For Every Occasion
Conclusion
Now that you know about these five public speaking courses that we’d recommend for 2021, we want to hear from you. Have you taken any of these courses? If so, what did you think of them? And do you think that we missed any outstanding alternatives?
Be sure to let us know what you think in the comments so that we can keep the discussion going, and come back soon for more public speaking tips, tricks, and advice. We’ll see you soon!
This was originally posted on SpeakerHub Skillcamp.
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2021-11-22 02:33:27.677000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'Online Courses', 'Public Speaking Tips', 'Course', 'Speakerhub']
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Title Five Online Public Speaking Courses 2021Content Public speaking art form like art form taught fact best public speaker bring together certain amount natural aptitude mix book learning formal course whole heap practice want best public speaker it’s important take advantage many resource online course great way uncover new insight sharpen skill Better still lot either free partly available free trial mind today’s article we’re going take look five best public speaking course you’ll want consider 2021 beyond Let’s get started 1 Alex Lyon Open Close Presentations Like Boss say one chance make positive first impression course help exactly making positive first impression important it’s also good idea end bang one key takeaway want people remember handy course Alex Lyon cover using 13 video lesson take hour cover key point opening closing presentation along use story create narrative make presentation approachable memorable One good thing course it’s delivered via Skillshare wellknown aggressive marketing program offer month’s membership free make easy sign consume course course Skillshare advantage community feature mean discus course learner share insight ask question might Find course PUBLIC SPEAKING Open Close Presentations Like Boss Course 2 Matt Abrahams Managing Anxiety Presenting Provided LinkedIn Learning presented educator author coach Matt Abrahams course good pedigree come certificate completion displayed LinkedIn profile downloaded printed prefer hard copy Anxiety natural experience time doesn’t usually become problem start interfere daytoday life public speaker put pressure understandably find struggling anxiety they’re addressing audience fact US National Social Anxiety Center say fear public speaking common phobia ahead death spider height mind it’s perhaps little le surprising course popular nearly 200000 learner time writing Even you’re normally anxious person generally problem public speaking still good idea take course you’re familiar technique fall back also access free take trial LinkedIn Learning Find course Managing Anxiety Presenting Course 3 Chris Anderson Chris Anderson Public Speaking Chris Anderson head TED know thing two public speaking He’s also successful entrepreneur founded company called Imagine Media created IGN published 150 magazine staff 2000 people day focus exclusively working TED bring world’s best public speaker variety different subject together share inspiration education huge amount experience spotting good bad public speaking he’s distilled knowledge super useful course public speaking course take hour complete average rating 455 nearly 5000 reviewer know it’s good one that’s well worth time Throughout session Anderson teach create effective throughline structure talk well leave audience memorable impression limitation imposed length it’s comprehensive course market Still it’s great introduction important concept public speaking you’ll also take away certificate completion number worksheet exercise use plan next speaking engagement Find course Acumen Presents Chris Anderson Public Speaking Course 4 Dr Matt McGarrity Dynamic Public Speaking Specialization Dr Matt McGarrity principal lecturer communication department University Washington course dedicated sharing master technique need know design deliver clear compelling presentation free enrollment 50000 people already enrolled well average 485 1000 rating know course valued It’s particularly worthwhile you’re looking way improve delivery term use voice movement gesture it’s suitable wide range presentation type whether you’re trying impart information persuade someone buy thing note course four different session covering different aspect public speaking Course 1 Introduction Public Speaking Introduction Public Speaking Course 2 Speaking Inform Discussing Complex Ideas Clear Explanations Dynamic Slides Speaking Inform Discussing Complex Ideas Clear Explanations Dynamic Slides Course 3 Speaking Persuade Motivating Audiences Solid Arguments Moving Language Speaking Persuade Motivating Audiences Solid Arguments Moving Language Course 4 Speaking Inspire Ceremonial Motivational Speeches combine make one best course you’re looking overall understanding public speaking different technique use different situation It’s definitely one miss Find course Dynamic Public Speaking Specialization Course 5 TJ Walker 2021 Complete Public Speaking Masterclass Every Occasion TJ Walker bestselling personal development habit expert also happens highly rated Udemy coach 445 rating 100000 review He’s taught million student Udemy alone 240 course offer spanning everything personal development public speaking presentation communication skill medium training course you’ll learn little bit everything highlight including look comfortable confident relaxed speaking situation speak clearly understandably speak memorable way influence audience know exactly speaking size audience Speaking course Walker say “I put every ounce experience insight I’ve learned 30 year conducting public speaking training course world course” also dodged writing marketing copy pointing instead testimonial many satisfied student who’ve taken course despite one wellknown instructor Udemy platform TJ also reputation approachable want support session feel free contact course also bargain £9999 benefit including 31 hour ondemand video four article eight downloadable resource 30day moneyback guarantee full lifetime access along certificate completion Find course 2021 Complete Public Speaking Masterclass Every Occasion Conclusion know five public speaking course we’d recommend 2021 want hear taken course think think missed outstanding alternative sure let u know think comment keep discussion going come back soon public speaking tip trick advice We’ll see soon originally posted SpeakerHub SkillcampTags Public Speaking Online Courses Public Speaking Tips Course Speakerhub
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To Us
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Good afternoon everyone. I am glad to see that everyone is prepared and has a drink in your hand because I will like to propose a toast to us.
Hold on! Don’t drink yet. Let me tell you why we should have to toast to ourselves so we can drink with satisfaction later.
2020 is a very challenging year. The pandemic affects us so deeply that most of us experience several huge changes in our lives. We thought 2021 will be very different. But, unfortunately, it was about the same.
Some of you may find it hard to believe, but honestly speaking, among all the changes that I found hard to deal with, the hardest challenge is Toastmasters.
I still remember the discussion among officers back in March regarding whether we should continue the momentum of running the program, or we should wait until the lockdown is over. Michael and Dave, our previous and current presidents pushed it hard and decided to have online meetings when people were uncertain about what to do.
Thank them both. It turned out that they led us in the right direction and made the right decision at that time because if we chose to postpone, we won’t have any meeting anytime soon until the end of 2021!
When we first switched to an online forum, we lost most of the regular members due to the working from home situation. But the new opportunities also open to us. We reached out to people from a broader scope who are not based in Santa Clara. And thanks to the people who stood up for roles, and the officers who had hung in there like Danielle and Emily, we ended up with more new faces. We have a new vibe, new energy, and new momentum. In fact, I will call it a new-born Toastrix.
Therefore, I would love to thank you and myself. Without you and me, this program will not survive. Our participation, our eagerness to learn, and our self-improvement mindset make this program active. Toastrix will thus have more chances to serve and provide learning opportunities to Citrites in the upcoming 2022.
In the end, I would love to quote Emily, our previous VP for Education and VP for Public Relations. As she always came up with brilliant table topics, she came up with a clever analogy. She said: “Joining Toastmaster is something like going to the gym, before going, you always hate it, but after going, you feel so good about it, because you know you are improving and it’s good for you.” With that in mind, please raise your glass: To our passion, to our persistence, to us! Cheers!
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https://medium.com/@amychen_59433/to-us-ce96cb92a3bb
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['Amy Chen']
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2021-12-27 01:52:14.614000+00:00
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['Toast', 'Public Speaking', 'Employee Engagement', 'Toastmasters', 'Citrix']
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Title UsContent Good afternoon everyone glad see everyone prepared drink hand like propose toast u Hold Don’t drink yet Let tell toast drink satisfaction later 2020 challenging year pandemic affect u deeply u experience several huge change life thought 2021 different unfortunately may find hard believe honestly speaking among change found hard deal hardest challenge Toastmasters still remember discussion among officer back March regarding whether continue momentum running program wait lockdown Michael Dave previous current president pushed hard decided online meeting people uncertain Thank turned led u right direction made right decision time chose postpone won’t meeting anytime soon end 2021 first switched online forum lost regular member due working home situation new opportunity also open u reached people broader scope based Santa Clara thanks people stood role officer hung like Danielle Emily ended new face new vibe new energy new momentum fact call newborn Toastrix Therefore would love thank Without program survive participation eagerness learn selfimprovement mindset make program active Toastrix thus chance serve provide learning opportunity Citrites upcoming 2022 end would love quote Emily previous VP Education VP Public Relations always came brilliant table topic came clever analogy said “Joining Toastmaster something like going gym going always hate going feel good know improving it’s good you” mind please raise glass passion persistence u CheersTags Toast Public Speaking Employee Engagement Toastmasters Citrix
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The Perfect Cure for Boring Stories
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Jim had finished giving his big presentation. He’d worked hard writing it, practicing it, getting feedback, and making changes.
One of the suggestions he received was, “Jim, you need more stories and fewer slides.”
That made sense to him. so he included stories about some of his experiences.
But, when his presentation ended, he got no response. No one asked for his business card or to set up a one-to-one conversation.
He had accepted this speaking opportunity thinking he’d get meetings with prospective new clients.
And now he is doubting his abilities as a speaker and the benefits of using stories in his presentations to attract new clients.
Character Dialogue Cure Boring Stories
Jim is Not Alone
This is not uncommon. Storytelling has become a popular subject in the business world, and people are often told, “human beings are wired for stories so get out there and tell some.”
This sounds good, but the problem Jim had is that the same people who are promoting this idea are leaving out the answer to one important question…
How do you effectively tell stories?
This post isn’t meant to give you all the answers to this question. But, I have one suggestion to transform dull stories into entertaining experiences…
Use character dialogue to make your listeners feel they’re part of your story.
Most people tell stories in “reporter mode.” This means I’ll tell you the facts, like this…
“Robert and Sheila are talking to a prospective financial planner and sharing their fears. They have a lot of concerns about retirement and educating their children. Their money concerns are putting a lot of strain on their marriage.”
When you read that, did you have an emotional reaction to it?
When I ask this question in workshops the answer is typically, “no.”
A Better Way to Connect With Your Listeners
Instead of reporting the facts and labeling emotions, try this method…
“Robert and Sheila are sitting in the office of a prospective financial planner. Sheila says, ‘We’re here because we’re scared to death. It’s always been our dream to educate our two daughters at a prestigious school and retire in California to be closer to our families. But, when Rober lost his job, everything changed.”
“Robert interrupts and says, ‘After my layoff, I took a huge pay cut when I accepted that new job in 2020. Sheila and I are going through a tough time because money is a touchy subject. We’ve been arguing a lot about this. I want to provide for my family and give my girls the best possible education and help us get to California, but it’s really tough right now. I don’t know how we’re going to do it.”
Can you see and feel the difference in this approach?
In just a few short sentences, you gain insight into what each of the characters is feeling. You might not have experienced that specific situation, but aren’t their feelings relatable?
When you hear phrases like, “we are scared to death,” “we’ve been arguing about this,” and “it’s really tough right now” do you feel any type of connection with these characters?
In my workshops, the answer is always “yes.”
This is just a quick snippet of what dialogue can do for you.
The Most Impactful Type of Dialogue
An even more impactful type is internal dialogue. When we can hear the thoughts of your characters, we get great insight into their emotional state. And this creates a deeper connection with them.
Again, most people describe their emotions rather than share them with us.
Which of these creates a greater reaction in you…
“Sitting in that car, I had a lot of fear.”
“Sitting in that car, I thought, “What am I doing here? This is a mistake! I’m crazy to think I could do this. I’m gonna get hurt”
The first example is labeling my emotion, the second enables you to hear specific fears I’m experiencing.
And that’s where the connection with the listener is made.
If you want to transform your stories from dull to memorable, use character dialogue, especially internal, and watch your listener interest and reaction dramatically increase.
BONUS Tip
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Avoid seven common mistakes that kill the impact of your stories. Our FREE report gives you insight into these errors and how to avoid them.
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https://medium.com/@speakingcpr/the-perfect-cure-for-boring-stories-695a4d874364
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['Michael Davis']
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2021-12-24 16:02:34.953000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'Storytelling', 'Communication', 'Leadership Skills', 'Stories']
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Title Perfect Cure Boring StoriesContent Jim finished giving big presentation He’d worked hard writing practicing getting feedback making change One suggestion received “Jim need story fewer slides” made sense included story experience presentation ended got response one asked business card set onetoone conversation accepted speaking opportunity thinking he’d get meeting prospective new client doubting ability speaker benefit using story presentation attract new client Character Dialogue Cure Boring Stories Jim Alone uncommon Storytelling become popular subject business world people often told “human being wired story get tell some” sound good problem Jim people promoting idea leaving answer one important question… effectively tell story post isn’t meant give answer question one suggestion transform dull story entertaining experiences… Use character dialogue make listener feel they’re part story people tell story “reporter mode” mean I’ll tell fact like this… “Robert Sheila talking prospective financial planner sharing fear lot concern retirement educating child money concern putting lot strain marriage” read emotional reaction ask question workshop answer typically “no” Better Way Connect Listeners Instead reporting fact labeling emotion try method… “Robert Sheila sitting office prospective financial planner Sheila say ‘We’re we’re scared death It’s always dream educate two daughter prestigious school retire California closer family Rober lost job everything changed” “Robert interrupt say ‘After layoff took huge pay cut accepted new job 2020 Sheila going tough time money touchy subject We’ve arguing lot want provide family give girl best possible education help u get California it’s really tough right don’t know we’re going it” see feel difference approach short sentence gain insight character feeling might experienced specific situation aren’t feeling relatable hear phrase like “we scared death” “we’ve arguing this” “it’s really tough right now” feel type connection character workshop answer always “yes” quick snippet dialogue Impactful Type Dialogue even impactful type internal dialogue hear thought character get great insight emotional state creates deeper connection people describe emotion rather share u creates greater reaction you… “Sitting car lot fear” “Sitting car thought “What mistake I’m crazy think could I’m gonna get hurt” first example labeling emotion second enables hear specific fear I’m experiencing that’s connection listener made want transform story dull memorable use character dialogue especially internal watch listener interest reaction dramatically increase BONUS Tip Seven Storytelling Mistakes Costing Money Opportunities Want effective storyteller Avoid seven common mistake kill impact story FREE report give insight error avoid download report’ Committing 7 Deadly Storytelling Sins’ nocost noobligation Click httpsbitlyStorySinsTags Public Speaking Storytelling Communication Leadership Skills Stories
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3 Confidence-Killing Business Storytelling Mistakes
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3 Confidence-Killing Business Storytelling Mistakes
Boost Your Storytelling Confidence From Low to High
Business stories have the potential to create a huge impact on your bottom line.
But, most people don‘t know how to effectively write and deliver them. If you don’t discover how to do this, then you’ll miss out on opportunities to set yourself apart and attract new clients, and you’ll lose confidence in yourself and your stories.
So, we’re providing you with insights into three costly mistakes and how to stop making them…
Business Storytelling Mistake #1
Your story doesn’t relate to your main point.
I’m sure you have heard the speaker who tells a story that left you asking the question, “What’s the point?”
This is more common than you may realize. The impact of stories is now fully accepted in the business world. And many people try to tell them.
But, just because we can tell stories doesn’t mean we should. Sharing just because it’s popular can be as damaging to your reputation as it is helpful.
If your story doesn’t have a point, people won’t your communication skills. And this can hurt your confidence.
By all means, if you have a powerful story that supports a point to help your audience, share it. It’ll improve your standing and increase your confidence. But don’t tell it until it’s ready.
What to Do Instead
Be clear on the main point you want to get across to your listeners. Then find a story to illustrate and sell the benefits of that point.
Write it. Test it. Get feedback. And keep evolving it until it impacts your listener.
Business Storytelling Mistake #2
Too much boring setup
Think about a time when you heard someone telling a story and at some point, you thought something like, “Enough already. Get to the point!”
You were suffering from the curse of the “ands.” What does this mean?
The speaker was giving you a bunch of information connected by the word “and”:
“This happened, and then she appeared, and then he said, and then this happened, and that happened, and, and, and….”
What’s the problem with this structure?
There’s no conflict. The purpose of a story is to generate emotion. Feelings aren’t created until the conflict is introduced.
Research has proven people make a decision in seconds whether they’ll continue to listen to us. If you bombard them with a string of facts, they’ll check out. Their mobile phones are always right there, waiting to snatch back their attention…
What to Do Instead
Your story needs a setup for context, but get to the conflict as quickly as possible. Share three quick facts to give the listener a feel for your Main Character’s everyday life, then introduce the Inciting Incident which begins the conflict.
Business Storytelling Mistake #3
Telling your story in “reporter mode.” This is similar to Mistake #2, but there is one big difference.
Reporter mode is akin to a reporter on a TV news program speaking into a microphone, recounting facts, as if they’re being read from a teleprompter.
It’s not solely a series of ‘and’ statements, because part of the story will involve some type of conflict. However, because the facts of the conflict are being reported to you, there’s little, if any tension.
This type of story can be typed onto a PDF and sent to everyone to save time. It doesn’t engage the senses and emotions at a deep level.
What to Do Instead
Wherever possible, use character dialogue, (including what s/he says internally). This brings listeners into the story as if they’re physically watching it unfold, along with the characters(s).
Rather than say, “It’s an unusually cold day in Indianapolis, but I’m profusely sweating because I’m scared to death,” I can say, “It’s an overcast and cold May afternoon in Indianapolis, but I’m thinking, “I’m drenched! I can’t stop sweating. I thought this was going to be fun, but, I could get hurt really bad, or…. die!”
Can you see the difference?
Can you feel the difference?
That is the power of dialogue. It can create feelings in your listener and engage their emotions.
This gives you a much greater chance of impacting or influencing them.
Remember these three points implement the alternatives into your next story and watch your influence substantially increase.
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If so, you can benefit from our newly formed Public Speaking Mastery group.
It will give you insights to save you time, money, and stress from creating the best possible presentation for every given situation.
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https://medium.com/@speakingcpr/3-confidence-killing-business-storytelling-mistakes-ea55f88369f3
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['Michael Davis']
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2021-12-14 17:22:48.127000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'Selling', 'Storytelling', 'Leadership', 'Business Communication']
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Title 3 ConfidenceKilling Business Storytelling MistakesContent 3 ConfidenceKilling Business Storytelling Mistakes Boost Storytelling Confidence Low High Business story potential create huge impact bottom line people don‘t know effectively write deliver don’t discover you’ll miss opportunity set apart attract new client you’ll lose confidence story we’re providing insight three costly mistake stop making them… Business Storytelling Mistake 1 story doesn’t relate main point I’m sure heard speaker tell story left asking question “What’s point” common may realize impact story fully accepted business world many people try tell tell story doesn’t mean Sharing it’s popular damaging reputation helpful story doesn’t point people won’t communication skill hurt confidence mean powerful story support point help audience share It’ll improve standing increase confidence don’t tell it’s ready Instead clear main point want get across listener find story illustrate sell benefit point Write Test Get feedback keep evolving impact listener Business Storytelling Mistake 2 much boring setup Think time heard someone telling story point thought something like “Enough already Get point” suffering curse “ands” mean speaker giving bunch information connected word “and” “This happened appeared said happened happened and…” What’s problem structure There’s conflict purpose story generate emotion Feelings aren’t created conflict introduced Research proven people make decision second whether they’ll continue listen u bombard string fact they’ll check mobile phone always right waiting snatch back attention… Instead story need setup context get conflict quickly possible Share three quick fact give listener feel Main Character’s everyday life introduce Inciting Incident begin conflict Business Storytelling Mistake 3 Telling story “reporter mode” similar Mistake 2 one big difference Reporter mode akin reporter TV news program speaking microphone recounting fact they’re read teleprompter It’s solely series ‘and’ statement part story involve type conflict However fact conflict reported there’s little tension type story typed onto PDF sent everyone save time doesn’t engage sens emotion deep level Instead Wherever possible use character dialogue including say internally brings listener story they’re physically watching unfold along character Rather say “It’s unusually cold day Indianapolis I’m profusely sweating I’m scared death” say “It’s overcast cold May afternoon Indianapolis I’m thinking “I’m drenched can’t stop sweating thought going fun could get hurt really bad or… die” see difference feel difference power dialogue create feeling listener engage emotion give much greater chance impacting influencing Remember three point implement alternative next story watch influence substantially increase Quickly Improve Public Speaking Skills Storytelling critical aspect effective public speaking ever struggle prepare write best possible speech presentation benefit newly formed Public Speaking Mastery group give insight save time money stress creating best possible presentation every given situation information check document Click take advantage yearend special price determine group best benefit schedule brief ZOOM call discus schedule call Click HereTags Public Speaking Selling Storytelling Leadership Business Communication
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5 Universal Laws to Ensure Your Stories Engage Listeners Minds
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5 Universal Storytelling Laws
“The purpose of story is to elicit emotion”
~ Michael Hague, author and Hollywood screenwriting consultant
Stories that have survived for centuries, best-selling movies and books, and viral YouTube/Instagram/TikTok videos each have one common characteristic — they include 5 key elements, or Universal Storytelling Laws, which enable them to stick in the minds and hearts of listeners.
Want your next story to “stick?”
Include these 5 elements
The Law of Relatable Characters
The Main Character in your story (Often called the “hero” or “protagonist”) must be relatable to your listener.
According to Michael Hauge, there are three ways to create this connection:
One, your Main Character must be LIKEABLE. If he is a jerk, people won’t care if he succeeds. They might root against him.
Two, your Main Character is SYMPATHETIC. This individual is enduring some type of undeserved circumstance (health problem, natural disaster, abusive relationship) out of her control.
Three, your Main Character is in JEOPARDY, either physical or emotionally (health risk, financial risk, physical risk).
If your Main Character doesn’t exhibit at least one of these, the listener will not connect with her and lose interest.
The Law of Inspiring Goals
An inspiring and relatable Goal will create listener interest in your Main Character’s success.
The keys to this element are to make it specific and give it a deadline.
If a financial planner tells the story of a client who is “hoping to create an investment account so that someday so he and his wife can spend time traveling.”
How engaged are you?
What if instead, the planner tells you about a client who wants to “invest enough money so that in 5 years he and his wife can celebrate their 40th anniversary in the same church in Italy where their parents and grandparents were married, surrounded by family.”
Do you experience a different feeling?
Specific goals with a deadline create a connection with, and a rooting interest for, your Main Character’s success.
The Law of Conflict
There once was a beautiful princess.
She met a handsome prince.
They had a whirlwind romance.
They fell in love.
They got married.
They lived happily ever after.
Is this a good story?
Is it even a story?
Not if you run it through the filter of these 5 Universal Laws. It’s fairy tale. And there’s a reason children fall asleep at night after hearing it.
There’s no mystery, no conflict, and nothing to resolve. It’s a series of facts.
The source of emotion in stories is conflict. Without it, no one cares.
We can begin to transform our fairy tale into a story by introducing one sentence…
There once was a beautiful princess.
She met a handsome prince.
They had a whirlwind romance.
They fell in love.
They got married.
They lived happily ever after.
BUT, then there was an abduction.
What just happened in your brain?
It became curious, didn’t it?
It wants to know:
Who was abducted?
Why was the person abducted?
Who did the abducting?
Was there a rescue attempt?
What were the results of the rescue attempt?
When you create conflict, you engage the brains of your listeners. They’re curious and want to see how the story ends.
The Law of Success
When you’ve introduced a compelling character, shared a specific goal, and taken the listener through the journey filled with conflict, there must be a payoff. You have to show them the moment of success.
If you leave this out, at the very least you will annoy them. They might even become angry.
Have you ever enjoyed watching a tightly contested sporting event but, for some reason didn’t get to see the end?
Your mind couldn’t rest easy until knew the outcome, could it?
Or maybe you’ve started reading a book which kept you so interested with curiosity you stayed up half the night reading it.
Why?
Because you needed to know if the main character succeeded.
This is why you need to include the moment of success in your story.
This moment is why a specific goal is vital to your narrative. In the earlier example of the man who wants to take his wife to the church in Italy, the reader knows the goal has been reached the moment she sees the man and his wife in the church surrounded by their family.
Until that specific moment, there will be tension because we won’t know if the character we are rooting for will achieve his goal.
If your listeners have stuck with you from the start of your story until this point, you owe it to them to share the moment of success.
The Law of the New Life
This is a key element in business stories that most people omit.
Simply showing the moment of success does not provide evidence the Main Character has transformed.
At their core, all memorable and meaningful stories are about the transformation of the Main Character.
The New Life is evidence your character has experienced a shift in attitude or belief beyond experiencing one moment of success.
One of my signature stories highlights the transformation of my client Patti. When I met her, she was sick to her stomach and losing sleep because she had to give a critical speech for her foundation.
By the end of her story, she has not only succeeded, but she is also an enthusiastic presenter who consistently looks for opportunities to give speeches. She has undergone a radical transformation.
In business stories, this new life should be the same result your prospective clients or customers are also looking for.
Give info and memorable stories can have a significant impact on your business. Employ these five universal laws and you’ll significantly increase your level of impact and influence.
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['Michael Davis']
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2021-12-29 15:40:59.699000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'Communication Skills', 'Storytelling', 'Leadership Skills', 'Storytelling For Business']
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Title 5 Universal Laws Ensure Stories Engage Listeners MindsContent 5 Universal Storytelling Laws “The purpose story elicit emotion” Michael Hague author Hollywood screenwriting consultant Stories survived century bestselling movie book viral YouTubeInstagramTikTok video one common characteristic — include 5 key element Universal Storytelling Laws enable stick mind heart listener Want next story “stick” Include 5 element Law Relatable Characters Main Character story Often called “hero” “protagonist” must relatable listener According Michael Hauge three way create connection One Main Character must LIKEABLE jerk people won’t care succeeds might root Two Main Character SYMPATHETIC individual enduring type undeserved circumstance health problem natural disaster abusive relationship control Three Main Character JEOPARDY either physical emotionally health risk financial risk physical risk Main Character doesn’t exhibit least one listener connect lose interest Law Inspiring Goals inspiring relatable Goal create listener interest Main Character’s success key element make specific give deadline financial planner tell story client “hoping create investment account someday wife spend time traveling” engaged instead planner tell client want “invest enough money 5 year wife celebrate 40th anniversary church Italy parent grandparent married surrounded family” experience different feeling Specific goal deadline create connection rooting interest Main Character’s success Law Conflict beautiful princess met handsome prince whirlwind romance fell love got married lived happily ever good story even story run filter 5 Universal Laws It’s fairy tale there’s reason child fall asleep night hearing There’s mystery conflict nothing resolve It’s series fact source emotion story conflict Without one care begin transform fairy tale story introducing one sentence… beautiful princess met handsome prince whirlwind romance fell love got married lived happily ever abduction happened brain became curious didn’t want know abducted person abducted abducting rescue attempt result rescue attempt create conflict engage brain listener They’re curious want see story end Law Success you’ve introduced compelling character shared specific goal taken listener journey filled conflict must payoff show moment success leave least annoy might even become angry ever enjoyed watching tightly contested sporting event reason didn’t get see end mind couldn’t rest easy knew outcome could maybe you’ve started reading book kept interested curiosity stayed half night reading needed know main character succeeded need include moment success story moment specific goal vital narrative earlier example man want take wife church Italy reader know goal reached moment see man wife church surrounded family specific moment tension won’t know character rooting achieve goal listener stuck start story point owe share moment success Law New Life key element business story people omit Simply showing moment success provide evidence Main Character transformed core memorable meaningful story transformation Main Character New Life evidence character experienced shift attitude belief beyond experiencing one moment success One signature story highlight transformation client Patti met sick stomach losing sleep give critical speech foundation end story succeeded also enthusiastic presenter consistently look opportunity give speech undergone radical transformation business story new life result prospective client customer also looking Give info memorable story significant impact business Employ five universal law you’ll significantly increase level impact influence Seven Storytelling Mistakes Costing Money Opportunities Want effective storyteller Avoid seven common mistake kill impact story FREE report give insight error avoid download report nocost noobligation visit httpsbitlyStorySinsTags Public Speaking Communication Skills Storytelling Leadership Skills Storytelling Business
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WARNING: Public Speaking Rant on the Way
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Public Speaking Rant
Land of Confusion
You want to effectively give presentations so you can influence and persuade listeners to a new way of thinking (and acting). This is good.
If you’re like most people, when you give a presentation, you struggle to persuade others, much less leave a lasting impact on them.
It’s not your fault because most public speaking goo-roos confuse you with conflicting advice and the belief, “There’s only one way to do this.”
Discovering how to effectively speak in your authentic voice can be frustrating enough without these contradictory and confusing ideas.
Because of this, you may be feeling discouraged or even disillusioned about getting it right.
You don’t have to feel lost anymore!
Follow these three simple steps (taken from my soon-to-be-released book, Stop Telling Just ANY Story!) to public speaking influence so you can enjoy connecting with and impacting your audiences over and over again!
Step 1: Know Your Message FIRST
I’ve encountered many coaches who believe delivery is the most important aspect of a presentation. They’ll tell you, “Without energy or a dynamic delivery people won’t be engaged and won’t remember your story.”
I respectfully, but strongly disagree. Think about the most memorable stories you’ve heard, whether in a book, movie, or speech. Did they leave a lasting impression on you solely based on an enthusiastic delivery?
No. A combination of a meaningful message delivered in an authentic and energetic manner makes the story stick with you. Without well-thought-out words wrapped around a central idea, your story will be forgotten.
Consider famous stories or speeches from the last century, like Dr. King’s speech at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963 or President Reagan’s speech at the Berlin Wall in 1989. What do we remember about them?
Is it their hand gestures?
Is it how they walked on stage?
Or, do we remember their eloquent words spoken with passion and conviction?
Focus on internalizing your message before you work on your delivery.
Step 2: Ignore This Oft-Repeated Myth About the Power of ‘Non-Verbal’ Communication
For over a half-century speakers and so-called experts have repeated a myth about the importance of words in our communication. The myth is this:
Words only make up 7% of the overall impact of your communication; the other 93% is based on non-verbals — body language, facial expressions, and tone of voice.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
But many people, including highly paid and well-respected speakers and authors continue to perpetuate this myth. Why?
Because of the gross misinterpretation of a study conducted in 1967 by Dr. Albert Mehrabian. The study focused on a small sample size of students at the University of Southern California.
Dr. Mehrabian and his team determined that when the words you use are in conflict with the tone of voice with which they’re spoken and the speaker’s facial and body expressions, the listener will believe the words only 7% of the time.
In other words, when your words are in conflict with what your body and voice are conveying, people believe what they see more than what they hear.
The key to the study is the incongruity of words and body language. Which makes sense.
What the study did not say is, “Under all circumstances, communication is only 7% of the words you use.” These results have been so twisted and turned in the last half-century Dr. Mehrabian felt compelled to conduct interviews and make a statement on his website explaining, “No, the study does not claim only 7% of communication is the words you use.”
The words you use are as important as how you deliver them IF they have meaning. When you think about Dr. King, do you first hear the words he so eloquently spoke, or do you picture what he was doing with his hands?
When you hear President Reagan saying, “…tear down this wall” do you think about his eye contact or the power of his message?
The reason their words still resonate is because they were delivered with congruence, passion, and conviction. Their voices, bodies, and words were in alignment, and the words definitely account for more than 7% of the impact they still have on us.
The perpetuation of this myth leads to my third point….
Step 3: Get Your Facts Right, or Immediately Lose Credibility
As a leader, speaker, or sales professional, you MUST check every fact you share with others. Today’s audiences have information readily available at their fingertips. Literally.
They can fact-check you on their cell phones while you’re speaking. If a quick Google search contradicts what you’re saying, at the least you’ll lose credibility with those individuals, and possibly your entire audience if they challenge what you’ve just said.
If this happens, and you can’t overcome their challenge, your credibility with that audience will be destroyed.
For several years, I listened to speakers tout the 7% Rule as gospel. And it never made sense to me. I’d think about memorable lines from some of my favorite speeches — Dr. King stating, “I have a dream,” President Kennedy telling a nation, “We go to the moon not because it’s easy, but because it’s hard” or President Reagan’s challenge, “Mr. Gorbachov, tear down this wall.”
And I never bought into the 7% claim. So, I researched it. Sure enough, the original source, Dr. Mehrabian, confirmed my suspicions.
I’ve heard too many speakers who otherwise gave powerful and impactful presentations but mentioned this 7% Rule. They immediately lost credibility with me because I wondered, “If they’re sharing that piece of misinformation, what else is incorrect in their talk?
It also makes me think the speaker is lazy — at least from a research standpoint — and isn’t an original thinker.
You’re reading this because I want you to avoid the embarrassment I felt early in my speaking career. I was a financial planner and made the mistake of sharing investment information I hadn’t double-checked. And an audience member questioned me about my “facts.”
When it was obvious this person was right and I was wrong, I lost the trust of the audience. No one sought me out after the event for an individual meeting and a lot of my company’s time and money was wasted, even though the rest of my presentation was true.
One mistake over a piece of misinformation cost me the opportunity to attract new business, and more importantly have a positive impact on all of the people who were in the room that night.
Never forget every audience you speak to will have people in it who know a lot about your topic. Don’t ruin your credibility by sharing information you haven’t double-checked.
Rant Over! — Back to our regularly scheduled posts…
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Because of this, many speakers and audiences are complaining about “ZOOM fatigue.” And research is showing this may be a real condition.
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['Michael Davis']
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2021-12-22 14:58:49.290000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'Storytelling', 'Leadership Skills', 'Business Communication', 'Speaking']
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Title WARNING Public Speaking Rant WayContent Public Speaking Rant Land Confusion want effectively give presentation influence persuade listener new way thinking acting good you’re like people give presentation struggle persuade others much le leave lasting impact It’s fault public speaking gooroos confuse conflicting advice belief “There’s one way this” Discovering effectively speak authentic voice frustrating enough without contradictory confusing idea may feeling discouraged even disillusioned getting right don’t feel lost anymore Follow three simple step taken soontobereleased book Stop Telling Story public speaking influence enjoy connecting impacting audience Step 1 Know Message FIRST I’ve encountered many coach believe delivery important aspect presentation They’ll tell “Without energy dynamic delivery people won’t engaged won’t remember story” respectfully strongly disagree Think memorable story you’ve heard whether book movie speech leave lasting impression solely based enthusiastic delivery combination meaningful message delivered authentic energetic manner make story stick Without wellthoughtout word wrapped around central idea story forgotten Consider famous story speech last century like Dr King’s speech Lincoln Memorial 1963 President Reagan’s speech Berlin Wall 1989 remember hand gesture walked stage remember eloquent word spoken passion conviction Focus internalizing message work delivery Step 2 Ignore OftRepeated Myth Power ‘NonVerbal’ Communication halfcentury speaker socalled expert repeated myth importance word communication myth Words make 7 overall impact communication 93 based nonverbals — body language facial expression tone voice Nothing could truth many people including highly paid wellrespected speaker author continue perpetuate myth gross misinterpretation study conducted 1967 Dr Albert Mehrabian study focused small sample size student University Southern California Dr Mehrabian team determined word use conflict tone voice they’re spoken speaker’s facial body expression listener believe word 7 time word word conflict body voice conveying people believe see hear key study incongruity word body language make sense study say “Under circumstance communication 7 word use” result twisted turned last halfcentury Dr Mehrabian felt compelled conduct interview make statement website explaining “No study claim 7 communication word use” word use important deliver meaning think Dr King first hear word eloquently spoke picture hand hear President Reagan saying “…tear wall” think eye contact power message reason word still resonate delivered congruence passion conviction voice body word alignment word definitely account 7 impact still u perpetuation myth lead third point… Step 3 Get Facts Right Immediately Lose Credibility leader speaker sale professional MUST check every fact share others Today’s audience information readily available fingertip Literally factcheck cell phone you’re speaking quick Google search contradicts you’re saying least you’ll lose credibility individual possibly entire audience challenge you’ve said happens can’t overcome challenge credibility audience destroyed several year listened speaker tout 7 Rule gospel never made sense I’d think memorable line favorite speech — Dr King stating “I dream” President Kennedy telling nation “We go moon it’s easy it’s hard” President Reagan’s challenge “Mr Gorbachov tear wall” never bought 7 claim researched Sure enough original source Dr Mehrabian confirmed suspicion I’ve heard many speaker otherwise gave powerful impactful presentation mentioned 7 Rule immediately lost credibility wondered “If they’re sharing piece misinformation else incorrect talk also make think speaker lazy — least research standpoint — isn’t original thinker You’re reading want avoid embarrassment felt early speaking career financial planner made mistake sharing investment information hadn’t doublechecked audience member questioned “facts” obvious person right wrong lost trust audience one sought event individual meeting lot company’s time money wasted even though rest presentation true One mistake piece misinformation cost opportunity attract new business importantly positive impact people room night Never forget every audience speak people know lot topic Don’t ruin credibility sharing information haven’t doublechecked Rant — Back regularly scheduled posts… BONUS Tip Stop ZOOM Burnout Virtual presentation permanent part life middle yet another COVID surge we’re spending much day online many speaker audience complaining “ZOOM fatigue” research showing may real condition ZOOM camera isn’t cause situation biggest culprit bad online presentation many speaker treating camera like live audience root cause problem Stop ZOOM Burnout Therefore help avoid fate created new report want master skill virtual presentation provide maximum value listener stand crowd invite download complimentary report includes 34 insight becoming effective skill download copy ‘Stop ZOOM Burnout Now’ CLICK HERETags Public Speaking Storytelling Leadership Skills Business Communication Speaking
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7 Powerful Presentation Habits for 2022
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Presentation habits are easy to find and hard to break. The good ones are available to us all and we don’t have to look too far to find them.
Stephen R. Covey’s book, ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People’ contains everything you need to know to achieve extraordinary results. It is a book which has impacted millions of lives across all professions for over 30 years. The wisdom also extends to any presentation you may be called on to make. If you read it closely you’ll find some very helpful presentation habits.
It won’t be long now before we start thinking about taking the decorations down and starting a new diet. As we get back to work in the New Year, we can be certain that it won’t be very long before we are called on once again to present. It may be our monthly update, a team brief or perhaps a project update.
Whatever it is, if you harness the integrity of the ‘7 habits’ your presentation will soar.
HABIT 1: BE PROACTIVE
Don’t believe the myth that great speakers are born that way; highly effective presenting and public speaking is a learned skill. Please don’t blame your parents or teachers for not giving you the confidence to speak. Be proactive in developing good presentation habits.
– Watch TED Talks. Presenters at TED follow some compelling precepts. They tell stories, give emotional context, stick to the point, support their message and keep it brief. Here are a few TED Talks I’d recommend you watch:
How to speak so that people want to listen — Julian Treasure
TED’s secret to great public speaking — Chris Anderson
Your body language may shape who you are — Amy Cuddy
How great leaders inspire action — Simon Sinek
– Read
There are plenty of great books which can help you to learn presentation habits to speak with confidence and impact. Here are a few I’d recommend:
How to Deliver a TED Talk: Secrets of the World’s Most Inspiring Presentations — Jeremey Donovan
Made to Stick — Chip & Dan Heath
Presentation Zen — Garr Reynolds
Never Be Boring Again — Doug Stevenson
Resonate — Nancy Duarte
– Speak
Look for opportunities to speak, don’t shy away from them.
Explore possibilities and go out of your way to look for ways to present your ideas to colleagues and customers.
If the idea of standing up to present at work is a little to daunting to start with then consider joining a group. Somewhere you can practice speaking in a safe and supportive environment. Toastmasters is an International speaking club which has 16,600 clubs in 143 countries.
If you’d rather take a more private and personal approach, get yourself one to one coaching.
HABIT 2: BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND
Stephen Covey presents Habit 2 as a journey of imagination. It’s based on the principle that you have to make it clear in your mind first what you want to achieve, before you can manifest it.
Presenting your ideas effectively to colleagues, clients or strangers is underpinned by the same principle. In this context, that journey of imagination begins with you sitting quietly long before you open your laptop to begin building your presentation. Ask yourself 2 questions:
What do I want my audience to feel?
Every great presentation is firmly grounded with a clear emotional intent. In other words, when you have finished speaking, how exactly do you want your audience to feel.
Please don’t make the mistake of answering that question with the words ‘informed and engaged’ as we often hear in our presentation training courses. On its own its still not enough. Making your audience feel ‘informed and engaged’ is a prerequisite in any presentation or speech but it lacks emotional impact. There has to be something else.
Here are just a few emotions you may wish to consider:
Inspired
Excited
Enthusiastic
Supported
Eager
Keep in mind however, that sometimes, before you take your audience to the place of feeling something really good, occasionally you need them to feel uncomfortable. If that’s the case, you need to be clear on that too. Do you want them to feel;
Frustrated
Shocked
Annoyed
Embarrassed
Anxious
2. What do I want my audience to do?
Beginning with the end in mind means having absolute clarity what it is you want your audience to do. If you don’t know exactly what it is you want them to do when you finish speaking then you can be sure they won’t do anything.
To substantially increase the likelihood of them doing what it is you want them to do, you have to make them feel something first.
“When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity.” ― Dale Carnegie, ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People.’
HABIT 3: PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST
The first habit presents the idea that if you really want something to happen, the only person who can make it so is yourself. Habit 2 challenges us to accept the reality that we have to be abundantly clear on what that is and to be able to see it in our minds too. I believe that if Stephen Covey were writing these habits with the focus on presentations and presenting, he would say that Habit 3 is about your message. That entails:
– Knowing and understanding your own message first.
– Making sure that everything you say is relevant to and supports your message.
– Knowing exactly why your message is relevant and important to your audience, why they should care about it and what tangible difference it will make to their personal or professional lives.
Putting first things first also means leaving your ego aside and crafting a message and presentation which revolves entirely around your audience. It means that you don’t strive for perfection but instead work diligently to towards making an impact and a difference.
At Mindful Presenter we have a philosophy and passionate belief that ‘connecting is everything’.
Habit 4: Think Win-Win
This is a principle which embraces the idea of thinking and preparing your presentation in a way that is cooperative rather than competitive. Very closely aligned to Habit 3, it encourages us to focus exclusively our audience. It expels the notion of someone winning and someone else losing and urges us to craft a story that brings the presenter and her audience together.
It is a principle of harmony which entails building a relationship with your audience and connecting with them. That means that everything we say must be of value to our audience.
If they don’t win then you certainly won’t.
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
This is probably the favourite of my presentation skills habit because I believe it is the ‘Jewel in the crown’ of the set of 7 habits. After all, what chance do we stand of achieving any level of success if we don’t understand our audience. It is a principle which promotes the idea of listening before we even consider building and delivering our presentation.
I have long held a personal belief that ‘most people don’t listen’. Many of us do something very different; I call it ‘wait to speak’.
Many business presentations today centre around professionals ‘waiting to speak’. In other words, presnters saturate PowerPoint slides with text, data and bullet points which they can then read to their audience.
The Mindful Presenter seeks to understand their audience first:
– Who are they really?
– How much do they already know?
– What are their values?
– Do I undertstand the problems they have?
– Why should they care about this?
– How do they feel now?
– What do I want them to feel?
As you can see, there are a number of very important questions which need to be asked and answered long before we open our laptops. Once we make the effort to really understand our audience, we increase the likelihood of them understanding us.
Habit 6: Synergize
Most people don’t like sitting quietly and listening to presentations but everyone likes being involved in a good conversation. A great presentation is far more of a conversation than it is someone just standing up speaking whilst running a slide show.
I think Stephen Covey’s wisdom continues to flourish as we consider synergy a vital element of our presentation. It’s about working together to produce meaningful results rather than simply talking at people hoping they see our perspective; we need to see theirs too.
Synergize means developing the habit of approaching every presentation as an opportunity to work closely with our audience. It means creating the time and making the effort to interact with and involve them in our message.
We have to put ourselves in their shoes.
We need to abandon preconceived assumptions and judgments and ask them for their thoughts, opinions and concerns. When a presenter works very closely with an audience, they become a formidable team.
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw
The final habit extols the virtue of growth and harmony. The spoken word has the ability to elicit a powerful effect and to respect and harness that impact we have to make time for ourselves.
It is a habit of self-renewal that promotes the idea that to be the best we can be we have to keep fresh and stay ahead of the game physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. How can we expect to influence and inspire our audience, to lead action and change if we are not in peak condition?
It strikes me that it is possibly the most challenging habit for all of us because it entails most of the things, we know we should be doing anyway but still don’t always do.
– Exercising regularly
– Staying properly hydrated
– Eating healthily
– Cutting out the toxins
– Finding the time and space to sit quietly, breathe and think
– Meditating
– Visualising
– Challenging ourselves personally and professional
– Learning new things
– Having more fun
When our body, minds and emotions are not in as good a shape as they could be, we lose the energy, creativity and confidence to speak with impact.
Sharpening the saw is not only a good habit to end on it’s perhaps one most of us could benefit from enormously (presentations and public speaking aside) as we we begin the New Year.
As we step eagerly into the New Year, Stephen Covey’s book shares powerful lessons for personal change which many of us are more open to at this time of year.
Give some thought as to how you can build these potent habits into your presentation and public schedule this year.
If you need help with you presentation habits:
– Book yourself onto a powerful public speaking course.
– Invest in some really good one to one public speaking coaching.
– Get yourself some excellent presentation training
If this article has inspired you to learn a little more about how effective your presentation skills are you may want to take a look at our presentation training and public speaking coaching pages to see how we may be able to help you. You will also find a great deal of really helpful ‘free’ information in our Learning Centre.
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['Maurice Decastro']
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2021-12-28 09:20:01.999000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'Personal Development', 'Habits', 'Personal Growth', 'Success']
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Title 7 Powerful Presentation Habits 2022Content Presentation habit easy find hard break good one available u don’t look far find Stephen R Covey’s book ‘The 7 Habits Highly Effective People’ contains everything need know achieve extraordinary result book impacted million life across profession 30 year wisdom also extends presentation may called make read closely you’ll find helpful presentation habit won’t long start thinking taking decoration starting new diet get back work New Year certain won’t long called present may monthly update team brief perhaps project update Whatever harness integrity ‘7 habits’ presentation soar HABIT 1 PROACTIVE Don’t believe myth great speaker born way highly effective presenting public speaking learned skill Please don’t blame parent teacher giving confidence speak proactive developing good presentation habit – Watch TED Talks Presenters TED follow compelling precept tell story give emotional context stick point support message keep brief TED Talks I’d recommend watch speak people want listen — Julian Treasure TED’s secret great public speaking — Chris Anderson body language may shape — Amy Cuddy great leader inspire action — Simon Sinek – Read plenty great book help learn presentation habit speak confidence impact I’d recommend Deliver TED Talk Secrets World’s Inspiring Presentations — Jeremey Donovan Made Stick — Chip Dan Heath Presentation Zen — Garr Reynolds Never Boring — Doug Stevenson Resonate — Nancy Duarte – Speak Look opportunity speak don’t shy away Explore possibility go way look way present idea colleague customer idea standing present work little daunting start consider joining group Somewhere practice speaking safe supportive environment Toastmasters International speaking club 16600 club 143 country you’d rather take private personal approach get one one coaching HABIT 2 BEGIN END MIND Stephen Covey present Habit 2 journey imagination It’s based principle make clear mind first want achieve manifest Presenting idea effectively colleague client stranger underpinned principle context journey imagination begin sitting quietly long open laptop begin building presentation Ask 2 question want audience feel Every great presentation firmly grounded clear emotional intent word finished speaking exactly want audience feel Please don’t make mistake answering question word ‘informed engaged’ often hear presentation training course still enough Making audience feel ‘informed engaged’ prerequisite presentation speech lack emotional impact something else emotion may wish consider Inspired Excited Enthusiastic Supported Eager Keep mind however sometimes take audience place feeling something really good occasionally need feel uncomfortable that’s case need clear want feel Frustrated Shocked Annoyed Embarrassed Anxious 2 want audience Beginning end mind mean absolute clarity want audience don’t know exactly want finish speaking sure won’t anything substantially increase likelihood want make feel something first “When dealing people let u remember dealing creature logic dealing creature emotion creature bristling prejudice motivated pride vanity” ― Dale Carnegie ‘How Win Friends Influence People’ HABIT 3 PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST first habit present idea really want something happen person make Habit 2 challenge u accept reality abundantly clear able see mind believe Stephen Covey writing habit focus presentation presenting would say Habit 3 message entail – Knowing understanding message first – Making sure everything say relevant support message – Knowing exactly message relevant important audience care tangible difference make personal professional life Putting first thing first also mean leaving ego aside crafting message presentation revolves entirely around audience mean don’t strive perfection instead work diligently towards making impact difference Mindful Presenter philosophy passionate belief ‘connecting everything’ Habit 4 Think WinWin principle embrace idea thinking preparing presentation way cooperative rather competitive closely aligned Habit 3 encourages u focus exclusively audience expels notion someone winning someone else losing urge u craft story brings presenter audience together principle harmony entail building relationship audience connecting mean everything say must value audience don’t win certainly won’t Habit 5 Seek First Understand Understood probably favourite presentation skill habit believe ‘Jewel crown’ set 7 habit chance stand achieving level success don’t understand audience principle promotes idea listening even consider building delivering presentation long held personal belief ‘most people don’t listen’ Many u something different call ‘wait speak’ Many business presentation today centre around professional ‘waiting speak’ word presnters saturate PowerPoint slide text data bullet point read audience Mindful Presenter seek understand audience first – really – much already know – value – undertstand problem – care – feel – want feel see number important question need asked answered long open laptop make effort really understand audience increase likelihood understanding u Habit 6 Synergize people don’t like sitting quietly listening presentation everyone like involved good conversation great presentation far conversation someone standing speaking whilst running slide show think Stephen Covey’s wisdom continues flourish consider synergy vital element presentation It’s working together produce meaningful result rather simply talking people hoping see perspective need see Synergize mean developing habit approaching every presentation opportunity work closely audience mean creating time making effort interact involve message put shoe need abandon preconceived assumption judgment ask thought opinion concern presenter work closely audience become formidable team Habit 7 Sharpen Saw final habit extols virtue growth harmony spoken word ability elicit powerful effect respect harness impact make time habit selfrenewal promotes idea best keep fresh stay ahead game physically mentally emotionally spiritually expect influence inspire audience lead action change peak condition strike possibly challenging habit u entail thing know anyway still don’t always – Exercising regularly – Staying properly hydrated – Eating healthily – Cutting toxin – Finding time space sit quietly breathe think – Meditating – Visualising – Challenging personally professional – Learning new thing – fun body mind emotion good shape could lose energy creativity confidence speak impact Sharpening saw good habit end it’s perhaps one u could benefit enormously presentation public speaking aside begin New Year step eagerly New Year Stephen Covey’s book share powerful lesson personal change many u open time year Give thought build potent habit presentation public schedule year need help presentation habit – Book onto powerful public speaking course – Invest really good one one public speaking coaching – Get excellent presentation training article inspired learn little effective presentation skill may want take look presentation training public speaking coaching page see may able help also find great deal really helpful ‘free’ information Learning Centre Photo Eyestetix Studio UnsplashTags Public Speaking Personal Development Habits Personal Growth Success
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Why is it essential to learn Public Speaking skills?
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The minute we hear the word “Public Speaking”, The thoughts that hit our minds are, “ I do not want to Embarrass myself by Speaking in front of a large audience”, “Public Speaking is not My Cup of Tea” or “ I want to escape from this Disastrous Situation Right Now”.
We Run away from the Opportunity which can make us Stand out from Others. Public Speaking skills can not only help us to grow Professionally But also Personally.
In this blog, I am going to explain the importance of Public speaking skills and How can you develop them?
Importance of Public Speaking Skills:
Helps to develop Personality:
Public Speaking skills can help in developing our Personalities. it gives us the Confidence to Communicate clearly and effectively.it helps to put a good impression in front of Others. Public Speaking skills can clear our Thought Process and help to build better relationships.
2. Career Advancement:
As I said Earlier, Public Speaking Skills can help us to Stand out from Others. In Professional World, effectively communicating your ideas is very important. Either you want to give a Presentation in your Office Meeting or Pitch a client, your message should be clear that you want to convey. Public Speaking Skills can assist you to prepare yourself thoroughly.
3. Helps in Personal Growth:
Public Speaking skills help to Build Better Relationships and improve our communication skills that’s why it gives us Satisfaction Personally. we get the ability to convey our message clearly which can prevent the chances of any misunderstandings.
4. Develop Leadership Skills:
Public Speaking skills can help to create influence on Others. Many leaders are great orators. They can influence people with their Powerful Speech. Public Speaking skills give us the ability to Persuade People. if you can Persuade People’s minds, you have already learned one of the Significant aspects of Leadership skills.
5. Speaking Spontaneously:
Practising Public Speaking Skills can give us the confidence to speak in front of the Audience without any Preparation. if you are called on a stage to give a small speech, you will not feel nervous and accept the opportunity without any Hesitation. Public Speaking skills also improve our Vocabulary and fluency which is why we can give a clear speech.
How can we Develop Public Speaking Skills?
Reading:
Reading can be a Basic step to start learning Public speaking skills. Reading can help us to improve our Vocabulary and Fluency in our Language. we can Prepare Better Speeches by adding words that convey our message effectively. So you should start Reading Books or Newspapers and learn new words that can make your Speech clear.
2. Following your Favorite Speaker:
You should start Observing your favourite speaker and follow his/her Speaking style. The way, they convey their speech, ideas, message. By observing your favourite speaker, you can also feel motivated to start Practicing Public speaking. you will be able to Prepare and Deliver good Speeches.
3. Participating in Public Events:
if you are a college student, you should Participate in various College events such as Elocution, Debates, Group Discussions, hosting any annual Event. if you are a Working Professional, you can join any Public speaking club which allows improving your Public speaking skills in a Supportive way.
4. Practising Daily:
To learn any skill, Practising is an important step. you should Practise speaking in front of a mirror, recording your voice and listening to it, Speaking with your friend or a family member. it will surely help you to develop your Public speaking skills.
5. Preparing Speeches:
Preparing your speech before delivering it is a significant step. Preparing an Outline of your speech gives a Correct flow in your speech. you should know the way you want to convey your message. Prepare the Head points, you want to speak about and underlying several points related to it. Preparing an Outline makes the speech Organized and makes sure you do not miss out on any important points.
Conclusion:
Mastering the skill of Public speaking certainly helps to excel in your career and life. it gives you an edge over others. So, you should overcome the phobia of Public speaking and master it.
Communication is an integral part of our life. we have to maintain good Communication to express ourselves, Uphold the Relationships and grab good Opportunities that contribute to our personal growth.
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https://medium.com/@miteshdhorda9/why-is-it-essential-to-learn-public-speaking-skills-e3d718ab6d3b
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['Mitesh Dhorda']
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2021-12-13 13:04:07.670000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'Skill Development', 'Communication', 'Personal Growth', 'Career Development']
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Title essential learn Public Speaking skillsContent minute hear word “Public Speaking” thought hit mind “ want Embarrass Speaking front large audience” “Public Speaking Cup Tea” “ want escape Disastrous Situation Right Now” Run away Opportunity make u Stand Others Public Speaking skill help u grow Professionally also Personally blog going explain importance Public speaking skill develop Importance Public Speaking Skills Helps develop Personality Public Speaking skill help developing Personalities give u Confidence Communicate clearly effectivelyit help put good impression front Others Public Speaking skill clear Thought Process help build better relationship 2 Career Advancement said Earlier Public Speaking Skills help u Stand Others Professional World effectively communicating idea important Either want give Presentation Office Meeting Pitch client message clear want convey Public Speaking Skills assist prepare thoroughly 3 Helps Personal Growth Public Speaking skill help Build Better Relationships improve communication skill that’s give u Satisfaction Personally get ability convey message clearly prevent chance misunderstanding 4 Develop Leadership Skills Public Speaking skill help create influence Others Many leader great orator influence people Powerful Speech Public Speaking skill give u ability Persuade People Persuade People’s mind already learned one Significant aspect Leadership skill 5 Speaking Spontaneously Practising Public Speaking Skills give u confidence speak front Audience without Preparation called stage give small speech feel nervous accept opportunity without Hesitation Public Speaking skill also improve Vocabulary fluency give clear speech Develop Public Speaking Skills Reading Reading Basic step start learning Public speaking skill Reading help u improve Vocabulary Fluency Language Prepare Better Speeches adding word convey message effectively start Reading Books Newspapers learn new word make Speech clear 2 Following Favorite Speaker start Observing favourite speaker follow hisher Speaking style way convey speech idea message observing favourite speaker also feel motivated start Practicing Public speaking able Prepare Deliver good Speeches 3 Participating Public Events college student Participate various College event Elocution Debates Group Discussions hosting annual Event Working Professional join Public speaking club allows improving Public speaking skill Supportive way 4 Practising Daily learn skill Practising important step Practise speaking front mirror recording voice listening Speaking friend family member surely help develop Public speaking skill 5 Preparing Speeches Preparing speech delivering significant step Preparing Outline speech give Correct flow speech know way want convey message Prepare Head point want speak underlying several point related Preparing Outline make speech Organized make sure miss important point Conclusion Mastering skill Public speaking certainly help excel career life give edge others overcome phobia Public speaking master Communication integral part life maintain good Communication express Uphold Relationships grab good Opportunities contribute personal growthTags Public Speaking Skill Development Communication Personal Growth Career Development
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Death or Public Speaking?
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“There are only two types of speakers in the world. 1. The nervous and 2. Liars.”
-Mark Twain
Asked to rank their fears over different activities, people will almost always place the fear of public speaking above the fear of death.
Think about that.
Most people would LITERALLY prefer death over speaking in public.
Next to speaking in public, I would personally place writing for public consumption.
With thirty years of teaching, I did eventually, sort of, kind of, mostly, controlled my fear of public speaking. With difficulty. I tremble the first time in front of a class. The fear disappears quickly but it’s still there at the start. I am still reluctant to speak at full staff meetings. Faculty level is fine but then you are talking 15 at faculty and 80 at full staff meetings. I have conducted whole school assemblies plus formal assemblies such as graduation.
But the fear at the beginning is always there.
Until this year I have never written for public consumption. I am, of course, excluding Facebook and a couple of letters to the editor of the newspaper.
I am, for your information a Mathematics teacher. Numbers over words. I was never good at writing essays in high school or university.
Reading Medium inspired me to do it. In particular, one individual on Medium and for that I thank her. I have written a couple of pieces, but I have to tell you it still scares me.
The advice is always ‘just write’, ‘Write every day’, Over the long haul I will improve and that is what I believe. So have I been writing everyday? No. Still struggling with my demons. But I will persist. It will happen.
I would like to finish off by saying that the monthly subscription to Medium has been my best expenditure this year. Thank you to every contributor.
Still learning. Keep safe everyone.
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https://medium.com/@freddelpin/death-or-public-speaking-44d6ab77ffc0
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['Fred Del-Pin']
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2021-12-20 22:40:09.847000+00:00
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['Writing', 'Medium', 'Public Speaking', 'Passive Income', 'Goals']
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Title Death Public SpeakingContent “There two type speaker world 1 nervous 2 Liars” Mark Twain Asked rank fear different activity people almost always place fear public speaking fear death Think people would LITERALLY prefer death speaking public Next speaking public would personally place writing public consumption thirty year teaching eventually sort kind mostly controlled fear public speaking difficulty tremble first time front class fear disappears quickly it’s still start still reluctant speak full staff meeting Faculty level fine talking 15 faculty 80 full staff meeting conducted whole school assembly plus formal assembly graduation fear beginning always year never written public consumption course excluding Facebook couple letter editor newspaper information Mathematics teacher Numbers word never good writing essay high school university Reading Medium inspired particular one individual Medium thank written couple piece tell still scare advice always ‘just write’ ‘Write every day’ long haul improve believe writing everyday Still struggling demon persist happen would like finish saying monthly subscription Medium best expenditure year Thank every contributor Still learning Keep safe everyoneTags Writing Medium Public Speaking Passive Income Goals
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5 common factors that affect the ability to listen effectively
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Listening is a procedure that includes currently hearing what the other individual is saying and taking care of that correspondence. Listening is the means by which we get the verbal part of a person’s message.
Listening is very not quite the same as hearing since hearing is just the demonstration of perceiving sound by the ear. On the off chance that you are not hearing-disabled, hearing essentially happens. Listening, be that as it may, is something you deliberately do. Listening requires focus with the goal that your mind forms significance from words and sentences. Listening prompts learning.
I have highlighted 5 common factors that affect people’s ability to listen effectively below. This list is by no means exhaustive. I’d love to hear other factors that affect your ability to listen effectively also in the comment box below.
1. Lack of interest
Often times, we get ourselves caught in a conversation that essentially does not hold our interest. In such cases, we’ll be tempted to float off in our own contemplations or concentrate on something unique — which, shockingly, can be an obstruction to listening.
As an example, I usually lost interest when someone discuss football with me because I don’t have interest in it. I tend to inform the speaker about my lack of interest in the topic before he goes too far.
Of course, it’s not by any means a good idea to drive your consideration on a topic you find horribly boring. In the event that the discourse isn’t vital, steer the discussion to an alternate heading. In the event that it is essential, in any case, attempt to concentrate on the important focuses and note them down.
2. Noise, Awkward seating positions and temperature
Ecological factors, for example, noise, temperature and awkward seating positions can make us concentrate our attention on other factors alongside what the speaker is saying.
Attempt to control environmental factors at whatever points conceivable. Take a stab at finding a calm at another seat or move to a quiet place to proceed with the discussion. It is really hard to center concentration when we are always occupied by outside powers.
3. Distractions
The most evident and presumably the most significant barriers to listening this day and age are different distractions. Tragically, a large number of us can’t be part of a discussion without continually looking at our phone or PC. In addition to the fact that it is viewed as discourteous, yet it additionally tells the other individual that you’re exhausted and whatever is on your telephone is more critical to you than this discussion.
As you’re distracted, you’re additionally liable to miss critical points or information that you may require later on. When you’re having a discussion with somebody, it’s best to keep these distractions away and concentrate on the individual before you.
4. Personal bias
Personal bias can cloud your judgment and influence you to deliberately ignore towards significant information or great individuals. When you live and work in a multicultural domain, it’s essential to abandon every one of your biases when you’re speaking with others.
For instance, on the off chance that you accept a person as unintelligent (or even less astute than you) as a result of his educational background, you’re blinding yourself. You have to give everybody the advantage of uncertainty and listen to what they have to say.
5. Intrusion
The fact that no good thing originates from interfering with somebody while they’re talking is one of those cardinal tenets of communication we’re all taught as kids. Sadly, that lesson doesn’t tend to stick. Individuals are so anxious to be heard that occasionally they intrude on discussions to express their own supposition.
Be that as it may, in addition to the fact that it is viewed as inconsiderate, but on the other hand, it’s one of the greatest barriers to effective listening. To refrain from committing this mistake, attempt to hold up until the point when the other individual has completed the process of talking before saying your own thoughts so anyone can hear.
What other factors can affect one’s ability to listen effectively? Make sure to leave a comment underneath with your thoughts.
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https://medium.com/@fadojutimitemitayo/5-common-factors-that-affect-the-ability-to-listen-effectively-91b116ae6b26
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['Fadojutimi Temitayo']
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2018-01-10 22:24:51.201000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'Active Listening', 'English', 'Self Improvement', 'Speaking']
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Title 5 common factor affect ability listen effectivelyContent Listening procedure includes currently hearing individual saying taking care correspondence Listening mean get verbal part person’s message Listening quite hearing since hearing demonstration perceiving sound ear chance hearingdisabled hearing essentially happens Listening may something deliberately Listening requires focus goal mind form significance word sentence Listening prompt learning highlighted 5 common factor affect people’s ability listen effectively list mean exhaustive I’d love hear factor affect ability listen effectively also comment box 1 Lack interest Often time get caught conversation essentially hold interest case we’ll tempted float contemplation concentrate something unique — shockingly obstruction listening example usually lost interest someone discus football don’t interest tend inform speaker lack interest topic go far course it’s mean good idea drive consideration topic find horribly boring event discourse isn’t vital steer discussion alternate heading event essential case attempt concentrate important focus note 2 Noise Awkward seating position temperature Ecological factor example noise temperature awkward seating position make u concentrate attention factor alongside speaker saying Attempt control environmental factor whatever point conceivable Take stab finding calm another seat move quiet place proceed discussion really hard center concentration always occupied outside power 3 Distractions evident presumably significant barrier listening day age different distraction Tragically large number u can’t part discussion without continually looking phone PC addition fact viewed discourteous yet additionally tell individual you’re exhausted whatever telephone critical discussion you’re distracted you’re additionally liable miss critical point information may require later you’re discussion somebody it’s best keep distraction away concentrate individual 4 Personal bias Personal bias cloud judgment influence deliberately ignore towards significant information great individual live work multicultural domain it’s essential abandon every one bias you’re speaking others instance chance accept person unintelligent even le astute result educational background you’re blinding give everybody advantage uncertainty listen say 5 Intrusion fact good thing originates interfering somebody they’re talking one cardinal tenet communication we’re taught kid Sadly lesson doesn’t tend stick Individuals anxious heard occasionally intrude discussion express supposition may addition fact viewed inconsiderate hand it’s one greatest barrier effective listening refrain committing mistake attempt hold point individual completed process talking saying thought anyone hear factor affect one’s ability listen effectively Make sure leave comment underneath thoughtsTags Public Speaking Active Listening English Self Improvement Speaking
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5 things I tell myself before a presentation
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I faced my fears and you can too
It started aged 14, when I fudged my lines in a performance of Road Dahl’s ‘The Witches’.
The humiliation buried itself deep within my subconscious, rearing its head in my mid 20s whenever I had to speak in front of a crowd. My body went into fight or flight. Come on ‘mind’, I told myself, I’m not in danger — I’m just reading notes off a page!
Whether it’s a wedding speech, or sharing ideas at work, there’s really no avoiding presenting. It’s a big part of many roles, especially mine as a content designer.
This was a problem. I had to do something.
I found motivation from this quote from a favourite childhood book, ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’ by Michael Rosen:
“We can’t go over it. We can’t go under it. Oh no! We’ve got to go through it!”
Instead of avoiding the thing I feared, I ‘went through it’ and booked a public speaking course.
Here are 5 tips I learnt from the course, which I tell myself before presentations. They help me free up mental space so I can present to the best of my ability.
1.Reframe nervous energy as excitement
The adrenaline before I’m about to present can feel scary and debilitating. Physically, the feelings are like the butterflies and racing pulse you get when you’re excited.
But this nervous adrenaline isn’t helpful, so I reframe it. I “trick” my mind and tell myself these are feelings of excitement and that I can’t wait to share my knowledge with the audience! I add a smile too, because you smile when you’re excited, right?
It might sound silly, but give it a try — it works for me.
2. Act confident to feel more confident
Everyone wants to feel confident when they’re presenting. But even if you don’t feel it, you can still appear confident. How? Body language.
Body language is a powerful tool. A large proportion of how we communicate is with our facial expressions, tone of voice, eye contact and how we hold our body,
All it takes is a few small tweaks. Smiling, standing tall and pushing your chest out and shoulders back are easy changes to make.
So how does this help your confidence? Well… Fake it till you make it. Once you practice this body language enough, you end up actually feeling more confident. This is because what we do with our body, can change our mind. Ah, a satisfying virtuous cycle.
Appearing more confident also has other benefits for presenting. It helps the audience to relax and listen to what you’re saying.
And when you’re not thinking about seeming nervous, you have more mental space to concentrate on the content of your presentation. You might even be able to interact with the audience or throw in a joke!
3. Don’t be apologetic
“Don’t apologise with your body for taking up space”, the teacher said when I first walked on stage.
‘Apologising’ with your body is easy to do if you’re not aware of it, especially for women.
This is due to engrained societal messages that often tells women we don’t belong in certain situations, or we’re taking up too much space (see: patriarchy). This manifests as looking at the floor, not making eye contact or not waiting for applause.
And it’s the same with what you say and how you say it. Trailing off at the end of your sentences or turning away as you talk has the same ‘I’m-sorry-for- being-here’ effect.
Instead of rushing through your words, pause between sentences to let the audience take in what you’re saying. Finish your sentences with the same enthusiasm as you had at the start. And stay on stage (or screen) for the applause.
4. Assume people are interested
If you’re feeling nervous, it’s easy to fall into thinking that no one cares about what you have to say. This can come across in your tone and make the audience feel awkward.
Flip it on its head. Assume the audience is interested in what you have to say. Because why wouldn’t they be?
Now think about how you want them to feel. Entertained, at ease, curious? Keep this in mind before you present, instead of the thought that no one’s interested. This will make you feel more positive, brighten your tone and make the audience feel more comfortable.
5. Mistakes are opportunities
If you slip up, use it as a moment to connect with the audience. Maybe throw in some humour to make light of the mistake. This shows humility — we’re only human after all.
Style it out, and you’ll not only win over the audience, but will also be remembered for your joke and not your blunder!
Have you got any tips for pre-presentation nerves? I’d love to know in the comments.
Sources
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https://medium.com/@talia.levitt/5-things-i-tell-myself-before-a-presentation-a3fcf8509085
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['Talia Levitt']
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2021-11-25 10:58:04.553000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'Confidence', 'Presenting', 'Tips', 'Fear']
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Title 5 thing tell presentationContent faced fear started aged 14 fudged line performance Road Dahl’s ‘The Witches’ humiliation buried deep within subconscious rearing head mid 20 whenever speak front crowd body went fight flight Come ‘mind’ told I’m danger — I’m reading note page Whether it’s wedding speech sharing idea work there’s really avoiding presenting It’s big part many role especially mine content designer problem something found motivation quote favourite childhood book ‘We’re going bear hunt’ Michael Rosen “We can’t go can’t go Oh We’ve got go it” Instead avoiding thing feared ‘went it’ booked public speaking course 5 tip learnt course tell presentation help free mental space present best ability 1Reframe nervous energy excitement adrenaline I’m present feel scary debilitating Physically feeling like butterfly racing pulse get you’re excited nervous adrenaline isn’t helpful reframe “trick” mind tell feeling excitement can’t wait share knowledge audience add smile smile you’re excited right might sound silly give try — work 2 Act confident feel confident Everyone want feel confident they’re presenting even don’t feel still appear confident Body language Body language powerful tool large proportion communicate facial expression tone voice eye contact hold body take small tweak Smiling standing tall pushing chest shoulder back easy change make help confidence Well… Fake till make practice body language enough end actually feeling confident body change mind Ah satisfying virtuous cycle Appearing confident also benefit presenting help audience relax listen you’re saying you’re thinking seeming nervous mental space concentrate content presentation might even able interact audience throw joke 3 Don’t apologetic “Don’t apologise body taking space” teacher said first walked stage ‘Apologising’ body easy you’re aware especially woman due engrained societal message often tell woman don’t belong certain situation we’re taking much space see patriarchy manifest looking floor making eye contact waiting applause it’s say say Trailing end sentence turning away talk ‘I’msorryfor beinghere’ effect Instead rushing word pause sentence let audience take you’re saying Finish sentence enthusiasm start stay stage screen applause 4 Assume people interested you’re feeling nervous it’s easy fall thinking one care say come across tone make audience feel awkward Flip head Assume audience interested say wouldn’t think want feel Entertained ease curious Keep mind present instead thought one’s interested make feel positive brighten tone make audience feel comfortable 5 Mistakes opportunity slip use moment connect audience Maybe throw humour make light mistake show humility — we’re human Style you’ll win audience also remembered joke blunder got tip prepresentation nerve I’d love know comment SourcesTags Public Speaking Confidence Presenting Tips Fear
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8 Tips to Improve Your Public Speaking Skills
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Public speaking can be stressful for many people, but there are ways to improve your public speaking skills. Always prepare for the speech in advance so you know the material well enough to present it with confidence. A full speaking voice can make your audience sit up and take notice. It can also get them to like you, respect you, trust you, believe you, and buy from you.
But it takes more than strong vocal cords to get that kind of response; you need to speak with confidence. You need to know what you ‘re talking about. You need to maintain an even keel and project a positive, professional image to your listeners.
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Here are some tips to help you overcome fear of public speaking:
1. Get there early
If there’s anything that can ruin your self-confidence, it’s rushing late to an important meeting or event. It will probably happen at least once in your life — you show up with barely enough time to catch your breath before you’re expected to speak. So instead of letting that stress get the best of you, do what smart people do: get there early. It gives you a chance to relax and get mentally prepared for your talk.
2. Get in sync with the room
Just because you ‘re speaking doesn’t mean everyone else is going to shut up and listen to you . So make like a fighter pilot and establish “situational awareness.” That means scanning the room, looking for people who are paying attention (and thus worth talking to later), checking out who’s talking (and might need to be interrupted later) and generally getting a feel for where you fit in this particular social ecosystem.
3. Start off with an icebreaker
Dr. John F. Kennedy once said, “There are three things which are real; God, human folly, and laughter. The first two are beyond our comprehension, so we must do what we can with the third.”
You may not agree with his theological assessment (and if you don’t know what he’s talking about — see tip #2), but you ‘ve got to admit that Dr. Kennedy got people’s attention with that opening line. You can do the same with a personal or business-related anecdote, a question, or an amusing comment.
4. Build rapport
The key to getting your audience on your side is building rapport . That means finding common ground and identifying shared interests, whether they’re professional in nature (like a mutual concern for the success of your business) or more personal (the fact that you both got stuck in the rain).
5. Keep it brief
There’s no such thing as a “cure” for public speaking anxiety. In fact, about half of all people have some level of fear when they get up to speak.
The best thing you can do to combat that fear is to bring your talk to a close as soon as possible. That way, there’s no time for the negative energy (i.e. anxiety) to build up and take hold of you.
6. Know what makes people tick
It’s not about you; it’s about them. You can’t make your audience like you; you can only give them a reason to do so . Besides, the more your talk is about them and what they care about (regardless of whether it’s their problem with your product), the more engaged they’ll be and the less nervous you’ll seem.
7. Know your subject
If you’re going to speak in front of any group, no matter the size or the occasion, make sure you know enough about your topic to get by without a script. You can’t depend on it for support when you ‘re nervous and thinking on your feet is next to impossible if you don’t have a handle on what you’re talking about.
8. Have a “safety list”
It’s hard enough to be nervous in front of an audience when you’ve got nothing to say. Now try doing it when you have to recite from memory a speech that someone else wrote for you or fill in for a speaker who canceled at the last minute. The good news is that you don’t have to wing it from start to finish. You can keep a list of notes or talking points in front of you so that if you hear the audience’s attention waning, all you have to do is look down at your page and remember what comes next… instead of panicking and giving up.
Eventually, you won’t need notes at all.
A good speech is the result of a great idea and well-chosen words strung together in a coherent, memorable way . In other words, it’s more about what you say than how you say it.
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https://medium.com/@AEcommunications/8-tips-to-improve-your-public-speaking-skills-5d47a75a25e1
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['Amra']
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2021-11-26 16:00:36.885000+00:00
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['Success', 'Tips', 'Public Speaking', 'Fear Of Public Speaking']
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Title 8 Tips Improve Public Speaking SkillsContent Public speaking stressful many people way improve public speaking skill Always prepare speech advance know material well enough present confidence full speaking voice make audience sit take notice also get like respect trust believe buy take strong vocal cord get kind response need speak confidence need know ‘re talking need maintain even keel project positive professional image listener wish learn work please visit website Amra Elma provides social medium agency influencer agency follow Instagram tip help overcome fear public speaking 1 Get early there’s anything ruin selfconfidence it’s rushing late important meeting event probably happen least life — show barely enough time catch breath you’re expected speak instead letting stress get best smart people get early give chance relax get mentally prepared talk 2 Get sync room ‘re speaking doesn’t mean everyone else going shut listen make like fighter pilot establish “situational awareness” mean scanning room looking people paying attention thus worth talking later checking who’s talking might need interrupted later generally getting feel fit particular social ecosystem 3 Start icebreaker Dr John F Kennedy said “There three thing real God human folly laughter first two beyond comprehension must third” may agree theological assessment don’t know he’s talking — see tip 2 ‘ve got admit Dr Kennedy got people’s attention opening line personal businessrelated anecdote question amusing comment 4 Build rapport key getting audience side building rapport mean finding common ground identifying shared interest whether they’re professional nature like mutual concern success business personal fact got stuck rain 5 Keep brief There’s thing “cure” public speaking anxiety fact half people level fear get speak best thing combat fear bring talk close soon possible way there’s time negative energy ie anxiety build take hold 6 Know make people tick It’s it’s can’t make audience like give reason Besides talk care regardless whether it’s problem product engaged they’ll le nervous you’ll seem 7 Know subject you’re going speak front group matter size occasion make sure know enough topic get without script can’t depend support ‘re nervous thinking foot next impossible don’t handle you’re talking 8 “safety list” It’s hard enough nervous front audience you’ve got nothing say try recite memory speech someone else wrote fill speaker canceled last minute good news don’t wing start finish keep list note talking point front hear audience’s attention waning look page remember come next… instead panicking giving Eventually won’t need note good speech result great idea wellchosen word strung together coherent memorable way word it’s say say liked reading article don’t forget check website AE provides digital pr agency NYCTags Success Tips Public Speaking Fear Public Speaking
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Social Anxiety Can Get You an A+
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I wanted to be a history teacher when I graduated high school. Given the option I would have gone to university to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in History and then a Bachelor of Education.
I know I would have been content teaching history — I read a lot of books and they are mostly non-fiction, history. For example biographies on Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin. Any fiction I read is usually history based, for example All Quiet on the Western Front or Tobacco Road.
And I like telling stories and sharing facts from what I have read, although just like high school, not everyone wants to hear them.
But the option to become a history teacher did not exist for me, at least not in my way of thinking. You see, I had a severe phobia of public speaking in high school, to the degree I would have panic attacks if I was expected to speak in class. It was weird because I was ok being a class clown, but once I had to prepare to speak in front of the class for a school requirement I was a mess. Even weirder is that I could perform in school theatre productions and not be anxious. I rationalized I was reciting a script and not using my own words so I could not be criticized for what I was saying. And because my memory never let me down in high school, it was not that difficult.
Even going to university was almost beyond my capabilities. It was not because I could not succeed academically — I was always a good student, with high marks and awards for biology and chemistry (I wanted the one for history). It was because I was very unsure of what I was doing. No one in my family had ever gone to university before, so I had no role model, no one to ask for advice. I come from a hard-working family of railroaders, four generations. I worked there myself during four summers — that is what paid for my post-secondary education. (Pro tip — do not work where your father is your boss).
But if I was going to university, what was I going to study? Bigger question — what was I going to study that did not involve public speaking? I was good at math and it was 1979 so I thought why not study the new field of computer science? It would be me and a machine, no need to public speak if you are a computer programmer. Or so I thought.
Funny thing about university — they want you to be well-rounded, so they make you study and do things that you would prefer were not part of your degree requirements. Like a second language. Ouch. I chose Spanish because a friend of mine told me you pronounce every letter, no silent “H” like French.
And public speaking — they want you to do some of that too. Yikes. Most of my classes did not require presentations. A lot of them did require you to answer questions tossed at you by the profs. I was managing those ok, as long as the prof wasn’t some sort of sadist (hello Dr. Ffrench in Economics 101).
The first hard wall I ran into was a class on Systems Analysis and Design. The prof had a PhD in psychology — he could really mess with your mind when he was in the mood. I was intimidated by him. Usually a prof would tell you the course requirements at the beginning of the semester, including if a presentation was required. This mind twister decided six weeks into the semester each student would need to do a presentation. So I did what any unreasonable phobic of public speaking would do — I went straight to the register’s office and dropped the course. It was not a required course for my degree. Whew! However I was carrying a 96% average in the course and I dropped it like it was radioactive. I felt so relieved — like I dodged a bullet, or a cancer diagnosis, relieved.
It left a scar though. It was past the deadline for making course adjustments, so on my transcript of marks, beside Systems Analysis and Design, instead of a grade there is a “W” for Withdrew. A scarlet “W” — a mark of shame that cannot be erased. Stupid anxiety.
There was another course that same year that was also turning into a wall — Operating Systems. Dr. Jim Bradford was a good prof, except for one annoying habit — posing a question at the end of each class and then calling on a student to answer it at the following class. I could handle pop questions, because my anxious mind did not have time to turn it into a monstrous threat. Because Dr. Bradford told us the question ahead of time, he was not ok with guesses or a lack of preparation, and he skewered those who were not prepared.
Operating Systems was a required course for my degree. Dropping the course meant dropping from my degree program. Much higher stakes than dropping out of a non-required course like Systems Analysis and Design. Funny thing about anxiety, you can be in a panic about something, but if another threat, real or imagined, comes along that trumps that first threat, then you can move past the first threat.
For example, you could have a severe fear of heights (I don’t) and going on ladders, but if the building is on fire, the fear of dying in the fire will trump your fear of falling off the ladder. You will get on that ladder, whether you are on fire or not.
I was not about to give up on my degree program, at least not without a fight. I mean we all knew the question ahead of time, and the answers were in the text book. And it was Operating Systems, so there was only one right answer — you just had to find it, often just a definition, and memorize it. I had a very good memory, so what could go wrong? Well, the anxious mind can make up many things that can go wrong — it does it very well, just like evolution intended. It becomes a mental disorder when the brain cannot distinguish between rational and irrational thoughts.
Job #1 was to write down the question as Dr. Bradford wrote it on the blackboard (it was 1981), find the answer in the text book, and then memorize it. I did this class after class, sitting there in a near panic waiting for a name to be called, but my name was never called. Not yet. Then I got sick with the flu and missed a week of classes. I was desperate to get the questions from the classes I missed. As I asked a classmate for the questions, and he said Dr. Bradford had called my name when I was absent. Say what? Would he now skip over my name or would I become the next target. I could not chance it, so I studied even harder to make sure I was prepared. At the next class, I was so close to running out of the room with panic, but I held my ground. And then Dr. Bradford called a name — it was not mine. In a twisted way I was disappointed, in the same way a vasectomy is postponed (years later I postponed mine 5 times), in that you just want it to be over.
So the next question went up on the board. It was late in the semester and I knew Dr. Bradford could not call on everyone before the end of the term as their were too many students. Maybe I would dodge this bullet. Maybe I could get the flu again — I could hope.
Next class, and Dr. Bradford calls a name. Bill Bishop. Something happens when you have a phobia of public speaking and then it is now your turn to public speak. The anxiety often changes. Sometimes it becomes more intense. Sometimes it begins to lessen. For most, it can be one or the other, often depending on how prepared you are to speak. I was prepared, so it became somewhat less. I was still nervous, but not as anxious.
This is the paradox of the fear of public speaking. You can be so intensely scared as you anticipate all of the bad things that could happen — called awfulization — that when you actually start to public speak, the fear melts away, as your brain is now getting feedback that things are not as awful as you imagined. Eventually this feedback helps sort our rational thoughts from our irrational thoughts. And once the irrational thoughts are parsed out, the fear of public speaking is no longer at the level of a disorder. You will probably still be nervous, but not panic stricken.
After calling out my name, and seeing that I was there, Dr. Bradford laid on some sarcasm about me being absent the first time. The laughter from the class actually relaxed me some more.
And then the question: Define interleaved memory? And so I went to my own memory banks, retrieved the answer, and recited the definition exactly as it was written in the text book. I guess you could say it was a text book answer (pun intended).
Dr. Bradford smiled and said it was the best answer he had heard all semester, and it was well worth waiting for. How could it not? I literally recited it word for word from the text book he assigned. Did I know how it was used or why it was used? That was not the point. He asked for the definition and I gave it to him. That is how school used to work — what was called rote learning. I was good at it because of my ability to memorize. How else could I get an “A” in calculus and still not know how to use it in the real word?
The semester was ending and it was time for final exams. I never really had test anxiety. I saved all of my anxious energy for public speaking. My memory always served me well when taking exams. Often the answers I wrote were exactly what I read or what the teacher/professor said in class. My mark often depended on how well I prepared and how interested I was in the subject. Dr. Bradford’s insistence that we study one question from one chapter each class, and that someone would have to deliver the answer orally in class, fed directly into my fear of public speaking. I prepared, obsessively, to answer all the questions until my name was called. My name was called late in the semester, which meant I studied like a lunatic on speed right up until the final exam.
And the result — I scored 98% on the exam and received an A+ in the course, Operating Systems.
Why? Because Dr. Bradford motivated the hell out of me by asking the class to be prepared to answer questions, out loud, in the classroom, with all of my fellow students listening and judging. A Public Speaking phobic’s nightmare.
I know that if Dr. Bradford had not fed my anxiety, I would not have received an A+. I was not that motivated, and I would have been happy with an A-, which was my average throughout four years of university.
Operating Systems was the only class where the prof used this technique. I was amazed at the students in the class who did not prepare or did not seem to care if Dr. Bradford skewered them in from of the class. I am pretty sure they did not get an A+.
The A+ was not my goal — my goal was to survive answering a question in front of the class. I did that, and the A+ was the payoff. It was the only A+ I earned during university.
The other payoff was I completed my degree requirements, including Operating Systems, in the minimum four years, and graduated with a Bachelor of Computer Science in 1983. There were many more intense battles with my fear of public speaking during those four years-including dropping another class. I have been delivering software ever since.
And that teaching thing I wanted to do so badly? It eventually happened. I spent ten years getting paid to teach evening classes. The subject? Public Speaking. Life is full of irony.
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https://medium.com/@wbishop60/social-anxiety-can-get-you-an-a-1d9550953d7f
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['Bill Bishop']
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2021-12-12 13:38:40.461000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'University', 'Social Anxiety Disorder', 'Computer Science', 'Anxiety']
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Title Social Anxiety Get AContent wanted history teacher graduated high school Given option would gone university graduate Bachelor Arts History Bachelor Education know would content teaching history — read lot book mostly nonfiction history example biography Albert Einstein Benjamin Franklin fiction read usually history based example Quiet Western Front Tobacco Road like telling story sharing fact read although like high school everyone want hear option become history teacher exist least way thinking see severe phobia public speaking high school degree would panic attack expected speak class weird ok class clown prepare speak front class school requirement mess Even weirder could perform school theatre production anxious rationalized reciting script using word could criticized saying memory never let high school difficult Even going university almost beyond capability could succeed academically — always good student high mark award biology chemistry wanted one history unsure one family ever gone university role model one ask advice come hardworking family railroader four generation worked four summer — paid postsecondary education Pro tip — work father bos going university going study Bigger question — going study involve public speaking good math 1979 thought study new field computer science would machine need public speak computer programmer thought Funny thing university — want wellrounded make study thing would prefer part degree requirement Like second language Ouch chose Spanish friend mine told pronounce every letter silent “H” like French public speaking — want Yikes class require presentation lot require answer question tossed prof managing ok long prof wasn’t sort sadist hello Dr Ffrench Economics 101 first hard wall ran class Systems Analysis Design prof PhD psychology — could really mess mind mood intimidated Usually prof would tell course requirement beginning semester including presentation required mind twister decided six week semester student would need presentation unreasonable phobic public speaking would — went straight register’s office dropped course required course degree Whew However carrying 96 average course dropped like radioactive felt relieved — like dodged bullet cancer diagnosis relieved left scar though past deadline making course adjustment transcript mark beside Systems Analysis Design instead grade “W” Withdrew scarlet “W” — mark shame cannot erased Stupid anxiety another course year also turning wall — Operating Systems Dr Jim Bradford good prof except one annoying habit — posing question end class calling student answer following class could handle pop question anxious mind time turn monstrous threat Dr Bradford told u question ahead time ok guess lack preparation skewered prepared Operating Systems required course degree Dropping course meant dropping degree program Much higher stake dropping nonrequired course like Systems Analysis Design Funny thing anxiety panic something another threat real imagined come along trump first threat move past first threat example could severe fear height don’t going ladder building fire fear dying fire trump fear falling ladder get ladder whether fire give degree program least without fight mean knew question ahead time answer text book Operating Systems one right answer — find often definition memorize good memory could go wrong Well anxious mind make many thing go wrong — well like evolution intended becomes mental disorder brain cannot distinguish rational irrational thought Job 1 write question Dr Bradford wrote blackboard 1981 find answer text book memorize class class sitting near panic waiting name called name never called yet got sick flu missed week class desperate get question class missed asked classmate question said Dr Bradford called name absent Say Would skip name would become next target could chance studied even harder make sure prepared next class close running room panic held ground Dr Bradford called name — mine twisted way disappointed way vasectomy postponed year later postponed mine 5 time want next question went board late semester knew Dr Bradford could call everyone end term many student Maybe would dodge bullet Maybe could get flu — could hope Next class Dr Bradford call name Bill Bishop Something happens phobia public speaking turn public speak anxiety often change Sometimes becomes intense Sometimes begin lessen one often depending prepared speak prepared became somewhat le still nervous anxious paradox fear public speaking intensely scared anticipate bad thing could happen — called awfulization — actually start public speak fear melt away brain getting feedback thing awful imagined Eventually feedback help sort rational thought irrational thought irrational thought parsed fear public speaking longer level disorder probably still nervous panic stricken calling name seeing Dr Bradford laid sarcasm absent first time laughter class actually relaxed question Define interleaved memory went memory bank retrieved answer recited definition exactly written text book guess could say text book answer pun intended Dr Bradford smiled said best answer heard semester well worth waiting could literally recited word word text book assigned know used used point asked definition gave school used work — called rote learning good ability memorize else could get “A” calculus still know use real word semester ending time final exam never really test anxiety saved anxious energy public speaking memory always served well taking exam Often answer wrote exactly read teacherprofessor said class mark often depended well prepared interested subject Dr Bradford’s insistence study one question one chapter class someone would deliver answer orally class fed directly fear public speaking prepared obsessively answer question name called name called late semester meant studied like lunatic speed right final exam result — scored 98 exam received course Operating Systems Dr Bradford motivated hell asking class prepared answer question loud classroom fellow student listening judging Public Speaking phobic’s nightmare know Dr Bradford fed anxiety would received motivated would happy average throughout four year university Operating Systems class prof used technique amazed student class prepare seem care Dr Bradford skewered class pretty sure get goal — goal survive answering question front class payoff earned university payoff completed degree requirement including Operating Systems minimum four year graduated Bachelor Computer Science 1983 many intense battle fear public speaking four yearsincluding dropping another class delivering software ever since teaching thing wanted badly eventually happened spent ten year getting paid teach evening class subject Public Speaking Life full ironyTags Public Speaking University Social Anxiety Disorder Computer Science Anxiety
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Finding the right place to warm up
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A lot of you might live in apartments with thin walls and feel embarrassed about singing and especially practicing those vocal exercises comfortably where others can here you. I know many of you resort to practicing in the car.
Some of you, are regular travelers and need to find a place whilst on the road, where you can still exercise the voice without feeling inhibited…staying in hotels.
When on stage for a performance, this is the part of us that we are happy to show to the world. The finished product. But the preparation to get us ready to be there, where we might make mistakes, we are experimenting, learning, warming up, trying new material…that is commonly the side of singing and public speaking which is not a public affair. We need to find a place where we are comfortable to perform these tasks.
As a singer and speaker, and particularly, someone who is establishing new techniques, it is important to exercise the voice on a daily basis. Your voice coach will hopefully have given you exercises to improve your breathing, strengthen your vocal cords, improve your range, pitch and vocal stamina.
So can you get over the phobia of practising when other people might hear you?
Firstly, I say…don’t be shy to be warming up your voice. It’s part of the preparation and it’s what will make you sound awesome on stage, and in everyday life as well as a speaker. If your a singer or a public speaker and your your good enough to have a gig, anyone hearing your warmups will not be thinking…oMg what an awful singer next door. Quite the opposite. Be bold and do what you have to do. Invite your neighbours to your gigs, rehearsals or to hear your run through your presentation or keynote.
Same when you are in a hotel. Who cares…you will most likely not have to see these guests again.
As for practicing in your car. It’s not a bad idea. Posture is not the best. But if you feel you have more privacy here and will be more effective then, it’s better than nothing at all. I do however recommend that you pull over and practice for the 10–20mins on the side of the road. Singing and vocalisation exercises can take quite a lot of concentration and some people even find the breathing can make them feel dizzy, so driving at the same time is not recommended.
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https://medium.com/@lisa-hugo/finding-the-right-place-to-warm-up-8080e6a88372
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['Lisa Hugo']
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2021-11-20 16:55:25.638000+00:00
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['Public Speaking']
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Title Finding right place warm upContent lot might live apartment thin wall feel embarrassed singing especially practicing vocal exercise comfortably others know many resort practicing car regular traveler need find place whilst road still exercise voice without feeling inhibited…staying hotel stage performance part u happy show world finished product preparation get u ready might make mistake experimenting learning warming trying new material…that commonly side singing public speaking public affair need find place comfortable perform task singer speaker particularly someone establishing new technique important exercise voice daily basis voice coach hopefully given exercise improve breathing strengthen vocal cord improve range pitch vocal stamen get phobia practising people might hear Firstly say…don’t shy warming voice It’s part preparation it’s make sound awesome stage everyday life well speaker singer public speaker good enough gig anyone hearing warmups thinking…oMg awful singer next door Quite opposite bold Invite neighbour gig rehearsal hear run presentation keynote hotel cares…you likely see guest practicing car It’s bad idea Posture best feel privacy effective it’s better nothing however recommend pull practice 10–20mins side road Singing vocalisation exercise take quite lot concentration people even find breathing make feel dizzy driving time recommendedTags Public Speaking
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Guide to Becoming a Successful Toastmasters Evaluator & Lessons for Life
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Toastmasters program offers a valuable skill set which consists of public speaking, communication as well as leadership skills that help an individual improve himself/herself, and move up in the career ladder. Out of the set of skills that the Toastmasters program offers, my personal favourite is providing evaluations. A speech evaluator has to listen as well as observe a speech delivered by a fellow Toastmaster and provide an evaluation that spans for 2–3 mins.
It is important that a speech evaluator has some prior experience of delivering speeches in front of an audience. This experience would be helpful for the evaluator to put himself/herself in the shoes of the speaker and provide a successful evaluation. It is also important for the evaluator to have an understanding on how to provide a successful evaluation. I believe that this blog would have important tips which would be of assistance for novice evaluators.
In a Toastmasters Pathways project, the evaluator would receive the evaluation sheet before the meeting commences. Before arriving at the meeting, the evaluator should go through the evaluation form, especially the “Purpose Statements” and “Notes for the Evaluator” sections. This would help the evaluator prepare on what to expect from the speaker.
A sample TM speech evaluation sheet
A successful Toastmasters evaluation should follow the Hamburger method. Just as a hamburger has bread, meat and bread, a successful Toastmaster speech evaluation should start with positive feedback, followed by points of improvement and end by restating positive aspects of the speech. It is very important to note that criticism delivered in the meat section of a speech evaluation should only be constructive criticism. At this point, I would also like to highlight that a Toastmasters speech evaluation should strictly evaluate only the speech and not the speaker.
Hamburger method of TM speech evaluations
At this point, I would like to provide you with a worksheet that I use when providing evaluations. I came up with this evaluation sheet by myself, and iteratively refined it until I felt that this could be used as a general template by any Toastmasters speech evaluator. The evaluator is supposed to listen/observe the speaker while he/she delivers the speech and quickly take down notes in this evaluation sheet. The section “You excelled at” corresponds to bread, and the evaluator can mention 2 or 3 positive feedback points on the speech under that section. For example, suppose the speech had an “Attention grabbing opening”. Then, mention that under “Point” and provide an example that captured your attention.
My TM speech evaluation worksheet
The section “You need to work on” and “To challenge yourself” are the meat. In these meat sections, the evaluator should constructively criticize only the aspects of the speech that he/she observed. Always try to provide examples from the speaker’s speech to point out places which could be improved and try to explain how such places could be improved by providing examples. For example, suppose the evaluator thought that the speaker could have used the stage more during the speech. Then he/she has to mention that under “Point” in the “You need to work on” section together with an example of what was observed and a suggestion on how the speaker could improve on that aspect. The evaluator could suggest the speaker deliver the 3 stories which depict 3 stages of life from 3 lateral positions in the stage.
It is also important to identify the difference between the 2 sections; “You need to work on” and “To challenge yourself”. While the evaluator should identify mistakes or points of improvement in the “You need to work on” section, in the “To challenge yourself” section the speaker should be provided with a few suggestions that should be incorporated in future speeches. 3 points covering both sections would suffice considering time limitations.
Last strong statement corresponds to bread and there the evaluator should restate a few strong positive aspects of the speech that highlight the strengths of the speaker, which at the same time would encourage the speaker to continue his/her Toastmasters journey.
The footnote, “Consider the following aspects in your evaluation” contain aspects Toastmasters are expected to follow when delivering speeches. “Special competencies specific for the project” are aspects specific to each pathway project. For example, in the “Researching and Presenting” project, “Well Researched” is a project specific competency, while, in the “Introduction to Toastmasters Mentoring” project, “Shares personal experience as a protégé” is a project specific competency.
The techniques that you learn and practice during Toastmasters evaluations would surely come in handy during real life as well. For instance when providing appraisals for colleagues at office, one could provide effective feedback by following the evaluation procedures followed in Toastmasters. Researchers and academics could also improve the quality of reviews that they provide for research papers by following the techniques learnt during Toastmasters evaluations.
I hope that novice Toastmasters evaluators would find my blog useful when starting their Toastmasters journey. I have included a downloadable version of the TM evaluation worksheet at the end of the blog too… Happy evaluating !!!
Link to the downloadable version of TM evaluation worksheet : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u9XryNxxy_uxVMgUpVFveXOthnfjsYqa/view?usp=sharing
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https://medium.com/@duneesha18/guide-to-becoming-a-successful-toastmasters-evaluator-lessons-for-life-d6ddf3e589b6
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['Duneesha Fernando']
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2021-12-30 03:08:49.306000+00:00
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['Evaluation', 'Public Speaking', 'Toastmasters', 'Constructive Criticism', 'Personal Growth']
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Title Guide Becoming Successful Toastmasters Evaluator Lessons LifeContent Toastmasters program offer valuable skill set consists public speaking communication well leadership skill help individual improve himselfherself move career ladder set skill Toastmasters program offer personal favourite providing evaluation speech evaluator listen well observe speech delivered fellow Toastmaster provide evaluation span 2–3 min important speech evaluator prior experience delivering speech front audience experience would helpful evaluator put himselfherself shoe speaker provide successful evaluation also important evaluator understanding provide successful evaluation believe blog would important tip would assistance novice evaluator Toastmasters Pathways project evaluator would receive evaluation sheet meeting commences arriving meeting evaluator go evaluation form especially “Purpose Statements” “Notes Evaluator” section would help evaluator prepare expect speaker sample TM speech evaluation sheet successful Toastmasters evaluation follow Hamburger method hamburger bread meat bread successful Toastmaster speech evaluation start positive feedback followed point improvement end restating positive aspect speech important note criticism delivered meat section speech evaluation constructive criticism point would also like highlight Toastmasters speech evaluation strictly evaluate speech speaker Hamburger method TM speech evaluation point would like provide worksheet use providing evaluation came evaluation sheet iteratively refined felt could used general template Toastmasters speech evaluator evaluator supposed listenobserve speaker heshe delivers speech quickly take note evaluation sheet section “You excelled at” corresponds bread evaluator mention 2 3 positive feedback point speech section example suppose speech “Attention grabbing opening” mention “Point” provide example captured attention TM speech evaluation worksheet section “You need work on” “To challenge yourself” meat meat section evaluator constructively criticize aspect speech heshe observed Always try provide example speaker’s speech point place could improved try explain place could improved providing example example suppose evaluator thought speaker could used stage speech heshe mention “Point” “You need work on” section together example observed suggestion speaker could improve aspect evaluator could suggest speaker deliver 3 story depict 3 stage life 3 lateral position stage also important identify difference 2 section “You need work on” “To challenge yourself” evaluator identify mistake point improvement “You need work on” section “To challenge yourself” section speaker provided suggestion incorporated future speech 3 point covering section would suffice considering time limitation Last strong statement corresponds bread evaluator restate strong positive aspect speech highlight strength speaker time would encourage speaker continue hisher Toastmasters journey footnote “Consider following aspect evaluation” contain aspect Toastmasters expected follow delivering speech “Special competency specific project” aspect specific pathway project example “Researching Presenting” project “Well Researched” project specific competency “Introduction Toastmasters Mentoring” project “Shares personal experience protégé” project specific competency technique learn practice Toastmasters evaluation would surely come handy real life well instance providing appraisal colleague office one could provide effective feedback following evaluation procedure followed Toastmasters Researchers academic could also improve quality review provide research paper following technique learnt Toastmasters evaluation hope novice Toastmasters evaluator would find blog useful starting Toastmasters journey included downloadable version TM evaluation worksheet end blog too… Happy evaluating Link downloadable version TM evaluation worksheet httpsdrivegooglecomfiled1u9XryNxxyuxVMgUpVFveXOthnfjsYqaviewuspsharingTags Evaluation Public Speaking Toastmasters Constructive Criticism Personal Growth
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Life Changing Experience at NYC Public School
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So I had a pretty wild life experience last week. After reaching out to a bunch of NYC schools in hopes of performing a guest reading of The Nestomir — a few schools responded enthusiastically to me! And last Tuesday I had the opportunity to perform a guest reading for The Urban Assembly Gateway School for Technology, a public high school in Manhattan, NY.
When the day came, I had no idea what I was going to say or do…what on Earth do you say to a group of skeptical, hard-to-impress teenagers? I decided it was not something I couldn’t easily plan for (I did have a few notes scribbled on a post-it taped to the front of my copy of the story), but I knew I would have to adapt to the situation in real time. And I was right.
(Presenting to the tenth graders of The Urban Assembly Gateway School for Technology)
When I showed up to the school’s main entrance, the security guard walked me up to the English classroom where I was scheduled to present. The teacher immediately greeted me…and to sum up what she told me: Good luck! These kids are a fidgety bunch, you’re going to have work really hard to get them to pay attention!
Great. Then the bell rang. The kids began to pour inside the room. What was quite comical: the kids could tell something was different about their class today…leading them to believe they had a pop quiz. To their relief, it was only a guest speaker.
The teacher gave me a brief intro, then I made my walk up to the front of the classroom. My only objective: do not let them fall asleep, no matter the cost.
What I Did:
I quickly intro’d myself, then I immediately asked the class if they wanted to perform a freestyle rap battle contest. This caught them off guard and perked their attention up…a few kids even selected classmates to compete…but I told them I would save this activity for next time I visit.
Next, I decided to put the book down. My gut told me to speak about my adventures learning to code. I spoke about learning key software engineering lessons from my first business partner. I got some engagement…but not enough.
The tide turned when I began to speak about my greatest life challenges, including when it came to performing in school. My greatest academic challenge came during my first semester of engineering school. I came into college with a high school work ethic, and that was a fail. I was used to doing everything last minute; I had no understanding of discipline or work ethic. That first college semester I had a big scare…but it ultimately led me to going from one of the world’s biggest procrastinators to someone who is obsessed with organization and being extremely disciplined when attacking new work and projects. The kids really took to this speaking segment…I got a lot of questions and heads perked up. And as a result, more kids paid attention to the short reading I performed.
I didn’t want to write too long of a post. But what I learned most: people, no matter if they are kids or adults, like to hear about struggle. It wasn’t until I spoke about the serious battles I faced in my life that I became credible and the kids paid me real attention. I hope to use these experiences talking to students to become a better mentor, educator, and author in the future.
ps: I will be presenting to a bunch of other NYC/Long Island public schools in January/February 2022! Stay tuned.
Have a great week!
Steven Reubenstone
Author, The Nestomir
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https://medium.com/piloting-a-new-society/life-changing-experience-at-nyc-public-school-900277cb2e6c
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['Steven Reubenstone']
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2022-01-12 15:02:26.499000+00:00
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['NYC', 'Python Programming', 'Public Speaking', 'Education', 'Science Fiction']
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Title Life Changing Experience NYC Public SchoolContent pretty wild life experience last week reaching bunch NYC school hope performing guest reading Nestomir — school responded enthusiastically last Tuesday opportunity perform guest reading Urban Assembly Gateway School Technology public high school Manhattan NY day came idea going say do…what Earth say group skeptical hardtoimpress teenager decided something couldn’t easily plan note scribbled postit taped front copy story knew would adapt situation real time right Presenting tenth grader Urban Assembly Gateway School Technology showed school’s main entrance security guard walked English classroom scheduled present teacher immediately greeted me…and sum told Good luck kid fidgety bunch you’re going work really hard get pay attention Great bell rang kid began pour inside room quite comical kid could tell something different class today…leading believe pop quiz relief guest speaker teacher gave brief intro made walk front classroom objective let fall asleep matter cost quickly intro’d immediately asked class wanted perform freestyle rap battle contest caught guard perked attention up…a kid even selected classmate compete…but told would save activity next time visit Next decided put book gut told speak adventure learning code spoke learning key software engineering lesson first business partner got engagement…but enough tide turned began speak greatest life challenge including came performing school greatest academic challenge came first semester engineering school came college high school work ethic fail used everything last minute understanding discipline work ethic first college semester big scare…but ultimately led going one world’s biggest procrastinator someone obsessed organization extremely disciplined attacking new work project kid really took speaking segment…I got lot question head perked result kid paid attention short reading performed didn’t want write long post learned people matter kid adult like hear struggle wasn’t spoke serious battle faced life became credible kid paid real attention hope use experience talking student become better mentor educator author future p presenting bunch NYCLong Island public school JanuaryFebruary 2022 Stay tuned great week Steven Reubenstone Author Nestomir Know parent educator might interested Nestomir newsletter Get sign hereTags NYC Python Programming Public Speaking Education Science Fiction
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What Jobs Are Good for Proficient Public Speakers?
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Public speaking remains a valuable skill at the workplace, and some jobs require a strong focus on this due to their nature.
If you are a proficient public speaker, you may want to consider a job where you can utilize that skill. It will give you an advantage when applying for plenty of job opportunities in various fields.
Actor
An actor has to memorize scripts and communicate their character. Their work entails telling a story to an audience.
Being an actor requires you to be a good virtual speaker, to hold the attention of your audience, and to ensure that your presentation is engaging.
Audience feedback will help you become a better actor and speaker. Public speaking skills will enable you to connect with your audience, and getting a feel for the energy flow during acting is an added advantage for any public speaker.
Teacher
As a teacher, you must have good public speaking skills because students should be not just passive listeners but active participants. You need to articulate well and pace lessons depending on the students’ abilities, and keep content and vocabulary age-appropriate. Public speaking skills are avenues to put across ideas and facts in interesting and creative ways in teaching.
Broadcaster
Part of your role as a broadcaster is to interview people in the studio or another location. You need to have public speaking skills to interview experts or eyewitnesses while covering a story.
Politician
A politician connects with the crowd when delivering campaign speeches and addressing legislation. Public speaking is one of the most important skills in this role. A single speech can make or break a career in politics.
Persuasive phrases can be important for bringing about the necessary change in your area of jurisdiction. Public speaking is crucial because it can help you to spread messages and learn more about voters’ opinions. As a politician, if you are not a good public speaker, many people will be less likely to vote for you.
Public speaking skills may let you be passionate about policies and beliefs and achieve goals and objectives. They are also avenues to research issues and talk about them in an informed manner and with conviction.
Motivational speaker
A motivational speaker uses their charisma, energy, and voice to inspire people to improve their lives. They touch on issues such as finding love, meeting personal development goals, transforming their outlook, and so on.
In your role as a motivational speaker, you influence your audience by speaking to them directly.
Good public speaking skills include producing great content, planning your speech, and engaging your audience.
Religious leader
As a religious leader, a major role is to inspire people through the spoken word. During a religious service, you will give speeches, read religious texts, and impart inspirational ideas. Clearly, this requires you to have excellent public speaking skills.
Professor
As a professor, you will be required to share your knowledge with your audience, which requires public speaking skills as well as subject matter knowledge.
Tour guide
Tour guides need to demonstrate confidence and knowledgeability while addressing an audience.
To be a successful tour guide, you need to understand and keep the attention of an audience who can easily get distracted. You also need to be able to control a group of people.
Company spokesperson
The role of a company spokesperson is to create and maintain the good public image of an organization or a business. A spokesperson communicates with the public and advises their company about public relations.
Key duties include conducting interviews, writing press releases, and advising on marketing and advertising.
This role requires you to spend lots of time in front of reporters and cameras, so good public speaking skills are a must-have.
Conclusion
The goal of public speaking is to communicate facts, ideas, and information clearly and authentically. The above jobs require you to have public speaking skills to influence your listeners. As you can see, on top of the prospect of being a solopreneur public speaker, there is a wide choice of traditional employment careers available to you. Good luck to you in the career you choose.
About the author:
Thomas Jackson is a professional freelance academic writer providing help writing college papers to students from various fields. He has gained a lot of writing experience from best essay writing services and the current essay writer service that he works for is top-rated. He’s also an active member of writing clubs in NYC and is also fond of songwriting. He gets his inspiration to write from his friends and famous artists of the past.
This was originally posted on SpeakerHub Skillcamp.
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https://medium.com/@speakerhubhq/what-jobs-are-good-for-proficient-public-speakers-6dda84157d5a
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[]
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2021-11-18 23:52:37.139000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'Public Speaker', 'Career Advice', 'Speakerhub', 'Careers']
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Title Jobs Good Proficient Public SpeakersContent Public speaking remains valuable skill workplace job require strong focus due nature proficient public speaker may want consider job utilize skill give advantage applying plenty job opportunity various field Actor actor memorize script communicate character work entail telling story audience actor requires good virtual speaker hold attention audience ensure presentation engaging Audience feedback help become better actor speaker Public speaking skill enable connect audience getting feel energy flow acting added advantage public speaker Teacher teacher must good public speaking skill student passive listener active participant need articulate well pace lesson depending students’ ability keep content vocabulary ageappropriate Public speaking skill avenue put across idea fact interesting creative way teaching Broadcaster Part role broadcaster interview people studio another location need public speaking skill interview expert eyewitness covering story Politician politician connects crowd delivering campaign speech addressing legislation Public speaking one important skill role single speech make break career politics Persuasive phrase important bringing necessary change area jurisdiction Public speaking crucial help spread message learn voters’ opinion politician good public speaker many people le likely vote Public speaking skill may let passionate policy belief achieve goal objective also avenue research issue talk informed manner conviction Motivational speaker motivational speaker us charisma energy voice inspire people improve life touch issue finding love meeting personal development goal transforming outlook role motivational speaker influence audience speaking directly Good public speaking skill include producing great content planning speech engaging audience Religious leader religious leader major role inspire people spoken word religious service give speech read religious text impart inspirational idea Clearly requires excellent public speaking skill Professor professor required share knowledge audience requires public speaking skill well subject matter knowledge Tour guide Tour guide need demonstrate confidence knowledgeability addressing audience successful tour guide need understand keep attention audience easily get distracted also need able control group people Company spokesperson role company spokesperson create maintain good public image organization business spokesperson communicates public advises company public relation Key duty include conducting interview writing press release advising marketing advertising role requires spend lot time front reporter camera good public speaking skill musthave Conclusion goal public speaking communicate fact idea information clearly authentically job require public speaking skill influence listener see top prospect solopreneur public speaker wide choice traditional employment career available Good luck career choose author Thomas Jackson professional freelance academic writer providing help writing college paper student various field gained lot writing experience best essay writing service current essay writer service work toprated He’s also active member writing club NYC also fond songwriting get inspiration write friend famous artist past originally posted SpeakerHub SkillcampTags Public Speaking Public Speaker Career Advice Speakerhub Careers
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Grandma
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I wrote and prepared this speech in the end of 2020. Now, I am posting this in 2021 at the end of the year again. Before getting into the new year, I would like to invite you to share a moment with me to remember the people who forever left us. Several co-workers and friends lost their close family members this year due to COVID. They weren’t able to physically gather together and morn their loss.
I lost my grandma in 2019, 3 months before the COVID outbreak in Asia. I was lucky to see her the last time when she was alive. But like many people this year, I also couldn’t physically be at the funeral and deliver my eulogy because I used up my PTO and had to fly back. Comparing to those who have lost their loved ones this year, I was lucky.
“Ai rin jin ho ho a ta tse.” is the most frequent sentence my grandma told me. The sentence means “Study hard.” in Taiwanese. My grandma didn’t go to middle school. With an elementary school degree, she could understand Mandarin, Taiwanese, Hakka, and Japanese. She could do mental math fast. She opened her tailor store. She was also the best tailor in the town. She designed all my mom’s clothes when my mom was a kid.
We have a saying in Mandarin “有種餓叫阿嬤覺得你餓“which means there’s a kind of hunger called “your grandma feels you are hungry.” My grandma was no different from other grandmas. She always felt everyone was hungry and she needed to feed people. And she could make anything into dishes, including something that you probably won’t think edible like frogs, rabbits, or loach. She could cook them well.
She was smart and gifted. She was also a tough woman.
She could use her teeth to open a beer bottle. And I have never seen her cry for physical pains even if she got burnt, cut, or even at the end, the pain from cancer broke her down, I still did not see a teardrop.
But she cried for her loved ones. When she knew her time was coming, and when she saw all of us surrounding her bed and crying, she cried. She did not want to leave us. She loved her kids and grandkids so much that she refused to spend more money on her treatment to save one more penny for her kids to inherit. She never felt what she gave to her kids was enough.
From my grandma, I see how strong a woman can be and how soft a woman can be.
Two years passed, I sometimes still dreamed about her. I miss her. In our belief, reincarnation is always part of it. Therefore, I believe this is not the end between my grandma and me, and I hope one day, grandma and I can be family again.
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https://medium.com/@amychen_59433/grandma-d13c82ad9045
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['Amy Chen']
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2021-12-31 01:52:50.756000+00:00
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['Memoir', 'Public Speaking', 'Family', 'Memories', 'Toastmasters']
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Title GrandmaContent wrote prepared speech end 2020 posting 2021 end year getting new year would like invite share moment remember people forever left u Several coworkers friend lost close family member year due COVID weren’t able physically gather together morn loss lost grandma 2019 3 month COVID outbreak Asia lucky see last time alive like many people year also couldn’t physically funeral deliver eulogy used PTO fly back Comparing lost loved one year lucky “Ai rin jin ho ho ta tse” frequent sentence grandma told sentence mean “Study hard” Taiwanese grandma didn’t go middle school elementary school degree could understand Mandarin Taiwanese Hakka Japanese could mental math fast opened tailor store also best tailor town designed mom’s clothes mom kid saying Mandarin “有種餓叫阿嬤覺得你餓“which mean there’s kind hunger called “your grandma feel hungry” grandma different grandma always felt everyone hungry needed feed people could make anything dish including something probably won’t think edible like frog rabbit loach could cook well smart gifted also tough woman could use teeth open beer bottle never seen cry physical pain even got burnt cut even end pain cancer broke still see teardrop cried loved one knew time coming saw u surrounding bed cry cried want leave u loved kid grandkids much refused spend money treatment save one penny kid inherit never felt gave kid enough grandma see strong woman soft woman Two year passed sometimes still dreamed miss belief reincarnation always part Therefore believe end grandma hope one day grandma family againTags Memoir Public Speaking Family Memories Toastmasters
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Public Speaking for Kids: How To Improve It?
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Communication skills in a public environment are as significant as any other life skill. Acquiring these skills at a younger age confirms to be effective in the long run. Pre-teen kids are extremely active and their pre-teen moments are so important as they commence growing into active units of society. In addition, they start to have emotional takes and viewpoints about everything. When this occurs, most kids have the feeling of their views and voice. Public speaking ability shapes the platform on which they can stand and proudly represent their viewpoints and feelings.
Public speaking can include a variety of class workouts such as presenting a report, a book review, participating in a discussion, giving feedback on a group activity.
On the contrary, kids who lack self-confidence about speaking in public are always afraid that others will judge them negatively.
Also Read: How To Make Your Child Learn The Art Of Active Listening?
Ways To Improve Public Speaking In Kids
For children, a lot of things in this world are fearful, particularly if they are unfamiliar. Public speaking is an unfamiliar thing not only to children but also to many grown-ups.
Even if you are anxious about public speaking, you can boost your child to overcome public speaking anxieties.
Children can’t learn when they’re upset, and their confidence vanishes quickly. When kids are asked to speak in public, they must understand the opportunity with positive attitudes, and they have to feel comfortable. You can encourage them to build that confidence.
1. Confidence
You can assist your kid to create public speaking confidence by introducing a few techniques that will aid them in almost any situation.
2. Breathe Deeply
Almost every child gets worried about talking in public. Taking a few slow and deep breaths before speaking can help to calm down the stress in their minds.
3. Mess It Up
If your kid bothers about messing up when speaking in public, ask them to expel short breaths. The activity sounds funny, your child will laugh, and laughter calms the stress.
4. Use Eye Contact
Instead of teaching your child to look at people, instruct them to make eye contact. Direct eye contact can make your child forget the stage fright and stress and distracted looks can strengthen their courage.
5. Practice Authentic Situations Every Day
Children aren’t worried about what they have already learned. Facilitate your child to have short conversations in shops or stores. These opportunities help authentic public speaking situations and create achievement.
Best Tips To Improve Public Speaking In Children
Read stories and poems for them.
Motivate them to make them up on their own. When they share their stories or poems within the family and friends circle, make time to support and motivate them.
Stimulate and support them to play with voice modulations when reading their favorite storybooks. Make your kid read in a pleased, loud, passionate, sad, and silly voice.
Demonstrate them how to trial with their voice by preparing them how to speak quieter, quickly or when to break between or after each sentence.
Instruct them how to inhale and exhale correctly while speaking.
Also Read: How to Improve Critical Thinking Skills In Kids In 2021? Ways, Tips, And Strategies!
Conclusion
It is never too quick to discover how to speak effectively and with dignity and enthusiasm. The perks of public speaking learning at an early phase can pay huge rewards in the older lives. So, what are you waiting for? Explore the courses at BaaBee TV and book your demo class today!
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https://medium.com/@mannatsrivastava66/public-speaking-for-kids-how-to-improve-it-1eb4c4bab99c
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['Mannat Srivastava']
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2021-12-23 15:48:02.532000+00:00
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['Public Speaking Tips', 'Public Speaking', 'Public Speaking Skills']
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Title Public Speaking Kids Improve ItContent Communication skill public environment significant life skill Acquiring skill younger age confirms effective long run Preteen kid extremely active preteen moment important commence growing active unit society addition start emotional take viewpoint everything occurs kid feeling view voice Public speaking ability shape platform stand proudly represent viewpoint feeling Public speaking include variety class workout presenting report book review participating discussion giving feedback group activity contrary kid lack selfconfidence speaking public always afraid others judge negatively Also Read Make Child Learn Art Active Listening Ways Improve Public Speaking Kids child lot thing world fearful particularly unfamiliar Public speaking unfamiliar thing child also many grownup Even anxious public speaking boost child overcome public speaking anxiety Children can’t learn they’re upset confidence vanishes quickly kid asked speak public must understand opportunity positive attitude feel comfortable encourage build confidence 1 Confidence assist kid create public speaking confidence introducing technique aid almost situation 2 Breathe Deeply Almost every child get worried talking public Taking slow deep breath speaking help calm stress mind 3 Mess kid bother messing speaking public ask expel short breath activity sound funny child laugh laughter calm stress 4 Use Eye Contact Instead teaching child look people instruct make eye contact Direct eye contact make child forget stage fright stress distracted look strengthen courage 5 Practice Authentic Situations Every Day Children aren’t worried already learned Facilitate child short conversation shop store opportunity help authentic public speaking situation create achievement Best Tips Improve Public Speaking Children Read story poem Motivate make share story poem within family friend circle make time support motivate Stimulate support play voice modulation reading favorite storybook Make kid read pleased loud passionate sad silly voice Demonstrate trial voice preparing speak quieter quickly break sentence Instruct inhale exhale correctly speaking Also Read Improve Critical Thinking Skills Kids 2021 Ways Tips Strategies Conclusion never quick discover speak effectively dignity enthusiasm perk public speaking learning early phase pay huge reward older life waiting Explore course BaaBee TV book demo class todayTags Public Speaking Tips Public Speaking Public Speaking Skills
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8 Ways for Dramatically Improving Your Public Speaking Skills
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My first public talk was a disaster. I spoke about a topic that didn’t interest me, almost every sentence started with “uhhhh uhhhmmm…”, and no one laughed at the funny slide. On top of that, the whole thing was recorded and uploaded on YouTube, just imagine the embarrassment.
A decade has passed and since then I’ve delivered over 100(!) talks and workshops worldwide. I’ve been invited to conferences, summits, global tech companies, and Fortune 500 corporations. I’ve met audiences big and small, for short sessions, full-day workshops, team offsites, after long flights — sometimes without sleep. I’ve seen quite a bit and it was an incredible ride.
The best part about public speaking is the continuous learning and space for improvement. Different audiences and changing times bring new challenges and unexpected reactions. But there are some tactics that continue to serve me well for years. I distilled the fundamental ones and I hope you will find them valuable too.
1. Minimize self-talk.
While establishing credibility is important, the talk should be about your audience and not about you. Remember you are on stage to serve your audience. Mention a couple of relevant key highlights people need to know about you and get on to the next thing, it should take less than a minute.
2. Improve your talk after every gig.
Your most important critic is you. Each talk you deliver is a step in your evolution. Look out for complications in your narrative, long wordings, and anything that just doesn’t feel right. Remember to continuously hone your messages and think about your content with a fresh mind.
3. Make them smile!
This one is a must not a bonus. A smile is a sign of identification and solidarity. When we reach a deep realization we smile sometimes. Look for those smiles on your audience’s faces and if you don’t find them try another way next time.
4. Be fascinated.
Speak about a topic that deeply fascinates you or better not to speak at all. Your audience will realize when you get bored and it will bore them as well. Remember the level of your energy can create a greater impact on the audience than your content.
5. Don’t race.
Even if you don’t go through everything you planned, make sure that the time you do spend with your audience is pleasant. Speaking too fast doesn’t feel nice for your audience, because they are not given a fair chance to digest. If you’re out of time just skip some content but don’t rush through.
6. Be concise.
Make a point and move on. Use simple words, especially for explaining complicated things. Trust your audience, they get you. If you get asked questions by your audience answer concisely or if you don’t know the answer it’s ok to say you don’t know.
7. Don’t ask “do you have questions?”.
Instead, ask your audience specific questions and expect answers. For the most part, this will engage and inspire more people to speak up. Remember the more people get involved the better their experience.
8. End on a sharp note.
Most speakers ask for questions or open up a discussion at the end of their talk. This can create awkward silences and a loss of momentum. Instead, plan spaces during your talk where you ask specific questions and open up discussions. It creates a natural dynamic. When your talk is done, end it.
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https://betterhumans.pub/8-ways-for-dramatically-improving-your-public-speaking-skills-fa5ec5b9a2a
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['Yonatan Levy']
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2021-12-23 15:27:28.576000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'Workshop Facilitation', 'Keynote Speaking', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Communication']
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Title 8 Ways Dramatically Improving Public Speaking SkillsContent first public talk disaster spoke topic didn’t interest almost every sentence started “uhhhh uhhhmmm…” one laughed funny slide top whole thing recorded uploaded YouTube imagine embarrassment decade passed since I’ve delivered 100 talk workshop worldwide I’ve invited conference summit global tech company Fortune 500 corporation I’ve met audience big small short session fullday workshop team offsites long flight — sometimes without sleep I’ve seen quite bit incredible ride best part public speaking continuous learning space improvement Different audience changing time bring new challenge unexpected reaction tactic continue serve well year distilled fundamental one hope find valuable 1 Minimize selftalk establishing credibility important talk audience Remember stage serve audience Mention couple relevant key highlight people need know get next thing take le minute 2 Improve talk every gig important critic talk deliver step evolution Look complication narrative long wording anything doesn’t feel right Remember continuously hone message think content fresh mind 3 Make smile one must bonus smile sign identification solidarity reach deep realization smile sometimes Look smile audience’s face don’t find try another way next time 4 fascinated Speak topic deeply fascinates better speak audience realize get bored bore well Remember level energy create greater impact audience content 5 Don’t race Even don’t go everything planned make sure time spend audience pleasant Speaking fast doesn’t feel nice audience given fair chance digest you’re time skip content don’t rush 6 concise Make point move Use simple word especially explaining complicated thing Trust audience get get asked question audience answer concisely don’t know answer it’s ok say don’t know 7 Don’t ask “do questions” Instead ask audience specific question expect answer part engage inspire people speak Remember people get involved better experience 8 End sharp note speaker ask question open discussion end talk create awkward silence loss momentum Instead plan space talk ask specific question open discussion creates natural dynamic talk done end itTags Public Speaking Workshop Facilitation Keynote Speaking Entrepreneurship Communication
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How to Find Speaking Opportunities
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Believe it or not, speaking is the easy part of being a public speaker. There’s no shortage of subject matter experts, and even though their speaking skill levels may vary, there are still far more would-be public speakers out there than there are speaking opportunities.
The key to making a career out of public speaking is to get booked. To get good at finding public speaking opportunities so that you can keep your calendar filled with engagements throughout the year. The goal is to earn enough money from your public speaking engagements and book sales that you don’t need to do consultancy or other work to tide yourself over.
And so with that in mind, in today’s article, we’ve done the hard work for you to bring you our top tips for seeking out and securing public speaking gigs. Here’s what you need to know:
1. Cold outreach
The most broad-brushed way to find public speaking opportunities is to use cold outreach, which involves asking event organizers if you can speak at their events. Even if you don’t carry out cold outreach, you should create a list of the events that you’d like to speak at so that you have something to work towards. To give cold outreach a try, it’s just a case of tracking down some contact details and getting in touch with the organisers of those events.
2. Calls-to-action
A call-to-action is essentially a short statement that tells people what action you want them to take, and they’re a super common device among digital marketers. As a public speaker, you’ll want to include a call-to-action at the end of all of your content, whether you’re sharing slides on Slideshare or writing articles for an industry publication. If you’re focusing specifically on finding more public speaking opportunities, your calls-to-action should encourage people to book you for their next event.
3. Public speaking portals
Public speaking portals are a fantastic source of paid speaking opportunities, because they act as a middleman between event organisers and speakers who are looking for their next gig. Of course, we might be a little biased because SpeakerHub itself is designed to help you out with this, but we’d still argue that it’s definitely worthwhile to create a profile and keep track of the speaking opportunities available through the platform. It’s all about getting your name out there, and public speaking portals like SpeakerHub can be a great help with that.
4. Network, network, network
They say that it’s not what you know, it’s who you know. For public speakers, this is definitely true. You need to do a good job of networking so that by the time that people realise they need a speaker for their event, you’re already front of mind. It’s much easier to get speaking gigs through a referral than it is through cold outreach, so build your network and put it to good use.
5. Events
Be willing to go to events even when you’re not speaking. It’s a good idea anyway, because it will help you keep your finger on the pulse of what’s hot and what’s not in your industry. It’s also great for networking and can help you make all sorts of useful contacts. If you attend a conference and think that you have something to offer, you can contact the organizer and pitch yourself as a speaker at a future event.
6. Hashtags
Hashtags can be hit and miss when you’re looking for public speaking opportunities, but you shouldn’t write them off altogether. Set up saved searches on Instagram and Twitter for hashtags like #Speaker and #Event, as well as for terms that relate to your industry. Don’t rest your entire strategy on this or feel as though you have to read every single post that uses these hashtags, but do check in once or twice per day to see if anything of interest shows up in your feeds.
7. Associations
Associations are great for sourcing public speaking opportunities because as well as organising events of their own, they’re also often contacted by their members who are looking for recommendations on who might be able to speak at their events. Focus on those that are relevant to your industry as well as those for public speakers if available in your part of the world.
8. Universities
Universities can be another great source of opportunities. Just be aware that university-led events rarely have any budget, and so this can be more useful when you’re first building your portfolio of experience. The good news is that, like associations, they’re also often approached by event organisers who are looking for someone to come and speak to them.
9. Trade shows
With trade shows, if you reach out to them early enough, you can sometimes put your name down and essentially reserve yourself a spot at the outset. This is another one where it can be worth doing speaking engagements for free, purely because it will get you in front of a lot of people who work in your industry and who might want to pay for you to speak at their own events.
10. Other speakers’ events lists
This one’s probably the cheekiest tip on our list, but it’s still worth doing because it works. Simply write down a list of your competitors and then slowly go through their websites to see where they’re speaking. It’s a bit of a risk to pitch yourself to corporate clients sourced in this way, but you can often find trade shows or other events where it’s fair game. Combine this with cold outreach to tap into a powerful and almost limitless source of potential speaking opportunities.
Conclusion
Now that you know just a few of our top tips for finding public speaking opportunities, it’s over to you so that you can put what you’ve learned today into practice. The good news is that there are plenty of opportunities out there if you know where to look, and so it’s all about doing what you can to get your name out there.
In the meantime, we’d love to hear from you, so be sure to let us know how you get on in the comments and to follow us on your social media channels of choice for further updates. We’ll see you soon!
This was originally posted on SpeakerHub Skillcamp.
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https://medium.com/@speakerhubhq/how-to-find-speaking-opportunities-d81742e4a1e0
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2021-12-13 01:45:41.392000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'Speaking Opportunities', 'Public Speaking Tips', 'Speakerhub', 'Paid Speaking']
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Title Find Speaking OpportunitiesContent Believe speaking easy part public speaker There’s shortage subject matter expert even though speaking skill level may vary still far wouldbe public speaker speaking opportunity key making career public speaking get booked get good finding public speaking opportunity keep calendar filled engagement throughout year goal earn enough money public speaking engagement book sale don’t need consultancy work tide mind today’s article we’ve done hard work bring top tip seeking securing public speaking gig Here’s need know 1 Cold outreach broadbrushed way find public speaking opportunity use cold outreach involves asking event organizer speak event Even don’t carry cold outreach create list event you’d like speak something work towards give cold outreach try it’s case tracking contact detail getting touch organiser event 2 Callstoaction calltoaction essentially short statement tell people action want take they’re super common device among digital marketer public speaker you’ll want include calltoaction end content whether you’re sharing slide Slideshare writing article industry publication you’re focusing specifically finding public speaking opportunity callstoaction encourage people book next event 3 Public speaking portal Public speaking portal fantastic source paid speaking opportunity act middleman event organiser speaker looking next gig course might little biased SpeakerHub designed help we’d still argue it’s definitely worthwhile create profile keep track speaking opportunity available platform It’s getting name public speaking portal like SpeakerHub great help 4 Network network network say it’s know it’s know public speaker definitely true need good job networking time people realise need speaker event you’re already front mind It’s much easier get speaking gig referral cold outreach build network put good use 5 Events willing go event even you’re speaking It’s good idea anyway help keep finger pulse what’s hot what’s industry It’s also great networking help make sort useful contact attend conference think something offer contact organizer pitch speaker future event 6 Hashtags Hashtags hit miss you’re looking public speaking opportunity shouldn’t write altogether Set saved search Instagram Twitter hashtags like Speaker Event well term relate industry Don’t rest entire strategy feel though read every single post us hashtags check twice per day see anything interest show feed 7 Associations Associations great sourcing public speaking opportunity well organising event they’re also often contacted member looking recommendation might able speak event Focus relevant industry well public speaker available part world 8 Universities Universities another great source opportunity aware universityled event rarely budget useful you’re first building portfolio experience good news like association they’re also often approached event organiser looking someone come speak 9 Trade show trade show reach early enough sometimes put name essentially reserve spot outset another one worth speaking engagement free purely get front lot people work industry might want pay speak event 10 speakers’ event list one’s probably cheekiest tip list it’s still worth work Simply write list competitor slowly go website see they’re speaking It’s bit risk pitch corporate client sourced way often find trade show event it’s fair game Combine cold outreach tap powerful almost limitless source potential speaking opportunity Conclusion know top tip finding public speaking opportunity it’s put you’ve learned today practice good news plenty opportunity know look it’s get name meantime we’d love hear sure let u know get comment follow u social medium channel choice update We’ll see soon originally posted SpeakerHub SkillcampTags Public Speaking Speaking Opportunities Public Speaking Tips Speakerhub Paid Speaking
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How to Source Speakers for Your Next Event
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Sourcing speakers for your events isn’t always easy. Even if you know exactly who you want to speak, there’s no guarantee that they’ll be available or that they’ll accept your offer. You also have to think about everything from budgeting to the kinds of technology that they’re likely to need.
The good news is that help is at hand. We’ve got plenty of experience when it comes to setting up events and booking speakers to talk at them, and we’re going to use this article to share just a few of our top tips.
Here’s how to source speakers for your next event.
1. Ask for Referrals
Never underestimate the power of a referral from your network. If you announce that you’re looking for speakers and ask people if they have any recommendations, you might just be surprised by what they come back with. The good thing about asking for referrals is that people will often also give you an introduction, which can help to break the ice and establish a dialogue. You also tap into the phenomenon of social proof that’s so important when we read reviews online or ask our friends for restaurant recommendations.
2. Look on LinkedIn
This builds on the last point, because you can look at people who are in your extended network and ask them for introductions to people. LinkedIn also has a bunch of filters that are designed to make it super easy for you to find the people you’re looking for. You can even consider going the extra mile by running ads to encourage people to submit a pitch for your event.
3. Ask Your Clients
Asking clients to speak at your events can work well because it can foster the relationship between you and potentially give something back to them, especially if the speaking engagement leads to new business for them. Even if your clients themselves aren’t interested in speaking at your event, they might be able to give you a referral.
4. Check Out Other Events
Another great way to look for speakers is to attend both on- and offline events and keep an eye on who’s speaking at them. You might just find the perfect person to come and speak at one of your own events, and anyway it’s also a great way to keep an eye on what the competition is up to. This is also helpful for coming up with panel topics, or to select subject matters for your speakers to focus on.
5. Use SpeakerHub
Given that our site is all about helping people to find the perfect speaker for events, we’d be remiss if we didn’t give ourselves a little shout out. One of the good things about SpeakerHub is that we don’t charge a commission fee, which makes it a no risk way to find speakers by searching on topic, speaker, location and more.
6. Look at Professional Associations
There are tons of professional associations out there for all sorts of different disciplines, from construction to digital marketing. Look into which organizations are most applicable to the topics that you wish to cover, and reach out to see if they have any recommendations. Even if they can’t speak from the experience of putting on events of their own, they’re likely to have information on members that you could reach out to, or even a mailing list that you can use.
7. Ask attendees
You’ll have to be careful how you approach this one, because you don’t want people who’ve booked a ticket thinking that you have no idea who’s going to be there. With that said, if you’re running an annual event then you can ask attendees for their feedback on who they’d like to see next year, and if you have a shortlist of potential guests, then you can always put it to a vote.
8. Ask the Venue
This one might be stretching it a bit, but it really depends upon the type of venue that you’re working with. If they often host similar events, then they might have some contacts that you can tap into. For example, if you’re hosting a writing event at a nearby arts center, the chances are that they know plenty of writers that you can get in touch with. If you’re hosting a sales summit at the function room of a sports stadium, you might be out of luck.
9. Look at Authors
On the subject of writers, you can also take a look at which authors in your industry have had new book releases. Investigate both those who have new releases coming up and those who’ve published a book in the last twelve months or so. The chances are that they’ll be more than happy to take on a speaking engagement to promote their book, and they also have a ready-made topic because they can just talk about the main arguments at the heart of their book.
10. Do it Yourself
This might seem like a bad idea to begin with, especially if you have no prior experience of public speaking, but hear us out. If you’re arranging an event, then there’s a good chance that you have the appropriate subject matter expertise, and you can learn to be a good speaker, especially if you have some time to practice. You can always keep this as a backup and go with it if your search is unsuccessful — although with these tips, you should normally be covered.
Conclusion
Now that you know just a little more about sourcing speakers for your next event, it’s over to you so that you can put what you’ve learned today into practice. When you start planning your next event, try using these sources to reach out to potential speakers.
We’d love to hear how you get on, so be sure to come back and to let us know. Let’s keep the discussion going, leave us a comment and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can!
This was originally posted on SpeakerHub Skillcamp.
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https://medium.com/@speakerhubhq/how-to-source-speakers-for-your-next-event-1910870a47e7
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2021-11-26 00:40:04.868000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'Event Planning', 'Public Speaker', 'Speakerhub', 'Event Organizer']
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Title Source Speakers Next EventContent Sourcing speaker event isn’t always easy Even know exactly want speak there’s guarantee they’ll available they’ll accept offer also think everything budgeting kind technology they’re likely need good news help hand We’ve got plenty experience come setting event booking speaker talk we’re going use article share top tip Here’s source speaker next event 1 Ask Referrals Never underestimate power referral network announce you’re looking speaker ask people recommendation might surprised come back good thing asking referral people often also give introduction help break ice establish dialogue also tap phenomenon social proof that’s important read review online ask friend restaurant recommendation 2 Look LinkedIn build last point look people extended network ask introduction people LinkedIn also bunch filter designed make super easy find people you’re looking even consider going extra mile running ad encourage people submit pitch event 3 Ask Clients Asking client speak event work well foster relationship potentially give something back especially speaking engagement lead new business Even client aren’t interested speaking event might able give referral 4 Check Events Another great way look speaker attend offline event keep eye who’s speaking might find perfect person come speak one event anyway it’s also great way keep eye competition also helpful coming panel topic select subject matter speaker focus 5 Use SpeakerHub Given site helping people find perfect speaker event we’d remiss didn’t give little shout One good thing SpeakerHub don’t charge commission fee make risk way find speaker searching topic speaker location 6 Look Professional Associations ton professional association sort different discipline construction digital marketing Look organization applicable topic wish cover reach see recommendation Even can’t speak experience putting event they’re likely information member could reach even mailing list use 7 Ask attendee You’ll careful approach one don’t want people who’ve booked ticket thinking idea who’s going said you’re running annual event ask attendee feedback they’d like see next year shortlist potential guest always put vote 8 Ask Venue one might stretching bit really depends upon type venue you’re working often host similar event might contact tap example you’re hosting writing event nearby art center chance know plenty writer get touch you’re hosting sale summit function room sport stadium might luck 9 Look Authors subject writer also take look author industry new book release Investigate new release coming who’ve published book last twelve month chance they’ll happy take speaking engagement promote book also readymade topic talk main argument heart book 10 might seem like bad idea begin especially prior experience public speaking hear u you’re arranging event there’s good chance appropriate subject matter expertise learn good speaker especially time practice always keep backup go search unsuccessful — although tip normally covered Conclusion know little sourcing speaker next event it’s put you’ve learned today practice start planning next event try using source reach potential speaker We’d love hear get sure come back let u know Let’s keep discussion going leave u comment we’ll get back soon originally posted SpeakerHub SkillcampTags Public Speaking Event Planning Public Speaker Speakerhub Event Organizer
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5 Key Things to Check Before Holding Any Type of Event
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Planning an event, no matter how small it may be, is a stressful job.
In order to plan and organize a great event, it’s best to create an all-encompassing checklist and even then it will need to go through a lot of changes. To help you ensure that you’ve got everything covered, here are five key issues to take into account in your planning.
1. Take COVID-19 restrictions into account
Every country and region has different coronavirus restrictions when it comes to who can enter the country, what types of gatherings are allowed, and other policies. You need to know everything there is to know about the COVID-19 rules of the country or state where you’re planning your event.
Inform yourself of all the regulations you must follow, like how many people can attend, do they need to have a negative PCR test, how many staff are you allowed to employ, whether you can serve food, and more.
These restrictions tend to change from season to season, so stay up to date on all the rules and make sure to share all the rules and regulations with your speakers and attendees. If you don’t want to have your in-person event replaced by a virtual event, prepare yourself well in advance.
2. Ensure your budget is realistic and approved
When it comes to event planning, it is difficult to set a budget and stick to it, because there are hidden expenses everywhere. That’s why you should always have a transparent talk with the person responsible for the budget to let them know how vendors need to be paid as well as what types of situations may require you to pay more in the end.
Any type of destruction of property, overtime, security policies and more may result in a higher cost, so be sure to discuss these issues and get a realistic budget approved.
You need to ensure that all new expenses are approved and justified. If you get any ideas on, for instance, the decor after the fact, don’t realize any changes without making sure you’re allowed to spend more money.
Budget is a tricky subject since many people don’t like discussing the amount of money they can allocate to a specific project, and tend to underestimate costs, so if you run into any problems in the early stages of event planning, try suggesting an amount rather than asking for an assessment that you fear may be unrealistic.
3. Check and recheck speaker availability
This may seem like an obvious step, but trust us, speaker availability should be checked more than once. Speakers may have a lot of offers for events on dates that conflict with your event.
If there is a lot of travelling involved, they may run late or have to cancel. To help you avoid situations like these, use SpeakerHub. It helps you find speakers on a variety of topics to fit your budget.
By using SpeakerHub, you can find reliable speakers and check their availability in a few steps. With useful testimonials available for speakers, you can check who will be the best fit for your audience.
If you have booked your speakers long in advance, you’ll need to remind them the event is coming up at least a couple of weeks ahead of time. This is an important step as you don’t want to hold an event without key speakers.
4. Offer alternative food options
With so many people having food allergies and/or having to stick to special diets, nowadays, it’s a must to include alternative food options for your guests. Ask your attendees to advise of any dietary preferences or needs at the time of registration so you know what is required.
That way, you’ll easily create a menu with your caterers that is inclusive and doesn’t leave anyone out. Once the food is out and on the table, make sure everything is properly labeled so that there is no confusion.
Another thing to think about is will you be serving alcohol and what kind. Depending on the type of the event, you could opt-out of alcoholic drinks and have people buy their own if they want them.
5. Is your ticket selling/registration software reliable?
Choosing the right ticketing software is extremely important. It has to be easy to use, has to integrate with your registration process, be mobile-friendly, and accept a variety of payment options.
It’s important that you keep a close eye on the sale of the tickets as the event approaches. If they’re not selling, you will need to ramp up your marketing efforts.
A good tactic to use is scarcity: Once you get people in your sales funnel you can entice them with a good offer. We suggest creating newsletters and social media ads focusing on how many tickets are available and how quickly they’re selling out. Event proposal will help you present your offer in a way that is engaging and relatable to clients. It ensures you communicate the details of what’s included, when it’ll take place, etc.
Seeing a ticking clock creates a sense of urgency with people and they’ll be more likely to buy tickets if they fear missing out. Use pictures and videos from your past events to show how great they were, and include a few reviews and social proofs.
It’s always great to bring the human factor into your marketing efforts, so it’s a great idea to ask your speakers to film short videos inviting people to the event. Ask them to share invites on their social media and create buzz around the event with their followers.
Conclusion
Organizing everything upfront is the best way to tackle event planning. However, there are always unexpected situations that pop up and force you to come up with a solution on the spot.
That’s why it’s important to stay on top of things and work with reliable people and software. The more effort you put into the early stages of your event planning, the better your chances of success.
Be sure to capture fun moments from your event to use for promotional purposes in the future. After all, if it’s not on Instagram, did it even happen?
About the author:
Petra Odak is a Chief Marketing Officer at Better Proposals, a simple yet incredibly powerful proposal software tool that helps you send high-converting, web-based business proposals in minutes. She’s a solution-oriented marketing enthusiast with more than 5 years of experience in various fields of marketing and project management.
This was originally posted on SpeakerHub Skillcamp.
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2021-11-26 23:55:13.035000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'Event Planning', 'Event Marketing', 'Speakerhub', 'Events']
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Title 5 Key Things Check Holding Type EventContent Planning event matter small may stressful job order plan organize great event it’s best create allencompassing checklist even need go lot change help ensure you’ve got everything covered five key issue take account planning 1 Take COVID19 restriction account Every country region different coronavirus restriction come enter country type gathering allowed policy need know everything know COVID19 rule country state you’re planning event Inform regulation must follow like many people attend need negative PCR test many staff allowed employ whether serve food restriction tend change season season stay date rule make sure share rule regulation speaker attendee don’t want inperson event replaced virtual event prepare well advance 2 Ensure budget realistic approved come event planning difficult set budget stick hidden expense everywhere That’s always transparent talk person responsible budget let know vendor need paid well type situation may require pay end type destruction property overtime security policy may result higher cost sure discus issue get realistic budget approved need ensure new expense approved justified get idea instance decor fact don’t realize change without making sure you’re allowed spend money Budget tricky subject since many people don’t like discussing amount money allocate specific project tend underestimate cost run problem early stage event planning try suggesting amount rather asking assessment fear may unrealistic 3 Check recheck speaker availability may seem like obvious step trust u speaker availability checked Speakers may lot offer event date conflict event lot travelling involved may run late cancel help avoid situation like use SpeakerHub help find speaker variety topic fit budget using SpeakerHub find reliable speaker check availability step useful testimonial available speaker check best fit audience booked speaker long advance you’ll need remind event coming least couple week ahead time important step don’t want hold event without key speaker 4 Offer alternative food option many people food allergy andor stick special diet nowadays it’s must include alternative food option guest Ask attendee advise dietary preference need time registration know required way you’ll easily create menu caterer inclusive doesn’t leave anyone food table make sure everything properly labeled confusion Another thing think serving alcohol kind Depending type event could optout alcoholic drink people buy want 5 ticket sellingregistration software reliable Choosing right ticketing software extremely important easy use integrate registration process mobilefriendly accept variety payment option It’s important keep close eye sale ticket event approach they’re selling need ramp marketing effort good tactic use scarcity get people sale funnel entice good offer suggest creating newsletter social medium ad focusing many ticket available quickly they’re selling Event proposal help present offer way engaging relatable client ensures communicate detail what’s included it’ll take place etc Seeing ticking clock creates sense urgency people they’ll likely buy ticket fear missing Use picture video past event show great include review social proof It’s always great bring human factor marketing effort it’s great idea ask speaker film short video inviting people event Ask share invite social medium create buzz around event follower Conclusion Organizing everything upfront best way tackle event planning However always unexpected situation pop force come solution spot That’s it’s important stay top thing work reliable people software effort put early stage event planning better chance success sure capture fun moment event use promotional purpose future it’s Instagram even happen author Petra Odak Chief Marketing Officer Better Proposals simple yet incredibly powerful proposal software tool help send highconverting webbased business proposal minute She’s solutionoriented marketing enthusiast 5 year experience various field marketing project management originally posted SpeakerHub SkillcampTags Public Speaking Event Planning Event Marketing Speakerhub Events
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What type of public speaker or presenter are you really?
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What does it take to be a really good public speaker?
There are many ingredients of course but a key element is having a high level of self-awareness.
This is commonly known as ‘Emotional Intelligence’ or ‘EI’. The text books describe it as, ‘The ability to perceive, control and evaluate emotions’. Life can be complex enough, so perhaps a simpler term is self-awareness; a key element of mindfulness.
A good public speaker has the ability to understand what makes them tick. In addition, it pays to have a good insight into:
– Their own personality
– How they think
– What they believe and value
– Their strenghths and weaknesses
– What triggers them emotionally
As if that’s not challenging enough, it continues. A really good public speaker has a level of insight into what makes others tick too.
The challenge
There are many different styles of presenting. It’s incumbent on each of us to have a high level of self-awareness of our personal public speaking style. Once we do, we can learn skills to adapt and modify our style where needed. The challenge is doing so where appropriate whilst retaining our authenticity.
There are many on-line psychometric evaluations to assess your personal style. The long list of types, include:
Coach
Storyteller
Lecturer
Inventor
Database
Counsellor
Coordinator
Entertainer
There are plently more where they came from.
Every public speaker is different, no exceptions. With that in mind, we really shouldn’t put people into boxes. Our audience, topic, goals and style of presenting can and will change as appropriate.
That said, in the interest of learning a little more about ourselves it’s worth taking a first step. For that purpose, I’d like to focus on four styles in particular.
Doing so will open the door to giving us a glimpse of ourselves. It can be very helpful and we can have a little fun in the process.
It can be very helpful to think about our default communication style and unconscious preference.
Here are four possibilities
Perhaps your style is that of a Commander:
– Strong willed and very assertive in getting your point across
– Taking authority and make it clear who’s in charge
– Adopting quite a fast pace
Presenters who are more naturally biased towards the Commander can make powerful speakers. Largely because their knowledge, self -belief and confidence is unshakable. They also have the ability to focus exclusively on their message. The commander has the gravitas and credibility to being taken seriously.
If you have an affinity with Commander and are open to some coaching you may wish to consider:
– Paying more attention to your tone, pitch and pace
– Projecting a more relaxed image (where appropriate)
– Adding a little more colour, drama and passion
– Using more stories to engage your audience
Taking your audience on a journey moving from a ‘tell them’ to ‘help them see and feel it’ style of presenting can be very helpful. The use of much a wider vocal range, empathy and story-telling could be very helpful for the Commander.
Perhaps you are more of an Analyst:
– Serious and very absorbed in the information
– Love to uses facts, statistics and data
– Very structured and organised
Analysts can make great presenters too. It’s often hard to argue with the facts, as that’s the source of the Analyst’s presentation. You can be very confident that whatever they tell you will be reliable and grounded in research. You know it can be trusted. Often the Analyst is also a perfectionist.
If you have an affinity with the Analyst and are open to some coaching you may wish to consider:
– Using slides sparingly and wisely by choosing a few simple images
– Focus on taking your audience on a journey rather than bombarding them with facts
– Telling your audience how you feel and helping them to feel it too
– Relaxing a little and having some fun
Moving from a pure data mindset, to a hearts and minds style of presenting could be very helpful to the Analyst.
Next up would be the Facilitator
The Facilitator also has a great deal to offer when gracing the public speaking platform:
– Warm and accepting
– Steady and calm
– Patient and considerate
Facilitators have a gift of tuning into the way people feel. That helps them to adapt and adjust their presentation as needed. Their only interest is in building relationships. They are natural rapport builders and people generally appreciate their charm and attention.
If you have an affinity with the Facilitator and are open to some coaching you may wish to consider:
– Getting to the point a little more quickly
– Taking a few more risks
– Be willing to reach beyond your comfort zone
Public speaking and presenting is all about people. As a result, the Facilitator is already in a very strong position to excel as an exceptional presenter.
Last but by no means least we have the Motivator:
– Stimulating to listen to and be around
– Likes to talk and loves to present
– Presents with passion, energy and enthusiasm
The Motivator knows how to connect with an audience and to command and keep their attention. They can bring a presentation to life with energy and passion. Many make a great storyteller. They are also often remembered.
If you have an affinity with the Motivator and are open to some coaching you may wish to consider:
– Developing a more objective mind set
– Spending a little more time on the detail
– Taking a more logical approach where you can and stay focused on the key points
With such passion, energy and enthusiasm the Motivator is in a strong position to thrive as a presenter.
The truth about titles
As I noted earlier, it’s not really appropriate to put people into boxes. It does however make sense to encourage people to think about their style of delivery. It pays to know how this may help or hinder us in getting the results we want. Understanding the impact we have on our audience is vitally important.
The titles here are arguably, irrelevant. If you’re a speaker and reading this you may well say, ‘hogwash! I’m none of the above’. If you do, then we would be inclined to agree with you completely. I’d simply encourage you to think about what you’re really like as a public speaker.
“Practice yourself in little things, and thence proceed to greater.”
Epictetus
If you’d like to learn a little more about your presentation style, take our free ‘Style Review’.
If you need help presenting:
– Book yourself onto a powerful public speaking course.
– Invest in some really good one to one public speaking coaching.
– Get yourself some excellent presentation training
If this article has inspired you to learn a little more about how effective your presentation skills are you may want to take a look at our presentation training and public speaking coaching pages to see how we may be able to help you. You will also find a great deal of really helpful ‘free’ information in our Learning Centre.
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['Maurice Decastro']
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2021-11-26 09:42:48.191000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'Personal Development', 'Communication', 'Leadership', 'Personal Growth']
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Title type public speaker presenter reallyContent take really good public speaker many ingredient course key element high level selfawareness commonly known ‘Emotional Intelligence’ ‘EI’ text book describe ‘The ability perceive control evaluate emotions’ Life complex enough perhaps simpler term selfawareness key element mindfulness good public speaker ability understand make tick addition pay good insight – personality – think – believe value – strenghths weakness – trigger emotionally that’s challenging enough continues really good public speaker level insight make others tick challenge many different style presenting It’s incumbent u high level selfawareness personal public speaking style learn skill adapt modify style needed challenge appropriate whilst retaining authenticity many online psychometric evaluation ass personal style long list type include Coach Storyteller Lecturer Inventor Database Counsellor Coordinator Entertainer plently came Every public speaker different exception mind really shouldn’t put people box audience topic goal style presenting change appropriate said interest learning little it’s worth taking first step purpose I’d like focus four style particular open door giving u glimpse helpful little fun process helpful think default communication style unconscious preference four possibility Perhaps style Commander – Strong willed assertive getting point across – Taking authority make clear who’s charge – Adopting quite fast pace Presenters naturally biased towards Commander make powerful speaker Largely knowledge self belief confidence unshakable also ability focus exclusively message commander gravitas credibility taken seriously affinity Commander open coaching may wish consider – Paying attention tone pitch pace – Projecting relaxed image appropriate – Adding little colour drama passion – Using story engage audience Taking audience journey moving ‘tell them’ ‘help see feel it’ style presenting helpful use much wider vocal range empathy storytelling could helpful Commander Perhaps Analyst – Serious absorbed information – Love us fact statistic data – structured organised Analysts make great presenter It’s often hard argue fact that’s source Analyst’s presentation confident whatever tell reliable grounded research know trusted Often Analyst also perfectionist affinity Analyst open coaching may wish consider – Using slide sparingly wisely choosing simple image – Focus taking audience journey rather bombarding fact – Telling audience feel helping feel – Relaxing little fun Moving pure data mindset heart mind style presenting could helpful Analyst Next would Facilitator Facilitator also great deal offer gracing public speaking platform – Warm accepting – Steady calm – Patient considerate Facilitators gift tuning way people feel help adapt adjust presentation needed interest building relationship natural rapport builder people generally appreciate charm attention affinity Facilitator open coaching may wish consider – Getting point little quickly – Taking risk – willing reach beyond comfort zone Public speaking presenting people result Facilitator already strong position excel exceptional presenter Last mean least Motivator – Stimulating listen around – Likes talk love present – Presents passion energy enthusiasm Motivator know connect audience command keep attention bring presentation life energy passion Many make great storyteller also often remembered affinity Motivator open coaching may wish consider – Developing objective mind set – Spending little time detail – Taking logical approach stay focused key point passion energy enthusiasm Motivator strong position thrive presenter truth title noted earlier it’s really appropriate put people box however make sense encourage people think style delivery pay know may help hinder u getting result want Understanding impact audience vitally important title arguably irrelevant you’re speaker reading may well say ‘hogwash I’m none above’ would inclined agree completely I’d simply encourage think you’re really like public speaker “Practice little thing thence proceed greater” Epictetus you’d like learn little presentation style take free ‘Style Review’ need help presenting – Book onto powerful public speaking course – Invest really good one one public speaking coaching – Get excellent presentation training article inspired learn little effective presentation skill may want take look presentation training public speaking coaching page see may able help also find great deal really helpful ‘free’ information Learning Centre Photo ALAN DE LA CRUZ UnsplashTags Public Speaking Personal Development Communication Leadership Personal Growth
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3 Reasons to Become a Master of Virtual Presentation Skills
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A common refrain I’ve heard during the pandemic is, “COVID caused the big shift in speaking from in-person to virtual.”
And this has created stress and anxiety for most people.
But, the truth is, COVID only accelerated a change in presenting which was inevitable. Leading speakers and presenters were effectively using online presentations before the pandemic and Lockdown.
Because of a stroke of luck, I’ve been presenting and hosting online events since 2017. I’ve gained a lot of insights into this medium.
Here are three specific reasons for effective virtual presenting skills I’ve experienced which can also help you:
Reason 1 — You Stand Out
Meeting planners and organizations expect speakers to be equally effective online and in-person.
Because most speakers and leaders are still struggling with virtual presenting skills, the few who are comfortable and influential in front of a camera will stand out and have countless opportunities to speak.
Reason 2 — Global Reach
The Lockdown of 2020 taught companies of every size they weren’t limited to doing business in their immediate geographic location.
Unless your business is dependent on physical interaction with your clients or customers, you can now conduct business all over the planet.
This includes speaking opportunities. As long as you speak the language of the attendees, you can speak anywhere, at any time.
This creates exponential growth potential to influence people with your message.
Reason 3 — Virtual Presenting is Here To Stay
A popular mantra in 2021 was, “I can’t wait til we get back to normal.”
This is a valid thought, IF you have the correct definition of ‘normal.’ If with that word you mean, we’ll go back to speaking to audiences in person every time, you’re wrong.
Companies and organizations discovered the (sometimes) massive cost savings of virtual presentations — elimination of travel expenses, lodging and food costs, and the location fees for events.
This doesn’t mean all groups have permanently shifted to all-virtual events. It means that online events are on the table, and will frequently be used, especially if there are additional viruses, natural disasters, or other disruptive forces.
What this does mean is you have to be flexible and ready to pivot from in-person to online presentations, or vice versa, sometimes with little notice.
Even for in-person presentations cover you will have to adjust to speaking to cameras in the room as many events will be hybrid. You’ll have to be proficient at speaking to the people online to ensure they feel included in the event.
Bonus Reason
Virtual presenting is a terrific format for audience engagement. You have many tools at your disposal to include your audience in your presentation.
In a live presentation, it would be disruptive to continually ask questions and wait for audience responses. In an online event, you can frequently create interaction and give your audience a form to be heard.
Similarly, it’s not always practical to separate people into small discussion groups, either logistically or due to combating the noisiness of large groups.
Virtual Breakout rooms allow you to send attendees to small groups where they can have meaningful conversations without interruption.
These are just two of many tools you have at your disposal to be more effective online than you are in person.
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['Michael Davis']
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2021-12-13 21:36:47.270000+00:00
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['Virtual Presentation', 'Presentations', 'Public Speaking', 'Leadership Skills', 'Zoom Fatigue']
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Title 3 Reasons Become Master Virtual Presentation SkillsContent common refrain I’ve heard pandemic “COVID caused big shift speaking inperson virtual” created stress anxiety people truth COVID accelerated change presenting inevitable Leading speaker presenter effectively using online presentation pandemic Lockdown stroke luck I’ve presenting hosting online event since 2017 I’ve gained lot insight medium three specific reason effective virtual presenting skill I’ve experienced also help Reason 1 — Stand Meeting planner organization expect speaker equally effective online inperson speaker leader still struggling virtual presenting skill comfortable influential front camera stand countless opportunity speak Reason 2 — Global Reach Lockdown 2020 taught company every size weren’t limited business immediate geographic location Unless business dependent physical interaction client customer conduct business planet includes speaking opportunity long speak language attendee speak anywhere time creates exponential growth potential influence people message Reason 3 — Virtual Presenting Stay popular mantra 2021 “I can’t wait til get back normal” valid thought correct definition ‘normal’ word mean we’ll go back speaking audience person every time you’re wrong Companies organization discovered sometimes massive cost saving virtual presentation — elimination travel expense lodging food cost location fee event doesn’t mean group permanently shifted allvirtual event mean online event table frequently used especially additional virus natural disaster disruptive force mean flexible ready pivot inperson online presentation vice versa sometimes little notice Even inperson presentation cover adjust speaking camera room many event hybrid You’ll proficient speaking people online ensure feel included event Bonus Reason Virtual presenting terrific format audience engagement many tool disposal include audience presentation live presentation would disruptive continually ask question wait audience response online event frequently create interaction give audience form heard Similarly it’s always practical separate people small discussion group either logistically due combating noisiness large group Virtual Breakout room allow send attendee small group meaningful conversation without interruption two many tool disposal effective online person WANT IMPACTFUL VIRTUAL PRESENTER Pick 34 tip help confidently present camera engage audience every time speak online download complimentary copy report visit httpsbitlyBurnoutReportTags Virtual Presentation Presentations Public Speaking Leadership Skills Zoom Fatigue
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How to Dramatically Improve your Public Speaking Skills
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Like this piece? You’ll love my weekly newsletter Cultivating Resilience.
The ability to communicate a message, sell an idea, or paint a vision is a critical skill for anyone who wants to have an impact on the world. And even in the age of emojis, animated GIFs, and Snapchat filters, public speaking is still the most effective way to move, persuade, and inspire.
It’s why people pay a premium to attend conferences and see experts and leaders speak live, and why Americans took 460 million business trips in 2017 to communicate in person.
My journey as a speaker
As a child, no one would have said that I was destined to become a public speaker.
I didn’t do theater, debate, or mock trial. In one class activity, we took turns “reporting the news” in front of a video camera — every time I started talking, I would just burst into hysterical laughter. Eventually I’d regain my composure and try again, but the cycle would repeat itself.
Even as an adult, I used like as a filler word so often that the CEO of a company I interned for called me out for sounding like an airhead.
But for some reason, I was drawn to public speaking. And so I studied and I learned.
Nancy Duarte’s work taught me how to build better presentations. Seth Godin’s blog showed me what remarkable ideas look like. Gymnastics taught me how to deliver under pressure. Toastmasters helped me eliminate verbal tics and think on my feet.
I made huge progress. I ended up delivered the graduation speech at my high school (I was not valedictorian — it was selected in a blind review process). I have given dozens of internal presentations and have been flown out to speak to companies and conferences across the United States, Europe, and Asia. I gave the pitch for my first startup, Ridejoy, in front of hundreds of investors at Y Combinator’s Demo Day, and went on to raise $1.3 million in seed funding.
That is to say, by mid-2017, I felt like I was already a pretty strong speaker. But there’s always room for improvement.
Enter TED
When I was accepted into the TED Residency in the summer of 2017, I knew that I was about to go to the next level as a speaker.
If you’re not familiar, the TED Residency is a semi-annual incubator that brings artists, entrepreneurs, social activists, and researchers together to launch projects and share their big ideas with the world. Some of the talks from former residents have appeared on TED.com, including the story of a 66 year-old startup founder and a woman who’s changing how society thinks about disability.
We all know the high bar that TED puts on its speakers — I had seen my fiancée, Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, grow tremendously as a speaker during an earlier TED Residency cohort. She went from almost no speaking experience to speaking at Microsoft’s Outside In series, RISD, and Brown University, and delivering a main stage talk at TEDWomen 2017 in New Orleans.
I went through my own three-month journey to prepare and rehearse a talk about the future of hiring. Between my own talk preparation for my TED Residency, Amanda’s preparation for TEDWomen, and a close reading Chris Anderson’s book TED Talks, I have gained a new appreciation for the art of public speaking.
Here are some of my key takeaways and how you can implement them yourself.
Make every word count
All the TED Residency talks were capped at six minutes. While that might sound like a ludicrously short amount of time, it’s actually a great forcing function and gives you ample opportunity to explore an idea.
Assuming you speak around 150 words per minutes, that’s 900 words, or the length of a short blog post or opinion piece. You can say quite a bit at that word count, if you do it right. This recent NYTimes op-ed on criminal justice reform, for instance, is only 850 words.
My talk started around 1,000 words, went upwards of 1,200, and eventually was trimmed down to just 896 words, taking around 6 minutes and 15 seconds to complete.
Traditional TED talks might go upwards of 18 minutes, but in recent years, even those “long” talks have been pushed down to 15 or 12 minutes.
Why? Because attention is a scarce resource. And just as a magnifying glass focuses to the sun’s rays to produce intense heat, a short talk, if properly delivered and received, can have tremendous impact.
You have to start by making every word, every sentence, every story, count.
So, try the 6-minute limit.
Start strong
The best talks grab you from the first moment and never lets you go. Research done by Vanessa Van Edwards and her team at Science of People found that the top TED talks receive similar ratings on intelligence, charisma, and credibility when someone watches the whole talk, or just the first seven seconds.
We found that the ratings overall — who people liked overall and who they didn’t like — matched, whether they’d watched the first seven seconds or the full talk. We think that the brain actually decides as soon as that person takes the stage and begins speaking, “You know what? I’m gonna like this talk.”
Here are some examples:
Amy Cuddy’s video on body language starts with her offering “a free, no-tech life hack” that just requires the audience to change their posture for a few minutes. Who wouldn’t be interested in what she has to say next?
Dan Pink’s talk on motivation starts off with a fake-out—revealing that he has something to confess, a deep, dark, humiliating secret he’s kept to himself for many years. A secret that turns out to be attending (and doing really poorly in) law school. This beginning gets the audience laughing and sets up his frame: that he wants to make the case for changing how we incentivize people.
My talk on the future of hiring began with a bit of humor: “You know who I’m envious of?” I asked the audience. “People who work in a field that has to do with their college major.” That got a few laughs, but more importantly, it teed up the idea that what we study in school and what we do for work often are unrelated.
If you’re committed to making every word count, you can’t waste any time with a rambling introduction. Surprising personal anecdotes, new research with intriguing implications, provocative questions that demand answers, bold claims backed by evidence: these are all great ways to start a talk, provided they help us get into the main idea, the through-line.
Know your through-line
TED’s motto is “ideas worth sharing”. Their talks center around a core idea or message. If there was one word that I heard over and over again at TED, it was “through-line”. Here’s how TED’s Speaker’s Handbook elaborates on this:
Every talk should have a through-line, a connecting theme that ties together each narrative element. Think of the through-line as a strong cord onto which you will attach all the elements that are part of the idea you’re building. A good exercise is to try to encapsulate your through-line in no more than 15 words. What is the precise idea you want to build inside your listeners? What is their takeaway?
It’s sort of like the thesis statement of an essay (something I totally didn’t get in high school) or the answer you’d give if a friend asked you “so what’s the big takeaway of that talk?”
Amy Cuddy’s through-line might have been something like: Small changes in your posture can profoundly influence your mental and emotional state (13 words)
(13 words) Daniel Pink’s through-line might have been something like: We have to stop using carrots-and-stick incentives if we want thoughtful, creative work (15 words)
(15 words) My talk’s through-line was this: The future of work demands we hire people for their ability to perform, not their resume (14 words)
This through-line is something you come back to again and again. It can take time to nail down and I went through several versions of mine before I felt like I had it exactly right.
The TEDWomen curators also took several passes at Amanda’s talk and many of the suggested cuts or changes were to make sure the talk’s through-line was clear and well-supported, with no extraneous material.
A backstage photo I grabbed as we were preparing for the event. I had rehearsed through the talk dozens of times before my final delivery.
Rehearse like your life depends on it
This aspect of the TED talk experience was not a surprise to me, and if you’ve read my guide to deliberate practice, it won’t be a surprise to you either.
The number one reason TED speakers look and sound fantastic is because they invest an enormous amount of time preparing for their talk. Most of them reach what Wait But Why author Tim Urban of calls “Happy-Birthday-Level Memorized”.
Tim Urban’s Memorization Spectrum
After speaking at TED2016, Tim wrote a post detailing his experience and this is what he had to say about level of memorization (3C) is this:
Writing a great script means working on it a ton and carefully honing every sentence, and memorizing it to Happy Birthday level takes a huge amount more time. You’re essentially writing a play, casting yourself, and then learning the part well enough to act it on a stage with no fear of forgetting your lines. Preparing to this level is a nightmare — but if the stakes are high enough, it’s worth the time.
Not every TED talk is memorized, but memorizing your talk cold¹ means you can devote more of your brain to other things in the moment. It’s much easier to make a joke or adjust a point in real-time if you’re supremely confident about where you are in your talk.
Starting maybe a month before the talk, I started rehearsing my speech on my commute. I started by saying the talk out loud from the script on my phone. I had also recorded myself giving the talk and would listen to myself say it through my headphones. Over time, I started saying parts of the talk without looking. Then, the whole thing.
I would say it to myself in the shower, while biking around the city, during my lunch break. I rehearsed it to Amanda, to other residents in my cohort, and to a few friends.
Note: One important thing I did was start rehearsing a lot even though the talk wasn’t completely finished. The truth is, your talk is never done. You’ll get ideas and suggestions as you rehearse even into the final week. Memorization takes calendar time and cramming is a really bad idea.
Once I was able to reliably give the whole talk without looking at my script, I then had to improve the pacing. When I had just barely memorized it, my talk would come in at 7 or 7.5 minutes, well over my time limit. I had to practice speeding up my talk so that it was right around that 6 minute mark, without sounding like I was rushing through it.
Towards the end, I was hitting the 6 minute mark reliably and was able to use my last few days of rehearsals on delivery and timing of slide advancement.
Fewer slides, better slides
One thing that we often associate with TED speakers is great slides. Our brains devote tremendous resources towards processing visual information so it’s not crazy to think that great slides matter.
The truth is, plenty of great TED talks have no slides. Sir Ken Robinson’s talk on education is one. Susan Cain’s talk on introverts is another (though she uses a suitcase as a prop).
Having too much great visual material can also be a problem. Amanda is a designer, so when she was asked to give her first talk at the end of her TED Residency, she jam-packed it with lots of amazing visuals. But what she noticed is that during the talk, people mostly looked at the screen, not her.
So when she gave her TEDWomen talk a year later, she made fewer slides and made ample use of the “blank slide” option where nothing was projecting on the screen. Just as how when a talk is shorter, each word has greater meaning, when a talk has fewer slides, each slide packs a bigger punch.
I don’t have much to say in the way of slide design, but Aaron Weyenberg, a UX lead at TED, has a great post called 10 Tips for Better Slide Decks that can help you improve your own slide. Then be sure to eliminate any that don’t add power to your message: edit with a heavy hand.
Tell stories
We often miss opportunities to pursuade because we don’t tell enough stories.
I am all for making decisions using logic and data. But it’s hard to get people interested in pure data without a story behind it. A number doesn’t matter until you understand where the number is coming from and what it means.
Nonprofits have learned that telling the story of a single person who needs help is more effective at eliciting donations than using a data-driven approach, or even including the story and the data together². For some, this is maddening or seems sentimental. But the truth is, human beings evolved to tell and hear stories. It’s effective.
Stories create impact by getting the brains of your audience members literally in sync with your own.
Uri Hasson runs a psychology lab at Princeton and has used functional MRI scanners to show how when a listener hears someone telling a story, their brain waves start to align. The effect was limited if everyone was simply hearing the same non-verbal sounds, or sentences without real meaning. But only when a fully coherent and engaging story was told, the synchronization, or “neural entrainment,” spread to major parts of the brain, including the frontal cortex.
I was able to tell two personal stories in my TED talk — the first about the creative tactics I used to land a job as a product manager at Etsy, and the second about how I was almost put into a special needs track as a kindergartener. This experience taught me that there’s always time and room for stories, and that they are too powerful to ever be skipped or glossed over.
What is your body saying?
Photo: Jurga Anusauskiene/TEDxVilnius (source)
The last thing I’ll touch on is your physical presence. When you speak, it’s not just about the sounds you’re producing from your throat. Impact also depends on your facial expressions, your gestures, and your body language.
A talk delivered with slumped shoulders, glazed over eyes, and a hunched-over posture sounds pathetic compared to those same words being said with an open upright chest, expansive gestures, and a smile.
Going back to the Science of People research, Van Edwards found that speakers who smiled more were rated as more intelligent. It can feel strange to smile so much at a group of strangers, particularly when you are talking about something that might be pretty serious, but smiling puts people at ease and lets them know they can trust you, which may lead to their trusting what you have to say.
Meanwhile, when they looked at the total number of hand motions, whether up-and-down or side-to-side, they found it correlated with number of views of that presentation. Her hypothesis:
If you’re watching a talk and someone’s moving their hands, it gives your mind something else to do in addition to listening. So you’re doubly engaged. For the talks where someone is not moving their hands a lot, it’s almost like there’s less brain engagement, and the brain is like, “this is not exciting” — even if the content’s really good.
In retrospect, I felt like I could have been more generous with my gestures. There were certain parts of the talk where I think I had thoughtful gestures that aligned with my point, but it’s definitely something I’m going to continue to work on.
Great public speaking skills aren’t are learned in a few hours, a few months, or even a few years. It is a lifelong process.
There’s still so much I can do to improve as a public speaker, but I am deeply grateful to TED as an organization for showing me what great talks look like, and giving me an opportunity to level up my skills. I hope these lessons help you deliver your next toast, presentation, or speech with greater confidence and power.
Edit April 4th 2018: my talk was featured by TED in February 2018 and has since garnered 1.2M views. See it below.
Additional Resources
Toastmaster’s World Championship speeches are a great place to see how storytelling, body language, vocal delivery, and preparation come together into memorable and powerful public speaking experiences. Here’s one from 2016:
Footnotes
Memorizing cold: Some people are against memorization because “it sounds canned or stiff”. But that’s only because they have experienced people who didn’t care about what they were saying (like when you get a dinner call from a telemarketer) or just barely have it memorized. Happy-Birthday-level-memorized actually allows the performer to express themselves in a more genuine and meaningful way.
Another way to think about is to consider plays or movies — when a character goes into a monologue, it only sounds impromptu. Behind that bright-eyed freshness is many rehearsals and earlier takes that had to be cut and redone. Stories vs. data: The general idea that stories outweigh data has been demonstrated a number of times, including 1980 at the University of Michigan. More recent research in 2007 study done at Carnegie Mellon University found that donors explicitly give more to story-only appeals vs data-only or story-and-data appeals. As reported in Contributions magazine:
While students who had read Rokia’s story alone donated an average of $2.38, those who read the story plus the data donated an average of $1.43. Slovic attributes this nearly 40 percent fall-off to what he calls the “drop in the bucket” effect. When people read about Rokia, he explains, their emotions are engaged and they are inclined to give. But when they also read about the millions who are in distress, “the data sends a bad feeling that counteracts the warm glow from helping Rokia,” he says. People may still give, but they will give less.
— Stories or Data: Which Makes the Stronger Case?
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https://betterhumans.pub/how-to-dramatically-improve-your-public-speaking-skills-cd26b7d08a96
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['Jason Shen']
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2021-10-12 18:16:38.971000+00:00
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['Entrepreneurship', 'Tedtalks', 'Public Speaking', 'Communication Skills']
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Title Dramatically Improve Public Speaking SkillsContent Like piece You’ll love weekly newsletter Cultivating Resilience ability communicate message sell idea paint vision critical skill anyone want impact world even age emojis animated GIFs Snapchat filter public speaking still effective way move persuade inspire It’s people pay premium attend conference see expert leader speak live Americans took 460 million business trip 2017 communicate person journey speaker child one would said destined become public speaker didn’t theater debate mock trial one class activity took turn “reporting news” front video camera — every time started talking would burst hysterical laughter Eventually I’d regain composure try cycle would repeat Even adult used like filler word often CEO company interned called sounding like airhead reason drawn public speaking studied learned Nancy Duarte’s work taught build better presentation Seth Godin’s blog showed remarkable idea look like Gymnastics taught deliver pressure Toastmasters helped eliminate verbal tic think foot made huge progress ended delivered graduation speech high school valedictorian — selected blind review process given dozen internal presentation flown speak company conference across United States Europe Asia gave pitch first startup Ridejoy front hundred investor Combinator’s Demo Day went raise 13 million seed funding say mid2017 felt like already pretty strong speaker there’s always room improvement Enter TED accepted TED Residency summer 2017 knew go next level speaker you’re familiar TED Residency semiannual incubator brings artist entrepreneur social activist researcher together launch project share big idea world talk former resident appeared TEDcom including story 66 yearold startup founder woman who’s changing society think disability know high bar TED put speaker — seen fiancée Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya grow tremendously speaker earlier TED Residency cohort went almost speaking experience speaking Microsoft’s Outside series RISD Brown University delivering main stage talk TEDWomen 2017 New Orleans went threemonth journey prepare rehearse talk future hiring talk preparation TED Residency Amanda’s preparation TEDWomen close reading Chris Anderson’s book TED Talks gained new appreciation art public speaking key takeaway implement Make every word count TED Residency talk capped six minute might sound like ludicrously short amount time it’s actually great forcing function give ample opportunity explore idea Assuming speak around 150 word per minute that’s 900 word length short blog post opinion piece say quite bit word count right recent NYTimes oped criminal justice reform instance 850 word talk started around 1000 word went upwards 1200 eventually trimmed 896 word taking around 6 minute 15 second complete Traditional TED talk might go upwards 18 minute recent year even “long” talk pushed 15 12 minute attention scarce resource magnifying glass focus sun’s ray produce intense heat short talk properly delivered received tremendous impact start making every word every sentence every story count try 6minute limit Start strong best talk grab first moment never let go Research done Vanessa Van Edwards team Science People found top TED talk receive similar rating intelligence charisma credibility someone watch whole talk first seven second found rating overall — people liked overall didn’t like — matched whether they’d watched first seven second full talk think brain actually decides soon person take stage begin speaking “You know I’m gonna like talk” example Amy Cuddy’s video body language start offering “a free notech life hack” requires audience change posture minute wouldn’t interested say next Dan Pink’s talk motivation start fakeout—revealing something confess deep dark humiliating secret he’s kept many year secret turn attending really poorly law school beginning get audience laughing set frame want make case changing incentivize people talk future hiring began bit humor “You know I’m envious of” asked audience “People work field college major” got laugh importantly teed idea study school work often unrelated you’re committed making every word count can’t waste time rambling introduction Surprising personal anecdote new research intriguing implication provocative question demand answer bold claim backed evidence great way start talk provided help u get main idea throughline Know throughline TED’s motto “ideas worth sharing” talk center around core idea message one word heard TED “throughline” Here’s TED’s Speaker’s Handbook elaborates Every talk throughline connecting theme tie together narrative element Think throughline strong cord onto attach element part idea you’re building good exercise try encapsulate throughline 15 word precise idea want build inside listener takeaway It’s sort like thesis statement essay something totally didn’t get high school answer you’d give friend asked “so what’s big takeaway talk” Amy Cuddy’s throughline might something like Small change posture profoundly influence mental emotional state 13 word 13 word Daniel Pink’s throughline might something like stop using carrotsandstick incentive want thoughtful creative work 15 word 15 word talk’s throughline future work demand hire people ability perform resume 14 word throughline something come back take time nail went several version mine felt like exactly right TEDWomen curator also took several pass Amanda’s talk many suggested cut change make sure talk’s throughline clear wellsupported extraneous material backstage photo grabbed preparing event rehearsed talk dozen time final delivery Rehearse like life depends aspect TED talk experience surprise you’ve read guide deliberate practice won’t surprise either number one reason TED speaker look sound fantastic invest enormous amount time preparing talk reach Wait author Tim Urban call “HappyBirthdayLevel Memorized” Tim Urban’s Memorization Spectrum speaking TED2016 Tim wrote post detailing experience say level memorization 3C Writing great script mean working ton carefully honing every sentence memorizing Happy Birthday level take huge amount time You’re essentially writing play casting learning part well enough act stage fear forgetting line Preparing level nightmare — stake high enough it’s worth time every TED talk memorized memorizing talk cold¹ mean devote brain thing moment It’s much easier make joke adjust point realtime you’re supremely confident talk Starting maybe month talk started rehearsing speech commute started saying talk loud script phone also recorded giving talk would listen say headphone time started saying part talk without looking whole thing would say shower biking around city lunch break rehearsed Amanda resident cohort friend Note One important thing start rehearsing lot even though talk wasn’t completely finished truth talk never done You’ll get idea suggestion rehearse even final week Memorization take calendar time cramming really bad idea able reliably give whole talk without looking script improve pacing barely memorized talk would come 7 75 minute well time limit practice speeding talk right around 6 minute mark without sounding like rushing Towards end hitting 6 minute mark reliably able use last day rehearsal delivery timing slide advancement Fewer slide better slide One thing often associate TED speaker great slide brain devote tremendous resource towards processing visual information it’s crazy think great slide matter truth plenty great TED talk slide Sir Ken Robinson’s talk education one Susan Cain’s talk introvert another though us suitcase prop much great visual material also problem Amanda designer asked give first talk end TED Residency jampacked lot amazing visuals noticed talk people mostly looked screen gave TEDWomen talk year later made fewer slide made ample use “blank slide” option nothing projecting screen talk shorter word greater meaning talk fewer slide slide pack bigger punch don’t much say way slide design Aaron Weyenberg UX lead TED great post called 10 Tips Better Slide Decks help improve slide sure eliminate don’t add power message edit heavy hand Tell story often miss opportunity pursuade don’t tell enough story making decision using logic data it’s hard get people interested pure data without story behind number doesn’t matter understand number coming mean Nonprofits learned telling story single person need help effective eliciting donation using datadriven approach even including story data together² maddening seems sentimental truth human being evolved tell hear story It’s effective Stories create impact getting brain audience member literally sync Uri Hasson run psychology lab Princeton used functional MRI scanner show listener hears someone telling story brain wave start align effect limited everyone simply hearing nonverbal sound sentence without real meaning fully coherent engaging story told synchronization “neural entrainment” spread major part brain including frontal cortex able tell two personal story TED talk — first creative tactic used land job product manager Etsy second almost put special need track kindergartener experience taught there’s always time room story powerful ever skipped glossed body saying Photo Jurga AnusauskieneTEDxVilnius source last thing I’ll touch physical presence speak it’s sound you’re producing throat Impact also depends facial expression gesture body language talk delivered slumped shoulder glazed eye hunchedover posture sound pathetic compared word said open upright chest expansive gesture smile Going back Science People research Van Edwards found speaker smiled rated intelligent feel strange smile much group stranger particularly talking something might pretty serious smiling put people ease let know trust may lead trusting say Meanwhile looked total number hand motion whether upanddown sidetoside found correlated number view presentation hypothesis you’re watching talk someone’s moving hand give mind something else addition listening you’re doubly engaged talk someone moving hand lot it’s almost like there’s le brain engagement brain like “this exciting” — even content’s really good retrospect felt like could generous gesture certain part talk think thoughtful gesture aligned point it’s definitely something I’m going continue work Great public speaking skill aren’t learned hour month even year lifelong process There’s still much improve public speaker deeply grateful TED organization showing great talk look like giving opportunity level skill hope lesson help deliver next toast presentation speech greater confidence power Edit April 4th 2018 talk featured TED February 2018 since garnered 12M view See Additional Resources Toastmaster’s World Championship speech great place see storytelling body language vocal delivery preparation come together memorable powerful public speaking experience Here’s one 2016 Footnotes Memorizing cold people memorization “it sound canned stiff” that’s experienced people didn’t care saying like get dinner call telemarketer barely memorized HappyBirthdaylevelmemorized actually allows performer express genuine meaningful way Another way think consider play movie — character go monologue sound impromptu Behind brighteyed freshness many rehearsal earlier take cut redone Stories v data general idea story outweigh data demonstrated number time including 1980 University Michigan recent research 2007 study done Carnegie Mellon University found donor explicitly give storyonly appeal v dataonly storyanddata appeal reported Contributions magazine student read Rokia’s story alone donated average 238 read story plus data donated average 143 Slovic attribute nearly 40 percent falloff call “drop bucket” effect people read Rokia explains emotion engaged inclined give also read million distress “the data sends bad feeling counteracts warm glow helping Rokia” say People may still give give le — Stories Data Makes Stronger CaseTags Entrepreneurship Tedtalks Public Speaking 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What is Mindful Presenting and why does it matter?
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What is mindful presenting and why does it matter?
Imagine the following scene.
It’s Friday morning and it’s been a long and exhaustive week. but there’s light at the end of the tunnel. In a few hours you’ll be driving home away from the noise, the pressure, the stress and the sameness. It’s the only thought that’s keeping you going.
Moments into a lucid image of yourself flopping onto your sofa you are interrupted by another. This one is of your boss. She graciously acknowledges how busy you are. In her next breath, she asks you to make an important presentation to the management team on her behalf on Monday morning. Apparently, ‘something’s come up’.
Before that moment you lived in the belief that mindfulness was something reserved for the lucky few who had the time to sit quietly on their own meditating. Now you realise that you can be far more mindful than you ever gave yourself the credit for. In that moment, you become aware of what you are thinking and what you are feeling.
Thoughts
– How on earth am I going to be ready for this in time?
– Why me anyway?
– Doesn’t she know how busy I am?
– I’m an awful presenter
– This is going to be a disaster
Feelings
– Angry that my boss doesn’t recognise how busy I am.
– Fed up because it’s just ruined my weekend
– Nervous because I’m not a good presenter
– Anxious because I just know it’s going to go horribly wrong.
Is that mindfulness?
It is if you define mindfulness as, ‘The quality or state of being conscious or aware of something’.
If you subscribe to the perspective that mindfulness is, ‘Paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally’, it’s probably the non-judgmental part that lets you down.
I’m a huge champion of the latter definition but I’m also grounded in realism. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to live in a way in which you are always ‘paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.’ Personally, I think it’s a gargantuan human challenge to do so. I love the idea that mindfulness represents the inherent human challenge and value of non-judgmental presence. Recognising the size of the challenge I’m drawn to the baseline premise of mindfulness as being a high level of consciousness and awareness.
This sound relatively simple in intellectual terms but it’s still not necessarily so easy in practice.
Research tells us what most of us already know intuitively. We each have a vast number of thoughts every day. Many of our thoughts are very similar to each other and a great number are often negative.
It seems to me that mindfulness is the key to a taking ourselves off of ‘auto-pilot’. It’s the key to living more consciously, helping us to manage the repetitive and negative thoughts.
Introducing Mindful Presenting
When we are presenting, our audience want the facts, data, knowledge, information and insights. They want something else too. We call it mindful presenting.
They want the facts, data, knowledge, information and insights gift wrapped. In other words, they want it all wrapped up in a way that is totally relevant and meaningful to them. The data has to be crafted and delivered mindfully. In a way that will make a tangible difference to their personal or professional lives.
If it’s not completely relevant, it’s recieved as ‘noise’.
Think as mindful presenting as a powerful filter. In terms of public speaking and presenting it filters and removes the ‘noise.
Mindful presenting filters:
– The unhelpful noise in our minds
– Unecessary noise our audience hears and sees
The noise in our minds
It’s not new; it’s a very familiar voice:
– I’m an awful presenter
– This is going to be a disaster
– What if they don’t like what I have to say?
– I’m worried that I’ll forget what to say
– What if they ask me a question I don’t know the answer to?
– They will see how nervous I am
The noise our audience hears and sees
Perhaps you’ve experience this during a presentation you sat through:
– What on earth has this got to do with me?
– Why do they keep saying the same thing over and over again?
– Is this about them or me?
– So what, why should I care?
– Couldn’t they have just sent me this in an email?
– Am I even in the right room?
– I really don’t have time for this.
Mindful presenting is the solution
Our first challenge as presenters is to have good answers to all of these thoughts and questions. Mindful presenting provides the platform for this level of awareness. All of our training and coaching is designed to help people to challenge and overcome these unhelpful thoughts. Mindful presenting focuses on helping presenters to build confidence, presence and impact.
It creates the consciousness to see clearly that if your content isn’t clear, rich and purposeful, it’s just, more ‘noise’.
At the heart of mindful presenting there is a compelling belief. It’s the belief that your presentation is all about your audience; not you.
With the highest level of clarity of what you want your audience to think, do and feel, you focus on connecting rather than presenting.
Mindful presenting creates the space for you to slow down and calm down. In the process, you become more aware of who your audience really are and how you can help them. It allows you to learn a great deal about yourself too.
Why it matters
Despite popular belief, your audience don’t want to see and hear a slick, well-polished and rehearsed speaker. They want to hear someone speak who:
– Knows what they are talking about
– Cares passionately about the topic
– Takes the time to care about how their audience feels
– Has something to say that will make their lives better, easier, happier or positively different
Overall, mindful presenting allows us to create and deliver a powerful presentation. One which is clear, compelling and valuable.
It’s about connecting with your audience emotionally as well as intellectually.
If you’d like to begin your journey of mindful presenting:
– Book yourself onto a powerful public speaking course.
– Invest in some really good one to one public speaking coaching.
– Get yourself some excellent presentation training
If this article has inspired you to learn a little more about how effective your presentation skills are you may want to take a look at our presentation training and public speaking coaching pages to see how we may be able to help you. You will also find a great deal of really helpful ‘free’ information in our Learning Centre.
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https://medium.com/@mauricedecastro/what-is-mindful-presenting-and-why-does-it-matter-d4356c7b6470
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['Maurice Decastro']
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2021-11-22 13:50:03.290000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'Personal Development', 'Communication', 'Leadership', 'Mindfulness']
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Title Mindful Presenting matterContent mindful presenting matter Imagine following scene It’s Friday morning it’s long exhaustive week there’s light end tunnel hour you’ll driving home away noise pressure stress sameness It’s thought that’s keeping going Moments lucid image flopping onto sofa interrupted another one bos graciously acknowledges busy next breath asks make important presentation management team behalf Monday morning Apparently ‘something’s come up’ moment lived belief mindfulness something reserved lucky time sit quietly meditating realise far mindful ever gave credit moment become aware thinking feeling Thoughts – earth going ready time – anyway – Doesn’t know busy – I’m awful presenter – going disaster Feelings – Angry bos doesn’t recognise busy – Fed it’s ruined weekend – Nervous I’m good presenter – Anxious know it’s going go horribly wrong mindfulness define mindfulness ‘The quality state conscious aware something’ subscribe perspective mindfulness ‘Paying attention particular way purpose present moment nonjudgmentally’ it’s probably nonjudgmental part let I’m huge champion latter definition I’m also grounded realism Wouldn’t wonderful live way always ‘paying attention particular way purpose present moment nonjudgmentally’ Personally think it’s gargantuan human challenge love idea mindfulness represents inherent human challenge value nonjudgmental presence Recognising size challenge I’m drawn baseline premise mindfulness high level consciousness awareness sound relatively simple intellectual term it’s still necessarily easy practice Research tell u u already know intuitively vast number thought every day Many thought similar great number often negative seems mindfulness key taking ‘autopilot’ It’s key living consciously helping u manage repetitive negative thought Introducing Mindful Presenting presenting audience want fact data knowledge information insight want something else call mindful presenting want fact data knowledge information insight gift wrapped word want wrapped way totally relevant meaningful data crafted delivered mindfully way make tangible difference personal professional life it’s completely relevant it’s recieved ‘noise’ Think mindful presenting powerful filter term public speaking presenting filter remove ‘noise Mindful presenting filter – unhelpful noise mind – Unecessary noise audience hears see noise mind It’s new it’s familiar voice – I’m awful presenter – going disaster – don’t like say – I’m worried I’ll forget say – ask question don’t know answer – see nervous noise audience hears see Perhaps you’ve experience presentation sat – earth got – keep saying thing – – care – Couldn’t sent email – even right room – really don’t time Mindful presenting solution first challenge presenter good answer thought question Mindful presenting provides platform level awareness training coaching designed help people challenge overcome unhelpful thought Mindful presenting focus helping presenter build confidence presence impact creates consciousness see clearly content isn’t clear rich purposeful it’s ‘noise’ heart mindful presenting compelling belief It’s belief presentation audience highest level clarity want audience think feel focus connecting rather presenting Mindful presenting creates space slow calm process become aware audience really help allows learn great deal matter Despite popular belief audience don’t want see hear slick wellpolished rehearsed speaker want hear someone speak – Knows talking – Cares passionately topic – Takes time care audience feel – something say make life better easier happier positively different Overall mindful presenting allows u create deliver powerful presentation One clear compelling valuable It’s connecting audience emotionally well intellectually you’d like begin journey mindful presenting – Book onto powerful public speaking course – Invest really good one one public speaking coaching – Get excellent presentation training article inspired learn little effective presentation skill may want take look presentation training public speaking coaching page see may able help also find great deal really helpful ‘free’ information Learning Centre Photo Danielle MacInnes UnsplashTags Public Speaking Personal Development Communication Leadership Mindfulness
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A Presentation Tip that Changed My Public Speaking
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Several years ago I was out to lunch with a mentor and he shared a presentation tip with me I have never forgotten. This was the days before I owned my company, Ethos3, but it had such a positive impact on me that it has become a staple in my presentation training for clients.
It’s so simple yet so profound, and I’m excited to share it with you today. I hope it changes your public speaking lens just like it changed mine.
The 50/50 Balance
When I sat down with my mentor for lunch on that random business day, we began to discussing both our passions for presentations. It’s then he shared with me that in almost any presentation environment you are going to have a 50/50 mix of introverts and extroverts in the audience. Granted, this may change from 60/40 or 70/30 but generally it is safe to assume you are going to have a healthy mix of both. If you are new to these terms, I’ll briefly explain how I was taught the difference between these two personality types.
The Differences
I like to look at both of these groups as possessing a battery in the middle of their chest. If you are an introvert like myself, my battery tends to get depleted when socializing and being in group settings like a dinner out with friends, hanging out at a party, or doing anything in general around big groups of people. In order to get in recharged, I need to spend time by myself until I feel ready to go out and socialize again. If you are an extrovert, you are probably the exact opposite of the above description. You most likely get energized being around people and depleted when left by yourself for too long of a period of time.
Practical Application
Now that we have acknowledged these differences, let’s address how this can be applied to your presentations moving forward. As an introvert, I need time to process information and data. It is always going to be in my best interest to hold on to my thoughts and present my feedback after I have had time to digest information presented to me. Understanding this reality, I’ll never call on someone to contribute when I’m giving a presentation since there is a 50% chance I may be making that request of an introvert and they won’t appreciate me in that scenario. However, I also need to understand that half of the room is made up of extroverts so as a presenter I’ll need to mindful about creating opportunities for participation and involvement via pre-planned exercises and workshops.
Conclusion
Introverts and extroverts. They exist in every audience. Your task is to make sure you respect both parties when giving any presentation.
Author Bio
Scott Schwertly is the Founder and CEO of Ethos3 and the creator of Badge, a proprietary presentation assessment tool which helps presenters discover and maximize their presentation style. He is also the author of two books, What’s Your Presentation Persona? (McGraw-Hill, 2017) and How to be a Presentation God (Wiley, 2011). If Scott is not working with his team building presentations, you will find him in the pool, on the bike, or on a long run since he is a 2x Ironman, 7x marathoner, and competitive triathlete.
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https://medium.com/@scottschwertly/a-presentation-tip-that-changed-my-public-speaking-fba6c4c508f0
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['Scott Schwertly']
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2021-12-16 17:43:07.968000+00:00
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['Presentations', 'Public Speaking', 'Communication Skills', 'Public Speaking Tips', 'Presentation Skills']
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Title Presentation Tip Changed Public SpeakingContent Several year ago lunch mentor shared presentation tip never forgotten day owned company Ethos3 positive impact become staple presentation training client It’s simple yet profound I’m excited share today hope change public speaking lens like changed mine 5050 Balance sat mentor lunch random business day began discussing passion presentation It’s shared almost presentation environment going 5050 mix introvert extrovert audience Granted may change 6040 7030 generally safe assume going healthy mix new term I’ll briefly explain taught difference two personality type Differences like look group possessing battery middle chest introvert like battery tends get depleted socializing group setting like dinner friend hanging party anything general around big group people order get recharged need spend time feel ready go socialize extrovert probably exact opposite description likely get energized around people depleted left long period time Practical Application acknowledged difference let’s address applied presentation moving forward introvert need time process information data always going best interest hold thought present feedback time digest information presented Understanding reality I’ll never call someone contribute I’m giving presentation since 50 chance may making request introvert won’t appreciate scenario However also need understand half room made extrovert presenter I’ll need mindful creating opportunity participation involvement via preplanned exercise workshop Conclusion Introverts extrovert exist every audience task make sure respect party giving presentation Author Bio Scott Schwertly Founder CEO Ethos3 creator Badge proprietary presentation assessment tool help presenter discover maximize presentation style also author two book What’s Presentation Persona McGrawHill 2017 Presentation God Wiley 2011 Scott working team building presentation find pool bike long run since 2x Ironman 7x marathoner competitive triathleteTags Presentations Public Speaking Communication Skills Public Speaking Tips Presentation Skills
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My Experience as a Speaker in Angular-Up, Tel Aviv 🎤 & Excursion to Jerusalem 🕍 [Vlog]
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Hello beautiful people, in this article I’ll describe my last 4–5 days traveling in Israel and attending as a speaker Angular-Up, a tech conference focusing on Angular. While we progress I’ll share what I did (tech and non-tech wise) as well as some new experiences.
Let the journey begin…
P.S. If you are not feeling like reading, watch the vlog 😉.
Day 0 — Saturday 🏡
On Saturday I was in my hometown preparing for the upcoming trip. The previous day I had done a PCR test (although I’m double vaccinated 💉 it was required by Israel’s regulations), so I was simply waiting for the negative results. That morning I went to exchange some money from Euro to Shekel as it would be easier for my transactions… and by night, I had the negative results from the PCR test and my suitcase done.
Day 1 — Greece to Israel ✈
The next day my flight was at 7.30AM, guess what time I went to the airport?! 5.30AM. I had a feeling that I was missing something from my papers. To give you some context, there is a lot of bureaucracy to flight to Israel. A lot of papers need to be done. Thankfully, for these papers, I had the help of the organizers.
Anyway, I went for the check-in, and they told me I was missing a paper, I said to them “that’s impossible I have double-checked everything”, they insisted that I was missing one of the papers…so they wouldn’t allow me to check-in. A local resident (from Israel), came to help me as I started to panic. She told me that a paper should have been sent to me automatically but in my case, it hadn’t. After that, I was trying to find the paper or to re-do the procedure to take it. I literally needed more than 90min to find it… so it was time for the airplane to depart and I hadn’t even gone through the security check…
I was panicking… I was about to quit.
I run with my laptop open to the check-in to present the paper as I didn’t even have the time to shut it down and pass the paper on my phone… They accepted the paper and I started running! 🏃♀️
I finally caught my flight. I was now relieved and even sitting in business class for the first time!
As soon as I reached Tel Aviv’s airport I had to do another PCR test inside the airport. Although there were many passengers the procedure was quick.
After the test, I took a cab and arrived at the hotel. Now, this is another story, a story I’m not proud off 😅, I couldn’t find the entrance of the hotel… It was a block of buildings and all them had the same address, so I had no idea how I was supposed to find the entrance of my hotel… Long story short, after 30min walking with my suitcase up and down, I found it.
The receptionist was very friendly and answered all my questions. That afternoon I visited the mall to buy a SIM card, I walked a bit in the city, arrived back at the hotel, worked for a couple of hours, refreshed myself and went to sleep.
Day 2: Tel Aviv, Conference: Angular Up 💻🎤
The next morning I woke up early, before going to the conference I worked for a couple of hours, eat breakfast and hit the Tel Aviv streets! 😎
I reached the conference venue at 9.30AM. Everything was very well organized. I met the main organizers, Nur and Assaph from the EventHandler and many awesome speakers from Israel or abroad. I had lovely chats with them, we shared experiences about tech and life. During the lunch break, I took the opportunity to walk around the city, see a few sightseeing and return back to the venue. In the afternoon, there was a closing ceremony with gifts for the participants of the conference. As soon as the ceremony finished, one of the organizers accompanied me to the hospital as I had to make another PCR test (for my returning flight). During the evening the organizers and the speakers had a lovely dinner and cocktails at a beautiful outdoor space.
Day 3: Excursion to Jerusalem 🕍
The next day one of the organizers and a few of the speakers (including myself!) went on a private tour in Jerusalem. I don’t want to write to much about it as I simply would like to encourage you all to visit that place. It doesn’t matter where you’re coming from, your culture, or your religion; there is something for everyone. Just wear comfortable shoes and prepare your camera!
That was my last day in Tel Aviv. My flight was at 10.30AM, I arrived at the airport at 7.30AM, yes, 3h earlier and trust me, I needed the whole 3h even if I had a fast-track ticket (the advantages of business class, thank you Eventhandler 🥰). The security check lasted hours… they searched everything in an incredibly detailed way… and they were asking weird questions in the passport check… 🙄
Usually, I like to stroll around the duty-free shops, but this time I didn’t have time for that.
I boarded the plane, I had a nice flight. I returned back home, rested for a bit and then worked until late evening.
Conclusion and future plans 🔮
I had a lovely time at the conference, meeting new people and exchanging ideas! I’m looking forward to traveling more and gaining new knowledge on a technical and personal level. I believe these two are connected. When we grow in one area it’s easier to grow in the other one too.
If everything goes according to the plan, you’ll see more vlogs and similar articles in the upcoming weeks!
Where would you like to travel? At which conference would you love to go?
The Vlog ⬇
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https://medium.com/@eleftheriabatsou/my-experience-as-a-speaker-in-angular-up-tel-aviv-excursion-to-jerusalem-vlog-392269a78390
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['Eleftheria Batsou']
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2021-11-17 11:29:19.351000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'Work And Travel', 'Public Relations', 'Conference', 'Developer Stories']
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Title Experience Speaker AngularUp Tel Aviv 🎤 Excursion Jerusalem 🕍 VlogContent Hello beautiful people article I’ll describe last 4–5 day traveling Israel attending speaker AngularUp tech conference focusing Angular progress I’ll share tech nontech wise well new experience Let journey begin… PS feeling like reading watch vlog 😉 Day 0 — Saturday 🏡 Saturday hometown preparing upcoming trip previous day done PCR test although I’m double vaccinated 💉 required Israel’s regulation simply waiting negative result morning went exchange money Euro Shekel would easier transactions… night negative result PCR test suitcase done Day 1 — Greece Israel ✈ next day flight 730AM guess time went airport 530AM feeling missing something paper give context lot bureaucracy flight Israel lot paper need done Thankfully paper help organizer Anyway went checkin told missing paper said “that’s impossible doublechecked everything” insisted missing one papers…so wouldn’t allow checkin local resident Israel came help started panic told paper sent automatically case hadn’t trying find paper redo procedure take literally needed 90min find it… time airplane depart hadn’t even gone security check… panicking… quit run laptop open checkin present paper didn’t even time shut pas paper phone… accepted paper started running 🏃♀️ finally caught flight relieved even sitting business class first time soon reached Tel Aviv’s airport another PCR test inside airport Although many passenger procedure quick test took cab arrived hotel another story story I’m proud 😅 couldn’t find entrance hotel… block building address idea supposed find entrance hotel… Long story short 30min walking suitcase found receptionist friendly answered question afternoon visited mall buy SIM card walked bit city arrived back hotel worked couple hour refreshed went sleep Day 2 Tel Aviv Conference Angular 💻🎤 next morning woke early going conference worked couple hour eat breakfast hit Tel Aviv street 😎 reached conference venue 930AM Everything well organized met main organizer Nur Assaph EventHandler many awesome speaker Israel abroad lovely chat shared experience tech life lunch break took opportunity walk around city see sightseeing return back venue afternoon closing ceremony gift participant conference soon ceremony finished one organizer accompanied hospital make another PCR test returning flight evening organizer speaker lovely dinner cocktail beautiful outdoor space Day 3 Excursion Jerusalem 🕍 next day one organizer speaker including went private tour Jerusalem don’t want write much simply would like encourage visit place doesn’t matter you’re coming culture religion something everyone wear comfortable shoe prepare camera last day Tel Aviv flight 1030AM arrived airport 730AM yes 3h earlier trust needed whole 3h even fasttrack ticket advantage business class thank Eventhandler 🥰 security check lasted hours… searched everything incredibly detailed way… asking weird question passport check… 🙄 Usually like stroll around dutyfree shop time didn’t time boarded plane nice flight returned back home rested bit worked late evening Conclusion future plan 🔮 lovely time conference meeting new people exchanging idea I’m looking forward traveling gaining new knowledge technical personal level believe two connected grow one area it’s easier grow one everything go according plan you’ll see vlogs similar article upcoming week would like travel conference would love go Vlog ⬇Tags Public Speaking Work Travel Public Relations Conference Developer Stories
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How to Speak more Clearly During Online Presentations?
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One thing you and many others who have had to do more talking and presentations from home in an online environment have likely noticed is that the whole thing feels a lot different to doing the same thing in-person or in front of a real audience in the same room. While both can be classified as public speaking, they are very different and present different challenges.
Speaking online and in-person do share a lot of aspects and skills: diction, being able to tell a story, making eye contact and connecting to your audience. But speaking online also requires some adjustment, because you cannot rely on body language cues and you have to compensate for a ton of distractions for your audience. Creating energy through the screen is not easy, but it is possible when you set a mission for yourself to speak more clearly. Here are a few strategies that will allow you to do just that:
Do a recording of yourself to catch the mistakes
This is a simple strategy that will allow you to see if you are doing anything wrong during your online presentation. There are a few main goals to do that. First, this is the simplest method to test your setup of the microphone and camera. You need to listen to yourself and see yourself on the screen. You also get a nice chance to see the background, get a feel of what it will be like to appear on other people’s screens and whether you have to adjust lighting or any other settings on your computer or software. Another important aspect of recording yourself and checking it out later is that it provides you with a very nice way to rehearse and catch any unintentional mistakes you are making. Maybe you are not looking where you should be or maybe you show signs of nervousness. Whatever it is, you can catch it by recording yourself and then examining said recording.
Begin big and end in the same fashion
The key to successful online talks and presentations is to be energetic from the start and to end on a similar high point. When it comes to online communication, you can count on the middle being more of a blur to everyone listening, which is exactly why it is important to set the tone and end it with a real punch. When you begin with energy, you enthuse the audience to stay engaged and as you finish your delivery, emphasise the inspirational part of your delivery and end with a solution/call to action that will leave them thinking. When you begin and end on a high note, you will leave a lasting impression and be more successful in your presentation.
Pace yourself well enough
The pace is very important in online presentations because it directly impacts how engaged your audience is and whether they lose interest in your speech. Remember, there are a lot of distractions for them. For all you know, they could be browsing anything and not paying attention to you. If you are going too slow, you will lose them. That is why it is important to present at a steady pace, not too slow but also not too fast to the point where it becomes difficult to follow your speech.
Streamline your presentation
Another important strategy for successful online presentations lies in streamlining your points. You should ensure that all of your visuals and extra materials add flair and reinforce your points, all the while keeping them simple. Remember, when you are not explaining things in person, it can be more difficult to make them clear. That is why it is a good idea to streamline them.
All of these strategies are efficient in many ways and are necessary to ensure that you are successful in your online presentations. Make sure to adopt them and you will see what difference they make.
© Presence Training
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https://medium.com/@presencetraining/how-to-speak-more-clearly-during-online-presentations-50dc71e781be
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['Daniel Kingsley']
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2021-12-30 06:15:02.298000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'Online Presentations', 'Online Training']
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Title Speak Clearly Online PresentationsContent One thing many others talking presentation home online environment likely noticed whole thing feel lot different thing inperson front real audience room classified public speaking different present different challenge Speaking online inperson share lot aspect skill diction able tell story making eye contact connecting audience speaking online also requires adjustment cannot rely body language cue compensate ton distraction audience Creating energy screen easy possible set mission speak clearly strategy allow recording catch mistake simple strategy allow see anything wrong online presentation main goal First simplest method test setup microphone camera need listen see screen also get nice chance see background get feel like appear people’s screen whether adjust lighting setting computer software Another important aspect recording checking later provides nice way rehearse catch unintentional mistake making Maybe looking maybe show sign nervousness Whatever catch recording examining said recording Begin big end fashion key successful online talk presentation energetic start end similar high point come online communication count middle blur everyone listening exactly important set tone end real punch begin energy enthuse audience stay engaged finish delivery emphasise inspirational part delivery end solutioncall action leave thinking begin end high note leave lasting impression successful presentation Pace well enough pace important online presentation directly impact engaged audience whether lose interest speech Remember lot distraction know could browsing anything paying attention going slow lose important present steady pace slow also fast point becomes difficult follow speech Streamline presentation Another important strategy successful online presentation lie streamlining point ensure visuals extra material add flair reinforce point keeping simple Remember explaining thing person difficult make clear good idea streamline strategy efficient many way necessary ensure successful online presentation Make sure adopt see difference make © Presence TrainingTags Public Speaking Online Presentations Online Training
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How much do I care about climate change?
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Show me where you spend your time, money and energy and I’ll tell you what you worship — John Wimber
I find it more and more difficult to prioritise what it is I care about, certainly in terms of local and national politics. It’s easy to complete a checklist of things — just tell the friendly pollster you care about everything! but it’s more of a challenge to make an ordered list.
The issues arising from anthropogenic climate change dominate the political agenda. The main parties in the UK trip over themselves to prove how important they think it is and this is driven, or at least supported by polling.
I care about it. I think we should try to avoid it. I think it will be a ‘bad’ thing, and if we can’t stop it we should alleviate as much as possible. But how much to do care? I don’t know. It seems hard to quantify.
We can take it to the extremes of course. Say someone told me that avoiding climate change was zero cost or effort, there’s just a big switch to press. I’d say — ok, fine, go for it. Conversely if Iwas told that we can avoid climate change but everyone you know and love will be brutally killed today. I’d say — no thanks, I’ll take the climate change please. I love my family and friends more than I hate the idea of climate change.
Perhaps let’s get back to some less crazy examples. Assuming that in your country, taxation and government is set up as fairly as you’d like it. You’re 100% happy with how much your government is borrowing and repaying, and you wouldn't adjust the tax code in anyway. Of course no one is, but just for the sake of argument. Let’s also make the reasonable assumption that tackling climate change has a cost in terms of time, money and energy. How much are you willing to cut from the health, education, welfare, pension budget to pay for it?
For me, i think it comes down to timescales. I think there’s something quite ridiculous, abstract and quite arrogant for us to worry about what will be happening on earth in hundreds of years. It’s quite likely we’ll have long since reached the point of Singularly between man and machine at which point all bets are off. It’s unlikely we’ll even need oxygen to breathe, and frankly, we’ll have more pressing problems than the climate. So let’s talk about our children’s children. Thats less abstract.
If I could be convinced that life would be a whole lot worse in 50–100 years based on our actions today ,then I’m on board. I’d be happy to have less money spent on education and health and welfare in order to transition the world to a carbon neutral economy. I’d like it to expressly put in those terms though, i’d like it to be clear that we are letting people die earlier or get sicker or have worse education to the benefit of our grandchildren. If it was put in those terms it might help to focus minds.
So on to my great grandchildren. 120–150 years time. For me, this is the point where it gets abstract. It’s the point where i think — “hey a massive asteroid could hit the earth in 2142, who knows?!” We shouldn't be denying people better cancer treatment in 2022 to alleviate the lives of people, who’s circumstances and wishes we know nothing about.
So i guess thats how much I care. Certainly not zero. But i require the debate to be put in terms I can connect with, and at the moment the discussion seems disappointingly naive.
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https://medium.com/@jonnygibson/how-much-do-i-care-about-climate-change-17acedef0181
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['Jonny Gibson']
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2021-11-28 18:13:06.807000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'Climate Change', 'Family']
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Title much care climate changeContent Show spend time money energy I’ll tell worship — John Wimber find difficult prioritise care certainly term local national politics It’s easy complete checklist thing — tell friendly pollster care everything it’s challenge make ordered list issue arising anthropogenic climate change dominate political agenda main party UK trip prove important think driven least supported polling care think try avoid think ‘bad’ thing can’t stop alleviate much possible much care don’t know seems hard quantify take extreme course Say someone told avoiding climate change zero cost effort there’s big switch press I’d say — ok fine go Conversely Iwas told avoid climate change everyone know love brutally killed today I’d say — thanks I’ll take climate change please love family friend hate idea climate change Perhaps let’s get back le crazy example Assuming country taxation government set fairly you’d like You’re 100 happy much government borrowing repaying wouldnt adjust tax code anyway course one sake argument Let’s also make reasonable assumption tackling climate change cost term time money energy much willing cut health education welfare pension budget pay think come timescales think there’s something quite ridiculous abstract quite arrogant u worry happening earth hundred year It’s quite likely we’ll long since reached point Singularly man machine point bet It’s unlikely we’ll even need oxygen breathe frankly we’ll pressing problem climate let’s talk children’s child Thats le abstract could convinced life would whole lot worse 50–100 year based action today I’m board I’d happy le money spent education health welfare order transition world carbon neutral economy I’d like expressly put term though i’d like clear letting people die earlier get sicker worse education benefit grandchild put term might help focus mind great grandchild 120–150 year time point get abstract It’s point think — “hey massive asteroid could hit earth 2142 knows” shouldnt denying people better cancer treatment 2022 alleviate life people who’s circumstance wish know nothing guess thats much care Certainly zero require debate put term connect moment discussion seems disappointingly naiveTags Public Speaking Climate Change Family
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Marketing Tips to Grow Your Speaking Business
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Back in the good old days, public speakers didn’t have to worry too much about marketing because their reputations did a lot of the hard work for them. Sure, it was tricky to break into the public speaking industry, but once you started to build yourself a reputation, you became the go-to person who was asked to speak at every event under the sun.
These days, though, the marketplace is much more crowded, and conferences and event organizers are often looking for speakers who have an existing audience that they can bring with them to the events they speak at.
Personal branding is now more important than ever, and public speakers need to be willing and able to deploy marketing campaigns and social media marketing if they want to stay relevant. The good news for you is that we’ve pulled together some of our top tips to help you out with your marketing efforts. Here’s what you need to know:
1. Regularly update your website
Search engines love fresh content, and so it’s a good idea to commit to updating your website once a week if you can spare the resources. As well as feeding the search engines and showing them that your site houses fresh content, it also gives human visitors a reason to come back often to see what’s new. And of course, it can feed into your social media marketing, which brings us on to the next point.
World of Speakers E.11: Lauren Pibworth | Your speaker website
Building a speaker website: 5 easy-to-use platforms reviewed
Take a Look at Your Public Speaking Website Through New Eyes
2. Be active on social media
Being active on social networking sites will help keep you front of mind when people are looking for speakers for their events, and it’s also a great way to stay in touch with those people who saw you speaking in the past and thought you were interesting enough to follow. It should be easy for you to think of things to say because if nothing else, you can share your thoughts on the latest news in your industry.
Jump-start your social media presence as a speaker
Social networking: what to talk about on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn
3. Use calls-to-action
Calls-to-action are essentially short messages that go at the end of your content and ask people to take a certain action. They’re one of the secret weapons that marketers rely on and are surprisingly good at getting people to do what you want them to do. The calls-to-action that you use will depend upon what actions you want people to take, but common calls-to-action include to follow you on social media or to sign up to your mailing list.
40 ways to use social media before, during and after the event to engage your audience
4. Adopt video and podcast marketing
Video and podcast marketing are a solid choice when you’re promoting yourself as a public speaker because they put all of those hard-earned public speaking skills front and centre. They basically give people a feel for your public speaking abilities without actually having to go and see you speak, and they broaden your appeal and open you up to international followers who are separated from you by distance. They are also a great way to show event organizers what you’re made of.
Live Video for Professional Speakers
Using killer videos in your training sessions for top-level audience engagement
Want to get paid more for your speaking gigs? Here is how to make a great demo video
5. Use professional photography
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but you should make sure that your pictures are telling the right stories. Think of the images you use as an extension of your personal brand and try to use only professional photography and quality stock images. If you can, arrange for professional photographers to attend some of your public speaking gigs so that you can get a versatile range of images of you in action. Organizers will often employ a professional photographer to cover their events. Ask for permission to use these photos.
6. Use email marketing
As well as marketing specific events you will speak at, you can cover past events, topics of interest in your industry, and try to drive visitors to your website and social media accounts. Use email marketing to bring developments likely to be of interest to your audience to their attention, and establish yourself as a reliable source.
The 6-step guide: Email marketing for professional speakers
7. Go old school
Just because digital marketing is all the rage, it doesn’t mean that the older approaches are no longer relevant. At the very least, you should have decent business cards printed, and ensure that they include all the information people will need in order to find you online and connect with you on social networking sites. You can also consider making printed prospectuses that you can hand out at meetings so that people get to know better what you offer.
8. Contribute to industry publications
Many industry publications are desperate for subject matter expert contributors. Consider drafting a shortlist of all of the publications that you read on a regular basis and then reaching out to them with your pitch for an article. You can even write the articles first and then pitch them when they’re already completed — if your first choice doesn’t make it, move on to your second choice, and so on. And if writing’s not your thing, consider outsourcing it to an expert freelancer.
9. Collaborate with influencers
Working with influencers has a number of benefits, perhaps the most obvious of which is that you’ll be exposed to their audiences. If you’re able to work with someone with hundreds of thousands of followers, that’s hundreds of thousands of people who’ll be exposed to your messages. It also opens you up to potential new types of content. For example, if you work with a TikTok creator, you might find that you’re a natural at short-form video.
World of Speakers E.36: Teresa de Grosbois | Influence as a currency
10. Have fun
This might sound counterintuitive, but if you’re able to have a little fun with your marketing and the content you’re creating and sharing, it will come across to people and they’re more likely to enjoy consuming it. Don’t be afraid to be playful or tongue-in-cheek, but this is also definitely a case of knowing your audience. It’ll work great if you work in entertainment, but maybe not so much if you’re in a highly regulated industry like finance or healthcare.
Conclusion
Now that you know just a few of the marketing tips that we’d recommend to public speakers looking to grow their businesses, it’s time for you to take what you’ve learned and put it into practice. If you’ve already got a marketing plan, go ahead and revisit it. If not, it’s time for you to create one.
While you’re at it, be sure to leave us a comment to let us know how you approach marketing as a public speaker so that we can keep the discussion going. You can also follow us on your favorite social media sites for more. We’ll see you soon!
This was originally posted on SpeakerHub Skillcamp.
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https://medium.com/@speakerhubhq/marketing-tips-to-grow-your-speaking-business-a7410117736e
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2021-12-17 01:11:09.028000+00:00
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['Marketing Strategies', 'Public Speaking', 'Marketing', 'Public Speaking Tips', 'Speakerhub']
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Title Marketing Tips to Grow Your Speaking BusinessContent Back good old day public speaker didn’t worry much marketing reputation lot hard work Sure tricky break public speaking industry started build reputation became goto person asked speak every event sun day though marketplace much crowded conference event organizer often looking speaker existing audience bring event speak Personal branding important ever public speaker need willing able deploy marketing campaign social medium marketing want stay relevant good news we’ve pulled together top tip help marketing effort Here’s need know 1 Regularly update website Search engine love fresh content it’s good idea commit updating website week spare resource well feeding search engine showing site house fresh content also give human visitor reason come back often see what’s new course feed social medium marketing brings u next point World Speakers E11 Lauren Pibworth speaker website Building speaker website 5 easytouse platform reviewed Take Look Public Speaking Website New Eyes 2 active social medium active social networking site help keep front mind people looking speaker event it’s also great way stay touch people saw speaking past thought interesting enough follow easy think thing say nothing else share thought latest news industry Jumpstart social medium presence speaker Social networking talk Facebook Twitter LinkedIn 3 Use callstoaction Callstoaction essentially short message go end content ask people take certain action They’re one secret weapon marketer rely surprisingly good getting people want callstoaction use depend upon action want people take common callstoaction include follow social medium sign mailing list 40 way use social medium event engage audience 4 Adopt video podcast marketing Video podcast marketing solid choice you’re promoting public speaker put hardearned public speaking skill front centre basically give people feel public speaking ability without actually go see speak broaden appeal open international follower separated distance also great way show event organizer you’re made Live Video Professional Speakers Using killer video training session toplevel audience engagement Want get paid speaking gig make great demo video 5 Use professional photography say picture worth thousand word make sure picture telling right story Think image use extension personal brand try use professional photography quality stock image arrange professional photographer attend public speaking gig get versatile range image action Organizers often employ professional photographer cover event Ask permission use photo 6 Use email marketing well marketing specific event speak cover past event topic interest industry try drive visitor website social medium account Use email marketing bring development likely interest audience attention establish reliable source 6step guide Email marketing professional speaker 7 Go old school digital marketing rage doesn’t mean older approach longer relevant least decent business card printed ensure include information people need order find online connect social networking site also consider making printed prospectus hand meeting people get know better offer 8 Contribute industry publication Many industry publication desperate subject matter expert contributor Consider drafting shortlist publication read regular basis reaching pitch article even write article first pitch they’re already completed — first choice doesn’t make move second choice writing’s thing consider outsourcing expert freelancer 9 Collaborate influencers Working influencers number benefit perhaps obvious you’ll exposed audience you’re able work someone hundred thousand follower that’s hundred thousand people who’ll exposed message also open potential new type content example work TikTok creator might find you’re natural shortform video World Speakers E36 Teresa de Grosbois Influence currency 10 fun might sound counterintuitive you’re able little fun marketing content you’re creating sharing come across people they’re likely enjoy consuming Don’t afraid playful tongueincheek also definitely case knowing audience It’ll work great work entertainment maybe much you’re highly regulated industry like finance healthcare Conclusion know marketing tip we’d recommend public speaker looking grow business it’s time take you’ve learned put practice you’ve already got marketing plan go ahead revisit it’s time create one you’re sure leave u comment let u know approach marketing public speaker keep discussion going also follow u favorite social medium site We’ll see soon originally posted SpeakerHub SkillcampTags Marketing Strategies Public Speaking Marketing Public Speaking Tips Speakerhub
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𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝟔 𝐚𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩, 𝐍𝐎 𝐂𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐄, 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 completed 𝐓𝐞𝐝𝐱 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧…😎
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I had low sleep, little breaks during this day, and a deep passion lit inside (an inner 🔥 let’s say)
It’s midnight. I just finished writing up a Tedxtalk for Carleton University.
This was the first time I had ever applied for a TEDx talk, and an ENORMOUS part of me came alive with doubt, avoidance, and hopelessness.
I literally could not move from my friend’s couch.
Who I strategically planned to be around for moral support and content creation guidance.
Because I knew this was way out of my comfort zone.
Why do you ask?
Well, a part of me thought it was hopeless because I barely felt I had any time to close off the application.
And because of back-to-back doubtful questions…
Who am I to share a message with a larger audience? What makes me qualified? Why should I believe so much in myself…
Yup…the same good old imposter syndrome.
So here it was. CRUNCH TIME (no pressure Moh! Let’s gooo!)
For me, I had 2.5 hours left to draft written answers, record a 60-second video, and make sure everything flowed.
The whole activity could have taken 1–1.5 hours, however, it certainly did not feel as easy as that.
It was roughly 8 pm, and I had a check-in call scheduled with one of my most insightful friends, Ahmad Jabbir.
We were planning a check-in to go over our TedxTalks and our content creation for the event.
For me, I felt startingly reluctant to show up to our planned meeting, passively angry with myself that I had taken up the opportunity last minute without having more time available on my hand, and the creative space to breathe a bit more.
I mean I had taken up the call to draft a message, an application, and work after hours on my Tedx application in a matter of TWO DAYS!!!
I felt the pressure was on me.
And frankly, I said yes because I always love to take on a challenge, even when I do not feel ready 😓.
How much does this make sense so far to YOU?
How well can you relate to this feeling of imposter syndrome, lack of significance, and doubt?
Just in case, 𝐈 𝐅𝐄𝐄𝐋 𝐘𝐎𝐔. All the emotions and the thoughts.
Yet, after showing up to that meeting and an hour of chatting with Ahmad and my other dear friend, Amir (my friend whose place I was over), there came an insight.
I was extremely terrified of applying.
I was terrified it would not be perfect or even remotely a strong application.
So, my body wanted to shut down, I felt sluggish, sleepy, and did not want to move.
And that’s when my friends mentioned,
“Mohsen I think you’re wanting it to be perfect…”
Well yeah…It was the first step for me and I wanted to make it count big!
𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡.
After that realization and acknowledgement of my fears…
My energy started to shift, my mindset started adjusting to a more go-getter mindset, and I finally made the decisive decision to move forward. ✅
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐈 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬𝐤? 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧! ✍🏼
I chose to be vulnerable in front of my close friends and show up, even though I felt defeated.
I asked my friends for guidance and reflections (and I REALLY opened myself to listen to them)!
(Knowing that their guidance would support me further and that it was based out of brotherhood).
I experienced a realization, an insight, and actually listened openly (”that I was afraid”).
I moved. I got up from the couch. Stood behind my computer for a few minutes.
And finally, I surrendered and trusted the momentum that built up from me experiencing the energy shift of confidence.
𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.
I tallied all the steps I had already taken before that call and counted my wins!
I contacted previous Carleton Tedx speakers to get more insights.
I sent out an email and post to the Carleton Tedx team asking for clarifying questions to make my application more concise
I asked over 10+ of my friends/family what topics have resonated with them before that I brought forth when I’m around them.
Overall, I took extensive action in that short period, yet there was another important realization.
𝐈 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞.
And not inside. Believing that there’s nothing within me that is insightful to share at that moment.
I was scared to embrace it at first.
The fact was, I already had all the ability and creative outlet within me.
As in, “I create 100% of my reality from within.”
Something that my mentor, Kevin, helps me remember in many moments.
…And so I finished that meeting with my friends.
Wrapped up the call, and then rose up!
I drafted a deeper message.
I created a STORY about a 26-year-old struggling to embrace his emotions for decades and feeling completely lost in the world, no matter where he went.
I added a theme that highlighted our emotions serve us, generate great insight, and are there to be experienced FOR US, rather than TO US.
The message started becoming more clear and the steps started formulating.
My little teaser trailer!
How interested are you in hearing this message based on my opener?
𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧! 𝐈’𝐦 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐚𝐬 𝐈’𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬!)
For now, I’m saving the rest for my second post about the message in my Tedx Application!
And also,
I intend to apply to TWO more TedxTalk applications for the end of January.
Why?
Because I have a powerful message, as we all do.
And I’m no longer afraid to embrace it, create it, work on it, and share it out.
To empower, inspire, and connect with my fellow beings on this planet.
I was that alone Zac for many years.
Someone else can be supported by my experience and transition this life experience much more smoothly.
So why wait for more inspiration first or until I feel fully qualified (when there’s no imposter syndrome present)?
That will take decades. Decades!
And there is no such thing as no doubt ever.
That sense of doubt will always exist in moments of growth and expansion.
So…I declare loudly into the world!
I choose to LEAP this learning curve instead now…with confidence, inner trust, and faith in my purpose.
As always,
Thank you for reading.
With Gratitude, Confidence, and Love.
Maker Moh Signing Out!
Let’s SOAR and SHINE together.
P.S: If you enjoyed my story and are open to more personal content, check out my Instagram ! (Click on the exclamation)
P.P.S: Thank you to TEDxCarletonUniversity (@tedxcarletonuniversity) for the opportunity to apply!
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https://medium.com/@MakerMoh/-e4219089feea
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['Maker Moh']
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2021-12-21 15:49:32.282000+00:00
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['Storytelling', 'Tedx', 'Public Speaking', 'Growth']
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Title 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝟔 𝐚𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐍𝐎 𝐂𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐄 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 completed 𝐓𝐞𝐝𝐱 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧…😎Content low sleep little break day deep passion lit inside inner 🔥 let’s say It’s midnight finished writing Tedxtalk Carleton University first time ever applied TEDx talk ENORMOUS part came alive doubt avoidance hopelessness literally could move friend’s couch strategically planned around moral support content creation guidance knew way comfort zone ask Well part thought hopeless barely felt time close application backtoback doubtful questions… share message larger audience make qualified believe much myself… Yup…the good old imposter syndrome CRUNCH TIME pressure Moh Let’s gooo 25 hour left draft written answer record 60second video make sure everything flowed whole activity could taken 1–15 hour however certainly feel easy roughly 8 pm checkin call scheduled one insightful friend Ahmad Jabbir planning checkin go TedxTalks content creation event felt startingly reluctant show planned meeting passively angry taken opportunity last minute without time available hand creative space breathe bit mean taken call draft message application work hour Tedx application matter TWO DAYS felt pressure frankly said yes always love take challenge even feel ready 😓 much make sense far well relate feeling imposter syndrome lack significance doubt case 𝐈 𝐅𝐄𝐄𝐋 𝐘𝐎𝐔 emotion thought Yet showing meeting hour chatting Ahmad dear friend Amir friend whose place came insight extremely terrified applying terrified would perfect even remotely strong application body wanted shut felt sluggish sleepy want move that’s friend mentioned “Mohsen think you’re wanting perfect…” Well yeah…It first step wanted make count big 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 realization acknowledgement fears… energy started shift mindset started adjusting gogetter mindset finally made decisive decision move forward ✅ 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐈 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 ✍🏼 chose vulnerable front close friend show even though felt defeated asked friend guidance reflection REALLY opened listen Knowing guidance would support based brotherhood experienced realization insight actually listened openly ”that afraid” moved got couch Stood behind computer minute finally surrendered trusted momentum built experiencing energy shift confidence 𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 tallied step already taken call counted win contacted previous Carleton Tedx speaker get insight sent email post Carleton Tedx team asking clarifying question make application concise asked 10 friendsfamily topic resonated brought forth I’m around Overall took extensive action short period yet another important realization 𝐈 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 inside Believing there’s nothing within insightful share moment scared embrace first fact already ability creative outlet within “I create 100 reality within” Something mentor Kevin help remember many moment …And finished meeting friend Wrapped call rose drafted deeper message created STORY 26yearold struggling embrace emotion decade feeling completely lost world matter went added theme highlighted emotion serve u generate great insight experienced US rather US message started becoming clear step started formulating little teaser trailer interested hearing message based opener 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈’𝐦 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐈’𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 I’m saving rest second post message Tedx Application also intend apply TWO TedxTalk application end January powerful message I’m longer afraid embrace create work share empower inspire connect fellow being planet alone Zac many year Someone else supported experience transition life experience much smoothly wait inspiration first feel fully qualified there’s imposter syndrome present take decade Decades thing doubt ever sense doubt always exist moment growth expansion So…I declare loudly world choose LEAP learning curve instead now…with confidence inner trust faith purpose always Thank reading Gratitude Confidence Love Maker Moh Signing Let’s SOAR SHINE together PS enjoyed story open personal content check Instagram Click exclamation PPS Thank TEDxCarletonUniversity tedxcarletonuniversity opportunity applyTags Storytelling Tedx Public Speaking Growth
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Public Speaking Tips & Tricks
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Public speaking is literally the art everyone needs these days, I’m working as a trainer & consultant for the past 5 years, so I would love to share some tips & tricks with all of you.
Topic Research:
If you’re a Public speaker or thinking to become a public speaker, you should start researching various topics, research is the main key to starting public speaking, you should research what you have to convey in your session.
Focus:
Always focus on your topic, I’ve seen many public speakers getting confused in the middle of their session they change the topic instantly, don’t do it. Stick to your topic and always have a focus on what you’re conveying to your audience, share stories, put some humor in your session to make it more interesting.
Analyze Your Audience:
Before you start your session, analyze your audience you should know their age, what they are studying, so you could know what they really want to listen so always be aware of your audience.
Connect With The Audience:
Always have eye contact with your audience, that’s the best way to connect with your audience, stop thinking about what they’ll think just connect with your audience in a very humble way.
Conduct a Q&A Session:
Always put Q&A in your session, it’s the best essential to engage with your audience, while listening to your talk sometimes maybe the audience will get mystified, so it’s good if you put a Q&A in your session.
Vocal, Tone & Volume:
I’ve seen some Public speakers, that they speak really fast during the session that the audience get confused about what the speaker is saying, you should have stability in your voice while conducting a session, don’t go so fast don’t go so slow just focus on what you have to say and you’ll win your session.
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https://medium.com/@vrizwan56/public-speaking-tips-tricks-4ac37416e82c
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['Vaneez Rizwan']
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2021-12-30 14:03:04.129000+00:00
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['Public Speaking', 'Workshop Facilitation']
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Title Public Speaking Tips TricksContent Public speaking literally art everyone need day I’m working trainer consultant past 5 year would love share tip trick Topic Research you’re Public speaker thinking become public speaker start researching various topic research main key starting public speaking research convey session Focus Always focus topic I’ve seen many public speaker getting confused middle session change topic instantly don’t Stick topic always focus you’re conveying audience share story put humor session make interesting Analyze Audience start session analyze audience know age studying could know really want listen always aware audience Connect Audience Always eye contact audience that’s best way connect audience stop thinking they’ll think connect audience humble way Conduct QA Session Always put QA session it’s best essential engage audience listening talk sometimes maybe audience get mystified it’s good put QA session Vocal Tone Volume I’ve seen Public speaker speak really fast session audience get confused speaker saying stability voice conducting session don’t go fast don’t go slow focus say you’ll win sessionTags Public Speaking Workshop Facilitation
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Training Job Seekers for interviews with VR
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Training interviews realistically is possibly even more critical than any other form of public speaking. The interviewee’s job is at stake. Hence, it is critical to leave a good impression, which means you need to be prepared.
We are pleased to release the first set of resources for trainers to leverage the power of Virtual Orator to help prepare job seekers for interviews.
PREMADE SCENARIOS
We’ve introduced the first resource addon for Virtual Orator with interview scenarios. These scenarios contain all the settings required. These scenarios are based in the office that is part of the Venue Pack 1 addon. The pack includes the speech files for the virtual interviewer. You, as the trainer, control the scenario to maximize the benefit and optimize the questions.
To build the scenarios we research across the web to find out the interview questions to include. Broadly, we found questions that we categorized into:
Usual — questions everyone knows are coming
Common Hidden — these are considered common questions, but the web doesn’t talk about them much so they may be overlooked.
Common Unexpected — common questions that frequently catch candidates by surprise
Hard — questions consider difficult to answer well
Situational — these questions are relevant for some people and job types
As a trainer, you have access to all of these, individually, by type, or just all of them together.
Watch the video for a few examples of the interview questions:
We have also provided some scenarios that use questions from across those groups to make some typical interviews. These premade scenarios are ready-to-go sessions where you can just load and go. They should work for almost any situation and there is some variety so you can put your training interviewees through their paces multiple times without it feeling repetitive.
MAKING YOUR OWN
The scenarios provided are a great resource to hit the ground running with training interview skills. They are also only a starting point, not only for Virtual Orator’s support of interviewing skills but for your own usage as a trainer. There are several ways you can make your own interview scenarios.
ADAPTING THE SCENARIOS
The Interview Pack 1 addon provides 5 premade scenarios that use portions of the 69 questions that are included in the pack. This resource provides plenty of possibilities for making scenarios that fit your client’s needs.
Change up a premade scenario by adjusting the venue, seating position, adding silent onlookers, or changing the formality of the situation
Change the questions that are used by changing or expanding the “audience speech” settings. Add situational questions that fit, select different variations of questions, or just have more variety to choose from during the session as the trainer.
ADAPTING THE RESOURCES
The functionalities required for the Interview Pack to work are already available to you as a trainer. Audience Speech is a feature you have at your disposal to create all kinds of situations, like Q&A in a presentation and of course interviews.
You can record your own questions using yourself or others you know. Create scenarios based on your recordings. There is a section in the Trainer’s Guide that comes with the software on how to do this.
If you are daunted by that, contact us. We can provide extra questions from the same person as in the resources or get recordings with other voices.
GETTING THE INTERVIEW RESOURCES
The new Interview Pack 1 is available for all our multi-user license holders. They can be retrieved via our Installation Management dialog in the Help menu, where you can install the addon.
In order to leverage it the most though you will need the newest version of Virtual Orator 0.13.6. The update is available via the built-in system and all new customers will get this version or newer automatically. After installation and a quick restart of the app, you will have the new Resources menu item. Here all the premade scenarios will be available.
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https://medium.com/@virtualorator/training-job-seekers-for-interviews-with-vr-ff7068a5cf57
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['Virtual Orator']
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2021-12-17 09:51:31.211000+00:00
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['Virtual Reality Solutions', 'Job Interview', 'Public Speaking', 'Virtual Reality']
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Title Training Job Seekers interview VRContent Training interview realistically possibly even critical form public speaking interviewee’s job stake Hence critical leave good impression mean need prepared pleased release first set resource trainer leverage power Virtual Orator help prepare job seeker interview PREMADE SCENARIOS We’ve introduced first resource addon Virtual Orator interview scenario scenario contain setting required scenario based office part Venue Pack 1 addon pack includes speech file virtual interviewer trainer control scenario maximize benefit optimize question build scenario research across web find interview question include Broadly found question categorized Usual — question everyone know coming Common Hidden — considered common question web doesn’t talk much may overlooked Common Unexpected — common question frequently catch candidate surprise Hard — question consider difficult answer well Situational — question relevant people job type trainer access individually type together Watch video example interview question also provided scenario use question across group make typical interview premade scenario readytogo session load go work almost situation variety put training interviewee pace multiple time without feeling repetitive MAKING scenario provided great resource hit ground running training interview skill also starting point Virtual Orator’s support interviewing skill usage trainer several way make interview scenario ADAPTING SCENARIOS Interview Pack 1 addon provides 5 premade scenario use portion 69 question included pack resource provides plenty possibility making scenario fit client’s need Change premade scenario adjusting venue seating position adding silent onlooker changing formality situation Change question used changing expanding “audience speech” setting Add situational question fit select different variation question variety choose session trainer ADAPTING RESOURCES functionality required Interview Pack work already available trainer Audience Speech feature disposal create kind situation like QA presentation course interview record question using others know Create scenario based recording section Trainer’s Guide come software daunted contact u provide extra question person resource get recording voice GETTING INTERVIEW RESOURCES new Interview Pack 1 available multiuser license holder retrieved via Installation Management dialog Help menu install addon order leverage though need newest version Virtual Orator 0136 update available via builtin system new customer get version newer automatically installation quick restart app new Resources menu item premade scenario availableTags Virtual Reality Solutions Job Interview Public Speaking Virtual Reality
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How to present terrible slides and still get away with it
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Remember the last time you had to present something to your boss/management/stakeholder/customer? I bet you had to fit your info into some kind of template, be it Powerpoint, Google slides, or even plain old MS Word document (Yes, I shivered as well). By working closely with the team, You and I have so much information, one more important than the other and now we need to figure out how to streamline it into one predefined slide and deliver it in 7 minutes or less. Impossible? Not really.
What is our problem?
When we have the opportunity to prepare our own format of the report, we can utilize all the knowledge we got by reading books about public speaking, articles titled “5 tips for good presentations” or “10 Powerpoint tricks to make slides effective”. All that knowledge is available and I encourage you to research it and get the best of it. What those resources (often) do not address, is the fact we are frequently not at liberty to choose our formats. Furthermore, slide/report format will not solve the problem you are actually having: How to cut down information into a necessary minimum, provide enough info to keep the audience engaged, and prevent panic mode?
Here we go 10 tips to get your audience …
Just kidding. I want to share what I’m thinking about when preparing a slide with a boatload of information that wreaks havoc in the mind of a presenter and makes the audience distracted and irritated.
I have to do bi-weekly sprint reviews, where the team reports to management what we worked on, how it went, what worked, and what did not. Most importantly, everyone is interested in what we have learned and how we will handle situations in the future. I talk about story points, burndown charts, features, lessons learned … All that in one slide. Slide, which instead of 3–5 items has 15. Plus descriptions. Panicking yet? I usually do, when I have the first draft ready.
Let’s take a deep breath and forget about the thoughts of taking a sick leave or pretending our internet connection is unstable. Let’s ignore the stuff we cannot change, such as the format, amount of info, format of the slides. Let’s focus on the stuff we can control.
Think about what needs to be done.
1. Lead the audience through
Do not read everything on the slide. Your audience is competent enough to do so. Our job is to guide them and explain what they are looking at and why that information is relevant. It is ok to tell them that. We can do that by simply stating: There is a lot of information on this slide, but I’ll get you through this. Let’s focus on the top right part where you can see the chart. One thing that stands out is X. What happened was …
2. Do not assume understanding
Your audience should know what that feature does, right? Think again. You, who prepared this slide, have detailed information about the inner workings of the feature and your team. Your audience does not (not everyone is a developer). When you bombard them with encryption issues with XY database and cache extension, the audience usually panics/stops listening, because the topic is not relatable or is too complex for a particular meeting.
How would you explain this topic to your partner/friend who works in a totally different field? If you can not do this in 3 sentences or less, go back to the drawing board. It is ok if the technical term is on the slide. After all, slides can be a part of reporting documentation which should be referenceable if someone starts browsing through Jira/Confluence.
Explain the topic in simple terms. By doing this you are not diminishing your audience. You are providing a high-level explanation. If they need details they can ask for clarifications.
3. If details are coming, explain.
Statement no1: We have missed our goal, carry over is 18 SP. Features that we worked on are… Statement no2: We have missed our goal, carry over is 18 SP. We were working with a new technology and hit some unexpected bumps. In addition to a couple of sick leaves, we were late with delivering. We have addressed this and we’ll discuss it in a couple of minutes.
Give your audience peace of mind. You have just told them your team failed. Everyone froze for a second and started to sweat with worry or anger. You lost them. Get their attention back by acknowledging the issue and explaining when more info is coming.
4. Do not glance over problems
Everyone is glad to hear the good news of success. It’s easy. There are no problems, everything is running smoothly. If that was always the case, you and I (assuming you are some sort of a project manager) would be obsolete.
Slides include information that makes people worry. Best you can do is to provide an overview of how the team handled a difficult situation.
Think about:
What did the team do as an immediate solution?
What the team learned from the experience?
What could be done differently in the particular situation?
Which aspects could be controlled and which not?
How will we avoid this in the future?
How does that impact our goal?
Acknowledge facts but focus on actionable items. Show how you are resolving the issues you are having.
5. Give as little information as possible.
Do not read this advice as: keep your cards close to the chest. Transparency is the key here. You are in a situation where a barrage of information will blow away the attention of our audience and switch them to panic mode. Present key information in short, easy-to-understand sentences and get through each in less than 45 seconds. Do not shy away from responsibilities. You (usually) have an awesome team that did their best to solve the issue. Give them credit by publicly acknowledging what went wrong and what they learned from that. Your audience (management, stakeholders) is there to help, identify issues beyond just your team and act upon trends they see in the company. Equip them with the information they need. If they need additional explanation, they will ask.
Ok, done. I think I’ve got it.
How many times have you crammed the required information in a slide, read through it, said “I’ve got this” and went on with your day?
The last time I did that, my report was a spectacular mess of incoherent questions, panic, accusations, and worst of it, blank stares.
Of course, all of the above can (and will) happen at least to some degree, but we can mitigate this.
Take 20 minutes of your precious time. Go through the slides. No. Not like that. Turn on the presenter mode. Imagine your audience is there. Go through the slides out loud. See where you stutter, where you start rambling, where you hear the utter nonsense. Mark those moments. I bet there is something you could change to mitigate this.
Go through steps 1–5 above. Sounds better? Do not be afraid to go back to the team for clarifications. If action items are missing, provide them. Try to look at the slide as you are seeing them for the first time. Come up with (difficult) questions that could be raised by the audience. Can you answer them? If not, figure out the answer. Rinse and repeat.
Now that you have polished it by yourself, it’s time for semi-public rehearsal. Especially when you are addressing a particularly difficult topic, arrange a dry run with at least one person. Let them be the tough audience representing the management team or a stakeholder. They should grill you with questions that you might actually hate such as: “I am not interested in this detail, tell me when we are expecting this to be delivered.” or “I don’t get the reasoning behind this, your explanation does not address the issue you are talking about”. There could be the worst comment of all: “I don’t get this, you lost me”. Again it is time to polish your delivery.
The point of this is to see your presentation from a different point of view. It might result in you being better prepared for different scenarios for a particular meeting or it might even direct you towards a solution you need to discuss with the team.
Is that all?
No. You and I can do all of the above and our report can still crash and burn. But at least we have avoided some of the land mines that lay ahead. Do not aim for perfection. Just be as prepared as possible for every scenario. And remember, if you don’t have the information required, do not try and weasel out of a difficult question. Be honest and respond with “I don’t have that information right now, let me check and get back to you via mail or direct message after the meeting. Would that work for you?” Rarely anyone says that this is not acceptable.
Now go. Make that presentation great, I know you can do it. And keep around for the next post. Lessons learned should be shared. :)
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https://medium.com/@gasper.okrslar/how-to-present-terrible-slides-and-still-get-away-with-it-58046af131a7
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['Gasper Okrslar']
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2021-11-21 13:09:15.380000+00:00
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['Presenting', 'Project Management', 'Report', 'Public Speaking']
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Title present terrible slide still get away itContent Remember last time present something bossmanagementstakeholdercustomer bet fit info kind template Powerpoint Google slide even plain old MS Word document Yes shivered well working closely team much information one important need figure streamline one predefined slide deliver 7 minute le Impossible really problem opportunity prepare format report utilize knowledge got reading book public speaking article titled “5 tip good presentations” “10 Powerpoint trick make slide effective” knowledge available encourage research get best resource often address fact frequently liberty choose format Furthermore slidereport format solve problem actually cut information necessary minimum provide enough info keep audience engaged prevent panic mode go 10 tip get audience … kidding want share I’m thinking preparing slide boatload information wreaks havoc mind presenter make audience distracted irritated biweekly sprint review team report management worked went worked importantly everyone interested learned handle situation future talk story point burndown chart feature lesson learned … one slide Slide instead 3–5 item 15 Plus description Panicking yet usually first draft ready Let’s take deep breath forget thought taking sick leave pretending internet connection unstable Let’s ignore stuff cannot change format amount info format slide Let’s focus stuff control Think need done 1 Lead audience read everything slide audience competent enough job guide explain looking information relevant ok tell simply stating lot information slide I’ll get Let’s focus top right part see chart One thing stand X happened … 2 assume understanding audience know feature right Think prepared slide detailed information inner working feature team audience everyone developer bombard encryption issue XY database cache extension audience usually panicsstops listening topic relatable complex particular meeting would explain topic partnerfriend work totally different field 3 sentence le go back drawing board ok technical term slide slide part reporting documentation referenceable someone start browsing JiraConfluence Explain topic simple term diminishing audience providing highlevel explanation need detail ask clarification 3 detail coming explain Statement no1 missed goal carry 18 SP Features worked are… Statement no2 missed goal carry 18 SP working new technology hit unexpected bump addition couple sick leaf late delivering addressed we’ll discus couple minute Give audience peace mind told team failed Everyone froze second started sweat worry anger lost Get attention back acknowledging issue explaining info coming 4 glance problem Everyone glad hear good news success It’s easy problem everything running smoothly always case assuming sort project manager would obsolete Slides include information make people worry Best provide overview team handled difficult situation Think team immediate solution team learned experience could done differently particular situation aspect could controlled avoid future impact goal Acknowledge fact focus actionable item Show resolving issue 5 Give little information possible read advice keep card close chest Transparency key situation barrage information blow away attention audience switch panic mode Present key information short easytounderstand sentence get le 45 second shy away responsibility usually awesome team best solve issue Give credit publicly acknowledging went wrong learned audience management stakeholder help identify issue beyond team act upon trend see company Equip information need need additional explanation ask Ok done think I’ve got many time crammed required information slide read said “I’ve got this” went day last time report spectacular mess incoherent question panic accusation worst blank stare course happen least degree mitigate Take 20 minute precious time Go slide like Turn presenter mode Imagine audience Go slide loud See stutter start rambling hear utter nonsense Mark moment bet something could change mitigate Go step 1–5 Sounds better afraid go back team clarification action item missing provide Try look slide seeing first time Come difficult question could raised audience answer figure answer Rinse repeat polished it’s time semipublic rehearsal Especially addressing particularly difficult topic arrange dry run least one person Let tough audience representing management team stakeholder grill question might actually hate “I interested detail tell expecting delivered” “I don’t get reasoning behind explanation address issue talking about” could worst comment “I don’t get lost me” time polish delivery point see presentation different point view might result better prepared different scenario particular meeting might even direct towards solution need discus team report still crash burn least avoided land mine lay ahead aim perfection prepared possible every scenario remember don’t information required try weasel difficult question honest respond “I don’t information right let check get back via mail direct message meeting Would work you” Rarely anyone say acceptable go Make presentation great know keep around next post Lessons learned shared Tags Presenting Project Management Report Public Speaking
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3rd Arrondissement neighborhood guide — where to live in Paris
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The 3rd arrondissement — also known as Le Marais — is by excellence the hobo-chic zone of Paris. It’s pretty, peaceful, trendy, and is known as the neighborhood where many artists and celebrities live. If you can afford living in this district, there is no doubt that you will quickly fall in love with it because it has all the qualities of other Parisian arrondissements, without their flaws. It is trendy but not too chic, dynamic but not too chaotic, and full of animation but very safe.
Le Marais: Paris’ gay district
One of the main characteristics of Le Marais is its strong LGBT presence: not only are you more likely to see same-sex couples than in other areas of the city, but you will also notice the various gay-themed shops, cafés and clubs. The funniest example is the bakery called Legay Choc, famous for its penis-shaped baguettes and pastries… But no need to be gay to enjoy the progressive vibes of this trendsetting neighbourhood.
Le Marais and its Jewish community
Le Marais is also known for its important Jewish community — whose presence is obvious around the famous Rue des Rosiers — that gathers many Middle-Eastern and Kosher restaurants and bakeries. Among them, you will notice a couple of take-away spots where tourists and locals wait in line for what is supposed to be the best falafel in the world: a delicious kebab/sandwich that will fill you up, for around €6.
Le Marais, the “Hype” temple
Of course, Paris offers multiples areas for fashion lovers and shopping addicts, but the 3rd arrondissement can be considered as the trendiest one. Its streets are full of hyped designer shops and new-wave fashion brands. The district is also notorious for having the finest vintage and second-hand stores in the city, which makes it the coolest neighborhood of Paris.
Fact sheet: 3rd Arrondissement / Le Marais
One place to study: The famous Centre Pompidou and its huge library, commonly referred to as Beaubourg by Parisians, is only a few meters away from the 3rd arrondissement. If you are less conventional, L’Anticafé is a coffee shop based on a smart and original idea : consumers only pay for the time they spend there. Everything else — coffee, beverages, snacks, cakes, Wi-Fi, printers and more — is for free.
One place to eat: L’As du Falafel, Rue des Rosiers.
One place to relax: The garden of Place des Vosges, where many young people gather with their friends to play guitar or have a beer…and it has free Wi-Fi!
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https://blog.uniplaces.com/3rd-arrondissement-neighborhood-guide-where-to-live-in-paris-69ac90cd39c8
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['Uniplaces Team']
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2021-11-16 11:17:51.102000+00:00
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['Studying', 'Le Marais', 'Neighboring', 'Living', 'Paris']
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Title 3rd Arrondissement neighborhood guide — live ParisContent 3rd arrondissement — also known Le Marais — excellence hobochic zone Paris It’s pretty peaceful trendy known neighborhood many artist celebrity live afford living district doubt quickly fall love quality Parisian arrondissements without flaw trendy chic dynamic chaotic full animation safe Le Marais Paris’ gay district One main characteristic Le Marais strong LGBT presence likely see samesex couple area city also notice various gaythemed shop cafés club funniest example bakery called Legay Choc famous penisshaped baguette pastries… need gay enjoy progressive vibe trendsetting neighbourhood Le Marais Jewish community Le Marais also known important Jewish community — whose presence obvious around famous Rue de Rosiers — gather many MiddleEastern Kosher restaurant bakery Among notice couple takeaway spot tourist local wait line supposed best falafel world delicious kebabsandwich fill around €6 Le Marais “Hype” temple course Paris offer multiple area fashion lover shopping addict 3rd arrondissement considered trendiest one street full hyped designer shop newwave fashion brand district also notorious finest vintage secondhand store city make coolest neighborhood Paris Fact sheet 3rd Arrondissement Le Marais One place study famous Centre Pompidou huge library commonly referred Beaubourg Parisians meter away 3rd arrondissement le conventional L’Anticafé coffee shop based smart original idea consumer pay time spend Everything else — coffee beverage snack cake WiFi printer — free One place eat L’As du Falafel Rue de Rosiers One place relax garden Place de Vosges many young people gather friend play guitar beer…and free WiFiTags Studying Le Marais Neighboring Living Paris
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6th Arrondissement neighbourhood guide — where to live in Paris
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The 6th arrondissement of Paris is one of the most expensive districts to live in, and it’s justified. Not only is it hyper-central, but it also gathers many of the most famous Parisian treasures such as Le Pont des Arts, Notre-Dame and the wonderful Ile-Saint-Louis. It is always full of tourists because it corresponds to the side of Paris that you most see on postcards, which make it the place to live in if you’re willing to get an intense and fancy Parisian experience.
Le Chic Parisien
The 6th arrondissement, located on the Rive Gauche (the luxurious half of Paris), is definitely one of the fanciest of the French capital. Besides all its globally famous monuments, it includes a multitude of luxurious shops and famous cafés, restaurants and pastries. The district’s prestigious reputation is also due to its concentration of world-renowned academic institutions (La Sorbonne, L’Académie Française, L’École des Beaux-Arts, etc.), in addition to being the historical district of the French Intelligentsia, who used to converge in its well-known cultural cafés. The most iconic one is without any doubt Le Flore, where various French intellectual figures such as Jean-Paul Sartre used to gather.
Le 6ème : the most dynamic arrondissement?
If you can afford to rent a flat in the 6th arrondissement, you’d better make sure it has double-glazed windows. This district never sleeps and possesses all the assets of an extremely lively neighbourhood, which makes it very attractive to students. The amazing Jardin du Luxembourg and Le Pont des Arts are two places where you will enjoy chilling with your friends and a bottle of Rosé, unless you prefer to party at night in one of the multiple bars of Saint-Michel.
FACT SHEET : 6ème arrondissement
One place to study : If the weather allows for it, Le Jardin du Luxembourg has some quiet spots with comfortable chairs. If not, you can go to Le Cassette, a cosy restaurant/café where you can have a great French brunch or enjoy original French cuisine
One place to eat : Berthillon, a famous gourmet store on the Ile Saint-Louis that makes the best French ice-creams and sorbets.
One place to chill (extremely useful for students!): Gibert Jeune and Gibert Joseph, a group of great book stores around Saint Michel metro station where they basically sell every book in the world (especially the ones you can’t find anywhere else), and all types of academic tools for every discipline. They also sell second hand versions of most university books, which is a great way to save money during your exchange.
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https://blog.uniplaces.com/6th-arrondissement-neighbourhood-guide-where-to-live-in-paris-9749e673fdf0
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['Uniplaces Team']
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2021-11-22 15:41:05.309000+00:00
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['Studying', 'Neighboring', 'Living', 'Paris']
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Title 6th Arrondissement neighbourhood guide — live ParisContent 6th arrondissement Paris one expensive district live it’s justified hypercentral also gather many famous Parisian treasure Le Pont de Arts NotreDame wonderful IleSaintLouis always full tourist corresponds side Paris see postcard make place live you’re willing get intense fancy Parisian experience Le Chic Parisien 6th arrondissement located Rive Gauche luxurious half Paris definitely one fanciest French capital Besides globally famous monument includes multitude luxurious shop famous cafés restaurant pastry district’s prestigious reputation also due concentration worldrenowned academic institution La Sorbonne L’Académie Française L’École de BeauxArts etc addition historical district French Intelligentsia used converge wellknown cultural cafés iconic one without doubt Le Flore various French intellectual figure JeanPaul Sartre used gather Le 6ème dynamic arrondissement afford rent flat 6th arrondissement you’d better make sure doubleglazed window district never sleep posse asset extremely lively neighbourhood make attractive student amazing Jardin du Luxembourg Le Pont de Arts two place enjoy chilling friend bottle Rosé unless prefer party night one multiple bar SaintMichel FACT SHEET 6ème arrondissement One place study weather allows Le Jardin du Luxembourg quiet spot comfortable chair go Le Cassette cosy restaurantcafé great French brunch enjoy original French cuisine One place eat Berthillon famous gourmet store Ile SaintLouis make best French icecream sorbet One place chill extremely useful student Gibert Jeune Gibert Joseph group great book store around Saint Michel metro station basically sell every book world especially one can’t find anywhere else type academic tool every discipline also sell second hand version university book great way save money exchangeTags Studying Neighboring Living Paris
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I Almost Left Tech Today, Here’s Why
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Today I read an article on why so many women leave engineering, and wanted to share it with my colleagues.
I am the only woman on a team of 9 (5 male developers, 1 male scrum master, 1 male product owner and 1 male functional consultant and me). Although I have been working for 10 years, I only recently became a developer and this is one of my first professional experiences. I had studied women in tech for two years as part of my master’s in Sociology degree, I knew sexism was rampant, but I persisted, I still chose to become a developer. But studying it from afar and actually experiencing it are two very different things. Today the latter hit me hard.
In response to the article I shared on our team’s Slack channel, the scrum master posted a video of a popular French song, the title of which can be translated to
We don’t give a fuck.
It surprised me! It was a very aggressive message, and actually proved the point of the article: tech’s hostile culture towards women drives them out. What’s worse was the reactions from the other men in the team. One reacted with a laughing emoji, one with a thumbs up, check mark and a-ok emojis. One even said
If women didn’t take things so seriously, there wouldn’t be as much sexism.
At that point, tears just started bursting out.
A few days before we had a pretty bad sprint review and the whole team went out for a beer to drown our sorrows. The department’s director was there for the review and joined us at the bar. I had been warned that the man was a misogynist. A developer who recently quit told me this director didn’t believe she could code and stuck her in a functional position she didn’t want for years. When this director arrived, we were all seating around a large table, on 2 benches. The first thing he said was
Move over, I need room for my big dick
The tone was set.
It has been discussed at length that managers behavior highly influences their subordinates. The less power you have, the more likely you are to mirror powerful people, and the attitude of managers shape that of the whole team.
I witnessed my colleagues, who are not usually overtly sexist say things they would have never said if this director wasn’t there. One of them said
Our app is huge, like my dick.
When one guy was leaving, saying he had a nice meal waiting at home, the director said
Do you have call girls?
Later that night, he also said that women had a smaller brain. That’s when I couldn’t take it anymore and left.
With this experience fresh in my mind, today’s comments felt all the more hurtful. It enraged me that they thought it was okay to say such things. I started to zone out and felt paralyzed. Colleagues were trying to talk to me but I couldn’t answer.
All I could think was :
What the FUCK is wrong with this industry, that thinks it can destroy people like this?
I am very familiar with the violence women face in French and American societies. I have worked for nonprofits helping victims of rape and sexual assault. I know that these daily micro and not so micro aggressions are deeply connected to patriarchal physical violence and I just couldn’t take it anymore.
I only have 2 more weeks before I finish this contract, but I wanted TO LEAVE, right then and there, without looking back. How ironic is that?
I shared an article saying women leave tech because of a hostile environment and the hostile environment gives me the urge to leave. It seems silly to have to repeat that but women are human beings. A natural instinct in a hostile situation is to leave and protect yourself, this is precisely what women do.
The scrum master who posted the “we don’t give a fuck” video quickly apologized, but only privately via email. The colleague who enjoyed the video and made the sexist comment, and has done so many times before, never did — Edit: he apologized three days later saying he saw it affected me. I feel so enraged tonight I needed to share this, even if it’s just to add on to the already long list of bullshit women have reported in this field.
This experience shook me and made me want to run back to nonprofits where — even if I was making little to no money — I always felt safe and was never attacked in such a way. But then I remembered why I chose to become a developer:
I love coding.
I love the feeling of fixing a bug or creating a feature, of contributing to something that people will use and that could make their lives easier. Time flies when I’m writing code all day.
When this contract ends, I will go to the famous school (at least in France) 42 in Paris, where I’ve been admitted, and learn even more. When I feel I’ve studied enough (42 is a very different school and you can leave anytime), I will be searching for a new job. I will be looking for a more inviting environment and hope never to feel like I did today again. Because coding is what I want to do everyday and I have so much to contribute.
We won’t let them grind us down.
Update: my contract is now over and on my last day I told the director’s boss about my experience. He said he was surprised and sad that I experienced that and that he will act swiftly to change that.
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https://code.likeagirl.io/i-almost-left-tech-today-heres-why-6d146a2f7cf2
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['Clémentine Pirlot']
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2017-09-11 18:00:27.757000+00:00
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['Sexism', 'Codelikeagirl', 'Women In Tech', 'Paris', 'Tech']
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Title Almost Left Tech Today Here’s WhyContent Today read article many woman leave engineering wanted share colleague woman team 9 5 male developer 1 male scrum master 1 male product owner 1 male functional consultant Although working 10 year recently became developer one first professional experience studied woman tech two year part master’s Sociology degree knew sexism rampant persisted still chose become developer studying afar actually experiencing two different thing Today latter hit hard response article shared team’s Slack channel scrum master posted video popular French song title translated don’t give fuck surprised aggressive message actually proved point article tech’s hostile culture towards woman drive What’s worse reaction men team One reacted laughing emoji one thumb check mark aok emojis One even said woman didn’t take thing seriously wouldn’t much sexism point tear started bursting day pretty bad sprint review whole team went beer drown sorrow department’s director review joined u bar warned man misogynist developer recently quit told director didn’t believe could code stuck functional position didn’t want year director arrived seating around large table 2 bench first thing said Move need room big dick tone set discussed length manager behavior highly influence subordinate le power likely mirror powerful people attitude manager shape whole team witnessed colleague usually overtly sexist say thing would never said director wasn’t One said app huge like dick one guy leaving saying nice meal waiting home director said call girl Later night also said woman smaller brain That’s couldn’t take anymore left experience fresh mind today’s comment felt hurtful enraged thought okay say thing started zone felt paralyzed Colleagues trying talk couldn’t answer could think FUCK wrong industry think destroy people like familiar violence woman face French American society worked nonprofit helping victim rape sexual assault know daily micro micro aggression deeply connected patriarchal physical violence couldn’t take anymore 2 week finish contract wanted LEAVE right without looking back ironic shared article saying woman leave tech hostile environment hostile environment give urge leave seems silly repeat woman human being natural instinct hostile situation leave protect precisely woman scrum master posted “we don’t give fuck” video quickly apologized privately via email colleague enjoyed video made sexist comment done many time never — Edit apologized three day later saying saw affected feel enraged tonight needed share even it’s add already long list bullshit woman reported field experience shook made want run back nonprofit — even making little money — always felt safe never attacked way remembered chose become developer love coding love feeling fixing bug creating feature contributing something people use could make life easier Time fly I’m writing code day contract end go famous school least France 42 Paris I’ve admitted learn even feel I’ve studied enough 42 different school leave anytime searching new job looking inviting environment hope never feel like today coding want everyday much contribute won’t let grind u Update contract last day told director’s bos experience said surprised sad experienced act swiftly change thatTags Sexism Codelikeagirl Women Tech Paris Tech
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5 Places Around The World you Must Visit
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The world is full with many amazing places. However, there are some destinations, that you must visit at least once in your life! Here are five of them:
1. Rome, Italy
No one can deny that Rome is a magnificent city — its stunning architecture and atmosphere can make you feel like you are in the Roman Empire, ages ago! Some of the most famous attractions there are: The Colleseum, Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, the Forum, St. Peter’s Basilika and etc. Also the smallest country in the world is located in Rome and this is Vatican City. Another place you may want to visit in the Italian caoital is Piazza di Spagna, there people sit on the stairs and have food or drinks.
And here are some of the dishes for you to try when you visit Rome:
⧫ Allesso di Bollito
⧫ Cacio e Pepe
⧫ Gelato
⧫ Pizza al Taglio
⧫ Porchetta
⧫ Trapizzino
2. Dubai, United Emirates
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates. The interesting fact about Dubai is that it is founded in 1833 and this makes it one of the newest countries in the world. It is famous for its skyscrapers. The tallest building in the world is located there — Burj Khalifa. Dubai is extremely beautiful at night because of the different lights which are everywhere. Another interesting place for tourists is Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo. Also, you must visit The Dubai Fountain — it sings and at night its lights make a real show. Another thing for you to do is going on safari — this will be and unforgettable memory.
And some of the traditional dishes there are:
⧫ Manousheh — Pizza Of Dubai
⧫ Oozie — Ramadan Special
⧫ Knafeh — Cheese Pastry Redefined
⧫ Taboon Bread
3. Maui, Hawaii
If you want to go on a holiday, where you can just rest amoung beautiful nature, then this is your place! You can spend your vacation on the beach, watching the blue and deep ocen in front of you. There you can try surfing, Valley Isle Excursions, diving and many more activities. Haleakala Natioanal Park is a place you should visit — its unique plants and animals will make you feel like you are a real survivor in the jungle.
4. Istanbul, Turkey
You won’t regret visiting Istanbul — this ancient city will definately lift your spirits! Istanbul is the fifth largest city in the world. It is thought to be the cultural, historic and economic center of Turkey. There the people are all very friendly and helpful.
You can spend your vacation walking around the city, trying different food and you can go to a Turkish restaurant for dinner, where you can even dance on traditional music.
Some of the dishes for you to try are:
⧫ Pide
⧫ Kofte
⧫ Menemen
⧫ Sis Kebab
Hagia Sophia, The Blue Mosque, Grand Bazaar, Galata Tower and Topkapi Palace are some of the must — see places.
5. Paris, France
Paris is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. It’s famous for its galleries and museums. Everyone has heard of the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and Notre — Dame — some of the most remarkable monuments in France.
Paris is also thought to be the city of love. Its cafes, parks, and small shops make it really romantic. Champs-Élysées — the world’s most beautiful avenue is definitely a place you must go to when you visit Paris.
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2021-11-28 14:43:47.877000+00:00
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['Hawai', 'Rome', 'Dubai', 'Istanbul', 'Paris']
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Title 5 Places Around World Must VisitContent world full many amazing place However destination must visit least life five 1 Rome Italy one deny Rome magnificent city — stunning architecture atmosphere make feel like Roman Empire age ago famous attraction Colleseum Pantheon Trevi Fountain Forum St Peter’s Basilika etc Also smallest country world located Rome Vatican City Another place may want visit Italian caoital Piazza di Spagna people sit stair food drink dish try visit Rome ⧫ Allesso di Bollito ⧫ Cacio e Pepe ⧫ Gelato ⧫ Pizza al Taglio ⧫ Porchetta ⧫ Trapizzino 2 Dubai United Emirates Dubai city emirate United Arab Emirates interesting fact Dubai founded 1833 make one newest country world famous skyscraper tallest building world located — Burj Khalifa Dubai extremely beautiful night different light everywhere Another interesting place tourist Dubai Aquarium Underwater Zoo Also must visit Dubai Fountain — sings night light make real show Another thing going safari — unforgettable memory traditional dish ⧫ Manousheh — Pizza Dubai ⧫ Oozie — Ramadan Special ⧫ Knafeh — Cheese Pastry Redefined ⧫ Taboon Bread 3 Maui Hawaii want go holiday rest amoung beautiful nature place spend vacation beach watching blue deep ocen front try surfing Valley Isle Excursions diving many activity Haleakala Natioanal Park place visit — unique plant animal make feel like real survivor jungle 4 Istanbul Turkey won’t regret visiting Istanbul — ancient city definately lift spirit Istanbul fifth largest city world thought cultural historic economic center Turkey people friendly helpful spend vacation walking around city trying different food go Turkish restaurant dinner even dance traditional music dish try ⧫ Pide ⧫ Kofte ⧫ Menemen ⧫ Sis Kebab Hagia Sophia Blue Mosque Grand Bazaar Galata Tower Topkapi Palace must — see place 5 Paris France Paris one beautiful city Europe It’s famous gallery museum Everyone heard Eiffel Tower Louvre Notre — Dame — remarkable monument France Paris also thought city love cafe park small shop make really romantic ChampsÉlysées — world’s beautiful avenue definitely place must go visit Paris httpsyulinalandyblogspotcomTags Hawai Rome Dubai Istanbul Paris
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7 Places to study in Paris
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Paris is everything but a quiet city, which can sometimes make it challenging for students to find places to study in Paris where they can work efficiently. You might be tempted to simply head to the nearest Starbucks, but you will quickly notice that they are usually among the most crowded and noisiest coffee shops in town. Besides, most regular cafés Parisians are not really student-friendly in terms of atmosphere, tariffs, equipment or policy.
Loud conversations, uncomfortable chairs, no Wi-Fi or lack of laptop plugs are students’ biggest fears, and this is why we compiled a bunch of places in Paris where you won’t have to face them. Whether you have classical tastes and need a proper library to study, or you would rather write your essays in a cozy café, you will find your perfect spot in this list of the 7 best places to study in Paris.
The classics: best libraries to study in
Centre Pompidou
Located in the heart of Paris, the Centre Pompidou Library is one of the most famous and modern ones of the capital. It is divided into several large floors and contains regular study areas, computer zones, and probably all the books you could ever look for. The waiting line to get in can be long, but it usually moves fast. During the week, the library is open from 12am to 10pm, and from 11am to 10pm. /! Be careful, it is closed on Tuesdays.
La bibliothèque Mazarine
The Mazarine Library, built in the early 1640s, is the most ancient public library in France, and its fancy, antique, wooden style make it one of the most beautiful. Its capacity — 140 seats — isn’t outstanding, but it contains an incredible number of rare books and literature works, which is one of its undeniable assets. The library is open to readers and visitors from Monday to Friday from 10am to 6pm.
La bibliothèque nationale de France François Mitterrand
Inaugurated in 1995, this Parisian library is the biggest in France, and even has its own metro station (Grande Bibliothèque, Line 14) ! As a consequence, it obviously offers a lot of space for studying and its documentation is one of the most complete. In case you are still not convinced, the library also has its own cafeteria, which makes it worth waiting in line (for quite long at times) to get in. To access the library, visitors have to pay €3.50 per day (but it’s free after 5pm), or €38 for an annual pass.
La bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève
Without any doubt the most chic option. Commonly referred to as BSG, this library is aesthetically outstanding, and its wooden arcades and green lamps will remind you of Harry Potter’s decor. The library is strategically located in the Quartier Latin, near various academic institutions, however, it is frequent to have to wait in line for a while before entering — but definitely worth it.
The alternatives: best cafés to study in
If you are among those who prefer to study in a more relaxed environment and with the possibility to work in groups or talk with your friends, which isn’t the case in a library, you need to know about these places.
L’AntiCafé
L’AntiCafé is an innovative café with a simple concept : you pay for the time you stay, while they provide you with unlimited coffee, snacks, and Wi-Fi. The purpose of this coffee shop is to make people feel like at home, which is why you can even bring your own food or drinks. L’AntiCafé is definitely a very practical place for students as it also offers projectors, printers, scanners and board games. The atmosphere is more relaxed than in a library, most chairs are big and comfortable, and you can charge your phone or laptop in its various plugs.
To enjoy their beverages and their buffet (mainly made of juices, cakes, crackers, bread and fruit) you must pay €4 for the first hour and then only €3/h. The only downside : it obviously has a way smaller capacity than a library (around 35 people maximum) so it’s safer to arrive early.
Le Craft
This modern-design café also aims to provide a nice environment for people willing to study or work. The prices are affordable, the tables are large, the decoration is classy, the music is chilled, the Wi-Fi is fast, there are various places to plug your laptop… Le Craft has everything you need for a productive, yet comfortable study day.
Le François Coppée
Located near Montparnasse, a lively and trendy district, this classical Parisian brasserie wasn’t made for students, but its wide space (capacity for 110 people) make it a wise choice for someone willing to spend a few hours reading, studying or even working in a group. Since several high schools and universities are located nearby, it is actually very common to see groups of students and even teachers there. The coffee (€2.80 for an espresso) isn’t the cheapest in town as the place is fancy, but the owner claims that you will not be pressured to leave if you wish to stay for a while. Just try to avoid it at lunchtime, between 12 and 2, when it gets a bit too packed and noisy.
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https://blog.uniplaces.com/7-places-to-study-in-paris-84a30f095659
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['Uniplaces Team']
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2021-11-10 15:01:42.353000+00:00
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['Studying', 'France', 'Living', 'Paris', 'College']
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Title 7 Places study ParisContent Paris everything quiet city sometimes make challenging student find place study Paris work efficiently might tempted simply head nearest Starbucks quickly notice usually among crowded noisiest coffee shop town Besides regular cafés Parisians really studentfriendly term atmosphere tariff equipment policy Loud conversation uncomfortable chair WiFi lack laptop plug students’ biggest fear compiled bunch place Paris won’t face Whether classical taste need proper library study would rather write essay cozy café find perfect spot list 7 best place study Paris classic best library study Centre Pompidou Located heart Paris Centre Pompidou Library one famous modern one capital divided several large floor contains regular study area computer zone probably book could ever look waiting line get long usually move fast week library open 12am 10pm 11am 10pm careful closed Tuesdays La bibliothèque Mazarine Mazarine Library built early 1640s ancient public library France fancy antique wooden style make one beautiful capacity — 140 seat — isn’t outstanding contains incredible number rare book literature work one undeniable asset library open reader visitor Monday Friday 10am 6pm La bibliothèque nationale de France François Mitterrand Inaugurated 1995 Parisian library biggest France even metro station Grande Bibliothèque Line 14 consequence obviously offer lot space studying documentation one complete case still convinced library also cafeteria make worth waiting line quite long time get access library visitor pay €350 per day it’s free 5pm €38 annual pas La bibliothèque SainteGeneviève Without doubt chic option Commonly referred BSG library aesthetically outstanding wooden arcade green lamp remind Harry Potter’s decor library strategically located Quartier Latin near various academic institution however frequent wait line entering — definitely worth alternative best cafés study among prefer study relaxed environment possibility work group talk friend isn’t case library need know place L’AntiCafé L’AntiCafé innovative café simple concept pay time stay provide unlimited coffee snack WiFi purpose coffee shop make people feel like home even bring food drink L’AntiCafé definitely practical place student also offer projector printer scanner board game atmosphere relaxed library chair big comfortable charge phone laptop various plug enjoy beverage buffet mainly made juice cake cracker bread fruit must pay €4 first hour €3h downside obviously way smaller capacity library around 35 people maximum it’s safer arrive early Le Craft moderndesign café also aim provide nice environment people willing study work price affordable table large decoration classy music chilled WiFi fast various place plug laptop… Le Craft everything need productive yet comfortable study day Le François Coppée Located near Montparnasse lively trendy district classical Parisian brasserie wasn’t made student wide space capacity 110 people make wise choice someone willing spend hour reading studying even working group Since several high school university located nearby actually common see group student even teacher coffee €280 espresso isn’t cheapest town place fancy owner claim pressured leave wish stay try avoid lunchtime 12 2 get bit packed noisyTags Studying France Living Paris College
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Some French Bread and Some Cuban Ideas
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There is not much that I can say about Du Pain et Des Idées that has not already been said. Look up the best bakeries in Paris and they will surely be amongst the list. Scroll social media for long enough and you will find a food blogger or “foodie” as they call themselves holding one of the glistening baked goods up in the morning light. Read a guide to 48 hours in the City of Love and a stop at this small corner near Republique will be listed as essential. The name offers some bread and some ideas, a little promise to those who arrive. The awning welcomes with the words “Fabrication Traditonelle,” the mark of a bakery that does not fool around when it comes to bread.
When my plane arrives, often quite early, into Charles de Gaulle Airport, my first move is to head to Du Pain et Des Idées, my luggage along for the ride. I wait in line, there will always be a line, and enter to the grandiose space. The boulangerie is reminiscent of Paris in the 1920s, massive golden framed mirrors and ornate frescos dress the structure, the ceiling a particularly ornate piece of restored tile painted like a glimpse at the blue sky. Glass cases wrap around showing off the day’s selection of airy breads and laminated pastries. Not that it matters to me. For while everything is delightful, I come for one thing, the pistachio and chocolate escargot, a pinwheel of laminated pastry dough wrapped around a Kermit the Frog green paste of pistachio and speckled with chips of rich dark chocolate.
Eating the pistachio escargot is a delight that all should experience once, layers of dough as thin as filo that shatter as they are pulled from the coil, revealing a tender and soft inside laced with the fruitiness of pistachio nuts. The chocolate is a benefit but a side player here, little bitter nuggets of occasional pleasance. The quality of the butter is evident, leaving behind none of the glossy residue on the lips of cheaper product. Every bite is light and floral, the escargot fracturing to the touch in a way that only something baked with care could do, and a testament in freshness to the constant turnover of product as the long line shuffles through the shop.
Du Pain et Des Idées is baking for pleasure, not survival, it is hedonistic rather that instinctual and necessary. They are a testament to what can be done with the equation of flour plus water plus time. Many around the world, or even around France, are not so fortunate to have any of the three variables in the equation on a consistent basis.
I faced the antithesis in Cuba.
On my first morning in Havana I woke up early, eager to walk and explore. I landed the night before, darkness already shrouding the country, road lights sparse, the countryside drive from airport to city dense with a moonless night sky. I left the casa particular (a type of home stay) where I was sleeping and headed out with no destination and no plan. Although it was early in the morning when I departed, the streets and city were very much awake and alive with energy and noise.
Repaired 1950’s cars shudder loudly down pockmarked streets, screeching and hissing. Buildings seem to hum from the onslaught of buses and shared taxis on the streets below. Business is done face to face between security grates, as old women shout to each other through a garden fence, and kids cheer as they play baseball in the street. Domino tiles hit wooden tabletops in a series of constant taps as old men smoke cigars and chatter. Barkers try to attract for restaurants or shadier pleasures. Waves crash up against the colonial port. The ocean breeze clogs the ears like fog. Out of every worn out wooden front door comes the muddled noise of television or reggaeton beats. Rooftop bars have full bands tapping on bongos, shaking maracas, vibrating all night for the crowds of salsa dancers. Restaurants have wandering nomadic smaller band affairs, or a saxophonist who also croons. Bars have pianists creating magic out of an antique piano where half the hammers are either missing or bent. Paladaires have hip-hop on assorted screens. And for the end of Jazz week the clubs are flowing with experimental and improvisational hymns. Dogs are always barking. Always. And the horns are always honking. An old man shouts to a friend across the street. The friend shouts back.
The political plaza, Revolutionary Square, is eerily quiet minus the throngs of tourists, and it’s the silence that’s the first thing I notice, rather than the 100-ton steel statue of Che Guevara.
Walls are built thin so a neighbor’s secrets are your secrets. You hear them making dinner, taking a shower, shouting at their cat.
Havana is loud. And they’re proud of it.
After the noise, the most noticeable aspect of Havana life was the prevalence of scarcity. Walk through vast markets and find each stall with the same four or five options: tomato, onions, garlic, and eggplants. The first thing I learned to do when entering a restaurant, be it fancy or a corner shop, was to ask what on the menu they actually had? The server would point out fifty percent of the menu that they did not have available. No chicken at the market that morning, or perhaps no beans. A local journalist informed me that every Cuban citizen gets a food ration of rice, beans, salt, garlic, sugar, oil, and vinegar, without which many would have a hard time to survive.
The most variety I saw at any market in Havana
The innate Cuban cultural condition is about the hustle. After a cigar factory tour the guide offered pilfered cigars outside the gift shop. A ride to the airport on the day of my departure ended when my driver dropped me off on the side of the highway a mile from the airport lest the police see him receiving money from a tourist. My casa particular host operated a six-bed home stay, was going to school for musicology, and ran nightly tour experiences around the Cuban nightlife scene, and she was only twenty-one years old. I met a doctor who told me that her monthly salary was $24 working full time at a hospital. She had a part time job at a coffee shop to support herself.
The only constantly available product was bread. Not elegant and artistically refined bread, but survival bread; fluffy white loaves with uniform scores on top, baked in massive ovens and made with flavorless wheat and artificial leavening agents. Bakeries had lines out the door as people tried to get a daily allotment. I must have walked by five different bakeries that first morning, each with identical loaves of bread.
“Make no mistake”, my host told me during a late-night discussion the day of my arrival, “Cuba is third world.”
I spent a lot of time in Havana mentally comparing it to Paris. Both have gorgeous grandiose architecture. Both have proud people full of rich cultural traditions. Both are cities I find particularly loud, Paris is also full of barkers, throngs of tourists, and cafes and restaurants that spill past their patios and onto the sidewalk. There is luxury to be found in both as well. In Havana it only takes a stop at the Hotel National to suddenly feel like I’ve entered a different city, with servers clad in fine suits and a grandiose view atop the Ocean for sunset, mojito cradled in hand. Both cities have an emphasis on arts as well, Paris with its world famous museums, Havana with the iconic Fabrique de Artes gallery center and the ever present cultural arts of dancing and singing. Both have a stubborn people, set in certain traditions, which behind their calloused veil are hospitable and courteous.
And both have bread. One loaf comes from a culture of years of oppression and exclusion, from an embargo that is beyond the control of the people, where daily living is about survival through hardship. The other bread comes from a place of content, where luxuries of elegance have the time and affordability to be pursued, and their success rewarded with long lines and waiting by choice, not necessity.
Admittedly, comparing Paris to Havana is a stretch. My last meal in Havana was fried rice, piled high with bits of salt pork and carrot, the only option available that day from the restaurant’s large menu. My last meal in Paris was at a three-course steak frite restaurant starting with a walnut salad and finishing with warm chocolate sauce drenched profiteroles. The cities could not be more different in a literal sense. And yet there was a feeling, electricity, a vibe that ran through both, that I could not shake off. Sitting in the grand lobby of the Hotel National in Havana, with my eyes closed I could have been at the Paris Ritz, pampered and happy, my feet in the grass, the sun on my face, cigar in my hand, sipping away the day.
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https://medium.com/@jake.potashnick/some-french-bread-and-some-cuban-ideas-28683b8ba34
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['Jake Potashnick']
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2021-11-16 10:47:48.902000+00:00
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['Travel', 'Baking', 'Food', 'Cuba', 'Paris']
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Title French Bread Cuban IdeasContent much say Du Pain et Des Idées already said Look best bakery Paris surely amongst list Scroll social medium long enough find food blogger “foodie” call holding one glistening baked good morning light Read guide 48 hour City Love stop small corner near Republique listed essential name offer bread idea little promise arrive awning welcome word “Fabrication Traditonelle” mark bakery fool around come bread plane arrives often quite early Charles de Gaulle Airport first move head Du Pain et Des Idées luggage along ride wait line always line enter grandiose space boulangerie reminiscent Paris 1920s massive golden framed mirror ornate fresco dress structure ceiling particularly ornate piece restored tile painted like glimpse blue sky Glass case wrap around showing day’s selection airy bread laminated pastry matter everything delightful come one thing pistachio chocolate escargot pinwheel laminated pastry dough wrapped around Kermit Frog green paste pistachio speckled chip rich dark chocolate Eating pistachio escargot delight experience layer dough thin filo shatter pulled coil revealing tender soft inside laced fruitiness pistachio nut chocolate benefit side player little bitter nugget occasional pleasance quality butter evident leaving behind none glossy residue lip cheaper product Every bite light floral escargot fracturing touch way something baked care could testament freshness constant turnover product long line shuffle shop Du Pain et Des Idées baking pleasure survival hedonistic rather instinctual necessary testament done equation flour plus water plus time Many around world even around France fortunate three variable equation consistent basis faced antithesis Cuba first morning Havana woke early eager walk explore landed night darkness already shrouding country road light sparse countryside drive airport city dense moonless night sky left casa particular type home stay sleeping headed destination plan Although early morning departed street city much awake alive energy noise Repaired 1950’s car shudder loudly pockmarked street screeching hissing Buildings seem hum onslaught bus shared taxi street Business done face face security grate old woman shout garden fence kid cheer play baseball street Domino tile hit wooden tabletop series constant tap old men smoke cigar chatter Barkers try attract restaurant shadier pleasure Waves crash colonial port ocean breeze clog ear like fog every worn wooden front door come muddled noise television reggaeton beat Rooftop bar full band tapping bongo shaking maraca vibrating night crowd salsa dancer Restaurants wandering nomadic smaller band affair saxophonist also croons Bars pianist creating magic antique piano half hammer either missing bent Paladaires hiphop assorted screen end Jazz week club flowing experimental improvisational hymn Dogs always barking Always horn always honking old man shout friend across street friend shout back political plaza Revolutionary Square eerily quiet minus throng tourist it’s silence that’s first thing notice rather 100ton steel statue Che Guevara Walls built thin neighbor’s secret secret hear making dinner taking shower shouting cat Havana loud they’re proud noise noticeable aspect Havana life prevalence scarcity Walk vast market find stall four five option tomato onion garlic eggplant first thing learned entering restaurant fancy corner shop ask menu actually server would point fifty percent menu available chicken market morning perhaps bean local journalist informed every Cuban citizen get food ration rice bean salt garlic sugar oil vinegar without many would hard time survive variety saw market Havana innate Cuban cultural condition hustle cigar factory tour guide offered pilfered cigar outside gift shop ride airport day departure ended driver dropped side highway mile airport lest police see receiving money tourist casa particular host operated sixbed home stay going school musicology ran nightly tour experience around Cuban nightlife scene twentyone year old met doctor told monthly salary 24 working full time hospital part time job coffee shop support constantly available product bread elegant artistically refined bread survival bread fluffy white loaf uniform score top baked massive oven made flavorless wheat artificial leavening agent Bakeries line door people tried get daily allotment must walked five different bakery first morning identical loaf bread “Make mistake” host told latenight discussion day arrival “Cuba third world” spent lot time Havana mentally comparing Paris gorgeous grandiose architecture proud people full rich cultural tradition city find particularly loud Paris also full barker throng tourist cafe restaurant spill past patio onto sidewalk luxury found well Havana take stop Hotel National suddenly feel like I’ve entered different city server clad fine suit grandiose view atop Ocean sunset mojito cradled hand city emphasis art well Paris world famous museum Havana iconic Fabrique de Artes gallery center ever present cultural art dancing singing stubborn people set certain tradition behind calloused veil hospitable courteous bread One loaf come culture year oppression exclusion embargo beyond control people daily living survival hardship bread come place content luxury elegance time affordability pursued success rewarded long line waiting choice necessity Admittedly comparing Paris Havana stretch last meal Havana fried rice piled high bit salt pork carrot option available day restaurant’s large menu last meal Paris threecourse steak frite restaurant starting walnut salad finishing warm chocolate sauce drenched profiterole city could different literal sense yet feeling electricity vibe ran could shake Sitting grand lobby Hotel National Havana eye closed could Paris Ritz pampered happy foot grass sun face cigar hand sipping away dayTags Travel Baking Food Cuba Paris
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LOUISE BONNET: BATHERS @ MAX HETZLER PARIS 11 SEPTEMBER 2021- 30 OCTOBER 2021
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Louise Bonnet, Treasure Hunter 1, Oil on canvas, 2021
Max Hetzler in Paris presents seven paintings by Louise Bonnet. The paintings all are dated 2021. In the press release Bonnet says, “For years, I tried to make acrylic do what oil does. Working in oil was a revelation”. The inspiration and title of the show include references to Peter Paul Rubens, the nude as subject, water, art history, emotions, shame, and embarrassment.
Louise Bonnet, Bather with a cloud, Oil on Canvas, 2021
Louise Bonnet, Pisser, Oil on canvas, 2021
I like the paintings. The color blue makes the paintings moody. In 2021, I learned about patience. Looking at the bodies in the work, I was in Paris for the first time. A pandemic is still in effect. I moved my body from New York and into another city. My body looks good to me. I am vaccinated. I am healthy. Bonnet’s bodies have small heads and strong torsos. The bodies look pink, fleshy and weird. There are no faces. I grabbed at someone else. Together in the present bodies perform so well.
Galerie Max Hetzler
57, Rue du Temple
75004 Paris
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https://medium.com/@sundayf/louise-bonnet-bathers-max-hetzler-paris-11-september-2021-30-october-2021-e0671763818a
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['Sunday Fall']
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2021-11-15 18:13:27.218000+00:00
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['Louise Bonnet', 'Galerie Max Hetzler', 'New York', 'Paris', 'Art']
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Title LOUISE BONNET BATHERS MAX HETZLER PARIS 11 SEPTEMBER 2021 30 OCTOBER 2021Content Louise Bonnet Treasure Hunter 1 Oil canvas 2021 Max Hetzler Paris present seven painting Louise Bonnet painting dated 2021 press release Bonnet say “For year tried make acrylic oil Working oil revelation” inspiration title show include reference Peter Paul Rubens nude subject water art history emotion shame embarrassment Louise Bonnet Bather cloud Oil Canvas 2021 Louise Bonnet Pisser Oil canvas 2021 like painting color blue make painting moody 2021 learned patience Looking body work Paris first time pandemic still effect moved body New York another city body look good vaccinated healthy Bonnet’s body small head strong torso body look pink fleshy weird face grabbed someone else Together present body perform well Galerie Max Hetzler 57 Rue du Temple 75004 ParisTags Louise Bonnet Galerie Max Hetzler New York Paris Art
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Eiffel tower Paris is the one of the iconic places in the world
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Can you Imagine Paris without the Eiffel tower. If things would have gone as per plan, we would have never been able to see the Eiffel Tower.
The plan was to create Eiffel Tower as part of Paris exhibition and after 20 years remove it. Soon, the designers realized how wonderful it looked in the city and decided to keep it.
The Tower opened to the public the same day as the World’s Fair, on May 15, 1889. IT was the tallest structure for 40 years until. The Eiffel tower has 1710 steps. There was lot of controversy over the tower, but thanks to the creators they went against popular opinions and it was a huge success as 2 million people toured it in the first year itself.
The ground area around the Eiffel Tower is the only section which can be visited for free. You need to pass through security area to access this area. If buying ticket is a challenge then is the best option but if you have travelled so far then a 30 dollar ticket is worth the experience.
The first level is very happening with restaurants, cinema projections. Best part is the transparent floor that offers you a view of ground area where everything looks tiny from top. From the second floor you can see iconic Paris landmarks including Montmartre, The Louvre and River seine. It is extremely popular floor for its views of Paris.
The summit is quite peaceful and less crowded. You can hear wind gushing at the top. It offers the most stunning panoramic views of the city. It is a good idea to spend some alone time here. The maintenance of the tower is done every 7 years and tons of paint is applied to keep the iron from rusting. It involves huge effort to maintain the Eiffel tower. Witnessing Paris in December is a mind blowing experience.
It is easily one of the most decorated city in the world. With lights, Christmas market , it is pure magic. Seeing the lighting in Eiffel tower will melt your heart and it is really touching. I cannot explain it in words, you have experience it. No wonder, with such an atmosphere , there is so much romance around the Eiffel Tower. It is the second most popular place in the world where lovers propose. It is a symbol of love for many couples across the globe. You will witness thousands of marriage proposal under the tower every year.
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https://medium.com/@kunder-chandrashekar/eiffel-tower-paris-is-the-one-of-the-iconic-places-in-the-world-66c4336bcede
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['Kunder Chandrashekar']
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2021-12-27 18:41:34.666000+00:00
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['Digital Nomad Lifestyle', 'Travel With Shekar', 'Eiffel Tower', 'Travellifestyle', 'Paris']
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Title Eiffel tower Paris one iconic place worldContent Imagine Paris without Eiffel tower thing would gone per plan would never able see Eiffel Tower plan create Eiffel Tower part Paris exhibition 20 year remove Soon designer realized wonderful looked city decided keep Tower opened public day World’s Fair May 15 1889 tallest structure 40 year Eiffel tower 1710 step lot controversy tower thanks creator went popular opinion huge success 2 million people toured first year ground area around Eiffel Tower section visited free need pas security area access area buying ticket challenge best option travelled far 30 dollar ticket worth experience first level happening restaurant cinema projection Best part transparent floor offer view ground area everything look tiny top second floor see iconic Paris landmark including Montmartre Louvre River seine extremely popular floor view Paris summit quite peaceful le crowded hear wind gushing top offer stunning panoramic view city good idea spend alone time maintenance tower done every 7 year ton paint applied keep iron rusting involves huge effort maintain Eiffel tower Witnessing Paris December mind blowing experience easily one decorated city world light Christmas market pure magic Seeing lighting Eiffel tower melt heart really touching cannot explain word experience wonder atmosphere much romance around Eiffel Tower second popular place world lover propose symbol love many couple across globe witness thousand marriage proposal tower every yearTags Digital Nomad Lifestyle Travel Shekar Eiffel Tower Travellifestyle Paris
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Let’s Talk About “Mean Parisians”
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Let’s Talk About “Mean Parisians”
Photo by Léonard Cotte on Unsplash
It started innocently enough. A friend of mine heard that I had guests visiting from France and asked me to bring them over for lunch. She was inviting some others from the community and thought it would be a good chance for everyone to mingle. The friends, a mother/daughter duo from the suburbs around Paris agreed.
“So are you from France or are you from Paris?” a neighbor, L, asked them almost immediately. A great start.
“Uh…France,” my friend replied.
“Oh good! I just hate Paris!” L exclaimed.
She went on to relate to them how everyone was just so mean and snobby in Paris and how she could never understand why people like it. New York is, after all the best city in the world and she would never waste her time with Europe again.
My friends were very gracious and agreed that things could be a little fast-paced in Paris and that people were not as friendly as Americans could be. I couldn’t help but interject that I think New York is an overrated trash-island and Paris is ten times more beautiful. I got a death glare.
The thing is, I’m not surprised that L had a bad experience in Paris.
Tourists in France
L is very loud, like many native New Yorkers. If you’re in a car with her, she can blow your eardrums with her laughing and speaking. She is a middle-aged woman of strong opinions about how things should be and what she expects from situations. She is not someone I would consider to be flexible or easy-going.
That’s not to say she’s a bad person, but she is exactly the kind of tourist who has a bad experience in Paris.
Many travelers go to France and, in particular, Paris because they have heard of the art and architecture and feel like it’s going to be a romantic daydream. They often forget that for more than 2 million people, Paris is their hometown. These people are living, working, doing laundry and taking out the trash in this city everyday and they have to navigate tens-of-thousands of tourists that pass through their city every year.
Just like cities like NYC, people can get annoyed with tourists who can’t blend and move to the rhythms of the city because they get in the way. Maybe they researched all the best museums in the city, but they may have no idea how to interact with the actual French people whose home they are visiting.
Following the Unspoken Rules
When I spent about a month traveling around France, I had been studying the language in a fairly serious way for about six months and had done a ton of research. I also spent time with French people before I embarked on this journey.
Many people warned me about the French and how mean everyone would be in Paris. Of course, most of these people didn’t even own a passport.
“You know, they hate Americans! You’re going to come home crying,” this advice was doled out by a woman who went from Pennsylvania to California once. That was the extent of her jet-setting.
“Don’t go to Paris if you’re plus size! It’s the fashion capitol of the world, you know. They are so mean to fat people.” This was from a discussion I recently saw on a plus size fashion forum.
My experience was quite different than the warnings I had been given. I was treated really well, honestly. I was 25 years old, a size 14/16 US, traveling on my own, and I didn’t really have any issues.
I certainly wasn’t up to the standard of high-fashion, but I had traveled enough to know which clothing looked more European and what made you stand out as American. So, I kept it simple and dressed to blend in. I wasn’t targeted by any tourist scams or pick-pockets. I knew that my uniform of dark jeans, a pull-over sweater, ankle boots, a colorful scarf, and a wool jacket (it was February) was successful when I had Parisians stop me in the train station to ask if I knew if the train was delayed or ask me in the supermarket if they were out of strawberries.
When I approached people, I spoke to them in French first. I also made sure to greet the employees when entering a shop or restaurant. If they offered to speak English, then we could continue that way. I had someone lend me their phone and someone help me get my luggage into the carriage of a train. People were no meaner than in New York City. They just followed a different set of etiquette and I made an effort to as well.
Red Flags to Avoid
The French are proud of their language, culture, and their cities. Just as many people from English-speaking (and other) countries are proud, so when you go to Paris, they expect you to make an effort. You are, after all, on their turf.
Here are some tips to help you avoid seeming like the kind of tourist that Parisians dread:
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['Odessa Denby']
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2021-11-24 07:02:25.947000+00:00
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['Travel', 'Backpacking', 'This Happened To Me', 'Culture', 'Paris']
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Title Let’s Talk “Mean Parisians”Content Let’s Talk “Mean Parisians” Photo Léonard Cotte Unsplash started innocently enough friend mine heard guest visiting France asked bring lunch inviting others community thought would good chance everyone mingle friend motherdaughter duo suburb around Paris agreed “So France Paris” neighbor L asked almost immediately great start “Uh…France” friend replied “Oh good hate Paris” L exclaimed went relate everyone mean snobby Paris could never understand people like New York best city world would never waste time Europe friend gracious agreed thing could little fastpaced Paris people friendly Americans could couldn’t help interject think New York overrated trashisland Paris ten time beautiful got death glare thing I’m surprised L bad experience Paris Tourists France L loud like many native New Yorkers you’re car blow eardrum laughing speaking middleaged woman strong opinion thing expects situation someone would consider flexible easygoing That’s say she’s bad person exactly kind tourist bad experience Paris Many traveler go France particular Paris heard art architecture feel like it’s going romantic daydream often forget 2 million people Paris hometown people living working laundry taking trash city everyday navigate tensofthousands tourist pas city every year like city like NYC people get annoyed tourist can’t blend move rhythm city get way Maybe researched best museum city may idea interact actual French people whose home visiting Following Unspoken Rules spent month traveling around France studying language fairly serious way six month done ton research also spent time French people embarked journey Many people warned French mean everyone would Paris course people didn’t even passport “You know hate Americans You’re going come home crying” advice doled woman went Pennsylvania California extent jetsetting “Don’t go Paris you’re plus size It’s fashion capitol world know mean fat people” discussion recently saw plus size fashion forum experience quite different warning given treated really well honestly 25 year old size 1416 US traveling didn’t really issue certainly wasn’t standard highfashion traveled enough know clothing looked European made stand American kept simple dressed blend wasn’t targeted tourist scam pickpocket knew uniform dark jean pullover sweater ankle boot colorful scarf wool jacket February successful Parisians stop train station ask knew train delayed ask supermarket strawberry approached people spoke French first also made sure greet employee entering shop restaurant offered speak English could continue way someone lend phone someone help get luggage carriage train People meaner New York City followed different set etiquette made effort well Red Flags Avoid French proud language culture city many people Englishspeaking country proud go Paris expect make effort turf tip help avoid seeming like kind tourist Parisians dreadTags Travel Backpacking Happened Culture Paris
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Autumn 2021 — Art. Chien et Loup
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Photo by Tirachard Kumtanom from Pexels
Chien et Loup
Allison Gallego
Alison Gallego’s photography piece ‘Chien et Loup’ is a wonderfully atmospheric image, capturing three shadowy figures looking out over the expansive Parisian skyline as the sun is setting. Muted pink clouds paint the sky above and the golden evening glow of the city warms the streets the light has deserted.
This image holds a visual symmetry between the three hooded figures and the striking Eiffel Tower. In the foreground and to the right of the image, we see the three figures dressed in hooded jackets. The figure in the centre is standing, but with two other seated figures, one on either side, all looking over the city. The way they are dressed and posed suggests that they are perhaps young adults, comfortable in their surroundings. Looking out onto their city, they create a form resembling a point, mirroring the glittering Eiffel Tower in the background. The visual symmetry of this and the posing of the youths towering above the city in the foreground, leads us to believe that this visual symmetry is deliberate and even symbolic. The Eiffel Tower has come to be a great symbol of Paris, and France, since its creation, and the youths looking out onto it may be glimpsing to and speculating the future for themselves, and their city.
Either way, Alison has managed to capture a beautiful thought-provoking image. I am so happy we got to include her photography in our Autumn edition.
Kate Cooper, Art Editor
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[]
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2021-12-10 16:02:32.323000+00:00
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['Kate Cooper', 'Allison Gallego', 'Chien Et Loup', 'Paris', 'Art']
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Title Autumn 2021 — Art Chien et LoupContent Photo Tirachard Kumtanom Pexels Chien et Loup Allison Gallego Alison Gallego’s photography piece ‘Chien et Loup’ wonderfully atmospheric image capturing three shadowy figure looking expansive Parisian skyline sun setting Muted pink cloud paint sky golden evening glow city warms street light deserted image hold visual symmetry three hooded figure striking Eiffel Tower foreground right image see three figure dressed hooded jacket figure centre standing two seated figure one either side looking city way dressed posed suggests perhaps young adult comfortable surroundings Looking onto city create form resembling point mirroring glittering Eiffel Tower background visual symmetry posing youth towering city foreground lead u believe visual symmetry deliberate even symbolic Eiffel Tower come great symbol Paris France since creation youth looking onto may glimpsing speculating future city Either way Alison managed capture beautiful thoughtprovoking image happy got include photography Autumn edition Kate Cooper Art EditorTags Kate Cooper Allison Gallego Chien Et Loup Paris Art
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DAVID HAMMONS @ BOURSE DE COMMERCE/PINAULT COLLECTION PARIS 19 MAY 2021- 1 JULY 2022
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David Hammons, Untitled, 2000
Francios Pinault is a wealthy French billionaire and collector of artists like Richard Prince, Jeff Koons, Marlene Dumas, and Rudolf Stingel. He had to wait twenty years to open the Pinault collection to the French public.
The Bourse de commerce is an old building that was used to trade commodities like grain. The building was also used as a stock exchange and address to the Paris chamber of commerce. Pinault transformed the building into a museum to show contemporary art in 2016 after the building was offered by the mayor of Paris. The Pinault collection, delayed by the coronavirus pandemic finally opened to the public in May 2021 with a retrospective of works by American Artist David Hammons. On view are installations, prints, and assemblages curated by Pinault.
David Hammons, Untitled, 2010
David Hammons, One Stone Head, 1997
David Hammons, High Level Of Cats, 1998
I happened to be in Paris at the right moment. I only caught the show an hour before the place closed. It was exciting to see the work. A Black American artist in Paris. Art institutions and museums in The United States could never put together a show like this. US Museums still fail at showing Black artists. All the public see is dead white men. I’m not against billionaires. It’s their money. I do expect them to do cool shit or try and save the planet.
The show was poetic. Everything was beautiful. I wish I had spent more time. I’m interested in Hammons because as an artist I want to make things that are pure, but also relate to my life as a Black American. I want to avoid ideology. Sometimes I just want to refrain from taking positions.
BOURSE DE COMMERCE / PINAULT COLLECTION
2, RUE DE VIARMES
75001 PARIS
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['Sunday Fall']
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2021-11-22 20:25:41.915000+00:00
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['Bourse De Commerce', 'Francois Pinault', 'Paris', 'Art', 'David Hammons']
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Title DAVID HAMMONS BOURSE DE COMMERCEPINAULT COLLECTION PARIS 19 MAY 2021 1 JULY 2022Content David Hammons Untitled 2000 Francios Pinault wealthy French billionaire collector artist like Richard Prince Jeff Koons Marlene Dumas Rudolf Stingel wait twenty year open Pinault collection French public Bourse de commerce old building used trade commodity like grain building also used stock exchange address Paris chamber commerce Pinault transformed building museum show contemporary art 2016 building offered mayor Paris Pinault collection delayed coronavirus pandemic finally opened public May 2021 retrospective work American Artist David Hammons view installation print assemblage curated Pinault David Hammons Untitled 2010 David Hammons One Stone Head 1997 David Hammons High Level Cats 1998 happened Paris right moment caught show hour place closed exciting see work Black American artist Paris Art institution museum United States could never put together show like US Museums still fail showing Black artist public see dead white men I’m billionaire It’s money expect cool shit try save planet show poetic Everything beautiful wish spent time I’m interested Hammons artist want make thing pure also relate life Black American want avoid ideology Sometimes want refrain taking position BOURSE DE COMMERCE PINAULT COLLECTION 2 RUE DE VIARMES 75001 PARISTags Bourse De Commerce Francois Pinault Paris Art David Hammons
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The 6th arrondissement of Paris
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Most visitors to Paris want to experience a little bit of everything during their stay in the City of Light: a touch of bohemian life, the best Parisian cafes, art galleries, museums, parks, and much more. You’re in luck because the 6th arrondissement of Paris happens to offer all of this! It’s the essence of Parisian life: home to famous cafés like Café de Flore and Les Deux Magots, the 6th arrondissement is also part of the lively Latin Quarter. It is also the intellectual center of the city with its world-renowned universities and the seat of the Senate in the magnificent Luxembourg Palace, right next to the public park of the Luxembourg Gardens. The 6th arrondissement is one of the most sought-after residential areas in Paris. In this detailed article, we will be regrouping some of the amazing locations a tourist can visit in the 6th arrondissement! Plus hotel suggestions for a comfortable stay.
Welcome to the 6th arrondissement of Paris
The 6th arrondissement of Paris includes some of the city’s most famous neighborhoods: the Latin Quarter in the northeastern part of the arrondissement, the Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighborhood around the Saint-Germain-des-Prés abbey, the Odeon neighborhood around the Odeon theater, the Notre-Dame-des-Champs neighborhood around the metro station of the same name, and the Luxembourg neighborhood around the Luxembourg Gardens. This district is roughly delimited by the Seine to the north, by the boulevard Saint-Michel to the east, by the boulevard de Montparnasse to the south, and by the rue de Sèvres and the rue des Saint Pères to the west. The district is easily accessible by metro, as lines 4, 10, 12, and line B of the RER pass through it.
This district has a very rich history. It is home to the oldest surviving church in Paris and became a meeting point for artists and writers in the 20th century. Famous cafés in the neighborhood counted writers such as Jean-Paul Sartre, Ernest Hemingway, and Simone de Beauvoir among their regular customers. With institutions such as the École des Beaux-Arts and the Académie Française, it’s not hard to see why the 6th arrondissement is still considered the intellectual center. The neighborhood has a lot to offer in terms of art and culture, but don’t forget to enjoy the incredible and vibrant atmosphere of this lively Parisian neighborhood!
Shopping in the 6th arrondissement of Paris
The 6th arrondissement may be famous for its cafes, but when it comes to shopping, you’ll be surprised! There are many shopping streets in the area, offering everything from department stores to small boutiques selling the latest fashion trends. Highlights include Boulevard Saint Germain, Rue de Rennes, Boulevard de Montparnasse, Rue de Buci, Place Saint Michel and Cour du Commerce Saint André. However, what makes this neighborhood truly unique are the bookstores and small specialty stores.
On the bustling Place Saint-Michel, you will find a wonderful bookstore called Gilbert Jeune. Not only does it offer a great collection of books and office supplies, but it also offers great maps of Paris at great prices! Don’t forget to check out the Fontaine de Saint-Michel: a large and beautiful fountain that features statues created by nine different sculptors. Place Saint-Michel is a great starting point for your Parisian adventure.
There’s a world-renowned bookstore two blocks east of there that isn’t technically part of the 6th arrondissement, but it’s so impressive that we felt compelled to include it here: Shakespeare and Co. on Rue de Bûcherie. This amazing bookstore sells books exclusively in English and even allows young writers to stay in the upper part of the store. Browse the shelves from floor to ceiling to find a unique souvenir, as the staff stamps every book you buy so you never forget where it came from.
Chocolate lovers should definitely check out Patrick Roger’s on Boulevard Saint Germain. Here, chocolate is treated as an art. The chocolates and truffles are exquisite and can also be a wonderful gift.
City-Pharma, on rue du Four, is the place to go for skincare and beauty products. This amazing pharmacy has some great deals, but it’s not the best-kept secret in Paris, so be sure to go early to avoid the lines!
Finally, a true Parisian neighborhood is not a Parisian neighborhood without fresh produce markets. The 6th arrondissement has two great markets: the small covered market Marché Couvert Saint Germain and the impressive open-air organic market Marché Raspail.
Cafés, restaurants, and bars in the 6th arrondissement
As mentioned above, the 6th arrondissement is known for its cafes, bars, and restaurants. The following is just a small selection of all the charming establishments this area of Paris has to offer.
Cafés
Les Deux Magots, on Boulevard Saint-Germain, was a café frequented by the Parisian literary elite of the 20th century, like Sartre and Hemingway. Today, you can enjoy a delicious hot chocolate on the terrace. The prices may be a bit higher than average, but the history of the café is worth it!
Next door, Café de Flore has also seen many literary geniuses pass through. As the name suggests, the café is beautifully decorated with plants and flowers. So try to get a seat on the terrace to soak it all in!
Le Procope, on Rue de l’Ancienne Comédie, is reputed to be the oldest café in Paris. As such, it has been visited by the likes of Rousseau, Voltaire, Robespierre, and Benjamin Franklin — come for the history and stay for the food!
Restaurants
Le Timbre, on Rue Sainte Beuve, is an amazing old French-style restaurant with a great atmosphere — be sure to make a reservation, as the place fills up fast!
If you’re looking for a truly romantic restaurant in Paris, you can’t go wrong with Relais Louis XIII on rue des Grands Augustins — the cozy interior and excellent French cuisine will make for an unforgettable evening!
For something a little more affordable, but still delicious, head to Brasserie Lipp on Boulevard Saint-Germain. Enjoy the juicy and delicious food and, if you’re sitting by the window, have fun people-watching!
Little Breizh, on rue Grégoire de Tours, is perhaps one of the best creperies in Paris. Their savory crepes make for an amazing and delicious meal but go early as the line can be quite long.
Good restaurants in the neighborhood include La Cigale Recamier, Les Bouquinistes, Santa Lucia, Le Café des Arts, and La Palette.
Bars
Chez Georges is one of the many impressive bars you will find along Rue des Canettes. This cave-like wine bar invites popular DJs, but it can get very crowded at night.
The Moose on Rue des Quatre Vents is a cool sports bar with an international clientele. Try one of their delicious cocktails or a Canadian beer.
L’Avant Comptoir, on Carrefour de l’Odéon, is a French-style tapas bar that combines great wine and good food. The bar is quite small, and be aware that it is standing room only.
What to see and do in the 6th arrondissement
The 6th arrondissement has no shortage of monuments: beautiful historical buildings and churches are everywhere. The pride of the district is, of course, the Palais du Luxembourg, where the French Senate sits.
The abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés is the oldest church in Paris and has several beautiful frescos. The church of Saint-Sulpice is the second largest church in the city, after Notre Dame, and was featured in the book Da Vinci Code. Other monuments in the neighborhood include the Institut de France, the Hôtel des Monnaies, the Saint Michel fountain, and the Cordeliers monastery.
The Jardin du Luxembourg is the most famous park in the neighborhood and the second-largest public park in the city. The park has a beautiful pond where children can float their boats and many chairs where adults can relax and sunbathe. Vert Galant Square Park and Seminary Alley Walk are two other nice parks in the neighborhood. There is also another promenade that runs along the Seine River with a beautiful view of the Ile de la Cité. Don’t forget to visit the two famous bridges, the Pont des Arts and the Pont Neuf. On the Pont des Arts, you will find the famous love locks.
Stay in a hotel in the 6th arrondissement
Convinced that this is one of the best neighborhoods in Paris, consider staying in a hotel in the Saint-Germain district when visiting the city! You’ll be close to many of Paris’ landmarks and you can be sure there will always be something to see or do. You’ll feel right at home in the neighborhood, and you’ll have plenty of time to explore the local cafes at your leisure.
Each hotel in the 6th arrondissement has a unique character of its own, some have fancy salons, many have cozy fireplaces, wood designs, but one that stands out so beautifully in this area is the Best Western Hôtel Aramis Saint-Germain.
DISCOVER PARIS FROM A HOTEL NEAR MONTPARNASSE AND SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRÉS
Between Montparnasse and Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the Best Western Hôtel Aramis Saint-Germain is based in an exceptional and easy-to-find location in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, an area with main demand. It is less than 15 minutes walk from the Luxembourg Gardens, the Odeon, and Saint-Michel. The five metro lines that serve the three stations, less than 10 minutes away, allow you to reach any place in Paris quickly. The combination of the various public transportation options puts it at 1 hour from Charles-de-Gaulle airport or 40 minutes from Orly. Guests who drive will benefit from the Indigo Rennes Montparnasse parking lot, 5 minutes from the hotel, and will enjoy a preferential rate.
The Best Western Hôtel Aramis Saint-Germain (Paris 6) and its multilingual staff welcome an increasingly loyal French and international clientele. Here, you will feel at home. Quality services and small attention contribute to the well-being of everyone. The hotel, regularly embellished, brings a particular care to the decoration.
The Best Western Aramis Saint-Germain is a traditional hotel. The designs and themes were thoughtfully designed. This 100% non-smoking hotel offers a café, a meeting space for up to 30 people where you can organize your meetings or perhaps an event. All this plus a laundry service.
All rooms’ objects, from floors to furniture pieces to every wall, were personalized to display a historical concept design with a modern twist, giving the total an original and refined yet creative look. Every room accommodation is constantly replenished every day, thus creating a warm house aura setting the right equilibrium between comfort and luxury.
HOW TO GET TO THE HOTEL?
Leave the Paris ring road at the Porte d’Orléans and follow the directions to Montparnasse. After turning into rue de Rennes towards Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the hotel will appear on your left.
THE ROOMS
For its 42 rooms, this 3-star hotel near Saint-Germain-des-Prés has bet on the well-being of its guests. Each room has free high-speed Internet access, a minibar, a television set with all the available channels, a safe, a courtesy tray, air conditioning, and a hairdryer. They are available in three categories. The Standard room offers quality bedding. The Comfort room, more spacious, will allow you to choose between a double bed or two twin beds. Finally, the Superior room is highlighted by the elegance of its Parisian decoration (almost the size of a living room).
BREAKFAST AND CATERING
How do you like your eggs? fried, boiled, poached, or scrambled?
Best western Hôtel Aramis Saint-Germain does not offer a buffet but you can choose between a wide range of breakfast choices. A continental breakfast can be served in your room. In the dining room, you can choose between the express breakfast or the energy formula. For the former, you will be offered freshly squeezed fruit juice( orange, apple..), a newly prepared hot drink (milk, coffee…), and a pastry. For the second, a fruit salad, yogurt, eggs, cereals, toast, and cheese are added. The hotel with seminar rooms has room service from 5:00 pm to midnight, giving you the opportunity to dine in your room.
THE STAFF
The members of the Best Western Aramis Saint Germain hotel team are permanently at your disposal to meet all your expectations. By contacting the concierge, you can benefit from restaurant reservations, excursions, luggage storage, or the business corner.
OPTIMIZE YOUR SEMINARS
This hotel near Montparnasse, which is the business district in Paris, has two air-conditioned and fully equipped seminar rooms. Located in the basement, they are nevertheless perfectly bright, the luminosity being reinforced by their stone walls and vaulted ceiling. The two lounges Rennes and Vaugirard can accommodate up to 15 people. The wine bar, open from 11 am to 1 am, will be the occasion to relax with your colleagues after a day of work.
WHAT TO DO AROUND THE HOTEL?
Rue de Rennes is one of the most important streets on the left bank of Paris. It runs from Montparnasse to Saint-Germain-des-Prés, two nerve centers of the capital. The hotel’s location, less than 10 minutes walk from the Luxembourg Gardens, the Latin Quarter, Montparnasse, and Saint-Germain-des-Prés, makes it the ideal starting point for discovering all aspects of Paris: from culture to heritage, from business to romance.
Culturally, the 6th arrondissement is best known for its theaters. The Odéon national theater is the most famous in the district, but the Vieux Colombier theater and the Lucernaire theater are also excellent. The UGC Odéon and the MK2 Odéon are two well-known cinemas in the area. Finally, the Musée du Luxembourg is a nice museum with various exhibitions, and the Musée Delacroix contains a large collection of Delacroix paintings.
SECURITY AND HEALTH MEASURES
An Enhanced cleanliness measures program was established in all hotels to ensure the wellness of the visitors. Best Western Hôtel Aramis Saint-Germain has set ground rules to closely monitor safety measures, such as:
A disinfectant is used to clean the property.
Highly touched surfaces are cleaned and disinfected.
Linens and towels are washed at 60°C/140°F or higher.
Cleaning and disinfecting practices are in accordance with We Care Clean (Best Western) standards.
Follow Safe Travels (WTTC — Global) and Intertek Cristal (Independent Expert — Global) cleaning and disinfection practices.
Social distancing
Touchless check-in and check-out
Protective shields are in place in key contact areas.
Rooms vacant for 48 hours between stays.
Social distancing measures in place
Security measures
Personal protective equipment is worn by staff
Temperature checks by staff
Masks available
Hand sanitizer provided
Individually wrapped food is available for breakfast.
VISITORS’ OPINIONS
“Very good!”
Small room but very comfortable, the bed was like a cloud, clean hotel, perfect location near the Montparnasse Station, very quiet room, smiling and welcoming staff, nothing to complain about, I recommend!
“Ideal geographical location, exceptional team”
The hotel is ideally located, 1 step from a metro station. The welcome is excellent and this, from the whole staff. The room is comfortable, not very noisy, functional with a telephone tablet, minibar…
“Pleasant family stay”
We found the staff to be available and friendly.
The hotel is well located, near a metro station and bus stop.
The rooms are comfortable and clean but a little smaller than we expected. Nice family stay.
“ROOM FOR ONE EVENING FOR BUSINESS TRIP”
Spacious room, clean. Same thing for the bathroom. The breakfast was varied, the staff pleasant. Only one negative point, I found that it was a little cold in the bathroom
“This hotel deserves a 4th star!”
I have stayed at the Hotel Aramis several times and I am always very satisfied. The staff is very nice, the hotel is well renovated, everything is very clean and the rooms are very well soundproofed. The breakfasts are copious and everything is fresh. I add that the price is quite correct. This hotel is my first choice when I go to Paris!I have stayed at the Hotel Aramis several times and I am always very satisfied. The staff is very nice, the hotel is well renovated, everything is very clean and the rooms are very well soundproofed. The breakfasts are copious and everything is fresh. I add that the price is quite correct. This hotel is my first choice when I go to Paris!
“Perfect!”
Everything is perfect: the room is nice and clean, the breakfast is fresh and varied (fresh fruit salad, pastries, pancakes…)! Moreover, the staff is very friendly and it was a pleasure to stay in this hotel! Very good location in the heart of a quiet and nice area
The world is big and full of magical places, but Paris has a natural charm and an inviting environment like no other, and even more so the 6th arrondissement of Paris. You can pretty much do anything in Paris! make new friends, shop in a fancy salon, explore the artwork, go on a train trip, and do all sorts of different attractions.
Start an extraordinary diverse voyage. And whether you’re looking for an intimate retreat, celebrating a special occasion, or simply sightseeing, the Best Western Aramis Saint Germain hotel awaits you in the heart of Paris.
Remember, If you have visited this hotel and left happily satisfied, consider publishing your opinion and share it on a travel website. And if you haven’t already, pay a visit!
Lastly, let’s conclude this article with a very detailed and warm note from a recent visitor:
Five Star Service in a Four Star Hotel
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https://medium.com/@Proyectos_SWQ/the-6th-arrondissement-of-paris-fce9dbd42631
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['Life In Paris']
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2021-11-26 17:16:16.274000+00:00
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['Hotel Paris', 'Paris 6', 'City Of Lights', 'Paris Saint Germain', 'Paris']
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Title 6th arrondissement ParisContent visitor Paris want experience little bit everything stay City Light touch bohemian life best Parisian cafe art gallery museum park much You’re luck 6th arrondissement Paris happens offer It’s essence Parisian life home famous cafés like Café de Flore Les Deux Magots 6th arrondissement also part lively Latin Quarter also intellectual center city worldrenowned university seat Senate magnificent Luxembourg Palace right next public park Luxembourg Gardens 6th arrondissement one soughtafter residential area Paris detailed article regrouping amazing location tourist visit 6th arrondissement Plus hotel suggestion comfortable stay Welcome 6th arrondissement Paris 6th arrondissement Paris includes city’s famous neighborhood Latin Quarter northeastern part arrondissement SaintGermaindesPrés neighborhood around SaintGermaindesPrés abbey Odeon neighborhood around Odeon theater NotreDamedesChamps neighborhood around metro station name Luxembourg neighborhood around Luxembourg Gardens district roughly delimited Seine north boulevard SaintMichel east boulevard de Montparnasse south rue de Sèvres rue de Saint Pères west district easily accessible metro line 4 10 12 line B RER pas district rich history home oldest surviving church Paris became meeting point artist writer 20th century Famous cafés neighborhood counted writer JeanPaul Sartre Ernest Hemingway Simone de Beauvoir among regular customer institution École de BeauxArts Académie Française it’s hard see 6th arrondissement still considered intellectual center neighborhood lot offer term art culture don’t forget enjoy incredible vibrant atmosphere lively Parisian neighborhood Shopping 6th arrondissement Paris 6th arrondissement may famous cafe come shopping you’ll surprised many shopping street area offering everything department store small boutique selling latest fashion trend Highlights include Boulevard Saint Germain Rue de Rennes Boulevard de Montparnasse Rue de Buci Place Saint Michel Cour du Commerce Saint André However make neighborhood truly unique bookstore small specialty store bustling Place SaintMichel find wonderful bookstore called Gilbert Jeune offer great collection book office supply also offer great map Paris great price Don’t forget check Fontaine de SaintMichel large beautiful fountain feature statue created nine different sculptor Place SaintMichel great starting point Parisian adventure There’s worldrenowned bookstore two block east isn’t technically part 6th arrondissement it’s impressive felt compelled include Shakespeare Co Rue de Bûcherie amazing bookstore sell book exclusively English even allows young writer stay upper part store Browse shelf floor ceiling find unique souvenir staff stamp every book buy never forget came Chocolate lover definitely check Patrick Roger’s Boulevard Saint Germain chocolate treated art chocolate truffle exquisite also wonderful gift CityPharma rue du Four place go skincare beauty product amazing pharmacy great deal it’s bestkept secret Paris sure go early avoid line Finally true Parisian neighborhood Parisian neighborhood without fresh produce market 6th arrondissement two great market small covered market Marché Couvert Saint Germain impressive openair organic market Marché Raspail Cafés restaurant bar 6th arrondissement mentioned 6th arrondissement known cafe bar restaurant following small selection charming establishment area Paris offer Cafés Les Deux Magots Boulevard SaintGermain café frequented Parisian literary elite 20th century like Sartre Hemingway Today enjoy delicious hot chocolate terrace price may bit higher average history café worth Next door Café de Flore also seen many literary genius pas name suggests café beautifully decorated plant flower try get seat terrace soak Le Procope Rue de l’Ancienne Comédie reputed oldest café Paris visited like Rousseau Voltaire Robespierre Benjamin Franklin — come history stay food Restaurants Le Timbre Rue Sainte Beuve amazing old Frenchstyle restaurant great atmosphere — sure make reservation place fill fast you’re looking truly romantic restaurant Paris can’t go wrong Relais Louis XIII rue de Grands Augustins — cozy interior excellent French cuisine make unforgettable evening something little affordable still delicious head Brasserie Lipp Boulevard SaintGermain Enjoy juicy delicious food you’re sitting window fun peoplewatching Little Breizh rue Grégoire de Tours perhaps one best creperies Paris savory crepe make amazing delicious meal go early line quite long Good restaurant neighborhood include La Cigale Recamier Les Bouquinistes Santa Lucia Le Café de Arts La Palette Bars Chez Georges one many impressive bar find along Rue de Canettes cavelike wine bar invite popular DJs get crowded night Moose Rue de Quatre Vents cool sport bar international clientele Try one delicious cocktail Canadian beer L’Avant Comptoir Carrefour de l’Odéon Frenchstyle tapa bar combine great wine good food bar quite small aware standing room see 6th arrondissement 6th arrondissement shortage monument beautiful historical building church everywhere pride district course Palais du Luxembourg French Senate sits abbey SaintGermaindesPrés oldest church Paris several beautiful fresco church SaintSulpice second largest church city Notre Dame featured book Da Vinci Code monument neighborhood include Institut de France Hôtel de Monnaies Saint Michel fountain Cordeliers monastery Jardin du Luxembourg famous park neighborhood secondlargest public park city park beautiful pond child float boat many chair adult relax sunbathe Vert Galant Square Park Seminary Alley Walk two nice park neighborhood also another promenade run along Seine River beautiful view Ile de la Cité Don’t forget visit two famous bridge Pont de Arts Pont Neuf Pont de Arts find famous love lock Stay hotel 6th arrondissement Convinced one best neighborhood Paris consider staying hotel SaintGermain district visiting city You’ll close many Paris’ landmark sure always something see You’ll feel right home neighborhood you’ll plenty time explore local cafe leisure hotel 6th arrondissement unique character fancy salon many cozy fireplace wood design one stand beautifully area Best Western Hôtel Aramis SaintGermain DISCOVER PARIS HOTEL NEAR MONTPARNASSE SAINTGERMAINDESPRÉS Montparnasse SaintGermaindesPrés Best Western Hôtel Aramis SaintGermain based exceptional easytofind location 6th arrondissement Paris area main demand le 15 minute walk Luxembourg Gardens Odeon SaintMichel five metro line serve three station le 10 minute away allow reach place Paris quickly combination various public transportation option put 1 hour CharlesdeGaulle airport 40 minute Orly Guests drive benefit Indigo Rennes Montparnasse parking lot 5 minute hotel enjoy preferential rate Best Western Hôtel Aramis SaintGermain Paris 6 multilingual staff welcome increasingly loyal French international clientele feel home Quality service small attention contribute wellbeing everyone hotel regularly embellished brings particular care decoration Best Western Aramis SaintGermain traditional hotel design theme thoughtfully designed 100 nonsmoking hotel offer café meeting space 30 people organize meeting perhaps event plus laundry service rooms’ object floor furniture piece every wall personalized display historical concept design modern twist giving total original refined yet creative look Every room accommodation constantly replenished every day thus creating warm house aura setting right equilibrium comfort luxury GET HOTEL Leave Paris ring road Porte d’Orléans follow direction Montparnasse turning rue de Rennes towards SaintGermaindesPrés hotel appear left ROOMS 42 room 3star hotel near SaintGermaindesPrés bet wellbeing guest room free highspeed Internet access minibar television set available channel safe courtesy tray air conditioning hairdryer available three category Standard room offer quality bedding Comfort room spacious allow choose double bed two twin bed Finally Superior room highlighted elegance Parisian decoration almost size living room BREAKFAST CATERING like egg fried boiled poached scrambled Best western Hôtel Aramis SaintGermain offer buffet choose wide range breakfast choice continental breakfast served room dining room choose express breakfast energy formula former offered freshly squeezed fruit juice orange apple newly prepared hot drink milk coffee… pastry second fruit salad yogurt egg cereal toast cheese added hotel seminar room room service 500 pm midnight giving opportunity dine room STAFF member Best Western Aramis Saint Germain hotel team permanently disposal meet expectation contacting concierge benefit restaurant reservation excursion luggage storage business corner OPTIMIZE SEMINARS hotel near Montparnasse business district Paris two airconditioned fully equipped seminar room Located basement nevertheless perfectly bright luminosity reinforced stone wall vaulted ceiling two lounge Rennes Vaugirard accommodate 15 people wine bar open 11 1 occasion relax colleague day work AROUND HOTEL Rue de Rennes one important street left bank Paris run Montparnasse SaintGermaindesPrés two nerve center capital hotel’s location le 10 minute walk Luxembourg Gardens Latin Quarter Montparnasse SaintGermaindesPrés make ideal starting point discovering aspect Paris culture heritage business romance Culturally 6th arrondissement best known theater Odéon national theater famous district Vieux Colombier theater Lucernaire theater also excellent UGC Odéon MK2 Odéon two wellknown cinema area Finally Musée du Luxembourg nice museum various exhibition Musée Delacroix contains large collection Delacroix painting SECURITY HEALTH MEASURES Enhanced cleanliness measure program established hotel ensure wellness visitor Best Western Hôtel Aramis SaintGermain set ground rule closely monitor safety measure disinfectant used clean property Highly touched surface cleaned disinfected Linens towel washed 60°C140°F higher Cleaning disinfecting practice accordance Care Clean Best Western standard Follow Safe Travels WTTC — Global Intertek Cristal Independent Expert — Global cleaning disinfection practice Social distancing Touchless checkin checkout Protective shield place key contact area Rooms vacant 48 hour stay Social distancing measure place Security measure Personal protective equipment worn staff Temperature check staff Masks available Hand sanitizer provided Individually wrapped food available breakfast VISITORS’ OPINIONS “Very good” Small room comfortable bed like cloud clean hotel perfect location near Montparnasse Station quiet room smiling welcoming staff nothing complain recommend “Ideal geographical location exceptional team” hotel ideally located 1 step metro station welcome excellent whole staff room comfortable noisy functional telephone tablet minibar… “Pleasant family stay” found staff available friendly hotel well located near metro station bus stop room comfortable clean little smaller expected Nice family stay “ROOM ONE EVENING BUSINESS TRIP” Spacious room clean thing bathroom breakfast varied staff pleasant one negative point found little cold bathroom “This hotel deserves 4th star” stayed Hotel Aramis several time always satisfied staff nice hotel well renovated everything clean room well soundproofed breakfast copious everything fresh add price quite correct hotel first choice go ParisI stayed Hotel Aramis several time always satisfied staff nice hotel well renovated everything clean room well soundproofed breakfast copious everything fresh add price quite correct hotel first choice go Paris “Perfect” Everything perfect room nice clean breakfast fresh varied fresh fruit salad pastry pancakes… Moreover staff friendly pleasure stay hotel good location heart quiet nice area world big full magical place Paris natural charm inviting environment like even 6th arrondissement Paris pretty much anything Paris make new friend shop fancy salon explore artwork go train trip sort different attraction Start extraordinary diverse voyage whether you’re looking intimate retreat celebrating special occasion simply sightseeing Best Western Aramis Saint Germain hotel awaits heart Paris Remember visited hotel left happily satisfied consider publishing opinion share travel website haven’t already pay visit Lastly let’s conclude article detailed warm note recent visitor Five Star Service Four Star HotelTags Hotel Paris Paris 6 City Lights Paris Saint Germain Paris
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11th Arrondissement neighborhood guide — where to live in Paris
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The 11th arrondissement is the perfect district if you want to get a real insight of a proper Parisian lifestyle.
This arrondissement in itself could be divided into several districts: from one street to another, you find yourself in a wealthy area or in a very modest zone with a strong ethnic minority presence (such as Ménilmontant and Belleville, where Chinese, Arabic and African communities coexists). Some corners of the 11th have a bad reputation in terms of safety, but the district is being taken over by hipsters and wealthier social classes at a high pace, which makes it one of the most dynamic and innovative areas of Paris.
La Bastille
La Bastille is the 11th arrondissement’s most famous area. This crucial square to French history is nowadays known for its multiple bars and restaurants, and more generally for being one of the coolest districts to hang out with some friends at the weekend and at night. Many big Parisian events take place here: from popular protests to shows and concerts.
The ideal district for students
The 11th arrondissement is perfect for students, for various reasons. Firstly, the rental prices are reasonable compared to most other arrondissements, but it remains a safe zone. Second, it is a very practical area in terms of transportation. République is one of the biggest Parisian metro station as it serves 5 different lines, in addition to being a great spot to hang out. It has recently been fully renovated to make it a leisure-oriented place with limited car access. More generally, the whole 11th is full of trendy bars and small alternative clubs, especially in the very hype district of Oberkampf.
FACT SHEET : 11ème arrondissement
One place to visit: Le cimetière du Père Lachaise, the largest Parisian cemetery — where several legends such as Molière, Oscar Wilde, Edith Piaf and Jim Morrison are buried.
One place to study: the Bibliothèque Parmentier, a calm municipal library. Or if you prefer to work in a café, Le Comptoir Parmentier, a nice French brasserie with a cosy terrace. They are only a few metres away from each other.
One place to drink: Rue de Lappe, a small pedestrian street near Bastille that is full of bars and where things often get a bit crazy after midnight.
One place to party (hard): Le Nouveau Casino, a top-rated indie/urban club located on Rue Oberkampf, the most dynamic area for a night out in the 11th.
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https://blog.uniplaces.com/11th-arrondissement-neighborhood-guide-where-to-live-in-paris-b36dd0be52cc
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['Uniplaces Team']
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2021-11-22 16:36:02.899000+00:00
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['Studying', 'Neighboring', 'Living', 'Paris']
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Title 11th Arrondissement neighborhood guide — live ParisContent 11th arrondissement perfect district want get real insight proper Parisian lifestyle arrondissement could divided several district one street another find wealthy area modest zone strong ethnic minority presence Ménilmontant Belleville Chinese Arabic African community coexists corner 11th bad reputation term safety district taken hipster wealthier social class high pace make one dynamic innovative area Paris La Bastille La Bastille 11th arrondissement’s famous area crucial square French history nowadays known multiple bar restaurant generally one coolest district hang friend weekend night Many big Parisian event take place popular protest show concert ideal district student 11th arrondissement perfect student various reason Firstly rental price reasonable compared arrondissements remains safe zone Second practical area term transportation République one biggest Parisian metro station serf 5 different line addition great spot hang recently fully renovated make leisureoriented place limited car access generally whole 11th full trendy bar small alternative club especially hype district Oberkampf FACT SHEET 11ème arrondissement One place visit Le cimetière du Père Lachaise largest Parisian cemetery — several legend Molière Oscar Wilde Edith Piaf Jim Morrison buried One place study Bibliothèque Parmentier calm municipal library prefer work café Le Comptoir Parmentier nice French brasserie cosy terrace metre away One place drink Rue de Lappe small pedestrian street near Bastille full bar thing often get bit crazy midnight One place party hard Le Nouveau Casino toprated indieurban club located Rue Oberkampf dynamic area night 11thTags Studying Neighboring Living Paris
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Automate avant-garde — 3 autonomous stores from Paris
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3 innovation and digital news in 1 minute. Every Monday. Episode 275
News 1. Pizza but made by a robot
Pazzi is an autonomous pizzeria in Paris with another location in Serris in the East of Paris. They call themselves the world’s first autonomous restaurant. Customers order on a self order terminal which allows them to customise the exact toppings of the pizza. The robot arms then prepare the dough, add the sauce and toppings, put the pizza in the oven and cut it in front of your eyes. If you also ordered a drink you’ll get that from a vending machine. Opinion: Pazzi is an excitable example of how a human task can be automated. There is a large team behind it, so we expect to see more of these restaurants in the near future.
A not even that simple task is automated by a robot arm, fun to watch Pazzi make Pizza!
News 2.Click & Collect but cool
Delipop launched a pick up location for groceries in cooperation with Carrefour in October. To use its service, customers have to order groceries in Carrefour Drive and set the Delipop store as the pick up location. Customers can pick up their orders the same day if ordered in the morning or next day if ordered later during the day. Customers get an access code to enter the colourful Delipop pick-up store. Opinion: Delipop aggregates orders and thus operates at significant lower cost compared to ultra-fast deliveries. At the same time the fresh and modern designed pick-up stores can keep up with the coolness-factor of Gorillas.
A hip and cool pick-up store for groceries, we hope to see more of these around Europe’s neighbourhoods.
News 3. “Almost Just Walk Out” but more practical
Carrefour launched their new, first of its kind, autonomous store “Carrefour Flash 10/10” in Paris at the end of November. Utilising cameras and scales the store tracks the products taken and customers just have to pay — no scanning needed. Opinion: Compared to “Just Walk Out” technology, customers still have to pay manually. However they don’t need to download an app and register before before shopping. This makes this store more practical to use for a larger audience.
Convenient, no download of an app required.
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https://medium.com/@spaceandlemon/automate-avant-garde-3-autonomous-stores-from-paris-5bc0d87c9f4
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['Space', 'Lemon Innovations']
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2021-12-13 10:14:41.355000+00:00
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['Innovation', 'Technology', 'Paris', 'Autonomous Store', 'News']
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Title Automate avantgarde — 3 autonomous store ParisContent 3 innovation digital news 1 minute Every Monday Episode 275 News 1 Pizza made robot Pazzi autonomous pizzeria Paris another location Serris East Paris call world’s first autonomous restaurant Customers order self order terminal allows customise exact topping pizza robot arm prepare dough add sauce topping put pizza oven cut front eye also ordered drink you’ll get vending machine Opinion Pazzi excitable example human task automated large team behind expect see restaurant near future even simple task automated robot arm fun watch Pazzi make Pizza News 2Click Collect cool Delipop launched pick location grocery cooperation Carrefour October use service customer order grocery Carrefour Drive set Delipop store pick location Customers pick order day ordered morning next day ordered later day Customers get access code enter colourful Delipop pickup store Opinion Delipop aggregate order thus operates significant lower cost compared ultrafast delivery time fresh modern designed pickup store keep coolnessfactor Gorillas hip cool pickup store grocery hope see around Europe’s neighbourhood News 3 “Almost Walk Out” practical Carrefour launched new first kind autonomous store “Carrefour Flash 1010” Paris end November Utilising camera scale store track product taken customer pay — scanning needed Opinion Compared “Just Walk Out” technology customer still pay manually However don’t need download app register shopping make store practical use larger audience Convenient download app requiredTags Innovation Technology Paris Autonomous Store News
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The Footsoldiers of the Next French Revolution
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Thinking myself relatively clued up on french style, it didn’t come as a shock when I arrived in Paris and saw that in fact very few French women wear berets — what was much more surprising was that in the final throes of 2021, there are UGGs absolutely everywhere.
It may just be the circles I move in, or the galvanising echo-chamber effects of social media, but I was under the impression that the fashion world had left UGGs (definitely and determinedly) in the late noughties. Now, 10 years later, they appear to be back, in the fashion capital of the world of all places. Questions abound — why? how? who? WHY? and I for one like to think that the answer lies in the reinvention of the elusive phenomenon that is the Parisienne.
Entire books — many of them — have been written on how to perfect the air of the archetypal Parisian woman (or perhaps, in true french style, implicitly reminding foreign readers of the impossibility of this task), whilst countless iterations of this red-lipped, trench-coated character have taken centre stage in all forms of media and art.
The pop-culture interpretation of French-girl chic is an image that I’ve long aspired to. I’ve completed the tousled bob, and painstakingly embraced the semi-undone ‘did my makeup in 15 seconds flat’ aesthetic. ‘The’ Parisienne embodied the effortless elegance that my awkward and uncertain teenage self wished to exude, and that is what started me on the path to my current mode de vie, teaching English in a Parisian suburb. Now, despite having enthusiastically pursued this image for several years, I’m beginning to realise that I misunderstood it.
To start with, effortless beauty is a myth. Life is messy and unexpected and some days it is impossible to control anything, least of all your hair. More importantly however, we must ask ourselves who exactly this image is supposed to depict. In my time here so far, i’ve not met a single person who could, practically speaking, fit into the mould that several decades of film and literature have cast. Perhaps part of the allure all along was the impossibility of the thing — but a growing movement, which includes authors such as fashion journalist Alice Pfeiffer and culture writer Lindsey Tramuta, is highlighting the oversights of this particular trope.
The Parisienne is a sort of heroine immune to all biological, generational and social norms… Generation after generation of Parisiennes share certain characteristics and answer to the same style criteria, which are implicit but omnipresent: social class, education, appearance, lineage, skin colour… (‘Je ne suis pas parisienne’, Alice Pfeiffer — my own translation)
Their argument is intertwined with a particularity of the French constitution, which, although perhaps well-intentioned, can be seen to propagate racial disparity — ‘la laïcité’. Similar to the notion of secularity, laïcité does not permit the french state to collect official data on race, ethnicity or religion, nor discuss these subjects in the public sphere. Although the goal is to treat citizens equally, this ‘colourblindness’ can render minority groups invisible.
As Pfeiffer points out in the first chapter of her 2019 book ‘Je ne suis pas Parisienne’, there is no one image that can be associated with a Londoner, or the ladies of New York. They have many faces. In fact (for me at least), part of the draw of London is its melting-pot culture; so diverse are the identities of Londoners that diversity becomes the identity itself. This is not so in France, where, under the law, the one and only acceptable cultural identity is ‘French’.
Unfortunately for the french state, we live in an age where distinct cultural groups exist by default. There will always be a set of people in France who are of Asian origin, or who practise Islam, or who are first generation immigrants, regardless of whether or not they are permitted to openly express these aspects of their identity. Further, the divisions between these groups are exacerbated in times of social change. Although the juggernaut that is COVID has effected significant practical changes on all of our lives, the burden has landed disproportionately on certain strata of society; meanwhile, the resurgence of Black Lives Matter has woken us up to the importance of representation.
The french goal of repressing ‘communautarisme’ (the formation of these culture-based identity groups) cannot answer to either of these aspects of modern life, and nor can the invariably white, perfectly put together femme that we know as the Parisienne. Unable to make themselves heard or seen, members of minority communities can only watch as they are (mis)represented, time and time again, by an image whose singularity is a continuation of that which laïcité necessarily entails.
The traditional Parisienne is a caricature whose aesthetic I will continue to admire, but times are changing and UGGs may well be a step in the right direction. I maintain that the nickname ‘UGGlies’ is not undeserved — but that is exactly what makes this worth writing. Sporting such monstrously fluffy footwear constitutes a small act of rebellion against the trope of the Parisienne, whilst still managing to convey its one valuable message: not worrying too much about what you look like.
Come 2022, the Parisienne craves the same physical comfort and spiritual healing that many of us now seek more actively. This, for some, will mean striving to exist outside of the excruciatingly narrow definition of ‘the french woman’, and it is this cast who will model the new epitome of french-girl chic; coffee, cigarettes, and UGGs.
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https://medium.com/@mhollyman/the-footsoldiers-of-the-next-french-revolution-3c128f442a50
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['Megan Hollyman']
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2022-01-26 12:02:56.068000+00:00
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['Society', 'Laïcité', 'Uggs', 'Fashion', 'Paris']
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Title Footsoldiers Next French RevolutionContent Thinking relatively clued french style didn’t come shock arrived Paris saw fact French woman wear beret — much surprising final throe 2021 UGGs absolutely everywhere may circle move galvanising echochamber effect social medium impression fashion world left UGGs definitely determinedly late noughties 10 year later appear back fashion capital world place Questions abound — one like think answer lie reinvention elusive phenomenon Parisienne Entire book — many — written perfect air archetypal Parisian woman perhaps true french style implicitly reminding foreign reader impossibility task whilst countless iteration redlipped trenchcoated character taken centre stage form medium art popculture interpretation Frenchgirl chic image I’ve long aspired I’ve completed tousled bob painstakingly embraced semiundone ‘did makeup 15 second flat’ aesthetic ‘The’ Parisienne embodied effortless elegance awkward uncertain teenage self wished exude started path current mode de vie teaching English Parisian suburb despite enthusiastically pursued image several year I’m beginning realise misunderstood start effortless beauty myth Life messy unexpected day impossible control anything least hair importantly however must ask exactly image supposed depict time far i’ve met single person could practically speaking fit mould several decade film literature cast Perhaps part allure along impossibility thing — growing movement includes author fashion journalist Alice Pfeiffer culture writer Lindsey Tramuta highlighting oversight particular trope Parisienne sort heroine immune biological generational social norms… Generation generation Parisiennes share certain characteristic answer style criterion implicit omnipresent social class education appearance lineage skin colour… ‘Je ne suis pa parisienne’ Alice Pfeiffer — translation argument intertwined particularity French constitution although perhaps wellintentioned seen propagate racial disparity — ‘la laïcité’ Similar notion secularity laïcité permit french state collect official data race ethnicity religion discus subject public sphere Although goal treat citizen equally ‘colourblindness’ render minority group invisible Pfeiffer point first chapter 2019 book ‘Je ne suis pa Parisienne’ one image associated Londoner lady New York many face fact least part draw London meltingpot culture diverse identity Londoners diversity becomes identity France law one acceptable cultural identity ‘French’ Unfortunately french state live age distinct cultural group exist default always set people France Asian origin practise Islam first generation immigrant regardless whether permitted openly express aspect identity division group exacerbated time social change Although juggernaut COVID effected significant practical change life burden landed disproportionately certain stratum society meanwhile resurgence Black Lives Matter woken u importance representation french goal repressing ‘communautarisme’ formation culturebased identity group cannot answer either aspect modern life invariably white perfectly put together femme know Parisienne Unable make heard seen member minority community watch misrepresented time time image whose singularity continuation laïcité necessarily entail traditional Parisienne caricature whose aesthetic continue admire time changing UGGs may well step right direction maintain nickname ‘UGGlies’ undeserved — exactly make worth writing Sporting monstrously fluffy footwear constitutes small act rebellion trope Parisienne whilst still managing convey one valuable message worrying much look like Come 2022 Parisienne craves physical comfort spiritual healing many u seek actively mean striving exist outside excruciatingly narrow definition ‘the french woman’ cast model new epitome frenchgirl chic coffee cigarette UGGsTags Society Laïcité Uggs Fashion Paris
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Let’s climb to the top of the Eiffel Tower
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One of the most iconic landmarks in France. Some interesting facts about this La Dame de Fer (The Iron Lady)
The Eiffel Tower was designed and built for Paris World Exposition 1889, to mark the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution. Over 100 architects presented their designs, but it was design & plan of the Gustave Eiffel’s company that was chosen.
The original height was 985 feet/ 300 meters, it was the tallest structure in the world until 1930. It was surpassed by Chrysler Building in New York. Several years after the completion, it was equipped with aerials for radio & television broadcast, which added another 24 meters to its height.
A 300 member-committee consisting of artists, writers and intellectuals protested the construction. They signed a petition and called the tower “useless and monstrous”, but their protests fell on deaf ears. The tower was an instant hit as nearly 2 million people visited the tower during the fair.
It was supposed to stand for only 20 years, was scheduled to be dismantled in 1909. Someone realized that its apex was the perfect place for a telegraphy antenna. During the WWI, the wireless telegraph transmitter helped to jam German communication.
The tower was closed during German occupation from 1940 to 1944.The French resistance fighters destroyed the cables for the tower’s lifts so that Nazis had to climb the stairs as they attempted to attach the ‘Swastika’ at the top. Hitler actually ordered the Governor of Paris to destroy the tower, fortunately his order was not carried out. Incidentally Hitler was born on the same year when the tower was inaugurated: 1889
The gastronomical restaurant on the 2nd floor is named after the author: Jules Verne. There are restaurants on ground floor and 1st floor, bar on the 2nd floor and a post office on the 1st floor. There is even a military bunker underneath the tower.
Gustave Eiffel ordered the list of 72 great French scientists & engineers to be engraved on the bottom of the first floor, each of whom contributed to the construction. Gustave kept a small apartment on the 3rd floor and housed a meteorology lab where he performed studies in physics and aerodynamics. Cosmic rays were discovered here.
French Car manufacturer Citroen used the tower as the giant billboard from 1925–34. It was recorded as the world’s biggest advertisement by the Guinness Book of Records.
The tower is painted every 7 years and requires 60 tons of paint. Color of the tower has changed over the years: it was reddish brown when it was first constructed. Today it is painted by a special color called ‘Eiffel Tower Brown’ which give its brilliant bronze color.
There are 1665 steps, 18,000 metallic parts joined together by 2.5 million rivets and 20,000 bulbs to make It sparkle every night. During winter the tower shrinks by about 6 inches.
Believe it or Not, the Eiffel Tower was originally intended to be built in Barcelona. The Spanish thought the tower would be an ‘eyesore’, rejected Gustave Eiffel’s plans.
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https://medium.com/@365tours/lets-climb-to-the-top-of-the-eiffel-tower-d77ed33a3d65
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[]
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2021-12-30 06:49:14.966000+00:00
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['Eiffel Tower Launch', 'Eiffel', 'Eiffel Tower', 'Eiffel Tower Stairs', 'Paris']
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Title Let’s climb top Eiffel TowerContent One iconic landmark France interesting fact La Dame de Fer Iron Lady Eiffel Tower designed built Paris World Exposition 1889 mark 100th anniversary French Revolution 100 architect presented design design plan Gustave Eiffel’s company chosen original height 985 foot 300 meter tallest structure world 1930 surpassed Chrysler Building New York Several year completion equipped aerial radio television broadcast added another 24 meter height 300 membercommittee consisting artist writer intellectual protested construction signed petition called tower “useless monstrous” protest fell deaf ear tower instant hit nearly 2 million people visited tower fair supposed stand 20 year scheduled dismantled 1909 Someone realized apex perfect place telegraphy antenna WWI wireless telegraph transmitter helped jam German communication tower closed German occupation 1940 1944The French resistance fighter destroyed cable tower’s lift Nazis climb stair attempted attach ‘Swastika’ top Hitler actually ordered Governor Paris destroy tower fortunately order carried Incidentally Hitler born year tower inaugurated 1889 gastronomical restaurant 2nd floor named author Jules Verne restaurant ground floor 1st floor bar 2nd floor post office 1st floor even military bunker underneath tower Gustave Eiffel ordered list 72 great French scientist engineer engraved bottom first floor contributed construction Gustave kept small apartment 3rd floor housed meteorology lab performed study physic aerodynamics Cosmic ray discovered French Car manufacturer Citroen used tower giant billboard 1925–34 recorded world’s biggest advertisement Guinness Book Records tower painted every 7 year requires 60 ton paint Color tower changed year reddish brown first constructed Today painted special color called ‘Eiffel Tower Brown’ give brilliant bronze color 1665 step 18000 metallic part joined together 25 million rivet 20000 bulb make sparkle every night winter tower shrink 6 inch Believe Eiffel Tower originally intended built Barcelona Spanish thought tower would ‘eyesore’ rejected Gustave Eiffel’s plansTags Eiffel Tower Launch Eiffel Eiffel Tower Eiffel Tower Stairs Paris
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SYNTHESIT at Natexpo 2021,
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24–26 October at Paris Nord Villepinte!
Natexpo 2021 — the international trade show for organic products, is the event that is shaping the future of organic, organized by and for all the stakeholders in the organic market. For nearly 30 years, it has been a major event for all market players bringing together producers, manufacturers, processors, distributors and specialists in the sector at national and international level.
10 special areas are dedicated to training and specific contents. Discover the latest organic trends throughout more than100 conferences, workshops and demonstrations. Anticipate the development of the organic market by taking part in the Natexbio Forum and the Organic Trends Forum. Strengthen your skills on the Dietary Supplements Forum, the Organic Ingredients Forum and the Cosmetic Innovations Forum. Get up to date with the latest organic news on the Agora. Learn more about the company of tomorrow at the Innovation Forum. Attend Lab exhibitors pitches and discover their zero-waste and circular economy solutions.Natexpo 2021 is an International trade show for organic products.
Synthesit, as an iron preparation, which has no analogues both in bioavailability and in the number of healing properties, is certainly the №1 product for vegetarians. Synthesit not only compensates for iron deficiency, but is also an unsurpassed assistant for the restoration of all functional systems of the body.
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Check out the link to learn more about Synthesit:
Made in Russia: www.synthesit.ru/en
Made in Switzerland: www.synthesit.ch
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https://medium.com/@synthesit/synthesit-at-natexpo-2021-d888ac8359a2
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[]
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2021-10-27 13:24:46.727000+00:00
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['Natexpo', 'Exhibition', 'Paris', 'Synthesit']
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Title SYNTHESIT Natexpo 2021Content 24–26 October Paris Nord Villepinte Natexpo 2021 — international trade show organic product event shaping future organic organized stakeholder organic market nearly 30 year major event market player bringing together producer manufacturer processor distributor specialist sector national international level 10 special area dedicated training specific content Discover latest organic trend throughout than100 conference workshop demonstration Anticipate development organic market taking part Natexbio Forum Organic Trends Forum Strengthen skill Dietary Supplements Forum Organic Ingredients Forum Cosmetic Innovations Forum Get date latest organic news Agora Learn company tomorrow Innovation Forum Attend Lab exhibitor pitch discover zerowaste circular economy solutionsNatexpo 2021 International trade show organic product Synthesit iron preparation analogue bioavailability number healing property certainly №1 product vegetarian Synthesit compensates iron deficiency also unsurpassed assistant restoration functional system body ⠀ Check link learn Synthesit Made Russia wwwsynthesitruen Made Switzerland wwwsynthesitchTags Natexpo Exhibition Paris Synthesit
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A day in a Design thinking workshop In Paris
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Hello everyone! For this week I wanted to do article like a “day in my life” but design related! I had this great opportunity to do a 100% free Design thinking workshop thanks to meet up and atypie, so I will share with you this great experience and my learnings. So let’s go!
What is design thinking?
A Design Thinking workshop is a hands-on, activity-based session built around the Design Thinking process.
Most often, these are conducted in person, but you can certainly adapt and conduct a remote Design Thinking workshop. I prefer when it is in person, It was great to meet new people and have a workshop with a design thinking expert.
It can last two hours, two days, or even a full week-it all depending on the context and the goals at hand.
Based on the five phases of Design Thinking, a Design Thinking workshop focuses on:
Design thinking process ©winbids
-Empathy: Getting to grips with a real user problem and building empathy for the target users / customers.
- Ideation, innovation, and problem-solving: Generating as many ideas and potential solutions as possible.
-Prototyping and testing: Building low-fidelity prototypes of the ideas generated, ready for testing on real or representative users.
Design Thinking workshops are all about collaboration and problem-solving.
How about my workshop?
The workshop was Introduced by Atypie a design firm that provides design thinking workshops for public sector institutions. I had the opportunity to assist in one of these workshops for free by using the “Meetup” app. It was difficult to find the facilities but It was worth it! During this workshop, we had a theoric lesson, and after that, we had a real case or problem-solving.
The problem: recreational sport can be difficult to disable people, the goal is to make the collective recreational sport more inclusive.
How to make sport more inclusive for disable persons?
Introduction to design thinking & problem presentation
We had brief presentation on what design thinking is, the phases of design thinking, and its benefits. This presentation is useful even for designers who are already familiar with the design thinking philosophy because it brings everyone up to speed and ensures that you are all on the same page.
Oh my god, we learned a lot!
After that, we had a brief about the problem and how we will solve this problem using design thinking methodology: Understanding, research, and ideation. The goal wasn’t to create a real product but to imagine potential solutions for sports federations and clubs.
Understanding & research (divergance)
This is the first step in the design thinking process where you encourage the workshop participants to put themselves in the shoes of the user. This will help them to start generating ideas on what the user needs from the product.
You can use activities such as role-playing and creating an empathy map to help the participants understand the needs, wants, feelings, and language of the user. After these activities, give the participants a chance to share their findings and ask questions, if any.
For our case, we had a canvas to know exactly what we have to do and when. First, we had a divergence step to imagine, develop a hypothesis and have a refined problem statement. Then we work on our problem statement ideate and deliver a great prototype that will (we hope) help solve the problem.
The first step was understanding:
We had to do secondary research about inclusivity in recreational sport, we also interviewed a disabled person to know his motivations and pain points.
Set the scene! 😍
We also did a silence brainstorm about how enhance communication in the sport field for disable and non disable person. We create a lot of idea that we clusterd in an affiniy map. It give use good insight to know on what we will work on.
Affinity diagram
After the empathy exercise, participants are better placed to really narrow down on the problem that the user faces. Ask your team to create a problem statement that will guide the rest of the design thinking workshop.
Problem statement: The hearing impaired person needs a way to see all members of the team to practice a collective recreation sport knowing that it can be surrounding noises & distractions.
Our problem statement
Ideation: come up with ideas and possible solutions (convergence)
The next design thinking step is ideation where your team suggests possible solutions to the problem that they identified in step 6. Use techniques such as brainstorming to come up with a list of potential solutions.
Give the participants a chance to discuss their solutions and then come up with one refined solution.
For our ideation step, we did a brainstorm 6–3–5
6–3–5 Brainwriting (or 635 Method, Method 635) is a group-structured brainstorming technique aimed at aiding innovation processes by stimulating creativity .
In brief, it consists of 6 participants supervised by a moderator who is required to write down 3 ideas on a specific worksheet within 5 minutes; this is also the etymology of the methodology’s name. The outcome after 6 rounds, during which participants swap their worksheets passing them on to the team member sitting at their right, is 108 ideas generated in 30 minutes. The technique is applied in various sectors but mainly in business, marketing, design, and writing, as well as everyday real-life situations.
It was great to enhance other solutions and have feedback on our solutions! For example, I imagine an IoT glass, which provides a screen of all the field. But my cowers add that pieces of information on the user team need to be highlighted. Brainstorming 6–3–5 is great to have ideas in ideas!
Prototyping and testing
This is the final step in the design thinking process where participants will create low fidelity prototypes of their solution. Ask the users to create screens for each step of the user journey and then ask them to add functionality to their screens in the form of buttons.
For our workshop we start ideating on paper, (LOFI) and we quickly switch to a 3D prototype, it was so fun! And useful to test our prototype on the field (User can run with it? was is great, what needs to be improved?)
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https://bootcamp.uxdesign.cc/a-day-in-a-design-thinking-workshop-in-paris-d8aaef35d61d
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2021-12-30 11:26:46.576000+00:00
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['Workshop', 'Design Thinking', 'Design', 'Paris', 'UX']
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Title day Design thinking workshop ParisContent Hello everyone week wanted article like “day life” design related great opportunity 100 free Design thinking workshop thanks meet atypie share great experience learning let’s go design thinking Design Thinking workshop handson activitybased session built around Design Thinking process often conducted person certainly adapt conduct remote Design Thinking workshop prefer person great meet new people workshop design thinking expert last two hour two day even full weekit depending context goal hand Based five phase Design Thinking Design Thinking workshop focus Design thinking process ©winbids Empathy Getting grip real user problem building empathy target user customer Ideation innovation problemsolving Generating many idea potential solution possible Prototyping testing Building lowfidelity prototype idea generated ready testing real representative user Design Thinking workshop collaboration problemsolving workshop workshop Introduced Atypie design firm provides design thinking workshop public sector institution opportunity assist one workshop free using “Meetup” app difficult find facility worth workshop theoric lesson real case problemsolving problem recreational sport difficult disable people goal make collective recreational sport inclusive make sport inclusive disable person Introduction design thinking problem presentation brief presentation design thinking phase design thinking benefit presentation useful even designer already familiar design thinking philosophy brings everyone speed ensures page Oh god learned lot brief problem solve problem using design thinking methodology Understanding research ideation goal wasn’t create real product imagine potential solution sport federation club Understanding research divergance first step design thinking process encourage workshop participant put shoe user help start generating idea user need product use activity roleplaying creating empathy map help participant understand need want feeling language user activity give participant chance share finding ask question case canvas know exactly First divergence step imagine develop hypothesis refined problem statement work problem statement ideate deliver great prototype hope help solve problem first step understanding secondary research inclusivity recreational sport also interviewed disabled person know motivation pain point Set scene 😍 also silence brainstorm enhance communication sport field disable non disable person create lot idea clusterd affiniy map give use good insight know work Affinity diagram empathy exercise participant better placed really narrow problem user face Ask team create problem statement guide rest design thinking workshop Problem statement hearing impaired person need way see member team practice collective recreation sport knowing surrounding noise distraction problem statement Ideation come idea possible solution convergence next design thinking step ideation team suggests possible solution problem identified step 6 Use technique brainstorming come list potential solution Give participant chance discus solution come one refined solution ideation step brainstorm 6–3–5 6–3–5 Brainwriting 635 Method Method 635 groupstructured brainstorming technique aimed aiding innovation process stimulating creativity brief consists 6 participant supervised moderator required write 3 idea specific worksheet within 5 minute also etymology methodology’s name outcome 6 round participant swap worksheet passing team member sitting right 108 idea generated 30 minute technique applied various sector mainly business marketing design writing well everyday reallife situation great enhance solution feedback solution example imagine IoT glass provides screen field cowers add piece information user team need highlighted Brainstorming 6–3–5 great idea idea Prototyping testing final step design thinking process participant create low fidelity prototype solution Ask user create screen step user journey ask add functionality screen form button workshop start ideating paper LOFI quickly switch 3D prototype fun useful test prototype field User run great need improvedTags Workshop Design Thinking Design Paris UX
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President Buhari Arrives Paris for Official Visit, Peace Forum
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President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday afternoon arrived in Paris, French capital, for a one-day official visit as guest of President Emmanuel Macron at Palais de l’Élysée, and will afterwards attend the three-day Paris Peace Forum (PPF), November 11–13, 2021.
The President’s plane touched down at Le Bourget Airport at 2.45pm.
During the official visit on Wednesday, President Buhari will meet with his French counterpart to discuss issues of mutual interest for both countries, particularly on strengthening economic ties, improving partnership on security, and working jointly on education, health and halting the threats of COVID-19 to the global economy.
From Thursday, President Buhari will join world leaders, heads of international organisations, leaders of civil society and the private sector at Grande Halle de La Villette to strategize on better governance for a world of peace, with plenaries, master classes and workshops.
The President is scheduled to make a remark at the event to share the peculiarity of the Nigerian experience with the world, and efforts undertaken so far for peace. Other speakers include President Macron, Vice President Kamala Harris of United States, and Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.
This year, the leaders will review 80 projects designed to improve peace across the globe and ensure more harmonious living like reforming capitalism for more impact on global economy, responding to the urgency of climate change, fake news and the challenge it poses on journalism and cyber security.
The first edition of the Paris Peace Forum took place from November 11 -13, 2018, as part of the Armistice Day centenary commemorations, and was attended by over 110 foreign delegates, including 54 heads of state and government, showcasing 120 global governance projects and welcomed 6000 individuals over the three days.
Among the attendees were Russian President Vladimir Putin, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and 2018 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and UN Secretary-General António Guterres joined President Macron in each making an opening remark at the beginning of the Forum.
Femi Adesina
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https://medium.com/@theasovilla/president-buhari-arrives-paris-for-official-visit-peace-forum-b54c3d5cbdc
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['Government Of Nigeria']
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2021-11-10 08:35:42.248000+00:00
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['Commerce', 'Economy', 'Peace', 'Paris', 'Buhari']
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Title President Buhari Arrives Paris Official Visit Peace ForumContent President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday afternoon arrived Paris French capital oneday official visit guest President Emmanuel Macron Palais de l’Élysée afterwards attend threeday Paris Peace Forum PPF November 11–13 2021 President’s plane touched Le Bourget Airport 245pm official visit Wednesday President Buhari meet French counterpart discus issue mutual interest country particularly strengthening economic tie improving partnership security working jointly education health halting threat COVID19 global economy Thursday President Buhari join world leader head international organisation leader civil society private sector Grande Halle de La Villette strategize better governance world peace plenaries master class workshop President scheduled make remark event share peculiarity Nigerian experience world effort undertaken far peace speaker include President Macron Vice President Kamala Harris United States Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister People’s Republic Bangladesh year leader review 80 project designed improve peace across globe ensure harmonious living like reforming capitalism impact global economy responding urgency climate change fake news challenge pose journalism cyber security first edition Paris Peace Forum took place November 11 13 2018 part Armistice Day centenary commemoration attended 110 foreign delegate including 54 head state government showcasing 120 global governance project welcomed 6000 individual three day Among attendee Russian President Vladimir Putin Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau 2018 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad German Chancellor Angela Merkel UN SecretaryGeneral António Guterres joined President Macron making opening remark beginning Forum Femi AdesinaTags Commerce Economy Peace Paris Buhari
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Shed the baggage with these amazing service providers!
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There are numerous elements on the to-do list while on a trip. The most crucial, among all, is packing the bags and managing luggage.
However, it should be emphasized that storing and handling your luggage should not take up so much of your time that you end up with spoilers rather than an enjoyable vacation.
Well, you will have a lot less worry while planning a vacation to Paris or the surrounding area. Besides, the luggage storage Paris facilities come with a lot of ease and comfort for you! Numerous storage providers can adequately handle your luggage so that you have the finest trip.
There’s always something great about traveling without luggage. There are no worries about misplaced bags, long lines for baggage claims, or hefty baggage fees.
Why look for luggage storage facilities?
People frequently use the cloakrooms at railway stations and airports to keep their luggage. However, a few customers had a bad experience with the cloakroom at the station because it is typically not permitted to retain baggage without locks. Furthermore, many individuals find the cloakroom to be disorderly. Overall, keeping luggage in such locations is a significant pain.
You will never want to go for extra trouble, no matter how long the trip is. Because we naturally feel more tired while we are away from you on a trip.
So, if you’re in Paris, luggage storage Paris is a great spot to store your belongings while having fun.
Passengers find it more comfortable to keep their possessions in the safest possible manner with these services.
Such services are gaining attraction and appeal not only in Paris but across the world. It becomes simple for both business owners and passengers to handle their benefits.
So probably, whether you are planning a trip to Paris or the U.S., you will indeed have a place to string your goods.
Why do luggage storage facilities make the best option among trip essentials?
It is not only a cost-effective and accessible alternative but puts you on a relaxing vacay too.
People may spend a day traveling about the city without needing to stay at a hotel.
One can also save money that would otherwise be spent on public transportation. If the train is delayed, passengers on connecting trains may explore the city and soak in the atmosphere without having to haul their heavy luggage about with them.
Having a luggage storage Paris facility booked is the best thing that can come along with your trip. Hopefully, you have a gala time in Paris!
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https://medium.com/@vertoeofficial/shed-the-baggage-with-these-amazing-service-providers-500cd814e095
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2021-12-20 11:14:51.018000+00:00
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['Luggage Storage', 'Travel', 'Luggage', 'Paris']
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Title Shed baggage amazing service providersContent numerous element todo list trip crucial among packing bag managing luggage However emphasized storing handling luggage take much time end spoiler rather enjoyable vacation Well lot le worry planning vacation Paris surrounding area Besides luggage storage Paris facility come lot ease comfort Numerous storage provider adequately handle luggage finest trip There’s always something great traveling without luggage worry misplaced bag long line baggage claim hefty baggage fee look luggage storage facility People frequently use cloakroom railway station airport keep luggage However customer bad experience cloakroom station typically permitted retain baggage without lock Furthermore many individual find cloakroom disorderly Overall keeping luggage location significant pain never want go extra trouble matter long trip naturally feel tired away trip you’re Paris luggage storage Paris great spot store belonging fun Passengers find comfortable keep possession safest possible manner service service gaining attraction appeal Paris across world becomes simple business owner passenger handle benefit probably whether planning trip Paris US indeed place string good luggage storage facility make best option among trip essential costeffective accessible alternative put relaxing vacay People may spend day traveling city without needing stay hotel One also save money would otherwise spent public transportation train delayed passenger connecting train may explore city soak atmosphere without haul heavy luggage luggage storage Paris facility booked best thing come along trip Hopefully gala time ParisTags Luggage Storage Travel Luggage Paris
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Time travel is easy
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I time travel all the time. Now, for those of you who know me, no I am not micro-dosing again and getting the doses wrong, I am talking about Meditating and getting into a time that has passed, along with a time in the future.
Photo by RODRIGO GONZALEZ on Unsplash
Memories are tricky; in the present world, I feel when you remember something, you really only see a version of the last memory which is adjusted and not the actual events. In meditation though, I find that a very different memory surfaces. When in a meditative state, I find that you actually see the past as an observer, whereas your real memories are more in the first person (you see the memory from your eyes instead of looking at you and others from a vantage point).
I think it is the exact same thing when you manifest in life. It is hard to believe that even though I was trained in Transendential Meditation years ago, it took the shock of something to get me to do it again.
I try to “time travel” every day, when I can. I make a point of doing it before I do anything else in the morning. Lately it has been hard as my living conditions were not the best, but as I move into a new place, it has the perfect setting for meditating. On day two in the place and I have found it so good, it has taken the “travel” to a new level, which is a wee bit scary.
Over the past month, there have been four people who have come back into my life out of the blue. Each of them, I shared both a physical and an emotional connection at some point in life over the past several years. Each of them ended and each of them drifted back in my life at the exact same time. Given the time of massive retrograde we are currently in, I expected one or two would, but four is a lot for me.
W hen something ends for me, it is over. “End” is simply when I make the decision, “Ok, enough. Time to move on.” That point in time could be a much different point than what the other party to the equation believes it to be. Either way, I move on completely at some point and never look back. This is ususally after I attempt to either make something work or apologize, but in the end, I go into the woods to never return to that humans life.
What is wonderful about time traveling in meditation is you see yourself in the third person which shows you how good or bad you were. This retrograde of people forced me to revist their times. Over the course of the last eighteen months, I have been doing a ton of regression meditation and have begun to understand those periods where things go wrong and why. Being a narcissist for a period of time is usually the trigger that creates the lows while being more of an empath creates the highs for me. Given that knowledge, it is easy to then project my future through manifesting what it is I truly want to live like by starting from the right jumping off point. It is working better than I could have dreamed.
All this leads me to the four humans who came back into my life this month. It was fascinating to see the difference in the people and how they approached me. Two were clearly in the present to point out the shitty things I did to them. I already knew what I did and they were not wrong. I was not a good human to these two and they had a good time explaining it to me. I took it and got the chance to apologize and I suspect that will be it. The other two, we did not part ways badly, but we did part ways. They did not want to vent to me, they wanted to catch up. They wanted to time travel and be made to feel like they did during “our” time.
It is really hard to go back to the past and not feel different. We change, we mature and we experience different things. One of them realized that after about five minutes chatting, but the last one, the fourth and most recent to this post, simply wanted to experience a connection to a person they thought would be there forever. They wanted to feel what I feel when I meditate, but they wanted it in reality.
She wanted to physically travel in time back to when we were happy together. She wanted to live in that time again.
Was it the isolation of Covid that drove that or was it something more? She lived in Paris through Covid, which was where we met years ago. It was hard on her. She like so many others wanted to feel “connected” to someone that was familiar. I understood it and tried to help, but it is hard to time travel in reality. All you “feel” and “see” are memories. Those memories are a bastardization of the good and bad, not a realistic view of who we both were.
Growing as a human is hard. I think the world, especially the US, right now, has a very hard time realizing how wrong we are about so many things. How “memories” are not real. How many people refuse the vaccines for whatever reason, but still see their loved ones die and yet blame the Doctors for “killing” them or letting them die because they would not flush their stomachs with bleach or give them horse medicine?
State of mind, is just that, a state. You have the power to change your state of mind any time you desire. You have the power to go back in time and see yourself for who you really are and you have the power to travel forward and manifest who you “are”. To do that, you need to look in the mirror and first ask yourself,
“Am I ready to see the unvarnished truth about myself? Am I really?”
Realizing who you are is much harder than most think. They see themselves for who they think they are, yet others see a very different picture. I am blessed to be living with my youngest son who keeps me busy chatting with me about all things in his life and his world. I never had any idea just how smart he was and is. He is that way because he is constantly evaluating his own being. I am starting to teach him how to time travel. It is a skill everyone should learn if you want to improve who you are to yourself. Other people's opinions of you are completely irrelevant. You are the person you make.
In this time, the holiday time, it is easy to feel sad, happy, fortunate and all those things that may be masked by “activity”. If you really want to know how you feel, go back in time.
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https://medium.com/@paul_harkins/time-travel-is-easy-3691b75555f5
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['Writer At Large']
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2021-12-29 17:08:25.370000+00:00
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['Memories', 'Love', 'Relationships', 'Paris']
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Title Time travel easyContent time travel time know microdosing getting dos wrong talking Meditating getting time passed along time future Photo RODRIGO GONZALEZ Unsplash Memories tricky present world feel remember something really see version last memory adjusted actual event meditation though find different memory surface meditative state find actually see past observer whereas real memory first person see memory eye instead looking others vantage point think exact thing manifest life hard believe even though trained Transendential Meditation year ago took shock something get try “time travel” every day make point anything else morning Lately hard living condition best move new place perfect setting meditating day two place found good taken “travel” new level wee bit scary past month four people come back life blue shared physical emotional connection point life past several year ended drifted back life exact time Given time massive retrograde currently expected one two would four lot W hen something end “End” simply make decision “Ok enough Time move on” point time could much different point party equation belief Either way move completely point never look back ususally attempt either make something work apologize end go wood never return human life wonderful time traveling meditation see third person show good bad retrograde people forced revist time course last eighteen month ton regression meditation begun understand period thing go wrong narcissist period time usually trigger creates low empath creates high Given knowledge easy project future manifesting truly want live like starting right jumping point working better could dreamed lead four human came back life month fascinating see difference people approached Two clearly present point shitty thing already knew wrong good human two good time explaining took got chance apologize suspect two part way badly part way want vent wanted catch wanted time travel made feel like “our” time really hard go back past feel different change mature experience different thing One realized five minute chatting last one fourth recent post simply wanted experience connection person thought would forever wanted feel feel meditate wanted reality wanted physically travel time back happy together wanted live time isolation Covid drove something lived Paris Covid met year ago hard like many others wanted feel “connected” someone familiar understood tried help hard time travel reality “feel” “see” memory memory bastardization good bad realistic view Growing human hard think world especially US right hard time realizing wrong many thing “memories” real many people refuse vaccine whatever reason still see loved one die yet blame Doctors “killing” letting die would flush stomach bleach give horse medicine State mind state power change state mind time desire power go back time see really power travel forward manifest “are” need look mirror first ask “Am ready see unvarnished truth really” Realizing much harder think see think yet others see different picture blessed living youngest son keep busy chatting thing life world never idea smart way constantly evaluating starting teach time travel skill everyone learn want improve people opinion completely irrelevant person make time holiday time easy feel sad happy fortunate thing may masked “activity” really want know feel go back timeTags Memories Love Relationships Paris
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Stuck Together (2021)
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Raw
Stuck Together (8 Rue de l’Humanité) is a French comedy about the early weeks of the pandemic when France was under a strict lockdown. The story revolves around the families living in an apartment building in Paris, trying to remain calm, bond-together to get over the fear and stress caused by the onslaught of COVID-19. There is no story, the screenplay covers the interpersonal dynamics between the residents and how they resolve them. There were moments that were relatable and enjoyable, but at two hours, the film loses our attention quickly and becomes boring. It gets a ‘Raw’ rating in the mangoidiots scale and is available on Netflix.
Tony, a Belgian, is the owner of the building living with his teenage daughter and his young son is arrogant and treats his tenants with contempt. There are three families, two shopkeepers and one caretaker living in the compound. Martin, a reporter lives with his wife and their young daughter is one of them. Martin is paranoid, wears masks and sprays disinfectant all the time, providing the humour background for the film. His wife, Claire, is a lawyer and a practical woman who struggles with calming down Martin. The two kids — the girl of Martin and the boy of Tony are being typical kids. The other family in the compound is a young couple, a fitness instructor, and his pregnant wife. The third is an African French lady who remains mysterious. On the ground floor is a pathology lab run by an eccentric researcher — he is their local health expert and is in the process of discovering a vaccine. Next to the lab is an eatery-and-bar run by an old lady, which was shut due to the lockdown.
I wish the film covered a slightly wider canvas and was shorter in length. The pandemic has been a long road of suffering, pain and human triumph, there are so many stories to be told about it and I wish Indian filmmakers too start telling more of them.
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https://medium.com/@venkatarangan/stuck-together-2021-e9f334a31613
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['Venkatarangan Thirumalai']
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2021-11-06 06:44:36.153000+00:00
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['Pandemic Lockdown', 'Community', 'French', 'Comedy', 'Paris']
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Title Stuck Together 2021Content Raw Stuck Together 8 Rue de l’Humanité French comedy early week pandemic France strict lockdown story revolves around family living apartment building Paris trying remain calm bondtogether get fear stress caused onslaught COVID19 story screenplay cover interpersonal dynamic resident resolve moment relatable enjoyable two hour film loses attention quickly becomes boring get ‘Raw’ rating mangoidiots scale available Netflix Tony Belgian owner building living teenage daughter young son arrogant treat tenant contempt three family two shopkeeper one caretaker living compound Martin reporter life wife young daughter one Martin paranoid wear mask spray disinfectant time providing humour background film wife Claire lawyer practical woman struggle calming Martin two kid — girl Martin boy Tony typical kid family compound young couple fitness instructor pregnant wife third African French lady remains mysterious ground floor pathology lab run eccentric researcher — local health expert process discovering vaccine Next lab eateryandbar run old lady shut due lockdown wish film covered slightly wider canvas shorter length pandemic long road suffering pain human triumph many story told wish Indian filmmaker start telling themTags Pandemic Lockdown Community French Comedy Paris
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GO
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Photo by author.
You hadn’t planned to go alone to Paris. Through some unforeseen circumstances, you came into some money, enough for two but your friends and sometime boyfriend were not interested in going. You hesitated. You wanted to go but the Yellow Jackets were rioting every Saturday and you were worried that the trip wouldn’t be as enjoyable by yourself. You feared being alone. All alone.
But your friend, Marie, said, “Go.” Go to Paris. Be your own woman. You don’t need another person. You definitely don’t need the sometime boyfriend. The sometime boyfriend who tried to talk you out of it.
“No,” Marie said. “If you don’t go now you’ll never go. They always riot in Paris. Go.”
So you go.
It was you who saw the oldest building left standing in all of Paris at 51 and 52 Rue Montmorency. You who walked through Notre Dame six days before it burned. You who walked down the old cobblestone streets to sample the wine, and cheese and the bread. It was you who went to a reading at the famous Shakespeare and Company bookshop, and you who carried so many books that you left useless items behind in order to make room in your suitcase for new treasures.
You spoke your broken French. You marveled at the kindness of strangers and the rudeness of one shopkeeper. You joked with your tour guide of how you mispronounced a word turning it from a world leader’s name into a wicked profanity.
You, yes you, received directions in French to the Père-Lachaise Cemetery and understood them well enough to get there on your own. You stood next to Oscar Wilde’s grave and decided against kissing it as so many have done because you thought to yourself that you didn’t want to get an STD posthumously, even from Oscar Wilde. You stood under the Arc de Triomphe at night and you marveled as the Eiffel Tower glowed in the distance.
It was you who drank the best wine with your boeuf et frites and it was you who stifled a laugh when you asked for mineral water and the confused waiter asked, “You mean you want the water with the gas?”
When you walked around the Seine River and gathered gifts from the street vendors, it was you who finally realized how lucky it is to be in Paris. Even alone. Especially alone.
And now over a year later, when there is a pandemic and when California burns more intensely than Notre Dame ever did and Americans have become ruder to each other than any young French shopkeeper could be, you go. You go on to work. You go virtually to school. You go and stand six feet away from your friends. Somedays you go home and cry because really, it’s the whole world that is burning. But still you go because the scared young woman went 4,200 miles east by herself and went there because she could go.
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https://medium.com/@amyvonbee/go-544ee5b39781
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['Amy Von Blickhahn']
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2021-11-27 04:45:24.733000+00:00
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['Travel', 'Independence', 'Paris', 'Current Events']
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Title GOContent Photo author hadn’t planned go alone Paris unforeseen circumstance came money enough two friend sometime boyfriend interested going hesitated wanted go Yellow Jackets rioting every Saturday worried trip wouldn’t enjoyable feared alone alone friend Marie said “Go” Go Paris woman don’t need another person definitely don’t need sometime boyfriend sometime boyfriend tried talk “No” Marie said “If don’t go you’ll never go always riot Paris Go” go saw oldest building left standing Paris 51 52 Rue Montmorency walked Notre Dame six day burned walked old cobblestone street sample wine cheese bread went reading famous Shakespeare Company bookshop carried many book left useless item behind order make room suitcase new treasure spoke broken French marveled kindness stranger rudeness one shopkeeper joked tour guide mispronounced word turning world leader’s name wicked profanity yes received direction French PèreLachaise Cemetery understood well enough get stood next Oscar Wilde’s grave decided kissing many done thought didn’t want get STD posthumously even Oscar Wilde stood Arc de Triomphe night marveled Eiffel Tower glowed distance drank best wine boeuf et frites stifled laugh asked mineral water confused waiter asked “You mean want water gas” walked around Seine River gathered gift street vendor finally realized lucky Paris Even alone Especially alone year later pandemic California burn intensely Notre Dame ever Americans become ruder young French shopkeeper could go go work go virtually school go stand six foot away friend Somedays go home cry really it’s whole world burning still go scared young woman went 4200 mile east went could goTags Travel Independence Paris Current Events
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My Night During the Paris Attacks
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I was half a block from one of the Paris shooting locations last night. Here is my story.
I live in San Carlos, California, and work as a software engineer at Airbnb in San Francisco. Friday was day 2 of the 3-day Airbnb Open conference for hosts. I flew to Paris on Monday to work at the conference this week. I am staying in a private room in an Airbnb listing in the 9th Arrondissement. The owners are a delightful married couple who just started hosting recently, after their daughter left for college. They made dinner for me my first night here, and we enjoyed the evening over wine and cheese.
Thursday morning, I awoke at 4:50am to get ready for my conference shift, which started at 6am in Parc de la Villette. I worked all day, had dinner with some Airbnb hosts who were attending the conference, and went to bed that night around midnight.
Friday morning, I awoke at 4:50am again to work at the conference. When the day’s events were done, at 7pm, I made plans to go out to dinner in the La République area with some coworkers. I didn’t know any of these coworkers well, and a couple of them I didn’t know at all, so I was looking forward to connecting with them over dinner. One coworker named Jay is from our Paris office and had a car with him. So instead of taking the Metro, we drove to the restaurant where we had a reservation: Auberge Pyrénées Cévennes, at 106 rue de la Folie Mericourt in Paris. He parked around the block.
Around 9:30pm, the five of us were having a wonderful time, getting to know each other and enjoying an amazing French meal, when we heard five gunshots in less than two seconds: bang-bang, bang-bang-bang. The restaurant, which had about 30 people in it, suddenly got quiet. People looked around nervously. Some people thought someone had just set off some fireworks. To me it sounded more like gunfire. Nobody could be sure. Whatever it was, it sounded like it had come from just up the street.
The atmosphere in the restaurant had quickly turned from a lively Friday evening to unsure tension.
My French coworker started checking for news on his phone. After a couple of minutes, he exclaimed in French and told us that there had been gunfire at Le Petit Cambodge restaurant, which is 2–3 blocks away. It seemed odd that the shooting had been that far away but that we had heard it so clearly. We would find out the next day that one of the attacks had been much closer: half a block up the street at Casa Nostra restaurant (2 Rue de la Fontaine au Roi). That’s why the gunfire sounded so close: it was. We had walked past this restaurant on the way from our parking space.
A few minutes later, more news by mobile phone: a second shooting. Then more news: a third shooting. A fourth shooting. Hostages taken. All in the La République neighborhood where we were. And a bombing at the Stade de France stadium, far from where we were. We had finished our main course and had not yet had dessert, but some people in our group were thinking about going home. I recommended we shelter in place and not try to go home. We did, and almost everyone in the restaurant made the same choice.
I began contacting my wife and friends, telling them the situation and letting them know I was safe. My first text was to my wife: “I AM FINE. Possible terrorist attacks in Paris at 4 locations. Started with 5 gunshots directly outside the restaurant where I am. Love you. I am safe. ❤”
I also contacted Joel, the husband in my Airbnb host couple, to let him know I was safe but would be home very late. He was happy I was ok but was also concerned, asked me to keep giving him updates.
The restaurant staff continued serving people and were very hospitable and friendly. We were trapped but we were warm and in a place with food — very, very good food — and water and drinks. The approximately 30 diners took turns sharing the three mobile phone chargers that a few people had brought with them — an iPhone 5 charger, an iPhone 4 charger, and an Android charger.
After some time had passed, people started occasionally going outside the restaurant to see what they could see. The police had set up barricades at both ends of the small street we were on. A few people — presumably residents — were allowed in to our street, either on foot or bicycle, including one young woman with a Vespa-style scooter with the engine turned off, but no one was allowed out.
Around midnight Paris time, my 16-year-old daughter got home from school in California and heard about the attacks. She knew I was in Paris but had not been in touch with my wife, so she called me to see if I was ok. I told her I was safe in a restaurant with other people and would be there for a long time. She asked if she could tell her younger brother and sister, ages 13 and 11, about the situation. I said yes, but that she must start by saying “Dad is okay.” She should not tell the whole story and leave them hanging til the end to find out how I am.
At one point during the evening, an hour or two after the attacks, a woman — either an employee or a diner — ran back into the restaurant yelling in French, “Everybody get on the floor! Under the tables!” That was the scariest moment of the evening. We all dove under the tables and waited. It would be obvious to anyone on the street that dozens of people were inside: the lights were still on, one person was talking on his phone, and one person’s phone was still playing a news report video. We had heard that hostages had been taken at one location nearby, and I was afraid that we were a target for anyone looking to take more hostages. I posted on Facebook: “A woman diner just ran back into the restaurant and yelled everyone hit the floor. All hiding under tables now. Battery at 4%. If you don’t hear from me it’s probably just because of that.”
After several minutes, people started coming out from under the tables. I posted an update saying I was still ok. What I heard from another diner, but had no way to confirm, was that a person in a car came upon the police barrier, perhaps wanting to go home, and did not want to yield when the police insisted they could not go through the barrier. The police had fired warning shots into the air to stop the person. Those shots were what caused the woman to run back into our restaurant.
I looked in the bathroom to find a good hiding place in case anything like that happened again. I found a small broom closet that could hold a few people if necessary, and made a mental note to bring people there if anything happened again.
Google Maps said I was about a 45-minute walk away from the Airbnb listing where I was staying. Even though it’s November it was not very cold out, so that sounded like a good option. At one point I went outside and very slowly approached a policeman, with my hands visible, to ask in French if I would be allowed to go through his barricade and walk through Paris. He said no, not through his barricade, but I could go out in the opposite direction. But I chose to stay because I didn’t know how wide the circumference of the blockades was, so it might add considerable time to my walk home, and I wanted to stay with my coworkers.
At around 2:30am, the restaurant owner announced that it was ok to leave. The five of us Airbnb employees parted ways around 2:45am, most of us going in different directions. I walked a block from Le Petit Cambodge, site of one of the attacks, and took the photo of the police barricade that you see above this article. Because we had been sharing phone chargers with other diners, my battery was not fully charged. In fact it was quite low. I tried to memorize the map back home but it was complicated. I walked for a while until my phone died, then hailed a taxi to take me the rest of the way. I got there at 3:30am. My host had stayed up until 2:30 but I had told him there was no need to wait for me.
I felt wide awake. I needed to unwind and to communicate to everyone that I was safe, and to check in on my dinner friends. I stayed up for another hour and a half, until 5am. I had been awake for 19 hours on Thursday and now, on Friday night/Saturday morning, I had been up a full 24 hours. I fell asleep quickly and woke up at 12:30 in the afternoon. The Paris police were recommending that people stay where they are, rather than go out. I stayed in. Day 3 of the Airbnb conference was canceled. My Airbnb host was gracious and accommodating, allowing me to stay extra nights if necessary, even though he will be out of town. He even offered to let me stay for free, but that will not be necessary.
I am thankful to be safe. I will visit Paris again. I am sorry to Parisians and to everyone who lost loved ones yesterday.
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https://medium.com/@bmorearty/my-night-during-the-paris-attacks-2cfecce60a46
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['Brian Morearty']
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2015-11-19 00:39:05.521000+00:00
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['Paris', 'Airbnb', 'ParisAttacks']
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Title Night Paris AttacksContent half block one Paris shooting location last night story live San Carlos California work software engineer Airbnb San Francisco Friday day 2 3day Airbnb Open conference host flew Paris Monday work conference week staying private room Airbnb listing 9th Arrondissement owner delightful married couple started hosting recently daughter left college made dinner first night enjoyed evening wine cheese Thursday morning awoke 450am get ready conference shift started 6am Parc de la Villette worked day dinner Airbnb host attending conference went bed night around midnight Friday morning awoke 450am work conference day’s event done 7pm made plan go dinner La République area coworkers didn’t know coworkers well couple didn’t know looking forward connecting dinner One coworker named Jay Paris office car instead taking Metro drove restaurant reservation Auberge Pyrénées Cévennes 106 rue de la Folie Mericourt Paris parked around block Around 930pm five u wonderful time getting know enjoying amazing French meal heard five gunshot le two second bangbang bangbangbang restaurant 30 people suddenly got quiet People looked around nervously people thought someone set firework sounded like gunfire Nobody could sure Whatever sounded like come street atmosphere restaurant quickly turned lively Friday evening unsure tension French coworker started checking news phone couple minute exclaimed French told u gunfire Le Petit Cambodge restaurant 2–3 block away seemed odd shooting far away heard clearly would find next day one attack much closer half block street Casa Nostra restaurant 2 Rue de la Fontaine au Roi That’s gunfire sounded close walked past restaurant way parking space minute later news mobile phone second shooting news third shooting fourth shooting Hostages taken La République neighborhood bombing Stade de France stadium far finished main course yet dessert people group thinking going home recommended shelter place try go home almost everyone restaurant made choice began contacting wife friend telling situation letting know safe first text wife “I FINE Possible terrorist attack Paris 4 location Started 5 gunshot directly outside restaurant Love safe ❤” also contacted Joel husband Airbnb host couple let know safe would home late happy ok also concerned asked keep giving update restaurant staff continued serving people hospitable friendly trapped warm place food — good food — water drink approximately 30 diner took turn sharing three mobile phone charger people brought — iPhone 5 charger iPhone 4 charger Android charger time passed people started occasionally going outside restaurant see could see police set barricade end small street people — presumably resident — allowed street either foot bicycle including one young woman Vespastyle scooter engine turned one allowed Around midnight Paris time 16yearold daughter got home school California heard attack knew Paris touch wife called see ok told safe restaurant people would long time asked could tell younger brother sister age 13 11 situation said yes must start saying “Dad okay” tell whole story leave hanging til end find one point evening hour two attack woman — either employee diner — ran back restaurant yelling French “Everybody get floor tables” scariest moment evening dove table waited would obvious anyone street dozen people inside light still one person talking phone one person’s phone still playing news report video heard hostage taken one location nearby afraid target anyone looking take hostage posted Facebook “A woman diner ran back restaurant yelled everyone hit floor hiding table Battery 4 don’t hear it’s probably that” several minute people started coming table posted update saying still ok heard another diner way confirm person car came upon police barrier perhaps wanting go home want yield police insisted could go barrier police fired warning shot air stop person shot caused woman run back restaurant looked bathroom find good hiding place case anything like happened found small broom closet could hold people necessary made mental note bring people anything happened Google Maps said 45minute walk away Airbnb listing staying Even though it’s November cold sounded like good option one point went outside slowly approached policeman hand visible ask French would allowed go barricade walk Paris said barricade could go opposite direction chose stay didn’t know wide circumference blockade might add considerable time walk home wanted stay coworkers around 230am restaurant owner announced ok leave five u Airbnb employee parted way around 245am u going different direction walked block Le Petit Cambodge site one attack took photo police barricade see article sharing phone charger diner battery fully charged fact quite low tried memorize map back home complicated walked phone died hailed taxi take rest way got 330am host stayed 230 told need wait felt wide awake needed unwind communicate everyone safe check dinner friend stayed another hour half 5am awake 19 hour Thursday Friday nightSaturday morning full 24 hour fell asleep quickly woke 1230 afternoon Paris police recommending people stay rather go stayed Day 3 Airbnb conference canceled Airbnb host gracious accommodating allowing stay extra night necessary even though town even offered let stay free necessary thankful safe visit Paris sorry Parisians everyone lost loved one yesterdayTags Paris Airbnb ParisAttacks
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A Walk of Faith toward the City of Light
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On a chilly December morning in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, I met my good friend and pastor Emmanuel (he goes by “Manny”) to discuss his faith journey and how that led him from his native Sydney to the city of light. We agreed to meet at Republique of Coffee, a restaurant that feels like you’ve entered a coffee shop in Los Angeles. We had French toast (we’re in France so I suppose we can simply call it “toast” — his joke, not mine). Before beginning the interview, we caught up on the latest. He listened to me lament for a solid hour about the tragic woes a 33-year-old grad student endures. And like the amazing person and pastor he is, he listened intently, nodded, empathized, and gave sound advice. Finally, we began the interview.
“We grew up in Sydney. My mother is a woman of faith, my grandmother is a woman of faith. I had faith at a young age. We went to church when I was younger. I really believed that there were big seeds of faith and in my heart at a young age.” A very integral part of Hastings’s life, Christianity is the largest religion in Australia and is also home to well-known churches such as Hillsong and C3 Church Global.
And though he came from a Christian household, at some point he and his mother had stopped attending church, yet still very much believed. In his teenage years life took him in another direction. He didn’t entirely lose his faith, but he did lose focus somehow, which happens to so many of us. It led to a lifestyle of partying and things of the like, which ultimately led to some drug abuse.
“The city was amazing, I felt very comfortable here…I felt like I found my style and rhythm of life.”
“It was at that point I wanted to leave Sydney because the problem was not me, the problem was the people I was around,” as he chuckles recalling the naivety of this youth. He had always loved Paris, for some reason. So, in search of a new life and even himself, he left Sydney for the French capital at 20 years old.
Aside from always wanting to move to the city of lights, his biological father, whom he had never met, also lived in France. He arrived and immediately felt at home. “The city was amazing, I felt very comfortable here…I felt like I found my style and rhythm of life.” And thankfully he finally reconnected with his father.
This feeling of home, it seemed, was maybe not enough, as soon after he found himself again in a similar lifestyle as that in Sydney. It was in this season of loneliness and desperation that he was somehow reminded of not only his faith upbringing but what that could mean for him as an adult. He engaged in various conversations and even streamed some YouTube clips, sometimes sending him down a “rabbit hole,” but in a positive way, of course. He visited an established church, Hillsong Paris, not long after. And after arriving home that evening, he had a moment of realization of God’s omnipresence, which led to a heart-to-heart moment directly with Him.
“God, if you’re there, Jesus, if you’re there, I want to know you. And I’m sorry for the way I’m living my life.” Upon doing so he felt a physical presence in his home, one he hadn’t felt––and maybe longed for––in a very long time. This spurred his heart to share this experience with his then-girlfriend, now wife, Emily (she goes by “Em”). She was ambivalent after coming to church with him while visiting from London. But over the course of time, she had an encounter and came to believe herself. Eventually they both moved back to Sydney where he attended his church’s bible college for 3 years, studying ministry and theology.
During this time, Em was studying design and got a promising, but unpaid, three-month internship in New York City. Encouraging her to go, Manny stayed behind to work to support them both. Her internship later turned into a job opportunity, which allowed them to be reunited and to begin a new chapter of their lives in New York.
“I always saw myself as someone who would support ministry and support pastors…I was very timid and shy. I never thought I could become a pastor.”
Interestingly, their home church of C3 was in the process of planting an extension in Brooklyn led by two friends of theirs who were also from Sydney, Josh and Georgie Kelsey. Naturally they began volunteering and hosted dinner parties, which are small weekly gatherings where people connect around food, and often pray or read the word together. Life seemed to be going well, and though they had a newfound rhythm with a community of believers and a steady income in one of the world’s most expensive cities, Paris kept tugging at Manny’s heart. It was a feeling he could never quite shake, even before moving to New York.
Soon after he spotted his name on the speaking schedule to give a short message around the church’s tithes and offerings. “I always saw myself as someone who would support ministry and support pastors…I was very timid and shy. I never thought I could become a pastor.” But this proved to be a positive encouragement for him as it put him in an uncomfortable, yet necessary position of overcoming this fear — it allowed him to step outside of what he was used to and into something more.
All the while thriving in a new city and position, Paris was still on his heart. In 2016 he brought it to Josh’s attention, explaining the possibility of starting a C3 branch in Paris, though he admitted to not even being ready to lead such an endeavor. But he humbly asked his pastor to help nurture that desire if he felt it was from God. Josh’s response was, “great. Noted. Let’s let it die for now.” Though on the surface it sounds harsh and cutting, it was the complete opposite. Manny used the example of Mary reflecting on the words spoken over her newborn son Jesus’s life, as read in the book of Luke. “It says in the scriptures that Mary pondered these things in her heart. It’s just keeping things between you and God. Because if it’s a thing of God, you won’t be able to stop it. You just have to let it come to the surface.”
The next day, Manny got word from his family in Sydney that his mother suffered a severe brain aneurysm leaving her in a comatose state. During that season he read the story of Lazarus in the gospel of John. Like many of us, he believes in miracles, signs and wonders and that God can change things in an instant. But over time as her condition remained the same, he developed a new understanding of that story. Though it is about a physical resurrection, it is more so an illustration about the truth of the resurrecting nature of Jesus and the hope of a resurrection for every believer at the end of life. So, either way, the promise still stands of seeing her again.
He flew home to be with her and upon returning found that he had been rostered for the next few weeks to preach full 30-minute sermons, which took him aback. But he was faithful with this new responsibility, and was later given a bigger one: location pastor of the new Manhattan campus. He asked pastor Josh, “One: what is a location pastor? And two, I think you’re making a terrible mistake.” He laughs as he shares this story. But he ultimately agreed, and he saw the church grow exponentially shortly after. “Pastoring has never felt comfortable, but it’s always felt right.”
Three years later, to Manny and Em’s surprise, Josh and Georgie Kelsey initiated plans to launch global C3 locations, Paris being one of the first. And without hesitation, they immediately thought of Manny and Em.“They had Paris on their hearts, and we had Paris still on our hearts. It’s like God was weaving a beautiful tapestry of lives together.”
They finally began to make plans for services and events in Paris. Through short trips to Paris they started to gather and foster a close-knit community of believers who would call C3NYC Paris home, but those plans were obviously and unfortunately interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic. To add to the stress, his US visa expired and it could not be renewed because the embassies were closed. His only option was to either return to his native Australia or move to France, as he has citizenship here as well. In July, he and Em moved to France to try to begin the community again while also handling some pastoral duties back in the US.
Sometime later, Manny felt strong impressions to read portions of scripture that specifically had to do with boats — the book of Jonah, Jesus walking on water and him sleeping on the boat, and others. Then 10 weeks later, his brother-in-law, William Mainprize, was lost at sea along with 38 others during the capsizing of a ship off the coast of Japan. Though two people survived out of a crew of 43, the ship was never recovered. It forced them to return to Australia for 5 months, where they organized a media campaign and crowdfunded a private search-and-rescue. $250,000 was raised, but to no avail. “That really kicked us in the guts and we’re still feeling the ramifications of that.”
A part of him wishes God made those impressions clearer, if in fact they had something to do directly with William’s disappearance. “But what I found comfort in was the fact that my spirit was prepared for the storm I was about to enter into. It’s made me realize that our intuitions aren’t as random as we feel at times, and that following God is not a life void of pain.”
“The church should be beautiful and diverse because heaven is beautiful and diverse.”
Afterward, he and Em returned to Paris in early 2021 in middle of confinement to again begin the endeavor of church planting. Building a church in a secular nation with a history and tradition of Catholicism is an interesting notion. “I have a lot of respect for the Catholic traditions in France. I don’t want to be some sort of external cowboy pointing the finger at structures.” Though churches like C3 have a different expression of worship, the church is not here to shame or disregard what’s been held important for so long. C3 is here to simply be part of the story of bringing Christ to Paris.
“I come here humbly, but also knowing that there is maybe a part of society whose heart is closed off to the way faith is expressed.” The outward expression may look different for the sake of comfortability, but core message is always the same. Two languages telling the same story. “Jesus’s mission was conformity of character, not conformity of expression. The church should be beautiful and diverse because heaven is beautiful and diverse. I praise God for the catholic church here because we’re all brothers and sisters in it.” Overall, C3 has a calling to preach the gospel to all nations and encourage people to commit to following Christ.
Last September, his wife Em gave birth to a little boy, Oslo. He initially thought that having a child would take so much from him––time, energy, which it does require. “But it doesn’t take anything. You actually have more love to give and it’s so indicative of who God is to us.” Precious moments like watching Oslo fall asleep in his arms reminds him of the love of God because there is nothing we have to do for Him to love us. “Oslo doesn’t have to be anyone or perform in anyway. He just is. It’s such micro example of the love God has for his children through Christ. But ultimately, it’s up to us as to whether we receive it or not.”
Paris, for Manny, is also a special place when it comes to fatherhood. “It’s where I met my biological father, encountered my Heavenly father, and became a father.”
Interestingly enough, I visited C3NYC back in 2017 and met Manny only once outside of the venue for less than 5 minutes. We never saw each other again. But like the beautiful tapestry of life as Manny described, five years later life brought us back together on the other side of the world. I now have the privilege of calling him my pastor and friend. Catching up with Manny is always a joy and brings refreshment to my mind and soul. I look forward to having “toast” with him again soon.
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https://medium.com/@asjogreen/a-walk-of-faith-toward-the-city-of-light-4447ea8f7b8
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['Alfonso Sjogreen']
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2021-12-12 14:30:52.534000+00:00
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['Faith', 'Church', 'Fatherhood', 'Christianity', 'Paris']
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Title Walk Faith toward City LightContent chilly December morning 10th arrondissement Paris met good friend pastor Emmanuel go “Manny” discus faith journey led native Sydney city light agreed meet Republique Coffee restaurant feel like you’ve entered coffee shop Los Angeles French toast we’re France suppose simply call “toast” — joke mine beginning interview caught latest listened lament solid hour tragic woe 33yearold grad student endures like amazing person pastor listened intently nodded empathized gave sound advice Finally began interview “We grew Sydney mother woman faith grandmother woman faith faith young age went church younger really believed big seed faith heart young age” integral part Hastings’s life Christianity largest religion Australia also home wellknown church Hillsong C3 Church Global though came Christian household point mother stopped attending church yet still much believed teenage year life took another direction didn’t entirely lose faith lose focus somehow happens many u led lifestyle partying thing like ultimately led drug abuse “The city amazing felt comfortable here…I felt like found style rhythm life” “It point wanted leave Sydney problem problem people around” chuckle recalling naivety youth always loved Paris reason search new life even left Sydney French capital 20 year old Aside always wanting move city light biological father never met also lived France arrived immediately felt home “The city amazing felt comfortable here…I felt like found style rhythm life” thankfully finally reconnected father feeling home seemed maybe enough soon found similar lifestyle Sydney season loneliness desperation somehow reminded faith upbringing could mean adult engaged various conversation even streamed YouTube clip sometimes sending “rabbit hole” positive way course visited established church Hillsong Paris long arriving home evening moment realization God’s omnipresence led hearttoheart moment directly “God you’re Jesus you’re want know I’m sorry way I’m living life” Upon felt physical presence home one hadn’t felt––and maybe longed for––in long time spurred heart share experience thengirlfriend wife Emily go “Em” ambivalent coming church visiting London course time encounter came believe Eventually moved back Sydney attended church’s bible college 3 year studying ministry theology time Em studying design got promising unpaid threemonth internship New York City Encouraging go Manny stayed behind work support internship later turned job opportunity allowed reunited begin new chapter life New York “I always saw someone would support ministry support pastors…I timid shy never thought could become pastor” Interestingly home church C3 process planting extension Brooklyn led two friend also Sydney Josh Georgie Kelsey Naturally began volunteering hosted dinner party small weekly gathering people connect around food often pray read word together Life seemed going well though newfound rhythm community believer steady income one world’s expensive city Paris kept tugging Manny’s heart feeling could never quite shake even moving New York Soon spotted name speaking schedule give short message around church’s tithe offering “I always saw someone would support ministry support pastors…I timid shy never thought could become pastor” proved positive encouragement put uncomfortable yet necessary position overcoming fear — allowed step outside used something thriving new city position Paris still heart 2016 brought Josh’s attention explaining possibility starting C3 branch Paris though admitted even ready lead endeavor humbly asked pastor help nurture desire felt God Josh’s response “great Noted Let’s let die now” Though surface sound harsh cutting complete opposite Manny used example Mary reflecting word spoken newborn son Jesus’s life read book Luke “It say scripture Mary pondered thing heart It’s keeping thing God it’s thing God won’t able stop let come surface” next day Manny got word family Sydney mother suffered severe brain aneurysm leaving comatose state season read story Lazarus gospel John Like many u belief miracle sign wonder God change thing instant time condition remained developed new understanding story Though physical resurrection illustration truth resurrecting nature Jesus hope resurrection every believer end life either way promise still stand seeing flew home upon returning found rostered next week preach full 30minute sermon took aback faithful new responsibility later given bigger one location pastor new Manhattan campus asked pastor Josh “One location pastor two think you’re making terrible mistake” laugh share story ultimately agreed saw church grow exponentially shortly “Pastoring never felt comfortable it’s always felt right” Three year later Manny Em’s surprise Josh Georgie Kelsey initiated plan launch global C3 location Paris one first without hesitation immediately thought Manny Em“They Paris heart Paris still heart It’s like God weaving beautiful tapestry life together” finally began make plan service event Paris short trip Paris started gather foster closeknit community believer would call C3NYC Paris home plan obviously unfortunately interrupted Covid19 pandemic add stress US visa expired could renewed embassy closed option either return native Australia move France citizenship well July Em moved France try begin community also handling pastoral duty back US Sometime later Manny felt strong impression read portion scripture specifically boat — book Jonah Jesus walking water sleeping boat others 10 week later brotherinlaw William Mainprize lost sea along 38 others capsizing ship coast Japan Though two people survived crew 43 ship never recovered forced return Australia 5 month organized medium campaign crowdfunded private searchandrescue 250000 raised avail “That really kicked u gut we’re still feeling ramification that” part wish God made impression clearer fact something directly William’s disappearance “But found comfort fact spirit prepared storm enter It’s made realize intuition aren’t random feel time following God life void pain” “The church beautiful diverse heaven beautiful diverse” Afterward Em returned Paris early 2021 middle confinement begin endeavor church planting Building church secular nation history tradition Catholicism interesting notion “I lot respect Catholic tradition France don’t want sort external cowboy pointing finger structures” Though church like C3 different expression worship church shame disregard what’s held important long C3 simply part story bringing Christ Paris “I come humbly also knowing maybe part society whose heart closed way faith expressed” outward expression may look different sake comfortability core message always Two language telling story “Jesus’s mission conformity character conformity expression church beautiful diverse heaven beautiful diverse praise God catholic church we’re brother sister it” Overall C3 calling preach gospel nation encourage people commit following Christ Last September wife Em gave birth little boy Oslo initially thought child would take much him––time energy require “But doesn’t take anything actually love give it’s indicative God us” Precious moment like watching Oslo fall asleep arm reminds love God nothing love u “Oslo doesn’t anyone perform anyway It’s micro example love God child Christ ultimately it’s u whether receive not” Paris Manny also special place come fatherhood “It’s met biological father encountered Heavenly father became father” Interestingly enough visited C3NYC back 2017 met Manny outside venue le 5 minute never saw like beautiful tapestry life Manny described five year later life brought u back together side world privilege calling pastor friend Catching Manny always joy brings refreshment mind soul look forward “toast” soonTags Faith Church Fatherhood Christianity Paris
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A love letter to Beirut, Paris and beyond from Sri Lanka
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We don’t choose which part of the world we are born into. It’s not a decision we get to make until we are years out of utero. And sometimes this decision may be already made for us; if you end up becoming a refugee and have to take an unsafe boat and be in the mercy of the hands of smugglers, because
But whatever the reason may be, humans like you and I are strong, we are courageous and we wait it out until enough is enough.
They (neuroscience research) say that humans are the only creatures who are able to empathize with other fellow humans because of the cognitive functions bestowed in our grey matter. We have evolved, or being made this way — which ever truth you believe in, to be able to feel the pain of another human’s struggle, to be able to rejoice in joy of another human’s triumph, and this is to me is truly what makes us human even when we are miles away from them and just watching events unfold through a TV screen or a twitter feed. Today was an excellent example of this cognitive phenomena. A massacre in Paris, a car bomb in Beirut, an earthquake in Japan, and countless other attacks where we humans have given into aggression (which is controlled by a very primitive part of the brain, and not one where higher cognitive functions such as analysis or thought processing and social responsibility take place) makes me wonder if we are turning the evolutionary clock backwards and becoming less human. But the good news is that the neuroscience is in our favour, we can be trained to be more peaceful, to be more compassionate, and to be kind. And this is what we need to prime on.
So let me tell you a story of this science in action. I was born in Sri Lanka, a country that has a written history dating back 2500 years. A country that has embraced the philosophy of Buddhism for millennia. It was known by Marco Polo centuries ago as “undoubtedly one of the finest islands of its size in the world” and by Sir Arthur C. Clarke who said that “The island of Ceylon (former name) is a small universe. It contains as many variations of culture, scenery, and climate as some countries a dozen its size.” So what could possibly go wrong on this paradise island, right? But after centuries of colonization by the Portuguese, Dutch and then the British (who undoubtedly added vibrance to the mosaic of culture and heritage we have in Sri Lanka today), also came the downside of colonialism and an era of “divide and conquer”. This political culture alongside numerous bad and questionable policy decisions on part of the existing leadership at the time and the state of civil dismal, led to a 30 year old civil war, which only ended when I turned 18.
So I was part of a generation that was born and raised during a war, and although I may not have lived on the frontline, the effects of this mass atrocity of three decades will forever be part of my childhood. Living in the cosmopolitan capital city of Colombo didn’t mean I was safe, so I know what it is like to go to school every day and not know if I would make it back home safe, or if my parents would get back in one piece from work. The common occurrence of suicide bombs (especially since those responsible invented the suicide vest itself) in urban areas made me grow up to have what I call a “bomb sound reflex”, which is why even today if I hear a loud bomb-like sound, my first instinct makes me question if it was a bomb.
The first time I witnessed the catastrophical effect of this type of bloodshed was when I was five and in kindergarten. My nanny and driver picked me up from a scene of a horror movie; what looked like to me at that time the largest traffic jam of cars and people filled in red blood stains on their clothes that I had seen. That day, my headmistress lost her husband in this bomb that blew up the Central Bank and the World Trade Centre in my capital city. So humans from America, I know what 9/11 must have been like for you; we had our World Trade Centre also torn apart. Many years and explosions later, when I was Prefect in senior school (the student leadership that in-charge of the discipline of the school, much like in Harry Potter), I had to deal with, what is to date was the most challenging leadership role I have had to ever encounter. As the country was in a very volatile position of ending the civil war through military means, so was the use of innocent civilians as human shields in the war zone and those out of the war zone as collateral damage. And therefore being given training on how to act during a bomb or explosion was something we were taught even as Prefects in school, and checking the bags of students as they entered school every morning for anything suspicious became a routine procedure. But much like fire alarms and drills, you always wish you never had to use what you learned on how to deal with it because you didn’t want it to ever happen. But one day it did, there was a loud explosion, a suicide attack targeting a high ranking official, and myself together with my fellow Prefects had to follow what we were taught, and more importantly keep my classmates calm and safe until the chaos ceased.
So I may not have been in Paris with you or in Beirut or in Baghdad or wherever else your dignity was shattered through fear, and you may not have had the training I was given on how to deal with such a situation, but if you came out of this experience stronger than you were before, I salute you. There comes a day when these type of conflicts see their natural demise or an intervention that does the same job, and until then you need to be hopeful but never hateful.
Sri Lanka is and will always be the beautiful island I grew up in, regardless of which ever part of the world I decide to ever reside in the future. And even when time and again, we occasionally have to deal the distress of people driving wedges among communities; may it be through a political agenda or otherwise, I will always voice my opinion on how we need to stick together as that stunning mosaic — as serendipity. Because our differences make us beautiful and our similarities make us one, and both in conjunction is an unstoppable formula for success in every facet of life and development. So if you’re a peacemaker, never give up on that role because the world needs more of you.
So myself, together with millions of others around the world who believe in peace over conflict, love over hate, and kindness above all are with you every step of the way as you put your life back together. Let me just tell you that it is in our biology to grow stronger and more resilient after every adversity, so as it is for a bone to grow back to be much stronger after a fracture. If you don’t trust me on that, just google how bone remodelling works, and you will get your answer.
So today and tomorrow and until our days are numbered as inhabitants of this planet we call home; a planet we are renting from nature and must thus not destroy, I hope you remember two songs, “We Are The World” (not just je suis paris but nous sommes le monde) and “We Are Family”. Because every life matters, whether it is reported in the media or not, or whether Facebook decides to have a “Marked Safe” feature for a specific catastrophe or not. Because if you cut any of us open, you will see the same red blood flowing through our veins — it’s biology. And don’t let society or anyone else tell you otherwise. I hope the results of the recent events don’t shut your doors to those who may not even have what you have, a home. I hope it only strengthens you to open your doors wider to create an army of kindness. Like the way countless Sri Lankans opened their doors to strangers and friends who were targeted because of race, ethnicity, political beliefs or as a result of any other human-made social construct.
Choose love. In war, choose love. In despair, choose love. When the good and bad becomes relative concepts and appear to be grey, choose love. When you don’t know whom to blame about the magnitude of atrocities around you, choose love.
This is my love letter to you, and I hope it will open your heart to transcend borders and reinvigorate what humanity is all about.
Ayubowan. Wannakkam. Assalamu alaikum. These are all just different ways we say, may peace be with you and good vibes all the way.
From where there’s sunshine 365 days (aka Sri Lanka),
Love only,
SJ
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https://medium.com/@sarahjameel/a-love-letter-to-beirut-paris-and-beyond-from-sri-lanka-629eb757bc7e
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['Sarah Jameel']
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2015-11-16 02:09:15.656000+00:00
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['Peace', 'Sri Lanka', 'Paris']
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Title love letter Beirut Paris beyond Sri LankaContent don’t choose part world born It’s decision get make year utero sometimes decision may already made u end becoming refugee take unsafe boat mercy hand smuggler whatever reason may human like strong courageous wait enough enough neuroscience research say human creature able empathize fellow human cognitive function bestowed grey matter evolved made way — ever truth believe able feel pain another human’s struggle able rejoice joy another human’s triumph truly make u human even mile away watching event unfold TV screen twitter feed Today excellent example cognitive phenomenon massacre Paris car bomb Beirut earthquake Japan countless attack human given aggression controlled primitive part brain one higher cognitive function analysis thought processing social responsibility take place make wonder turning evolutionary clock backwards becoming le human good news neuroscience favour trained peaceful compassionate kind need prime let tell story science action born Sri Lanka country written history dating back 2500 year country embraced philosophy Buddhism millennium known Marco Polo century ago “undoubtedly one finest island size world” Sir Arthur C Clarke said “The island Ceylon former name small universe contains many variation culture scenery climate country dozen size” could possibly go wrong paradise island right century colonization Portuguese Dutch British undoubtedly added vibrance mosaic culture heritage Sri Lanka today also came downside colonialism era “divide conquer” political culture alongside numerous bad questionable policy decision part existing leadership time state civil dismal led 30 year old civil war ended turned 18 part generation born raised war although may lived frontline effect mass atrocity three decade forever part childhood Living cosmopolitan capital city Colombo didn’t mean safe know like go school every day know would make back home safe parent would get back one piece work common occurrence suicide bomb especially since responsible invented suicide vest urban area made grow call “bomb sound reflex” even today hear loud bomblike sound first instinct make question bomb first time witnessed catastrophical effect type bloodshed five kindergarten nanny driver picked scene horror movie looked like time largest traffic jam car people filled red blood stain clothes seen day headmistress lost husband bomb blew Central Bank World Trade Centre capital city human America know 911 must like World Trade Centre also torn apart Many year explosion later Prefect senior school student leadership incharge discipline school much like Harry Potter deal date challenging leadership role ever encounter country volatile position ending civil war military mean use innocent civilian human shield war zone war zone collateral damage therefore given training act bomb explosion something taught even Prefects school checking bag student entered school every morning anything suspicious became routine procedure much like fire alarm drill always wish never use learned deal didn’t want ever happen one day loud explosion suicide attack targeting high ranking official together fellow Prefects follow taught importantly keep classmate calm safe chaos ceased may Paris Beirut Baghdad wherever else dignity shattered fear may training given deal situation came experience stronger salute come day type conflict see natural demise intervention job need hopeful never hateful Sri Lanka always beautiful island grew regardless ever part world decide ever reside future even time occasionally deal distress people driving wedge among community may political agenda otherwise always voice opinion need stick together stunning mosaic — serendipity difference make u beautiful similarity make u one conjunction unstoppable formula success every facet life development you’re peacemaker never give role world need together million others around world believe peace conflict love hate kindness every step way put life back together Let tell biology grow stronger resilient every adversity bone grow back much stronger fracture don’t trust google bone remodelling work get answer today tomorrow day numbered inhabitant planet call home planet renting nature must thus destroy hope remember two song “We World” je suis paris nous somme le monde “We Family” every life matter whether reported medium whether Facebook decides “Marked Safe” feature specific catastrophe cut u open see red blood flowing vein — it’s biology don’t let society anyone else tell otherwise hope result recent event don’t shut door may even home hope strengthens open door wider create army kindness Like way countless Sri Lankans opened door stranger friend targeted race ethnicity political belief result humanmade social construct Choose love war choose love despair choose love good bad becomes relative concept appear grey choose love don’t know blame magnitude atrocity around choose love love letter hope open heart transcend border reinvigorate humanity Ayubowan Wannakkam Assalamu alaikum different way say may peace good vibe way there’s sunshine 365 day aka Sri Lanka Love SJTags Peace Sri Lanka Paris
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Comparison is the thief of joy.
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When I write this I have 8 days of the 31 left in Paris. When talking to people they remind me that the end is near, that it’s almost over. I admit, in my head I do the same. What do I still want to do now that November 19th is approaching. Approaching fast.
I’m so stupid to do that. If I offer every one of you an 8 day trip to Paris you will all be extremely happy. Ok, most. But you get my point. 8 days out of 31 is the last third. But if I look at this as a 8 day trip to Paris it looks totally different. Same number of days. Same city.
A few years back I read the subtle art of not giving a fuck. The book has since moved from person to person around me. Currently my daughter is reading the book. I’m not going to spoil it, if you haven’t read it, but it’s about perspective.
We put way to many things in a wrong perspective. We compare them to bigger, brighter, taller, longer things. That way we don’t see how fantastic our current situation is.
As I do every week I work from different locations in Paris. This week I worked one day from La Défense. The glass and concrete part of Paris. One big shiny skyscraper next to the other. On my way there on Metro line 1 you have a Franklin D. Roosevelt station. I had to think about a quote of him :
“Comparison is the thief of joy!”
Easy for me to feel joy, I hear you think. You are in Paris. We are at home. True, I realize how privileged I am. Even if you are not currently living in Paris try to think of that one sentence once and a while. No matter how good your life is, there are always people who have it better.
Last week my wife and I walked past the place where hipsters and insta-loving tourists flock to. Café De Flore and Les deux Magots. Been there, done that, took the pictures and yes, me too, I posted them on my social media channels. It’s a fantastic place to see and be seen. When my wife and I walked past this time a big Mercedes stops in front of us. The driver gets out and opens the door for a couple, that gets out, skips the line outside of Les Deux Magots and just walks in. The man says to the driver : “ I’ll call you when we are done.”. Driver closes the doors behind them and drives of.
Mona Edulesco Painting
Two streets further we see that same Mercedes waiting. The driver is outside cleaning the already shiny black car. If I compare my wife and I walking around, biking around or taking the metro to move around the city with that couple, I could forget that I am in Paris. Enjoying life and love. That said I’m sure that there is a couple with a bigger Mercedes and a bigger Hermes handbag that even outdoes the duo we just saw.
Don’t. Just don’t. Count your blessing. See what you have. Don’t compare. So to everybody who says to me that the end is near (I’m also talking to myself here). I say : “ I have 8 days in Paris in front of me. Eight! Days! “. Nobody can be the thief of my joy, not even me. Especially me.
A la prochaine.
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https://medium.com/@tjorvend/comparison-is-the-thief-of-joy-581476cfd2cb
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['Tjorven Denorme']
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2021-11-12 09:00:53.980000+00:00
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['Perspective', 'Comparison', 'Paris']
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Title Comparison thief joyContent write 8 day 31 left Paris talking people remind end near it’s almost admit head still want November 19th approaching Approaching fast I’m stupid offer every one 8 day trip Paris extremely happy Ok get point 8 day 31 last third look 8 day trip Paris look totally different number day city year back read subtle art giving fuck book since moved person person around Currently daughter reading book I’m going spoil haven’t read it’s perspective put way many thing wrong perspective compare bigger brighter taller longer thing way don’t see fantastic current situation every week work different location Paris week worked one day La Défense glass concrete part Paris One big shiny skyscraper next way Metro line 1 Franklin Roosevelt station think quote “Comparison thief joy” Easy feel joy hear think Paris home True realize privileged Even currently living Paris try think one sentence matter good life always people better Last week wife walked past place hipster instaloving tourist flock Café De Flore Les deux Magots done took picture yes posted social medium channel It’s fantastic place see seen wife walked past time big Mercedes stop front u driver get open door couple get skip line outside Les Deux Magots walk man say driver “ I’ll call done” Driver close door behind drive Mona Edulesco Painting Two street see Mercedes waiting driver outside cleaning already shiny black car compare wife walking around biking around taking metro move around city couple could forget Paris Enjoying life love said I’m sure couple bigger Mercedes bigger Hermes handbag even outdoes duo saw Don’t don’t Count blessing See Don’t compare everybody say end near I’m also talking say “ 8 day Paris front Eight Days “ Nobody thief joy even Especially la prochaineTags Perspective Comparison Paris
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Autumn in Paris. Day 3: Jim Morrison’s Fences, the Arc de Triomphe, and Fleetwood Mac
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I went to bed again, quite late, but I managed, surprisingly, to wake up at about eight-thirty. The alarm on Johnny’s phone woke me up. He wakes up with Rock FM as an alarm. I finished writing for the blog, but I still had to upload pictures, and with the internet here, it can take an eternity. After I got out of the shower, I found out that we also had breakfast, consisting of butter (Johnny caught an old one), jam, cereal with milk, toast, and orange juice. It wasn’t ten when I left the hotel.
Pere Lachaise
Since I was a few months old, my brothers made me listen to music. I wasn’t aware of what was happening, but I was best asleep, they say, with The Doors, which became my favorite band. It has remained that way until now, although I have somewhat given up on Morrison’s beliefs. However, the tomb of Jim Morrison at Pere Lachaise was at the top of the places I wanted to see. I called my sister L. to share her emotions, who kept urging me to convey all the best to Eliade (who is buried in Chicago), Emil Cioran, Eugen Ionescu, and Constantin Brâncuși. The last three, whom I thought I was sleeping in Pere Lachaise forever, are buried in Montparnasse Cemetery, which I don’t think I’ll get to. At Montparnasse, which is a competition with Pere Lachaise, there are also the deceased Serge Gainsbourg, Philippe Noiret, Andre Citroen, Jean-Paul Sartre, Emile Durkheim, Sam Beckett, and other famous people of Romanian origin such as Tristan Tzara and Brassai, real name Gyula Halasz, born in Brașov in 1899. Perla Șezi is, however, full of celebrities on whatever alley you go. I entered from the subway station of the same name to the cemetery. The first to be seen was George Melies, the father of the art of cinema, to whom I have a passion for films. The place is quite hidden but fantastic for a director who chose to live the second part of his life in a quasi-anonymity. On its stone was a piece of film and on top of it two stones. It was pretty challenging to keep up with the view of this cemetery, where I did not feel suffocated or uncomfortable.
Not all famous Romanians are burried at Montparnasse. Martha Bibescu lies here, along with Anna, the Countess of Noailles, Nicolae Penescu, Alexandru Vona, George Enescu and Elvira Popescu. We only managed to see the graves of the last two.
In order not to prolong the work with people who are lower than the hat I lower for them, I also looked for Mr. and Mrs. Balzac, Oscar Wilde (who has a fancy grave), Frank Alamo, Eugene Delacroix, Georges Bizet, Bugatti (who only has his name written on a stone and that’s it), Edith Piaf and others.
Jim Morrison, Chopin, and Petruciani
I saved what I wanted for the end. Morrison’s grave can be found relatively quickly and not necessarily out of geographical ease, but because there are at least 20 people around it at all times. I haven’t seen that anywhere in Pere Lachaise. Besides, it’s the only eternal place you can’t reach, and you can see from a distance of ten meters. The tomb was crowded for a long time by fanatics who snatched pieces of the tombstone, so those in charge decided to fence it. They sing, drink wine and beer, smoke, and stick chewing gum on circular wooden boards surrounding a tree. As an epitaph, there is a text written by Morrison’s father with whom he did not have a happy relationship. Kata ton Daimona Eaytoy, from ancient Greek, means Against the devil himself. At the same time, this name is also found in the title of an album by the Greek extreme metal band Rotting Christ.
I did something after this episode that I had been waiting for a long time. That it is incredible to be able to leave something remarkable behind when you immerse yourself in the Pere Lachaise of your eternity. Morrison has succeeded, although his lyrical exacerbation often leaves me cold, now, at 31 springs this fall. Although the other giants descended from here to Heaven are superior to King Lizard, pop culture will come out triumphant every time.
I left with “My wild love went riding” from The Doors in my mind and the vocal cords to the graves of Chopin and Petrucciani.
We left the immortals to eat something. We looked for a more decent terrace, enjoyed some excellent pasta, and then made our way to the Parc des Princes. The gust was already relatively healthy, and we were given directions to the tickets. We couldn’t find anything available. The match was to be played behind closed doors. Despite the Romanian’s departure from us, we still didn’t succeed. Johnny kept urging me to pay attention to the older men, which I did. “150 euros, each ticket”. Yes, but leave me with these prices! Etoile Rouge Belgrade will not be the equivalent of Arsenal Cincu, but neither is Barcelona, with all due regard for their glorious past. We wasted more time near the stadium, criticized everyone who had a ticket, then headed to the Arc de Triomphe.
I annoyed a lady.
We enjoyed the grandeur of the Arc de Triomphe, which we caught surrounded by wonderful sunset light. There were quite a few people around, under the Arch, because they were waiting to climb on it. There were even more upstairs, I think. We descended slightly on their Kisselef, which is called the Champs Elysees. I took some more pictures of the street, in the middle of the pedestrian crossing, which has a kind of island with a traffic light pole. When I take an artistic picture, one comes by bike and swears at me because it ruined my whole vacation. I was to blame for her regularly cycling. I took a deep breath and walked on with difficulty. There is not much to say about the Champs Elysees. Opulence, many terraces, high prices at most restaurants, and a lot of people. Johnny was so hungry that we got stuck in a Burger King, where we each fought a cheeseburger. Then I went to the Latin Quarter because that’s where life is more lively.
The Latin Quarter hits you right away. This is precisely what every significant capital or city in the world has. Shops, fast food, and many pubs. In one of them, we stopped to watch the Napoli-Liverpool match. Because I forgot my cigarettes at the hotel, I had to look for a tobacconist, a commercial item that is still fashionable all over Europe. I found a place out of this and stood in line. An interesting thing here is that at every tobacconist or brasserie, there are lotteries. When I entered, Johnny Cash could be heard. Next to the counter was a gentleman in his 50s, whom I let buy before me. It was slightly fragrant from so many lotteries, probably because it gave me an ugly look. There was a couple in the back. The man asks if he has to listen to Johnny Cash all night because he buys a lottery that says cash. If he had had Tokyo Hotel, I think he would have gotten into a fight.
Johnny had stayed at the pub waiting for me. We got to the game, ordered some fancy beers, and the universe started to mess up. Since the beginning of this year, I have acquired an obsession for Fleetwood Mac in the formula with Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. Especially for the song “The Chain.” We were delighted because it was fixed. I sat, talked, drank, and then asked for the note. When I get up, The Chain comes in again. If you know someone with a fly on your hat, please ask them to calm down. I thought we were being watched all this time: in front of the hotel window, there is a car with Brăila numbers.
We left the Latin behind and headed for the hotel.
About 25 subway stations we had to travel again to the accommodation. The journey by Parisian subway is always the same, the stations are close, and the people are different. You can create stories if you look into everyone’s eyes. So did I with a girl in front of me, who I think fell in love with me when she saw how beautiful I yawned. Obviously, with his hand to his mouth. He was with another guy. They both seemed clumsy in showing their love for each other. They went down with us to Saint-Denis Basilique, and we could feel their footsteps as they followed in our footsteps. We slowed down a bit because a thief was running next to the subway station again, these two of us. When we turned left, he asked us if we were still going to F1, I told him, yes and his face lit up. He told us how frightened he was that someone had followed him when they arrived to stay. They were Italians, or, well, he was Italian. I put Johnny on the slice, who said arrogantly that he was talking a little. They rushed to the hotel to look at them like tennis. She, like me, didn’t say anything all the way; she just laughed as she moved on to whatever we said. If I told her in Swahili that I was hungry, she would grind the beans. The two are newlyweds and were very pleased with this hotel. I think so; you don’t always stay in something like that.
That’s about it for today.
Au revoir.
This is the English version of a post from my blog, Papucicutimbre. The original version is here .
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https://medium.com/@vlad.t.copilu/autumn-in-paris-day-3-jim-morrisons-fences-the-arc-de-triomphe-and-fleetwood-mac-ede71c42be1f
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['Vlad Copilu']
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2021-11-12 15:10:06.801000+00:00
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['Travel', 'Paris']
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Title Autumn Paris Day 3 Jim Morrison’s Fences Arc de Triomphe Fleetwood MacContent went bed quite late managed surprisingly wake eightthirty alarm Johnny’s phone woke wake Rock FM alarm finished writing blog still upload picture internet take eternity got shower found also breakfast consisting butter Johnny caught old one jam cereal milk toast orange juice wasn’t ten left hotel Pere Lachaise Since month old brother made listen music wasn’t aware happening best asleep say Doors became favorite band remained way although somewhat given Morrison’s belief However tomb Jim Morrison Pere Lachaise top place wanted see called sister L share emotion kept urging convey best Eliade buried Chicago Emil Cioran Eugen Ionescu Constantin Brâncuși last three thought sleeping Pere Lachaise forever buried Montparnasse Cemetery don’t think I’ll get Montparnasse competition Pere Lachaise also deceased Serge Gainsbourg Philippe Noiret Andre Citroen JeanPaul Sartre Emile Durkheim Sam Beckett famous people Romanian origin Tristan Tzara Brassai real name Gyula Halasz born Brașov 1899 Perla Șezi however full celebrity whatever alley go entered subway station name cemetery first seen George Melies father art cinema passion film place quite hidden fantastic director chose live second part life quasianonymity stone piece film top two stone pretty challenging keep view cemetery feel suffocated uncomfortable famous Romanians burried Montparnasse Martha Bibescu lie along Anna Countess Noailles Nicolae Penescu Alexandru Vona George Enescu Elvira Popescu managed see graf last two order prolong work people lower hat lower also looked Mr Mrs Balzac Oscar Wilde fancy grave Frank Alamo Eugene Delacroix Georges Bizet Bugatti name written stone that’s Edith Piaf others Jim Morrison Chopin Petruciani saved wanted end Morrison’s grave found relatively quickly necessarily geographical ease least 20 people around time haven’t seen anywhere Pere Lachaise Besides it’s eternal place can’t reach see distance ten meter tomb crowded long time fanatic snatched piece tombstone charge decided fence sing drink wine beer smoke stick chewing gum circular wooden board surrounding tree epitaph text written Morrison’s father happy relationship Kata ton Daimona Eaytoy ancient Greek mean devil time name also found title album Greek extreme metal band Rotting Christ something episode waiting long time incredible able leave something remarkable behind immerse Pere Lachaise eternity Morrison succeeded although lyrical exacerbation often leaf cold 31 spring fall Although giant descended Heaven superior King Lizard pop culture come triumphant every time left “My wild love went riding” Doors mind vocal cord graf Chopin Petrucciani left immortal eat something looked decent terrace enjoyed excellent pasta made way Parc de Princes gust already relatively healthy given direction ticket couldn’t find anything available match played behind closed door Despite Romanian’s departure u still didn’t succeed Johnny kept urging pay attention older men “150 euro ticket” Yes leave price Etoile Rouge Belgrade equivalent Arsenal Cincu neither Barcelona due regard glorious past wasted time near stadium criticized everyone ticket headed Arc de Triomphe annoyed lady enjoyed grandeur Arc de Triomphe caught surrounded wonderful sunset light quite people around Arch waiting climb even upstairs think descended slightly Kisselef called Champs Elysees took picture street middle pedestrian crossing kind island traffic light pole take artistic picture one come bike swears ruined whole vacation blame regularly cycling took deep breath walked difficulty much say Champs Elysees Opulence many terrace high price restaurant lot people Johnny hungry got stuck Burger King fought cheeseburger went Latin Quarter that’s life lively Latin Quarter hit right away precisely every significant capital city world Shops fast food many pub one stopped watch NapoliLiverpool match forgot cigarette hotel look tobacconist commercial item still fashionable Europe found place stood line interesting thing every tobacconist brasserie lottery entered Johnny Cash could heard Next counter gentleman 50 let buy slightly fragrant many lottery probably gave ugly look couple back man asks listen Johnny Cash night buy lottery say cash Tokyo Hotel think would gotten fight Johnny stayed pub waiting got game ordered fancy beer universe started mess Since beginning year acquired obsession Fleetwood Mac formula Lindsey Buckingham Stevie Nicks Especially song “The Chain” delighted fixed sat talked drank asked note get Chain come know someone fly hat please ask calm thought watched time front hotel window car Brăila number left Latin behind headed hotel 25 subway station travel accommodation journey Parisian subway always station close people different create story look everyone’s eye girl front think fell love saw beautiful yawned Obviously hand mouth another guy seemed clumsy showing love went u SaintDenis Basilique could feel footstep followed footstep slowed bit thief running next subway station two u turned left asked u still going F1 told yes face lit told u frightened someone followed arrived stay Italians well Italian put Johnny slice said arrogantly talking little rushed hotel look like tennis like didn’t say anything way laughed moved whatever said told Swahili hungry would grind bean two newlywed pleased hotel think don’t always stay something like That’s today Au revoir English version post blog Papucicutimbre original version Tags Travel Paris
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Six Million Skulls / Paris Catacombs
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One of the scariest places in the world.
It is estimated that the bones of more than 6 million people are in the catacombs. As such, the Paris Catacombs, also known as the Catacombs, are considered the largest underground cemetery in the world.
The Paris Catacombs have a tunnel network of 250 kilometers. Only 2 kilometers of these tombs are open to visitors. Visitors go down 20 meters to enter the tunnel and can tour an area of 2 kilometers.
When visiting the catacombs, at the sign above ‘Arrête! C’est ici l’empire de la Mort’ (“Stop! This is the Empire of Death”) you can see the text.
Photo by Liam McGarry on Unsplash
The Catacombs were an irregular storehouse of bones in their early years, but from 1810 Louis-Étienne Héricart de Thury, director of the Paris Mines Inspection Service, commissioned renovations that would turn the caves into a visitable mausoleum. In addition to directing the stacking of skulls and femurs in patterns seen in catacombs, he used the cemetery decorations he could find today.
Because the catacombs are directly under the streets of Paris, large foundations cannot be built on top of them, and caves have destroyed buildings. Therefore, there are few tall buildings in this area.
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https://medium.com/@borazozer/six-million-skulls-paris-catacombs-d52c47631a8f
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['Bora Özer']
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2021-12-25 23:13:33.023000+00:00
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['Catacombs', 'Paris', 'Paris Catacombs']
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Title Six Million Skulls Paris CatacombsContent One scariest place world estimated bone 6 million people catacomb Paris Catacombs also known Catacombs considered largest underground cemetery world Paris Catacombs tunnel network 250 kilometer 2 kilometer tomb open visitor Visitors go 20 meter enter tunnel tour area 2 kilometer visiting catacomb sign ‘Arrête C’est ici l’empire de la Mort’ “Stop Empire Death” see text Photo Liam McGarry Unsplash Catacombs irregular storehouse bone early year 1810 LouisÉtienne Héricart de Thury director Paris Mines Inspection Service commissioned renovation would turn cave visitable mausoleum addition directing stacking skull femur pattern seen catacomb used cemetery decoration could find today catacomb directly street Paris large foundation cannot built top cave destroyed building Therefore tall building areaTags Catacombs Paris Paris Catacombs
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Becoming Parisienne
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I was walking down the hill along rue des Martyrs the other day when a French man asked me for directions. He spoke quickly so I couldn’t understand what he was asking. I was late meeting a new friend for coffee across the river on the Left Bank so instead of asking him to repeat himself, I shrugged my shoulders and replied, “Je’n sais pas, désolé.” I don’t know, sorry. I scurried along with a smile, pleased that he must have thought I was a Parisienne who knew her way around the city.
After the coffee date, I walked around the Left Bank and other streets near where I’d lived near the Musée d’Orsay before moving to Montmartre a month ago. I’d walked through the Tuileries or across the Pont des Arts almost every day when I lived across the river. Nowadays, I rarely come down the hill much less cross the river. Like city denizens everywhere, Parisians tend to stick to their neighborhoods and have strong opinions about which neighborhood is the best. Each is completely different from the other and I love them all. Nothing beats the awe I feel of walking along the Seine and around central Paris, though, and seeing the grand structures that represent the romantic’s idea of this city.
The next evening, I was walking back up the rue des Martyrs when a tourist couple speaking French with an accent I could not discern asked me which way to the Moulin Rouges. I pointed down the hill and explained that they should turn right at the light. Even tourists thought I looked Parisian!
I have been observing Parisians for nearly three months and have adopted many of the superficial indicators of Parisian-ness. The first stage in my transformation was to ask for French-girl fringe, or bangs as we Americans say, at the hair salon. The stylist studied my face and asked, “Have you ever had la frange?” I’d worn short bangs as a child, but never as an adult. He consulted with the guy who’d touched up my roots to make sure the bangs would work and then started snipping.
The second stage of my transformation has been to walk with determination and never cede the sidewalk. For the first two months, I would politely step aside on the narrow sidewalks, squeezing myself against a building or stepping into the street. Parisians never give way. After a while, I began walking as if no one else shared the sidewalk.
The third stage of my transformation has been to dress like a Parisienne. Mixing one expensive item with less expensive clothes like plain jeans, layering with a trench coat that can be plain or a statement piece, tucking a cashmere sweater into the front of billowy patterned pants, fashionable comfy sneakers.
Despite the reputation Paris has for being a fashion capital and the center of haute couture, Parisiennes do not dress in trendy styles. Americans are more likely to dress in ways that express their personal style, whereas Parisiennes dress to look Parisienne. That’s why multiple books have been written about how to dress like a Parisian but I can’t think of one book on how to dress like an American.
Paris is also known for its haute cuisine and yet, French people do not frequent Michelin star restaurants. In this way I have been a little less French. As soon as I arrived, I subscribed to numerous newsletters sharing the hottest and best restaurants in the city and have been methodically trying each one, usually at lunch when it’s less busy and a little less expensive.
French people eat at their favorite little corner café or restaurant. I will sorely miss being able to sit at my corner café with a glass of wine and chatting for as long as I want. In the states, I am made to feel guilty if I don’t promise to order food and then I am chased out after I have finished eating the obligatory snack that I didn’t even want in the first place.
Some friends were in town from DC a couple weeks ago and staying at a hotel in the 15th arrondissement, a residential area near the Eiffel Tower. I found a neighborhood restaurant in the style of the bouillon, a traditional, spacious restaurant that usually serves traditional French cuisine quickly and at affordable prices. This particular rendition of the bouillon had turned bougie and was more expensive than the traditional ones I had visited in other parts of Paris, but the space was large and beautiful and the menu offered classic fare.
I leave Paris on Thursday. My transformation is not complete, though, so I reckon I’ll have to return in the spring when the visa rules allow it.
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https://artisfear.com/becoming-parisienne-f9c56757a421
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['Philippa Hughes']
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2021-10-31 13:03:40.079000+00:00
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['Travel', 'Identity', 'American', 'Travel Writing', 'Paris']
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Title Becoming ParisienneContent walking hill along rue de Martyrs day French man asked direction spoke quickly couldn’t understand asking late meeting new friend coffee across river Left Bank instead asking repeat shrugged shoulder replied “Je’n sais pa désolé” don’t know sorry scurried along smile pleased must thought Parisienne knew way around city coffee date walked around Left Bank street near I’d lived near Musée d’Orsay moving Montmartre month ago I’d walked Tuileries across Pont de Arts almost every day lived across river Nowadays rarely come hill much le cross river Like city denizen everywhere Parisians tend stick neighborhood strong opinion neighborhood best completely different love Nothing beat awe feel walking along Seine around central Paris though seeing grand structure represent romantic’s idea city next evening walking back rue de Martyrs tourist couple speaking French accent could discern asked way Moulin Rouges pointed hill explained turn right light Even tourist thought looked Parisian observing Parisians nearly three month adopted many superficial indicator Parisianness first stage transformation ask Frenchgirl fringe bang Americans say hair salon stylist studied face asked “Have ever la frange” I’d worn short bang child never adult consulted guy who’d touched root make sure bang would work started snipping second stage transformation walk determination never cede sidewalk first two month would politely step aside narrow sidewalk squeezing building stepping street Parisians never give way began walking one else shared sidewalk third stage transformation dress like Parisienne Mixing one expensive item le expensive clothes like plain jean layering trench coat plain statement piece tucking cashmere sweater front billowy patterned pant fashionable comfy sneaker Despite reputation Paris fashion capital center haute couture Parisiennes dress trendy style Americans likely dress way express personal style whereas Parisiennes dress look Parisienne That’s multiple book written dress like Parisian can’t think one book dress like American Paris also known haute cuisine yet French people frequent Michelin star restaurant way little le French soon arrived subscribed numerous newsletter sharing hottest best restaurant city methodically trying one usually lunch it’s le busy little le expensive French people eat favorite little corner café restaurant sorely miss able sit corner café glass wine chatting long want state made feel guilty don’t promise order food chased finished eating obligatory snack didn’t even want first place friend town DC couple week ago staying hotel 15th arrondissement residential area near Eiffel Tower found neighborhood restaurant style bouillon traditional spacious restaurant usually serf traditional French cuisine quickly affordable price particular rendition bouillon turned bougie expensive traditional one visited part Paris space large beautiful menu offered classic fare leave Paris Thursday transformation complete though reckon I’ll return spring visa rule allow itTags Travel Identity American Travel Writing Paris
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Colluding With The Codes of Pornography
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In February 2013 I left the cafe I’d been working at since leaving school, and went to Paris, with no real plan other than to be in Paris. The stories I loved told me that was the first and most important step, so I didn’t worry about the ones to follow.
I stayed with a friend in an ambitiously converted studio, totalling about 4 square metres, replete with makeshift mezzanines and a showerhead over a toilet. These features were testament to the high price of space in the city. Every flat we found ourselves in, save one rented by a Canadian with dubious motives, was replete with fold-out appliances, cantilevered beds and tiny sets of tables and chairs.
The time of year meant it was seriously cold and unusually quiet. Paris’s museums, galleries and grand houses provided a welcome reprieve from crouching in windowless apartments, and freezing in the cold streets.
People talk about queueing for the Louvre, but I never did. Being ‘under 26’ and visiting during what must have been the quietest weeks of the year for tourism, I could stroll straight into the city’s vast array of cultural venues. Naturally, I had hoped that going to Paris without a return ticket would be the beginning of an adventure — perhaps leading to a kibbutz in Israel or at least a tumultuous affair. Instead, all I really did was go to a lot of exhibitions.
One particular expo had a lasting impact on me: the first retrospective of the artist Linder Sterling. In the years following this show, her profile has risen considerably, with the acquisition of at least two works by the Tate Galleries, a high-profile commission by TFL, and significant artist residencies with Tate St Ives and Chatsworth House. But she was unknown to me (and to many) when I ventured round the exhibition titled Femme/Objet, before promptly going round a second time.
I’d turned up at the Musee d’art Moderne without checking the listings, and took a punt on an exhibition poster, featuring a glossy made-up woman, squinting out beneath the giant fuchsia lips and flowers that had been superimposed on top.
Pretentious and full of new-found feminism, I was a bit dubious about what this poster seemed to promise. In short, it looked a bit like an image you could find on an ASOS t-shirt, with diamontes spelling REBEL GIRL.
Obviously, I got over myself and went in, because despite this niggling dubiousness, something about the exhibition electrified me. And it is due to this experience that I ended up writing my undergraduate dissertation on the artist, and following her career in the successive years.
Detail of She/She (1981), printed 2007 Image rights: Tate © Linder
Linder is principally known for her photomontages (or collages). She takes printed material, generally magazines from the late 20th and very early 21st century, and overlays new elements to make works that are at turns humorous, grotesque and erotic. The source material for these pieces tends to be a combination of pornographic magazines and ‘women’s’ magazines, which means they are rarely larger than 30cm x 20cm.
Displaying works of this size in a frame on a wall has one kind of effect, and it can be powerful (sometimes you can see two of her works displayed thusly in the Tate Galleries). But for Femme/Objet, these small compositions of printed material had been digitised and blown up in great rectangular lightboxes. The lightboxes measured approximately 70cm by 1 meter and were positioned in the middle of the gallery space as well as the perimeter. The work was afforded a generous number of rooms, along with purpose-built temporary alcoves, some of which were flushed a feminine pink; some of which were almost entirely blacked out.
In one of these cordoned off spaces, you could view a recording of Linder’s performance at the Hacienda with her band Ludus, in which she rips off a skirt made from discarded butcher’s meat to expose a large black strap-on dildo, and proceeds to scream and girate for the crowd.
Still taken from a recording of Ludus’s performance at the Hacienda
This singular performance is another version of Linder’s approach to collage: combining material from two disparate spheres, keeping the fissure between the two visible, and forcing erotic items, normally concealed, into spaces they weren’t intended for.
The Musee d’art Moderne describes Linder’s work as ‘unrelentingly feminist.’ For Paul Bailey it is ‘uncompromisingly political.’ While Tate has summed Linder up as a ‘radical feminist.’ Pornography, and sex work more broadly, has divided feminists for decades. But what these statements infer is that Linder’s work is unequivocally ‘anti-pornography.’
And if we were in any doubt, Linder herself assures us that:
‘Pornography had its own debased codes, and my intention was to understand them. Not to ‘borrow’ them and never to collude with them.’
The more I’ve returned to Linder’s work, the more this has irked me. Firstly, because it plants her work firmly on the side of anti-porn feminism, foreclosing the conversations I think it opens up. And secondly because it is so patently untrue! If Linder’s work has depth or power, it comes from the source material that has preoccupied her for so many decades.
Whoever designed the layout for Femme-Object seems to have understood this. The dimly lit gallery, neon lightboxes and secluded areas to view Ludus’s explicit performance at the Hacienda are all reminiscent of sex shops and fetish clubs: neon lit walls and fleshy pink chambers, half obscured by thin curtains like a boutique brothel.
Photograph of Femme/Objet
At the time I thought I’d found the exhibition engrossing because I had it to myself, and was encountering work that was loudly and unequivocally critical of objectification. Now, I wonder if the reason I got a buzz off going about the exhibition was principally because I was in this setting, surrounded by visual stimuli designed to turn people on.
Some have called this dynamic ‘sweetening the pill’ — where artists overlay discreet didactic messages with easy-to-digest entertainment. But I don’t think that’s what’s going on here. The pornography isn’t coating and it hasn’t been anesthetized either.
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https://medium.com/@hanniganlily/colluding-with-the-codes-of-pornography-8094e260652c
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['Lily Hannigan']
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2021-12-06 10:22:46.026000+00:00
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['Pornography', 'Art History', 'Feminism', 'Paris', 'Art']
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Title Colluding Codes PornographyContent February 2013 left cafe I’d working since leaving school went Paris real plan Paris story loved told first important step didn’t worry one follow stayed friend ambitiously converted studio totalling 4 square metre replete makeshift mezzanine showerhead toilet feature testament high price space city Every flat found save one rented Canadian dubious motif replete foldout appliance cantilevered bed tiny set table chair time year meant seriously cold unusually quiet Paris’s museum gallery grand house provided welcome reprieve crouching windowless apartment freezing cold street People talk queueing Louvre never ‘under 26’ visiting must quietest week year tourism could stroll straight city’s vast array cultural venue Naturally hoped going Paris without return ticket would beginning adventure — perhaps leading kibbutz Israel least tumultuous affair Instead really go lot exhibition One particular expo lasting impact first retrospective artist Linder Sterling year following show profile risen considerably acquisition least two work Tate Galleries highprofile commission TFL significant artist residency Tate St Ives Chatsworth House unknown many ventured round exhibition titled FemmeObjet promptly going round second time I’d turned Musee d’art Moderne without checking listing took punt exhibition poster featuring glossy madeup woman squinting beneath giant fuchsia lip flower superimposed top Pretentious full newfound feminism bit dubious poster seemed promise short looked bit like image could find ASOS tshirt diamontes spelling REBEL GIRL Obviously got went despite niggling dubiousness something exhibition electrified due experience ended writing undergraduate dissertation artist following career successive year Detail SheShe 1981 printed 2007 Image right Tate © Linder Linder principally known photomontage collage take printed material generally magazine late 20th early 21st century overlay new element make work turn humorous grotesque erotic source material piece tends combination pornographic magazine ‘women’s’ magazine mean rarely larger 30cm x 20cm Displaying work size frame wall one kind effect powerful sometimes see two work displayed thusly Tate Galleries FemmeObjet small composition printed material digitised blown great rectangular lightboxes lightboxes measured approximately 70cm 1 meter positioned middle gallery space well perimeter work afforded generous number room along purposebuilt temporary alcove flushed feminine pink almost entirely blacked one cordoned space could view recording Linder’s performance Hacienda band Ludus rip skirt made discarded butcher’s meat expose large black strapon dildo proceeds scream girate crowd Still taken recording Ludus’s performance Hacienda singular performance another version Linder’s approach collage combining material two disparate sphere keeping fissure two visible forcing erotic item normally concealed space weren’t intended Musee d’art Moderne describes Linder’s work ‘unrelentingly feminist’ Paul Bailey ‘uncompromisingly political’ Tate summed Linder ‘radical feminist’ Pornography sex work broadly divided feminist decade statement infer Linder’s work unequivocally ‘antipornography’ doubt Linder assures u ‘Pornography debased code intention understand ‘borrow’ never collude them’ I’ve returned Linder’s work irked Firstly plant work firmly side antiporn feminism foreclosing conversation think open secondly patently untrue Linder’s work depth power come source material preoccupied many decade Whoever designed layout FemmeObject seems understood dimly lit gallery neon lightboxes secluded area view Ludus’s explicit performance Hacienda reminiscent sex shop fetish club neon lit wall fleshy pink chamber half obscured thin curtain like boutique brothel Photograph FemmeObjet time thought I’d found exhibition engrossing encountering work loudly unequivocally critical objectification wonder reason got buzz going exhibition principally setting surrounded visual stimulus designed turn people called dynamic ‘sweetening pill’ — artist overlay discreet didactic message easytodigest entertainment don’t think that’s what’s going pornography isn’t coating hasn’t anesthetized eitherTags Pornography Art History Feminism Paris Art
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Why should companies focus on digital marketing on Google and on search engine optimization (SEO)?
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There are many reasons, but the main reason is that optimized digital marketing and SEO opens doors for new target groups, increased order flow, increased competitiveness, new customer base and more.
LET’S SAY HYPOTHETICALLY THAT YOU RUN A CARPENTRY COMPANY IN LONDON THAT MANUFACTURES TRUSSES.
A couple from Paris are moving to London and will build a new 1.5 storey house. The material they buy themselves in combination with the fact that their relatives who are carpenters are responsible for the construction.
Because the couple from Paris do not have any local roots regarding truss manufacturers in London, they go out on the internet / Google and Google “truss manufacturers London”.
At the top of Google, they find a company that gives a serious impression. This will be the company that gets the honor of selling trusses to the couple from Paris. The company thus receives an income related to the internet / Google because their web content with associated position on Google matched the Paris couple’s Google search.
In summary, it can be stated that it is important to be seen on the right keywords on Google based on what kind of industry / business is conducted.
Tips on keywords that are easy to rank with on Google can be found in the Market Application. In total, there are 14 different categories, keywords with geomatching, keywords that are classified based on demand / competition for the keyword / search phrase, keywords / search phrase and price parameters.
Log in to Market Application once a week and look for new easy-to-rank keywords that match your niche / industry.
Do not rely solely on your established customer base. Think new and out of the box when marketing online!
CREATE UNIQUE WEB CONTENT ON YOUR WEBSITE WHERE THE MOST IMPORTANT KEYWORDS FOR YOUR INDUSTRY / BUSINESS ARE INCLUDED.
UPDATE YOUR WEBSITE REGULARLY WITH NEW UNIQUE CONTENT TO MAINTAIN / STRENGTHEN THE WEBSITE’S POSITION ON GOOGLE.
A KEYWORD / SEARCH PHRASE CAN GENERATE A LOT OF MONEY / YEAR. UPDATE YOUR COMPANY’S WEBSITE REGULARLY. LEARN MORE.
Digital users and search engine optimizers point out that the most important thing is “action”. Ie to start creating high quality web content that is bigger and better than the competition!
What keywords / phrase phrases are associated with your business and what position on Google does your business have when searching for the objective keywords / phrase phrases?
A really good Tuesday.
At the keyboard //
Karl-Johan Gyllenstorm
About the author
Karl-Johan Gyllenstorm is certified in digital marketing by Google Digital Academy. He has more than 10 years of practical experience with SEO and digital marketing. Karl-Johan is developer to Marknadsandels Applikationen. He blogs regularly about SEO and Digital marketing, and his articles can be found on Wordpress, Medium, Blogger, Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook. Connect with Karl-Johan on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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https://medium.com/@marknadsandelar/why-should-companies-focus-on-digital-marketing-on-google-and-on-search-engine-optimization-seo-5c8018351835
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['Karl-Johan Gyllenstorm']
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2021-12-15 18:18:09.507000+00:00
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['Marketing', 'Business', 'London', 'Paris', 'Carpentry']
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Title company focus digital marketing Google search engine optimization SEOContent many reason main reason optimized digital marketing SEO open door new target group increased order flow increased competitiveness new customer base LET’S SAY HYPOTHETICALLY RUN CARPENTRY COMPANY LONDON MANUFACTURES TRUSSES couple Paris moving London build new 15 storey house material buy combination fact relative carpenter responsible construction couple Paris local root regarding truss manufacturer London go internet Google Google “truss manufacturer London” top Google find company give serious impression company get honor selling truss couple Paris company thus receives income related internet Google web content associated position Google matched Paris couple’s Google search summary stated important seen right keywords Google based kind industry business conducted Tips keywords easy rank Google found Market Application total 14 different category keywords geomatching keywords classified based demand competition keyword search phrase keywords search phrase price parameter Log Market Application week look new easytorank keywords match niche industry rely solely established customer base Think new box marketing online CREATE UNIQUE WEB CONTENT WEBSITE IMPORTANT KEYWORDS INDUSTRY BUSINESS INCLUDED UPDATE WEBSITE REGULARLY NEW UNIQUE CONTENT MAINTAIN STRENGTHEN WEBSITE’S POSITION GOOGLE KEYWORD SEARCH PHRASE GENERATE LOT MONEY YEAR UPDATE COMPANY’S WEBSITE REGULARLY LEARN Digital user search engine optimizers point important thing “action” Ie start creating high quality web content bigger better competition keywords phrase phrase associated business position Google business searching objective keywords phrase phrase really good Tuesday keyboard KarlJohan Gyllenstorm author KarlJohan Gyllenstorm certified digital marketing Google Digital Academy 10 year practical experience SEO digital marketing KarlJohan developer Marknadsandels Applikationen blog regularly SEO Digital marketing article found Wordpress Medium Blogger Twitter Linkedin Facebook Connect KarlJohan Twitter LinkedInTags Marketing Business London Paris Carpentry
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My top 5 in Paris
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I’m still in Paris when I write this. My last moments here. There is something strange going on in my head. It’s hard to already look back at something while it is still going on. I have been 5 weeks. Things that happened 5 weeks ago are still not a memory yet. The thing has to end first to become a memory. So for everybody curious about if I’m sad that the end is here. No. The end of this month is the start of new and fantastic memories.
In that memory what are the 5 things that stand out. I give you 5 in no particular order. There is no ranking, that’s why I don’t number them.
A partager
Pick a terrasse, pick a seat for two and order food and share it. Pick things that are specifically on the menu ‘a partager’. Pick things that are not to share and share. A pasta, a pizza, typical French dishes like escargots or a cheese plate. It doesn’t matter what. Enjoy the French cuisine. Even the burgers are great. Absolute favorite place after have tried many : Le Mary Celeste.
Opera Garnier
Go to Opera Garnier. We went to see ‘Play’ by Alexander Ekman. I’m still not sure what impressed me more the play or the building. The building, the grandeur, the lobby, the stairs, the seats. The play was fantastic on that really big white stage. 40 ballet dancers and 40.000 green balls. Google it. The place and the play.
Opera Garnier
Travailler
I actually enjoyed working in Paris. Not only because of the commute (my bike rides through the city), or the lunchbreaks I filled up eating and walking the neighborhood, but the actual work. Being in a new office space. In a fantastic building, mostly with great views, surrounded by coworkers. Coworkers were all strangers. Some in teams, some lone wolves like me. I was able to get a lot of work done. Focusing on the work and the getting a coffee while looking out of the window at the buildings of Paris.
WeWork Rue Lafayette
Flâneur
A flâneur : ”(noun) Person who roams around deliberately aimless, just observing life.” I took two afternoons off to walk the city. I did have an end goal, but no itinerary. It was fantastic. Walking streets I never walked, passing things I never passed. Stopping for coffee, looking at people I never saw. In one of my first post I said I preferred biking over the metro. Here I say I would pick walking over biking. Warning : it’s a big city, your steps counter will go ballistic.
Courir
In total I ran more than 100 km in this month in Paris. Getting lost in the small streets, running past famous statues and through well-known parks. Next to the Seine surrounded by other runners. I was never the fastest, nor was I the slowest. I didn’t care. I enjoyed every meter of it.
La Seine
Ticking of things on my to do list.
Like I mentioned in a previous post. My to-do list got longer, the longer I was in Paris. Things were ticked off but more were added. Things I advise to put on your to-do list : Go for a Sunday morning walk in Jardin de Luxembourg and enjoy the miniature boats in the fountains. Go for a brunch in Treize Le Jardin afterwards. Drink an union soup at Place de Vosges. A place where Jim Morisson used to write. Do a picknick in Jardin des Tuileries. Go to the Louvre or Pompidou or Orsay. Eat at restaurant Kong. Not so much for the food, but the view and the overall feel…
I know I have more than 5 things in my Top 5. Hey, it’s my blog. I can do what I want. Let that be my biggest advice to anyone visiting Paris. Do things nobody has done. Be a flâneur. Enjoy the small things you encounter. Pas past terrasses and be seen. Sit on other terrasses and return the favor.
Enjoy Paris, I know I did.
A la prochaine.
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https://medium.com/@tjorvend/my-top-5-in-paris-5f82f1f8baf
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['Tjorven Denorme']
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2021-11-19 09:32:54.331000+00:00
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['Running', 'Top 5', 'To Do List', 'Opera', 'Paris']
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Title top 5 ParisContent I’m still Paris write last moment something strange going head It’s hard already look back something still going 5 week Things happened 5 week ago still memory yet thing end first become memory everybody curious I’m sad end end month start new fantastic memory memory 5 thing stand give 5 particular order ranking that’s don’t number partager Pick terrasse pick seat two order food share Pick thing specifically menu ‘a partager’ Pick thing share share pasta pizza typical French dish like escargot cheese plate doesn’t matter Enjoy French cuisine Even burger great Absolute favorite place tried many Le Mary Celeste Opera Garnier Go Opera Garnier went see ‘Play’ Alexander Ekman I’m still sure impressed play building building grandeur lobby stair seat play fantastic really big white stage 40 ballet dancer 40000 green ball Google place play Opera Garnier Travailler actually enjoyed working Paris commute bike ride city lunchbreaks filled eating walking neighborhood actual work new office space fantastic building mostly great view surrounded coworkers Coworkers stranger team lone wolf like able get lot work done Focusing work getting coffee looking window building Paris WeWork Rue Lafayette Flâneur flâneur ”noun Person roams around deliberately aimless observing life” took two afternoon walk city end goal itinerary fantastic Walking street never walked passing thing never passed Stopping coffee looking people never saw one first post said preferred biking metro say would pick walking biking Warning it’s big city step counter go ballistic Courir total ran 100 km month Paris Getting lost small street running past famous statue wellknown park Next Seine surrounded runner never fastest slowest didn’t care enjoyed every meter La Seine Ticking thing list Like mentioned previous post todo list got longer longer Paris Things ticked added Things advise put todo list Go Sunday morning walk Jardin de Luxembourg enjoy miniature boat fountain Go brunch Treize Le Jardin afterwards Drink union soup Place de Vosges place Jim Morisson used write picknick Jardin de Tuileries Go Louvre Pompidou Orsay Eat restaurant Kong much food view overall feel… know 5 thing Top 5 Hey it’s blog want Let biggest advice anyone visiting Paris thing nobody done flâneur Enjoy small thing encounter Pas past terrasses seen Sit terrasses return favor Enjoy Paris know la prochaineTags Running Top 5 List Opera Paris
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L’Univers de Les Chandelles, A Review From My Birthday Week in Paris
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Les Chandelles Dining Room (image courtesy of the club)
My French King and I walked down a small avenue in Paris, looking for door numéro un! We must have walked by it three times. When we finally noticed that inconspicuous blue barrier, our nerves ignited. Stepping into that marbled gold waiting room, I could feel that this would be an evening to remember. An evening spent in the most famous Parisian sex club.
First Impressions
James and I stood in the lobby, giggling, and kissing each other. The six-by-six space already held such intense energy, I couldn’t imagine the atmosphere beyond. We were not alone in that dark room. A couple in their mid-50’s eagerly awaited the doorman. After a few moments, the tallest, broadest man I’ve ever seen, opened the gates to Les Chandelles. His suit could have been melted to his body, it fit like black porcelain skin. He was gorgeous, gay, and terrifying.
The giant took one look at the couple in front of us and nearly turned them away. I hadn’t understood the problem, as the woman was in a gorgeous lace mini, and the Italian man who accompanied her sported an elegant white suit jacket, and dress pants. That’s when James subtly pointed to the man’s feet. He wore a casual, high-quality sneaker. Our beautiful doorman took notice and told them it was against dress code. The gentleman in sneakers begged, telling him that he and his wife had travelled a long way to visit Les Chandelles. Through pressed teeth and a snarl, they were, resentfully, granted access.
James and I, having already understood the strict dress code, entered without issue. He, in a blue suit; I, in a black mini — low enough to reveal the leather straps of my breast harness. We fit the profile perfectly.
In the red velvet foyer of Les Chandelles, James and I handed over our coats and phones. The only loose item we were permitted was a birthday gift James had brought for me. Once checked in, the unearthly doorman led us down a flight of stairs, into a dimly lit restaurant. Like Moon City, the room burst with red glow. The temple theme was replaced, however, with Les Chandelles’ more sophisticated décor: cushioned crimson booths, blazing chandeliers, candles on every table, rouge upholstered walls, tiny bowls of chocolate covered almonds for each guest. It was a gothic-Victorian dreamland.
We started our evening dining in the luxurious rouge salle à manger. To be frank, I don’t remember much of the entree; however, should you visit Les Chandelles, do not skip the cheesecake. I swear I had my first orgasm the second I put it in my mouth.
Once the meal was complete and wine glasses emptied, we made our way underground…
Sexual Touches
Les Chandelles Underground Lounge (image courtesy of the club)
Down a second staircase we discovered the club. A paradise that can only be described as a heavenly hell. Men in suits, women in expensive lingerie. A cave of wonders…with a candy buffet!
I was floating. I felt I had walked out of real life and into some forbidden society. The music moved through me, the clinking of glasses, and the breathy laughter of women… pleasure was no longer a concept to be applied. I was inhaling it, intoxicating myself off its ominous glow. It was a living, breathing thing.
When you walk into the club, directly in front of you is a small lounge. The walls are lined with more of those lavish, cushioned couches, and in the center of the floor, unfitting to the scene, stood a single stripper pole on a fixed, raised platform.
To the right of the lounge, arches point you towards the bar. A long, black surface lines the far wall, booths parallel, both running the perimeter of the dance floor. But those weren’t the spaces we were most curious about. It was to the left of the lounge — behind the curtain — where the hedonists go to play.
Prior to my experiences, when I heard the term “sex den” I’d imagined exactly this: Les Salles de Les Chandelles. It’s no wonder they call it the universe de Les Chandelles — because that’s what it is, its own universe.
You literally move out of the light and into the dark. The walls are stone. It feels like you’re inside a medieval prison — which for me, adds to the eroticism. There are two rooms at Les Chandelles. One that includes two large, raised, padded areas, and a booth-like structure that is fixed to, and lines the perimeter of the far wall. The padded areas — like mattresses — are occupied by a group. The booth-like structure provides little space. The second room is like the first, only much, much smaller. Again, another group occupies the surfaces. In here, I can’t tell where one human ends and the other begins.
The only “private” area in Les Chandelles is a petite opening in the wall between the medieval prison and the small sex salons. It is large enough for two people; however, anyone passing by can see you as clear as day.
The Crowd
Les Chandelles is known to attract celebrities and politicians. It is the most up-scale club I’ve ever been to. If I could describe the scent of the rich, it would be that place… Mais perhaps the suits and lingerie created this illusion. Regardless, the place devours money, and the people devour each other.
I found the crowd to be quite diverse. We were still the youngest couple there, but it was the first club I’ve visited without feeling like a target. During the one, short moment J and I attempted to be intimate, a man brushed my leg as he walked by. J simply shook his head, and the man disappeared into the darkness. I could feel a silent code between people — like sweeping shadows, if authorized to play, the melded with others.
Final Remarks
Although I couldn’t design a more aesthetically pleasing dungeon, it was one of the most frustrating clubs I’ve visited. The atmosphere screams sex, and yet it felt impossible to have. Because James and I are not swingers, nor do we participate in on-site group sex, our appetites went unfulfilled. For those who are into these practices, Les Chandelles is a luxury dripping fantasy!
Les Chandelles was a surprising experience. The sexual appeal is not there for me; however, I would return to the restaurant for a luxurious meal (and that cheesecake!), and the bar for an extravagant evening of partying. As per usual, we visited on couples night — single men were not permitted entry. Our €300 entry fee included dinner, a bottle of wine, access to the club and two rounds of drinks. James and I agree it was well worth the experience; however, it would be some time before we return. We concluded that there are less expensive clubs that guarantee a more pleasurable time.
Until next time,
Fuck well, friends!
Quean Mo xx
P.S. Interested in attending a sex club or adult event, but would like more guidance? Click here for a free 15-minute consultation with Quean Mo!
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https://medium.com/@queanmo/my-evening-in-the-most-famous-parisian-sex-club-7e288fbd888d
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['Quean Mo']
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2021-12-21 00:45:07.325000+00:00
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['Adult Entertainment', 'Paris Sex Club', 'Travel Writing', 'Paris', 'Travel Tips']
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Title L’Univers de Les Chandelles Review Birthday Week ParisContent Les Chandelles Dining Room image courtesy club French King walked small avenue Paris looking door numéro un must walked three time finally noticed inconspicuous blue barrier nerve ignited Stepping marbled gold waiting room could feel would evening remember evening spent famous Parisian sex club First Impressions James stood lobby giggling kissing sixbysix space already held intense energy couldn’t imagine atmosphere beyond alone dark room couple mid50’s eagerly awaited doorman moment tallest broadest man I’ve ever seen opened gate Les Chandelles suit could melted body fit like black porcelain skin gorgeous gay terrifying giant took one look couple front u nearly turned away hadn’t understood problem woman gorgeous lace mini Italian man accompanied sported elegant white suit jacket dress pant That’s James subtly pointed man’s foot wore casual highquality sneaker beautiful doorman took notice told dress code gentleman sneaker begged telling wife travelled long way visit Les Chandelles pressed teeth snarl resentfully granted access James already understood strict dress code entered without issue blue suit black mini — low enough reveal leather strap breast harness fit profile perfectly red velvet foyer Les Chandelles James handed coat phone loose item permitted birthday gift James brought checked unearthly doorman led u flight stair dimly lit restaurant Like Moon City room burst red glow temple theme replaced however Les Chandelles’ sophisticated décor cushioned crimson booth blazing chandelier candle every table rouge upholstered wall tiny bowl chocolate covered almond guest gothicVictorian dreamland started evening dining luxurious rouge salle à manger frank don’t remember much entree however visit Les Chandelles skip cheesecake swear first orgasm second put mouth meal complete wine glass emptied made way underground… Sexual Touches Les Chandelles Underground Lounge image courtesy club second staircase discovered club paradise described heavenly hell Men suit woman expensive lingerie cave wonders…with candy buffet floating felt walked real life forbidden society music moved clinking glass breathy laughter women… pleasure longer concept applied inhaling intoxicating ominous glow living breathing thing walk club directly front small lounge wall lined lavish cushioned couch center floor unfitting scene stood single stripper pole fixed raised platform right lounge arch point towards bar long black surface line far wall booth parallel running perimeter dance floor weren’t space curious left lounge — behind curtain — hedonist go play Prior experience heard term “sex den” I’d imagined exactly Les Salles de Les Chandelles It’s wonder call universe de Les Chandelles — that’s universe literally move light dark wall stone feel like you’re inside medieval prison — add eroticism two room Les Chandelles One includes two large raised padded area boothlike structure fixed line perimeter far wall padded area — like mattress — occupied group boothlike structure provides little space second room like first much much smaller another group occupies surface can’t tell one human end begin “private” area Les Chandelles petite opening wall medieval prison small sex salon large enough two people however anyone passing see clear day Crowd Les Chandelles known attract celebrity politician upscale club I’ve ever could describe scent rich would place… Mais perhaps suit lingerie created illusion Regardless place devours money people devour found crowd quite diverse still youngest couple first club I’ve visited without feeling like target one short moment J attempted intimate man brushed leg walked J simply shook head man disappeared darkness could feel silent code people — like sweeping shadow authorized play melded others Final Remarks Although couldn’t design aesthetically pleasing dungeon one frustrating club I’ve visited atmosphere scream sex yet felt impossible James swinger participate onsite group sex appetite went unfulfilled practice Les Chandelles luxury dripping fantasy Les Chandelles surprising experience sexual appeal however would return restaurant luxurious meal cheesecake bar extravagant evening partying per usual visited couple night — single men permitted entry €300 entry fee included dinner bottle wine access club two round drink James agree well worth experience however would time return concluded le expensive club guarantee pleasurable time next time Fuck well friend Quean Mo xx PS Interested attending sex club adult event would like guidance Click free 15minute consultation Quean MoTags Adult Entertainment Paris Sex Club Travel Writing Paris Travel Tips
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Are you famous?
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Are you famous?
“Are you famous?” asked a slightly inebriated German man sitting at the other end of a communal dining table at Le Bistro du Paradou where nephew and I had stopped for lunch on our road trip to Andorra last week.
I’d taken the train from Paris to Marseilles early that morning, rented a car, and picked up nephew from a street corner near a youth hostel where he’d spent the previous night. One large backpack hung from his shoulders and a smaller pack clung to his chest like a baby Bjorn. He carried a bag filled with pastries and a baguette in one hand and the stinky shoes he’d worn through Europe over the last three months were inside another bag in the other hand.
We’d barely left Marseilles on the drive through southern France when I saw a sign pointing to Les Baux de Provences, the tiny medieval village near the unpretentious bistro serving rustic Provençal cuisine I’d discovered two years ago. I’d sat under the cool shade of ancient plane trees on a hot summer day drinking cold rosé and dipping vegetables, boiled eggs, potatoes, and snails into creamy, garlicky aioli. The meal ended with their signature cheese course, eight generous portions of cheeses from around the region served on an enormous rattan tray. I vowed to return one day.
I briefly considered the wisdom of detouring for a leisurely four-course meal at the beginning of a seven-hour drive through winding, unfamiliar mountain roads in the dark. My doubts disappeared when one of the servers welcomed us outside the unassuming building on the side of a country ride and pointed to the menu of the day, cassoulet. Though I’d been dreaming about the aioli, I’d told nephew that I hoped we would eat cassoulet in Andorra, which was near the part of France where this dish was a specialty. Turned out, the Paradou changes its menu with the seasons and Wednesday was cassoulet day!
Cheerful chatter filled the crowded restaurant. Our gregarious server double-checked to make sure we ate meat. He suggested we bypass the wine list and drink from the open bottle of regional red wine on the table that was included with the meal. I complied.
Nephew and I sat at one end of a long wooden farm table. Two German couples occupied the other end. One of the women leaned over and asked us where we were from. After I told her Washington, DC, she nodded and then pointed at nephew and said, you’re not from there, where are you from?
As soon as we’d gotten out of the car and as we walked into the restaurant, I’d noted we were the only people with Asian faces in the busy place. I habitually survey my surroundings everywhere I go and unconsciously count how many people around me look like me. I don’t brood over the information, but I am aware that I am often the only one.
Every once in a while, I detect less friendly treatment. On occasion, someone says something disparaging. Sometimes someone like the German lady points out my nonconforming visage, but with genuine interest. Regardless of the intent, I maintain constant vigilance. I wish I could free up that space in my brain.
I felt protective of my nephew and told the friendly lady that he was from Northern Virginia. I think my firm tone made it clear that there would be no further discussion of that fact and she moved on easily to a different line of inquisition. I told her I was writing about what it means to be American based on my conversations with people from across the political spectrum. She didn’t speak English well enough to express everything she felt about that, but when her eyes opened wide and she drew back suddenly, her body language told me enough about where she stood.
When her husband leaned over her to ask me if I was famous, I smiled mysteriously.
“You don’t have to tell me. I can Google you!” he exclaimed.
I later explained to nephew that whenever my hair is blond, people often tell me they think I look like (pre-facelift) Renée Zellweger. Sometimes people don’t immediately make the connection to Renée, but they have a hazy recollection of someone famous who vaguely resembles me.
Nephew shrugged and asked, “Who’s that?”
Stunned, I quizzed him on Bridget Jones and Jerry Maguire, neither of which he’d seen or even heard of. She hasn’t been in any big movies lately, so I suppose you’d have to be of a certain age to see the resemblance.
At the end of our trip to Andorra, nephew traveled south on a bus to Barcelona and I headed north to Toulouse to catch a train back to Paris. I badly needed coffee, but there were few places to stop along the two-lane road down the mountain, through the national forest at the foothills, and across the plains of Occitanie. I hesitated to pull over because I worried about the intolerant people I might encounter if I stopped at a café in a rural area. I might have been able to make it all the way to Toulouse without a coffee break, but my bladder had other ideas. I reassured myself that blondness created a thin shield of whiteness. Even though I knew my blond hair did not guarantee protection from peril, I felt a little safer. Someone with real blond hair never thinks about such things. (Though we women are always thinking of the dangers of traveling alone.)
The barista at the roadside café greeted me with a hearty “Bonjour” when I entered the building. I used the bathroom, drank an espresso and ate a croissant, and paid two euros, which is the least I have paid for those two things in the three months since I have been in Europe. He cheerfully wished me “bonne journée” as I resumed my journey.
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https://artisfear.com/are-you-famous-afdda8540927
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['Philippa Hughes']
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2021-10-29 17:05:47.262000+00:00
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['Race', 'Travel', 'Identity', 'Travel Writing', 'Paris']
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Title famousContent famous “Are famous” asked slightly inebriated German man sitting end communal dining table Le Bistro du Paradou nephew stopped lunch road trip Andorra last week I’d taken train Paris Marseilles early morning rented car picked nephew street corner near youth hostel he’d spent previous night One large backpack hung shoulder smaller pack clung chest like baby Bjorn carried bag filled pastry baguette one hand stinky shoe he’d worn Europe last three month inside another bag hand We’d barely left Marseilles drive southern France saw sign pointing Les Baux de Provences tiny medieval village near unpretentious bistro serving rustic Provençal cuisine I’d discovered two year ago I’d sat cool shade ancient plane tree hot summer day drinking cold rosé dipping vegetable boiled egg potato snail creamy garlicky aioli meal ended signature cheese course eight generous portion cheese around region served enormous rattan tray vowed return one day briefly considered wisdom detouring leisurely fourcourse meal beginning sevenhour drive winding unfamiliar mountain road dark doubt disappeared one server welcomed u outside unassuming building side country ride pointed menu day cassoulet Though I’d dreaming aioli I’d told nephew hoped would eat cassoulet Andorra near part France dish specialty Turned Paradou change menu season Wednesday cassoulet day Cheerful chatter filled crowded restaurant gregarious server doublechecked make sure ate meat suggested bypass wine list drink open bottle regional red wine table included meal complied Nephew sat one end long wooden farm table Two German couple occupied end One woman leaned asked u told Washington DC nodded pointed nephew said you’re soon we’d gotten car walked restaurant I’d noted people Asian face busy place habitually survey surroundings everywhere go unconsciously count many people around look like don’t brood information aware often one Every detect le friendly treatment occasion someone say something disparaging Sometimes someone like German lady point nonconforming visage genuine interest Regardless intent maintain constant vigilance wish could free space brain felt protective nephew told friendly lady Northern Virginia think firm tone made clear would discussion fact moved easily different line inquisition told writing mean American based conversation people across political spectrum didn’t speak English well enough express everything felt eye opened wide drew back suddenly body language told enough stood husband leaned ask famous smiled mysteriously “You don’t tell Google you” exclaimed later explained nephew whenever hair blond people often tell think look like prefacelift Renée Zellweger Sometimes people don’t immediately make connection Renée hazy recollection someone famous vaguely resembles Nephew shrugged asked “Who’s that” Stunned quizzed Bridget Jones Jerry Maguire neither he’d seen even heard hasn’t big movie lately suppose you’d certain age see resemblance end trip Andorra nephew traveled south bus Barcelona headed north Toulouse catch train back Paris badly needed coffee place stop along twolane road mountain national forest foothill across plain Occitanie hesitated pull worried intolerant people might encounter stopped café rural area might able make way Toulouse without coffee break bladder idea reassured blondness created thin shield whiteness Even though knew blond hair guarantee protection peril felt little safer Someone real blond hair never think thing Though woman always thinking danger traveling alone barista roadside café greeted hearty “Bonjour” entered building used bathroom drank espresso ate croissant paid two euro least paid two thing three month since Europe cheerfully wished “bonne journée” resumed journeyTags Race Travel Identity Travel Writing Paris
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Paris Conference for Libya closes: Turkey and Russia should pull out their soldiers of fortune
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Paris Conference for Libya closes: Turkey and Russia should pull out their soldiers of fortune Benjamin Richards Nov 13, 2021·2 min read
The President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, the President of the Italian Council Mario Draghi, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the President of the Presidential Council of Libya Mohamed Al-Mnefi, and the Libyan Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Al-Dbeibah held a joint question and answer session at the Maison de la Chimie toward the finish of the International Conference for Libya facilitated by the French Government.
One of the targets of the Paris Conference on Libya is to reaffirm the significance of holding races on December 24, “the global local area upholds this schedule. The critical now for the smooth running is the job of the Libyan experts before very long to work with an interaction comprehensive”. President Emmanuel Macron said, underlining how the presence of unfamiliar contenders and powers undermines the popularity based interaction. The president lauded the flight of 300 hired fighters from eastern Libya as a team with the Libyan specialists and the JMC 5 + 5 Joint Military Committee. In such manner, Macron welcomed Russia and Turkey to pull out their soldiers of fortune still on Libyan domain, as their quality subverts harmony and steadiness, making some neighborhood entertainers lose confidence in the popularity based cycle.
As far as it matters for her, Chancellor Angela Merkel, remarking on the dossier on the withdrawal of hired fighters from Libya, discussed a “reservation” on the Turkish side. Simultaneously, Russia set a condition for the finish of this dossier dependent on a course of correspondence. The Chancellor likewise invited the declaration by the agents of the Joint Military Committee General Command to remove 300 soldiers of fortune and warriors from the spaces under their influence, trusting that JMC 5 + 5 can think of a thorough arrangement mirroring the situation of Libya on a strong reason for the withdrawal of the hired fighters.
Italian Premier Mario Draghi reviewed the global local area’s responsibility and of all Libyan entertainers to the achievement of the institutional progress through the holding of official and parliamentary decisions from December 24, 2021. “This is the unmistakable will of the Libyan public — said Draghi — as shown by the enrollment of around 3 million electors. Following quite a while of contention, the Libyan public should have the option to put themselves out there in free, straightforward, and tenable decisions”, repeating the requirement for a common lawful and constituent system on which the skillful Libyan specialists should cooperate before long.
“The Action Plan drawn up by the Joint Military Commission is a significant stage forward. The withdrawal of some unfamiliar hired soldiers before the races would assist with fortifying the certainty between the gatherings”. On the monetary front, “the standardization of Libya likewise includes a monetary framework equipped for reacting to the necessities of the populace and inclining toward unfamiliar ventures. A reasonable conveyance of assets in all aspects of the nation should be ensured, additionally through a common spending plan, and the way to the reunification of monetary and monetary foundations, beginning with the Central Bank, should be fortified.”
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https://medium.com/@benjaminrichards707/paris-conference-for-libya-closes-turkey-and-russia-should-pull-out-their-soldiers-of-fortune-8f0311bdd262
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['Benjamin Richards']
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2021-11-13 12:27:33.571000+00:00
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['Turkey', 'Paris', 'Liby', 'Russia']
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Title Paris Conference Libya close Turkey Russia pull soldier fortuneContent Paris Conference Libya close Turkey Russia pull soldier fortune Benjamin Richards Nov 13 2021·2 min read President French Republic Emmanuel Macron President Italian Council Mario Draghi German Chancellor Angela Merkel President Presidential Council Libya Mohamed AlMnefi Libyan Prime Minister Abdel Hamid AlDbeibah held joint question answer session Maison de la Chimie toward finish International Conference Libya facilitated French Government One target Paris Conference Libya reaffirm significance holding race December 24 “the global local area upholds schedule critical smooth running job Libyan expert long work interaction comprehensive” President Emmanuel Macron said underlining presence unfamiliar contender power undermines popularity based interaction president lauded flight 300 hired fighter eastern Libya team Libyan specialist JMC 5 5 Joint Military Committee manner Macron welcomed Russia Turkey pull soldier fortune still Libyan domain quality subverts harmony steadiness making neighborhood entertainer lose confidence popularity based cycle far matter Chancellor Angela Merkel remarking dossier withdrawal hired fighter Libya discussed “reservation” Turkish side Simultaneously Russia set condition finish dossier dependent course correspondence Chancellor likewise invited declaration agent Joint Military Committee General Command remove 300 soldier fortune warrior space influence trusting JMC 5 5 think thorough arrangement mirroring situation Libya strong reason withdrawal hired fighter Italian Premier Mario Draghi reviewed global local area’s responsibility Libyan entertainer achievement institutional progress holding official parliamentary decision December 24 2021 “This unmistakable Libyan public — said Draghi — shown enrollment around 3 million elector Following quite contention Libyan public option put free straightforward tenable decisions” repeating requirement common lawful constituent system skillful Libyan specialist cooperate long “The Action Plan drawn Joint Military Commission significant stage forward withdrawal unfamiliar hired soldier race would assist fortifying certainty gatherings” monetary front “the standardization Libya likewise includes monetary framework equipped reacting necessity populace inclining toward unfamiliar venture reasonable conveyance asset aspect nation ensured additionally common spending plan way reunification monetary monetary foundation beginning Central Bank fortified”Tags Turkey Paris Liby Russia
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On Smoking
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Sorry Mom, I’m a social smoker. When someone offers me a cigarette outside a bar, I’ll take it. I’ve bought more packs of cigarettes than I can count. I’ve bummed more darts than I’ve bought packs, but not more than I’ve given away cigarettes. I used to have a policy where I carried either cigarettes or a lighter, never both at the same time to prevent me from smoking alone, but I’ve long forgone that since I’ve smoked for over four years now, and there is no dependency in sight.
I remember the first cigarette I had. It was at college, and offered to me by a puck bro that I was acquainted with. I remember the exact words: “Hey Zhanger, want a dart?”
All throughout elementary, middle, and high school, I thought smoking was the most ridiculous thing. Why would anyone smoke cigarettes? There was no high, there was a significant cost, and there was the risk of cancer to contend with. The only people who smoked were dumb and addicted. In fact, there was a running joke about smokers, and some of us would imitate the few high school smokers using the most ridiculous slang, among them ‘fag’ and ‘bogie’.
When I arrived at college however, the prevalence of tobacco amazed me. Even more surprising was that no one mocked them or treated them with any sort of derision, despite their clear dependency and the trove of laughable terms they had to refer to the products. Private school beauties hacking darts between whispering sweet nothings. Student housing porches were littered with butts. Puck bros packed chew into their lower lips before class. Even some girls smoked, though none of them used dip unless it was to impress some boy with a flow.
Though it still smelt bad and seemed pointless, it was much more normalized. These weren’t just high school hoodlums, they were university students in my program. So when I was offered my first cigarette at twenty years of age, I took it. It was smoother than marijuana, I had a puff or two, and passed it back to my friend. Cool. I had smoked my first cigarette. And that was the extent of it, the novelty over, until I arrived in Europe.
Everyone smoked in Paris. Before class, during the (smoke) break, and after class. No matter how cold, all the students would hurry outside, and suck on their flimsy hand-rolled cigarettes. The man drinking his coffee at an outdoor café table in the afternoon. The woman drinking her red at an outdoor café table in the evening. The throbbing crowd drinking god-knows-what in the smoking room at a club. And I, oh so badly, wanted to be one of them. I wanted to be all of them.
So I bought my first pack of cigarettes. Then, I started buying my own rolling tobacco and papers. I never got to the point where I could roll one with one hand while using the other to hold onto a pole in the metro; I frankly never even got close. But I was rolling my own cigarettes. I was a student in the courtyard, the man at a cafe, and all too often, the reveler at the club. I was a part of the landscape I admired so much.
It was stranger to roll my own cigarettes in Canada, and people often mistook it for marijuana, which led to much confusion at clubs. The real reason I gave them up was that I discovered menthol cigarettes after leaving Europe. Though illegal in Canada, they were easily acquirable at duty-free stores when crossing borders. For an infrequent smoker like me, a carton would much longer than the following international trip. Plus, they were fun to distribute at parties to the next smoker.
That leaves me with my current drinking accoutrements, a pack of menthols and a book of matches or a Zippo. I rarely smoke if no one else is smoking, but the only thing more fun than offering a minty cancer stick was lighting a Zippo with a click or striking a match with a flick. It’s immensely satisfying to pull out a pack of cigarettes, compact the tobacco by giving it a few firm taps on a hard surface, open the pack of cigarettes, and ease one out with subtle wrist flicks. It’s tremendously gratifying to light someone else’s cigarette with my lighter or a match, cupping the little flame with my free hand to block out elements.
However, there is more to smoking than engaging in this little pantomime. I do enjoy the act of smoking, the feeling of cool smoke slithering down my throat and filling me. It gives me a second breath of life when I’m drinking, but also cuts two ways. A timely cigarette can revitalize and stave off symptoms of drunkenness, but too much and the head rush induces puking all on its own; live by the dart, die by the dart.
There is also an element of nostalgia to consider. I’m a sentimental person, and I’ve always associated Paris with wonder, romance, and youthful liberation. Smoking, by extension, brings me back to Paris. Every drag I take places me on cobblestone streets, outside cafes, and alongside mansard roofs. In a sepia tone, I feel the memories, projected onto a backdrop of translucent white smoke. A simpler time, without inhibition and without regret.
The main reason I smoke however, is because I think smoking is cool. To clarify, I don’t smoke because I think it will elevate others’ opinions of me; I’m aware that the opposite effect is generally true. As I mentioned before, years of government propaganda has rationally and correctly diminished public perception of smoking so much that smokers are no longer even despised, but pitied. After all, it’s the fault of big tobacco and addiction psychology, not people’s choices.
Yet somehow, some way, smoking is still inexorably cool for me. Whether it’s caused by the hangover from noir and neo-noir, or the fetishization for all things Paris, or even the slight flirtation with death, I think smoking is cool. And so when I smoke, I’m not doing so to look cool for anyone else. I’m doing so because I like the idea of smoking. When I picture myself looking outside the window during a rainy day, it’s with a cigarette between my lips. When I envision myself perched on a stoop, limbs splayed languidly waiting for someone, it’s with a a cloud of blueish-grey smoke above my head. The idealized version of me in my head is a smoker. It’s just so cool.
Kids, if you’re reading this, take note of how stupid I sound. I can only convince even myself that smoking is cool when I’m at least slightly inebriated. As it is clearly labeled on any package of cigarettes, tobacco use leads to cancer, teeth discolouration, poor skin, and even erectile dysfunction. Smokers also smell terrible, and government propaganda has now successfully associated smoking with a lower socioeconomic class. Stop smoking. If you don’t smoke, don’t start. Who would rationally think smoking is attractive?
But it’s not rational. The idea of myself as a flâneur, strolling the streets with cigarettes and fire is much too attractive to me. Despite not being addicted to tobacco, I am a slave to nostalgia, sentimentality, and romance. Sometimes, it’s a bit hard to tell which is worse. A cigarette helps me cope with that.
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https://medium.com/@chrisreads/smoking-d708108b46d2
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['Chris Reads']
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2021-11-12 23:26:06.413000+00:00
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['Tobacco', 'Smoking', 'Neo Noir', 'Paris', 'Cigarettes']
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Title SmokingContent Sorry Mom I’m social smoker someone offer cigarette outside bar I’ll take I’ve bought pack cigarette count I’ve bummed dart I’ve bought pack I’ve given away cigarette used policy carried either cigarette lighter never time prevent smoking alone I’ve long forgone since I’ve smoked four year dependency sight remember first cigarette college offered puck bro acquainted remember exact word “Hey Zhanger want dart” throughout elementary middle high school thought smoking ridiculous thing would anyone smoke cigarette high significant cost risk cancer contend people smoked dumb addicted fact running joke smoker u would imitate high school smoker using ridiculous slang among ‘fag’ ‘bogie’ arrived college however prevalence tobacco amazed Even surprising one mocked treated sort derision despite clear dependency trove laughable term refer product Private school beauty hacking dart whispering sweet nothing Student housing porch littered butt Puck bros packed chew lower lip class Even girl smoked though none used dip unless impress boy flow Though still smelt bad seemed pointless much normalized weren’t high school hoodlum university student program offered first cigarette twenty year age took smoother marijuana puff two passed back friend Cool smoked first cigarette extent novelty arrived Europe Everyone smoked Paris class smoke break class matter cold student would hurry outside suck flimsy handrolled cigarette man drinking coffee outdoor café table afternoon woman drinking red outdoor café table evening throbbing crowd drinking godknowswhat smoking room club oh badly wanted one wanted bought first pack cigarette started buying rolling tobacco paper never got point could roll one one hand using hold onto pole metro frankly never even got close rolling cigarette student courtyard man cafe often reveler club part landscape admired much stranger roll cigarette Canada people often mistook marijuana led much confusion club real reason gave discovered menthol cigarette leaving Europe Though illegal Canada easily acquirable dutyfree store crossing border infrequent smoker like carton would much longer following international trip Plus fun distribute party next smoker leaf current drinking accoutrement pack menthol book match Zippo rarely smoke one else smoking thing fun offering minty cancer stick lighting Zippo click striking match flick It’s immensely satisfying pull pack cigarette compact tobacco giving firm tap hard surface open pack cigarette ease one subtle wrist flick It’s tremendously gratifying light someone else’s cigarette lighter match cupping little flame free hand block element However smoking engaging little pantomime enjoy act smoking feeling cool smoke slithering throat filling give second breath life I’m drinking also cut two way timely cigarette revitalize stave symptom drunkenness much head rush induces puking live dart die dart also element nostalgia consider I’m sentimental person I’ve always associated Paris wonder romance youthful liberation Smoking extension brings back Paris Every drag take place cobblestone street outside cafe alongside mansard roof sepia tone feel memory projected onto backdrop translucent white smoke simpler time without inhibition without regret main reason smoke however think smoking cool clarify don’t smoke think elevate others’ opinion I’m aware opposite effect generally true mentioned year government propaganda rationally correctly diminished public perception smoking much smoker longer even despised pitied it’s fault big tobacco addiction psychology people’s choice Yet somehow way smoking still inexorably cool Whether it’s caused hangover noir neonoir fetishization thing Paris even slight flirtation death think smoking cool smoke I’m look cool anyone else I’m like idea smoking picture looking outside window rainy day it’s cigarette lip envision perched stoop limb splayed languidly waiting someone it’s cloud blueishgrey smoke head idealized version head smoker It’s cool Kids you’re reading take note stupid sound convince even smoking cool I’m least slightly inebriated clearly labeled package cigarette tobacco use lead cancer teeth discolouration poor skin even erectile dysfunction Smokers also smell terrible government propaganda successfully associated smoking lower socioeconomic class Stop smoking don’t smoke don’t start would rationally think smoking attractive it’s rational idea flâneur strolling street cigarette fire much attractive Despite addicted tobacco slave nostalgia sentimentality romance Sometimes it’s bit hard tell worse cigarette help cope thatTags Tobacco Smoking Neo Noir Paris Cigarettes
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Moving to Brooklyn
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Sheika Islam, Afnan Haq, and Abed Islam
Abstract
Out of all five boroughs, Brooklyn, New York is the most populated. It has a total amount of 71 square miles of land and approximately 2.51 million people living in it. As a group of young adults, we decided it would be interesting to figure out which neighborhoods in Brooklyn are the safest and most livable. To retrieve this type of information, we looked at poverty rates, 311 calls, energy usage, and automobile accidents. Big data analytics tools such as MapReduce and Hive, allowed us to clean and profile our data, join the new data, and come up with analytics of each zip code. We also used Pandas, Matplotlib, and Excel tools to make visuals so that it would be easier to look at. Using all of these tools, we found that the safest neighborhoods in Brooklyn were East Flatbush and Little Poland.
Introduction
In this project, we were studying the livability and safety of different neighborhoods in Brooklyn. This topic is important to investigate because the neighborhood you live in in New York has a very big impact on the life you live. Therefore, we set out to understand which neighborhoods were highly livable and which were not. Before we started our research, we already had an understanding that many parts of Brooklyn were highly segregated, so we were expecting quite a large variance between different neighborhoods in terms of 311 complaints, energy usage, and automobile accidents. By doing this study, we will further the knowledge that data analysts have regarding urban development in New York and can support urban policy to make the lives of New Yorkers better. We expected that certain zip codes like those in East Flatbush would be far more livable.
The design diagram shown below (Visual 1) highlights our workflow. First, all of our datasets came from the New York City government through NYC Open Data. Then, we used MapReduce on HDFS to remove unnecessary columns. Then we stored our cleaned datasets on Hive which we used to transform each dataset as we needed to. We extracted all the new Hive tables as .csv files and then joined them together as one final Hive table. We extracted that file as a .csv and did data analysis on it.
Visual 1: Data Flow Diagram
Motivation
The motivation behind our work was to understand Brooklyn and understand the issues the borough faces. The goal we had was to find the safest and most livable neighborhoods (zip codes) in Brooklyn, New York. There are two categories of people who will appreciate our research. Firstly, anyone who is planning on moving there soon will find this information useful. They can figure out what would be the most livable neighborhood to rent or buy a house in. Secondly, this is valuable analysis for the city government of New York in designing policy for Brooklyn. They can understand where the problems are in Brooklyn and exactly what those problems are. Based on the overall poverty rates, 311 calls, automobile crashes, energy usage, and further research, we wanted to capture a snapshot of life in different Brooklyn neighborhoods (zip codes).
3.1 Sheika’s Motivation
My love for Brooklyn started during high school when I would go hang out at Brooklyn Bridge Park or go see the Dyker Heights Christmas lights with my family and friends. However, when my sister moved there recently, my curiosity about the neighborhoods of Brooklyn grew even more!
Both the poverty and automobile crash dataset allowed me to explore more about the borough as these datasets contained a lot of valuable information. The poverty dataset contained information such as family type, age category, citizen status, childcare expenses, education attained, income, and many more things. One thing that stood out to me from this data was that some of the information was really specific which I absolutely loved. The automobile crash data was very interesting to me as well since I recently learned how to drive, and I haven’t really driven in Brooklyn as much as I would have liked to. The dataset contained information in regard to the number of accidents, type of vehicles that were involved, and how many people were injured or killed.
3.2 Afnan’s Motivation
I really liked the 311 dataset and felt it was reliable. I liked how big it was, containing a huge amount of government data and was going to appreciate this challenge. This is why I chose this topic. I really loved the idea of getting a bird’s eye view of what life is like in different zip codes of Brooklyn and thought this could be valuable information for policymakers. I am interested in New York City politics so I would find this interesting myself.
3.3 Abed’s Motivation
Lately, I have become more self-conscious about how my actions impact the environment. It comes down to small things like recycling and littering to the big things like where my food comes from. I was very interested in seeing how well neighborhoods use energy, oil, and other necessary resources. For me I find value in how well my neighborhood handles the use of energy. I feel in order to hold myself accountable in my pursuit of trying to be energy efficient, I need to live in a place that also values that.
Related Works
4.1 Poverty Dataset
A study was done regarding the neighborhoods in New York and the chance of getting cancer by Kamath, Geetanjali R. and others. Where one lives can be an indicator of getting multiple myeloma (MM) and impact mortality rates, especially if they live in NYC. The chances of getting MM are higher in NYC areas than other places in the United States. “Trends and racial differences in MM incidence and mortality for the United States [Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Cancer Registry (SEER), National Center for Health Statistics], and NYC [New York State Cancer Registry] were compared using Join point regression.” [3]. It was concluded that specifically places with large minority populations are more vulnerable to poverty related factors associated with MM and mortality.
4.2 Automobile Crash Dataset
A similar study was done regarding automobile crashes by Azad Abdulhafedh. As we know, a lot of mishaps on the road can occur due to how the roads are constructed and any other dangerous road sites. Abdulhafedh collected data related to crashes from various systems and gained a better understanding of the problems that were causing these crashes. The goal was to come up with new measures and road safety programs by locating hazardous road sections, identifying the risk factors, and developing accurate diagnosis and remedial measures [4]. This was necessary as it would allow prevention of future accidents since there’d be less hazardous roads and the road safety programs would also be improved. People would know what to look out for during these programs and roads would be fixed almost immediately.
4.3 311 Calls
A similar study was done in New York by Duygu Pamukcu regarding 311 calls during a global health emergency like COVID. 311 calls can be an indicator of the different dimensions of a community’s reaction to a crisis situation. New York City added new complaint types and descriptors in order to facilitate a better understanding of how citizens were dealing with the crisis. A municipality can aggregate and analyze this data (like we have) to better understand certain information regarding the current situation. This information can be vital in saving lives and solving problems. The paper by Pamukcu analyzes the existing 311 data and explains the actions taken by authorities in response to the data. The conclusion states that “the data from NYC’s existing 311 system can be used to characterize the different impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the community. It also showed that the city’s adjustments to that system were subsequently able to provide valuable new information about the ongoing crisis” [2].
4.4. Energy Usage
A similar study on energy usage in New York City buildings was done by John Schofield. Energy consumption is very high in New York City since it is a city that is heavily relied on by the economy. Schofield points out that since 2000, many non-residential buildings have been going for a LEED certification [5]. Since 2011, the city has been making this data public for its non-residential buildings. Schofield says that energy consumption decreased by 20% in buildings that had LEED Gold. This research can give more insight on the dataset used for this project. This report was written in 2013 and a lot has changed since then. It can help me get insight on if anything has changed.
Description of Datasets
All datasets were found on NYC Open Data and had a large amount of data regarding all the boroughs.
5.1 Poverty Dataset
This dataset contained information regarding poverty and certain specifications for each borough from 2018 to August 2021. It had a total of 68.3 rows and 61 columns. The data was provided by the Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity. We reduced the number of columns to only 7 columns and primarily focused on the column that had information about residents being in poverty or not, based on the official government threshold, the column that had information about work status, and the column that had information about family structure. This information helped us get an insight of how an average family is in Brooklyn. This dataset, however, could definitely be improved if there were more information, such as dates and zip codes so that we would be able to get a timeline of each neighborhood.
5.2 Automobile Crash Dataset
This dataset contained information about automobile accident reports in all the boroughs from 2014 to present day. It had a total of 1.85 million rows and 29 columns, and the data was provided by the New York Police Department. We reduced the number of columns to only 6 columns and focused on the number of people injured and the number of people killed in each zip code during an automobile crash. This dataset allowed us to get insight into the safety of drivers and pedestrians as cars are continuously developing and more people are getting behind a wheel.
5.3 311 Calls
This dataset contained information on most 311 calls from 2010 to the present day with updates being made each day to the dataset. This dataset was massive containing 27 million rows. It contained information about the type of issue that existed, where the issue occurred, and whether it was resolved. We narrowed the dataset down to only 311 calls from the beginning of 2019 afterwards and only focused on 311 calls in Brooklyn. Otherwise, the data was proving hard to download. We focused on the following columns: Call ID, Date opened, Date accessed, Agency, Complaint Type, Zip Code, Address, Result, Longitude, Latitude. Using this information, we could correlate where 311 calls were coming from and what types of complaints they were. This would help us understand the problems that plague Brooklyn.
5.4. Energy Usage
This dataset has information on the water and energy use in buildings throughout the city. It has data on energy star score, many different metrics on heat and water usage along with property types. For this project we narrowed everything down to some of the simpler metrics to measure energy, water, and gas usage. We also decided to drop all the columns on the property types since we wanted a general viewpoint on all the buildings in one zip code. We further organized the data to only have buildings in the Brooklyn area.
Analytic Stages/Process
We started off by finding common interests of each of our team members and decided we’d like to do something related to New York City as it’s the greatest city in the world. We chose datasets that dealt with common things one would be concerned about before moving to a new neighborhood — poverty rates which would tell us how affordable a neighborhood may be and the costs of living there, 311 calls which would tell us about some of the problems that frequently occur in a certain neighborhood, and energy and water usage which would tell us about the different types of resources are commonly used in each neighborhood and how efficient they are when it comes to waste.
6.1 Poverty dataset
While cleaning and profiling, we narrowed down the number of columns. There were originally 61 unique columns, however we focused on 6 columns which were the borough, official government poverty threshold, number of people in a household, type of work in a household, and estimated nutrition related income. Unfortunately, this dataset wasn’t giving us the type of information we were looking for. It was rather too general, so we had to look for another dataset that would be more specific to each neighborhood. On the bright side, we were able to use information such as common family structures and type of work for Brooklyn as a whole as we used MapReduce to filter out the data for Brooklyn. We also came up with a few calculations to figure out the poverty rate, however due to no dates and different number of entries for each borough, it was a bit hard to tell. We ended up comparing our calculations to the most recent report of poverty rates and concluded that it would be best to just use the poverty rates mentioned in The Good News on NYC Poverty is Old News, Which is Bad News by Jarret Murphy. While our calculations said Brooklyn had a 31% poverty rate, Murphy reported that Brooklyn only had a 17.7% poverty rate, which decreased from previous years. [1]
6.2 Automobile crashes dataset
Due to lack of information from the poverty dataset, we looked at automobile crashes that would allow us to retrieve information based off of zip code. There were originally 29 unique columns, but we only focused on 5 of the columns which were borough, zip code, longitude, latitude, number of persons injured, and number of persons killed. These columns allowed us to analyze how safe it was to drive in each neighborhood. It also gave us a sense of how safe it was for pedestrians as well. We used MapReduce to filter out the content of Brooklyn and used Hive to group by zip code:
SELECT zipcode, Sum(persons_injured) AS persons_injured, Sum(persons_killed) AS persons_killed FROM crashes GROUP BY zipcode;
This code above grouped the cleaned data by zip code and output the sum of people injured and killed in automobile crashes.
6.3 311 Calls dataset
We reduced the number of columns from 41 columns down to 10 which were the columns we needed. We wrote a Java MapReduce program for this where we split the columns and combined the specific columns We needed with commas. Then we exported that file as a .csv. We built a Hive table specifically for my new data and then copied the .csv into the Hive table. We wanted to figure out how different zip codes had different complaint types. Therefore, after playing around with HiveQL, we wrote the following code:
SELECT zipcode, Sum(CASE WHEN complaintype = ‘Noise — Residential’ THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS Noise_Residential, Sum(CASE WHEN complaintype = ‘Illegal Parking’ THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS Illegal_Parking, Sum(CASE WHEN complaintype = ‘HEAT/HOT WATER’ THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS Heat_hotwater, Sum(CASE WHEN complaintype = ‘Blocked Driveway’ THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS Blocked_driveway, Sum(CASE WHEN complaintype = ‘Noise — Street/Sidewalk’ THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS Noise_Street_Sidewalk, Sum(CASE WHEN complaintype = ‘UNSANITARY CONDITION’ THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS Unsanitary_condition, Sum(CASE WHEN complaintype = ‘Street Condition’ THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS Street_condition, Sum(CASE WHEN complaintype = ‘Water System’ THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS Water_system, Sum(CASE WHEN complaintype = ‘General Construction/Plumbing’ THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS Construction_or_plumbing, Sum(CASE WHEN complaintype = ‘Noise — Commercial’ THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS Noise_commercial, Sum(CASE WHEN complaintype = ‘Noise — Vehicle’ THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS Noise_vehicle, Sum(CASE WHEN complaintype = ‘Damaged Tree’ THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS damaged_tree, Sum(CASE WHEN complaintype = ‘Sidewalk Condition’ THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS sidewalk_condition, Sum(CASE WHEN complaintype = ‘Rodent’ THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS Rodent, Sum(CASE WHEN complaintype = ‘Sewer’ THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS Sewer, Sum(CASE WHEN complaintype = ‘Graffiti’ THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS Graffiti FROM service_calls GROUP BY zipcode;
All that is happening in the code above is we are calculating the number of times different complaint types show up in the dataset and grouping them by zip code. This allowed me to convert the number of times a complaint type shows up into its own unique column. With this information, we can analyze how many times different issues occur in a certain zip code. Then we exported the results into a .csv which we sent to Abed to join together on the other datasets based on zip codes.
6.4 Energy Usage dataset
In order to get the columns, we wanted to first run a simple MapReduce job. However, the difficulty came in organizing the data. We wanted only buildings that were located in Brooklyn. The issue did not come in the logic, rather it was the data itself. The people that made the dataset struggled to spell “Brooklyn” correctly, having a variety of misspelled data. Abed had to analyze the dataset itself to understand this issue. To get around this, when using hive, Abed wrote a simple where clause to account for all the misspellings. He then averaged out all the metrics in each Brooklyn zip code to get the cleaned data. This is the query Abed ran to get his cleaned dataset.
create table energyCleaned as
select postCode, avg(energyStarScore) as eScore, avg(fuelOil1UseKbtu) as fuelOil1,
avg(fuelOil2UseKBtu) as fuelOil2, avg(fuelOil4UseKBtu) as fuelOil4,avg(districtSteamUseKbtu) as districtSteamUse,
avg(naturalGasUseKbtu) as naturalGasUse from energy
where city = “brooklyn” or city = “Bklyn” or city = “Booklyn” or city = “BROOKLYN” or city = “Brooklyn”
group by postCode;
Visuals
Visual 2: Combined Data for all Datasets Used
Visual 3: Number of crashes per zip code
Visual 4: Number of people injured in the crashes per zip code
Visual 5: Number of people killed in the crashes per zip code
Visual 6: Energy scores less than 61 Visual 7: Energy scores more than 61
Visual 8: Energy Score and Noise Complaints
Visual 9: 311 Number of noise complaints per zip code
Visual 10: Street condition complaints and number of people injured
Visual 11: Street condition complaints and number of people killed
Insights and Analysis
The typical family type in Brooklyn is usually husband, wife, and child and majority of the population are working part time, which is less than full time, year round. Brooklyn has a 17.7% poverty rate and had a total number of 400,099 accidents. Of these accidents, zip code 11207 had the highest number of reported accidents while zip code 11241 had the lowest number of reported accidents. In terms of people injured, zip code 11203 had the highest number of people injured with a total number of 123 while zip codes 11241 and 11242 had the lowest number of people injured with a total number of 0. In terms of people killed (may they rest in peace), zip code 11234 had the highest numbers of people killed and zip codes 11241, 11242, 11251, 11385, and 11421 had 0 people killed.
While making further analysis, we found that the number of automobile crashes correlated with street condition complaints. As the number of street conditions complaints increased, the number of persons injured and killed also increased. This could be because of the potholes, road construction, and ongoing construction which usually leads to the usage of less lanes. Neighborhoods with less complaints tend to have better infrastructure avoiding injury and death. On average it takes the city 1–3 days to fix the pothole issue if it gets reported[7]. The response time in Brooklyn is about 3 days and 22 hours. Seeing that it takes this long to fix it, many neighborhoods have bad street conditions and the worse they are, the more people get injured or killed in automobile crashes.
Energy scores a big factor. On average, buildings with lower energy scores were receiving more heat and hot water complaints and buildings with lower energy scores got more complaints for unsanitary conditions. There is not a major difference between water system and sewer complaints. However, there was a negative correlation between energy scores and noise complaints. As the energy score increased, the number of noise complaints decreased. This could be that neighborhoods that are environmentally friendly are also paying attention to the way they contribute to noise pollution. A neighborhood that really stuck out in our analysis is Little Poland.
For Little Poland our analysis has parity to how it is in the real world. Little Poland is a small community that is a subsection of Greenpoint. In Greenpoint, there is a huge community project called the “Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund”. According to their website, they have put more than 11 million dollars into improving the local environment [6]. This claim is backed up by our data well. The buildings in the neighborhood are eco-friendly and there are very few calls for unsanitary conditions. The people and local government are putting in the extra effort to keep the neighborhoods clean and environment friendly.
Conclusion
Based on this project, we were able to find the safest neighborhoods to live in. We prioritized energy score as we felt like that was the leading component of all of the datasets. Energy score ratings that were higher than 61, meaning that they were more eco-friendly, had less complaints and accidents reportings. We did this because typically for a neighborhood to be environmentally friendly, they need to have the proper infrastructure behind it. When seeing if there is parity between the data and work done in the real world, we found that our findings held true and that there is a continuation of improvement.
While we were working on the project, we looked at other boroughs well. There were a few insights that caught our interest; however we didn’t get a chance to analyze them thoroughly. If we perhaps look at additional boroughs in the future, we’d be able to get an insight of the safest neighborhoods in all of New York City. We would also want to look at more features of a neighborhood such as income, food resources, diversity, building infrastructure and see how all that can connect back to the environment and overall living conditions.
Acknowledgement
We would like to thank Professor Malavet for helping us progress through this project by answering emails and the discussion board posts. We’d also like to thank NYC Open Data for allowing us to access this information.
References
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https://medium.com/@ai1138/moving-to-brooklyn-8b6748fffcc5
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['Abed Islam']
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['NYC', 'Brooklyn', 'Hive', 'Big Data', 'Mapreduce']
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Title Moving BrooklynContent Sheika Islam Afnan Haq Abed Islam Abstract five borough Brooklyn New York populated total amount 71 square mile land approximately 251 million people living group young adult decided would interesting figure neighborhood Brooklyn safest livable retrieve type information looked poverty rate 311 call energy usage automobile accident Big data analytics tool MapReduce Hive allowed u clean profile data join new data come analytics zip code also used Pandas Matplotlib Excel tool make visuals would easier look Using tool found safest neighborhood Brooklyn East Flatbush Little Poland Introduction project studying livability safety different neighborhood Brooklyn topic important investigate neighborhood live New York big impact life live Therefore set understand neighborhood highly livable started research already understanding many part Brooklyn highly segregated expecting quite large variance different neighborhood term 311 complaint energy usage automobile accident study knowledge data analyst regarding urban development New York support urban policy make life New Yorkers better expected certain zip code like East Flatbush would far livable design diagram shown Visual 1 highlight workflow First datasets came New York City government NYC Open Data used MapReduce HDFS remove unnecessary column stored cleaned datasets Hive used transform dataset needed extracted new Hive table csv file joined together one final Hive table extracted file csv data analysis Visual 1 Data Flow Diagram Motivation motivation behind work understand Brooklyn understand issue borough face goal find safest livable neighborhood zip code Brooklyn New York two category people appreciate research Firstly anyone planning moving soon find information useful figure would livable neighborhood rent buy house Secondly valuable analysis city government New York designing policy Brooklyn understand problem Brooklyn exactly problem Based overall poverty rate 311 call automobile crash energy usage research wanted capture snapshot life different Brooklyn neighborhood zip code 31 Sheika’s Motivation love Brooklyn started high school would go hang Brooklyn Bridge Park go see Dyker Heights Christmas light family friend However sister moved recently curiosity neighborhood Brooklyn grew even poverty automobile crash dataset allowed explore borough datasets contained lot valuable information poverty dataset contained information family type age category citizen status childcare expense education attained income many thing One thing stood data information really specific absolutely loved automobile crash data interesting well since recently learned drive haven’t really driven Brooklyn much would liked dataset contained information regard number accident type vehicle involved many people injured killed 32 Afnan’s Motivation really liked 311 dataset felt reliable liked big containing huge amount government data going appreciate challenge chose topic really loved idea getting bird’s eye view life like different zip code Brooklyn thought could valuable information policymakers interested New York City politics would find interesting 33 Abed’s Motivation Lately become selfconscious action impact environment come small thing like recycling littering big thing like food come interested seeing well neighborhood use energy oil necessary resource find value well neighborhood handle use energy feel order hold accountable pursuit trying energy efficient need live place also value Related Works 41 Poverty Dataset study done regarding neighborhood New York chance getting cancer Kamath Geetanjali R others one life indicator getting multiple myeloma MM impact mortality rate especially live NYC chance getting MM higher NYC area place United States “Trends racial difference MM incidence mortality United States Surveillance Epidemiology End Results Cancer Registry SEER National Center Health Statistics NYC New York State Cancer Registry compared using Join point regression” 3 concluded specifically place large minority population vulnerable poverty related factor associated MM mortality 42 Automobile Crash Dataset similar study done regarding automobile crash Azad Abdulhafedh know lot mishap road occur due road constructed dangerous road site Abdulhafedh collected data related crash various system gained better understanding problem causing crash goal come new measure road safety program locating hazardous road section identifying risk factor developing accurate diagnosis remedial measure 4 necessary would allow prevention future accident since there’d le hazardous road road safety program would also improved People would know look program road would fixed almost immediately 43 311 Calls similar study done New York Duygu Pamukcu regarding 311 call global health emergency like COVID 311 call indicator different dimension community’s reaction crisis situation New York City added new complaint type descriptor order facilitate better understanding citizen dealing crisis municipality aggregate analyze data like better understand certain information regarding current situation information vital saving life solving problem paper Pamukcu analyzes existing 311 data explains action taken authority response data conclusion state “the data NYC’s existing 311 system used characterize different impact COVID19 pandemic community also showed city’s adjustment system subsequently able provide valuable new information ongoing crisis” 2 44 Energy Usage similar study energy usage New York City building done John Schofield Energy consumption high New York City since city heavily relied economy Schofield point since 2000 many nonresidential building going LEED certification 5 Since 2011 city making data public nonresidential building Schofield say energy consumption decreased 20 building LEED Gold research give insight dataset used project report written 2013 lot changed since help get insight anything changed Description Datasets datasets found NYC Open Data large amount data regarding borough 51 Poverty Dataset dataset contained information regarding poverty certain specification borough 2018 August 2021 total 683 row 61 column data provided Mayor’s Office Economic Opportunity reduced number column 7 column primarily focused column information resident poverty based official government threshold column information work status column information family structure information helped u get insight average family Brooklyn dataset however could definitely improved information date zip code would able get timeline neighborhood 52 Automobile Crash Dataset dataset contained information automobile accident report borough 2014 present day total 185 million row 29 column data provided New York Police Department reduced number column 6 column focused number people injured number people killed zip code automobile crash dataset allowed u get insight safety driver pedestrian car continuously developing people getting behind wheel 53 311 Calls dataset contained information 311 call 2010 present day update made day dataset dataset massive containing 27 million row contained information type issue existed issue occurred whether resolved narrowed dataset 311 call beginning 2019 afterwards focused 311 call Brooklyn Otherwise data proving hard download focused following column Call ID Date opened Date accessed Agency Complaint Type Zip Code Address Result Longitude Latitude Using information could correlate 311 call coming type complaint would help u understand problem plague Brooklyn 54 Energy Usage dataset information water energy use building throughout city data energy star score many different metric heat water usage along property type project narrowed everything simpler metric measure energy water gas usage also decided drop column property type since wanted general viewpoint building one zip code organized data building Brooklyn area Analytic StagesProcess started finding common interest team member decided we’d like something related New York City it’s greatest city world chose datasets dealt common thing one would concerned moving new neighborhood — poverty rate would tell u affordable neighborhood may cost living 311 call would tell u problem frequently occur certain neighborhood energy water usage would tell u different type resource commonly used neighborhood efficient come waste 61 Poverty dataset cleaning profiling narrowed number column originally 61 unique column however focused 6 column borough official government poverty threshold number people household type work household estimated nutrition related income Unfortunately dataset wasn’t giving u type information looking rather general look another dataset would specific neighborhood bright side able use information common family structure type work Brooklyn whole used MapReduce filter data Brooklyn also came calculation figure poverty rate however due date different number entry borough bit hard tell ended comparing calculation recent report poverty rate concluded would best use poverty rate mentioned Good News NYC Poverty Old News Bad News Jarret Murphy calculation said Brooklyn 31 poverty rate Murphy reported Brooklyn 177 poverty rate decreased previous year 1 62 Automobile crash dataset Due lack information poverty dataset looked automobile crash would allow u retrieve information based zip code originally 29 unique column focused 5 column borough zip code longitude latitude number person injured number person killed column allowed u analyze safe drive neighborhood also gave u sense safe pedestrian well used MapReduce filter content Brooklyn used Hive group zip code SELECT zipcode Sumpersonsinjured personsinjured Sumpersonskilled personskilled crash GROUP zipcode code grouped cleaned data zip code output sum people injured killed automobile crash 63 311 Calls dataset reduced number column 41 column 10 column needed wrote Java MapReduce program split column combined specific column needed comma exported file csv built Hive table specifically new data copied csv Hive table wanted figure different zip code different complaint type Therefore playing around HiveQL wrote following code SELECT zipcode SumCASE complaintype ‘Noise — Residential’ 1 ELSE 0 END NoiseResidential SumCASE complaintype ‘Illegal Parking’ 1 ELSE 0 END IllegalParking SumCASE complaintype ‘HEATHOT WATER’ 1 ELSE 0 END Heathotwater SumCASE complaintype ‘Blocked Driveway’ 1 ELSE 0 END Blockeddriveway SumCASE complaintype ‘Noise — StreetSidewalk’ 1 ELSE 0 END NoiseStreetSidewalk SumCASE complaintype ‘UNSANITARY CONDITION’ 1 ELSE 0 END Unsanitarycondition SumCASE complaintype ‘Street Condition’ 1 ELSE 0 END Streetcondition SumCASE complaintype ‘Water System’ 1 ELSE 0 END Watersystem SumCASE complaintype ‘General ConstructionPlumbing’ 1 ELSE 0 END Constructionorplumbing SumCASE complaintype ‘Noise — Commercial’ 1 ELSE 0 END Noisecommercial SumCASE complaintype ‘Noise — Vehicle’ 1 ELSE 0 END Noisevehicle SumCASE complaintype ‘Damaged Tree’ 1 ELSE 0 END damagedtree SumCASE complaintype ‘Sidewalk Condition’ 1 ELSE 0 END sidewalkcondition SumCASE complaintype ‘Rodent’ 1 ELSE 0 END Rodent SumCASE complaintype ‘Sewer’ 1 ELSE 0 END Sewer SumCASE complaintype ‘Graffiti’ 1 ELSE 0 END Graffiti servicecalls GROUP zipcode happening code calculating number time different complaint type show dataset grouping zip code allowed convert number time complaint type show unique column information analyze many time different issue occur certain zip code exported result csv sent Abed join together datasets based zip code 64 Energy Usage dataset order get column wanted first run simple MapReduce job However difficulty came organizing data wanted building located Brooklyn issue come logic rather data people made dataset struggled spell “Brooklyn” correctly variety misspelled data Abed analyze dataset understand issue get around using hive Abed wrote simple clause account misspelling averaged metric Brooklyn zip code get cleaned data query Abed ran get cleaned dataset create table energyCleaned select postCode avgenergyStarScore eScore avgfuelOil1UseKbtu fuelOil1 avgfuelOil2UseKBtu fuelOil2 avgfuelOil4UseKBtu fuelOil4avgdistrictSteamUseKbtu districtSteamUse avgnaturalGasUseKbtu naturalGasUse energy city “brooklyn” city “Bklyn” city “Booklyn” city “BROOKLYN” city “Brooklyn” group postCode Visuals Visual 2 Combined Data Datasets Used Visual 3 Number crash per zip code Visual 4 Number people injured crash per zip code Visual 5 Number people killed crash per zip code Visual 6 Energy score le 61 Visual 7 Energy score 61 Visual 8 Energy Score Noise Complaints Visual 9 311 Number noise complaint per zip code Visual 10 Street condition complaint number people injured Visual 11 Street condition complaint number people killed Insights Analysis typical family type Brooklyn usually husband wife child majority population working part time le full time year round Brooklyn 177 poverty rate total number 400099 accident accident zip code 11207 highest number reported accident zip code 11241 lowest number reported accident term people injured zip code 11203 highest number people injured total number 123 zip code 11241 11242 lowest number people injured total number 0 term people killed may rest peace zip code 11234 highest number people killed zip code 11241 11242 11251 11385 11421 0 people killed making analysis found number automobile crash correlated street condition complaint number street condition complaint increased number person injured killed also increased could pothole road construction ongoing construction usually lead usage le lane Neighborhoods le complaint tend better infrastructure avoiding injury death average take city 1–3 day fix pothole issue get reported7 response time Brooklyn 3 day 22 hour Seeing take long fix many neighborhood bad street condition worse people get injured killed automobile crash Energy score big factor average building lower energy score receiving heat hot water complaint building lower energy score got complaint unsanitary condition major difference water system sewer complaint However negative correlation energy score noise complaint energy score increased number noise complaint decreased could neighborhood environmentally friendly also paying attention way contribute noise pollution neighborhood really stuck analysis Little Poland Little Poland analysis parity real world Little Poland small community subsection Greenpoint Greenpoint huge community project called “Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund” According website put 11 million dollar improving local environment 6 claim backed data well building neighborhood ecofriendly call unsanitary condition people local government putting extra effort keep neighborhood clean environment friendly Conclusion Based project able find safest neighborhood live prioritized energy score felt like leading component datasets Energy score rating higher 61 meaning ecofriendly le complaint accident reporting typically neighborhood environmentally friendly need proper infrastructure behind seeing parity data work done real world found finding held true continuation improvement working project looked borough well insight caught interest however didn’t get chance analyze thoroughly perhaps look additional borough future we’d able get insight safest neighborhood New York City would also want look feature neighborhood income food resource diversity building infrastructure see connect back environment overall living condition Acknowledgement would like thank Professor Malavet helping u progress project answering email discussion board post We’d also like thank NYC Open Data allowing u access information ReferencesTags NYC Brooklyn Hive Big Data Mapreduce
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‘The Equality Education’: Inspiring Greatness in Kids in New York City
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‘The Equality Education’: Inspiring Greatness in Kids in New York City
A New York City small business’s mission to help kids “discover their greatness” through social-emotional learning.
Arianna Silver (left) and Soleil Laurent (right) stand within their Union Square Holiday Market vendor booth displaying their business’s empowering products on Monday, November 29, 2021. Equality Education, a business that began only last year, sits among over 160 others in the market in New York City, NY. (Photo courtesy of Equality Education).
As Soleil Laurent and Arianna Silver walked the mile from their neighborhood in Bushwick, Brooklyn to Blink Fitness — a routine that began after they met by chance in spring 2019 and became friends— they discussed the usual: personal development, growth, and vulnerability.
After enduring physical and emotional bullying from grade five through high school, Laurent and Silver connected on their journeys growing from those and other negative experiences. Laurent, a musician and student of psychology and neuroscience, and Silver, a life coach who studied sociology, strode down Bushwick’s Knickerbocker Avenue, discussing their knowledge from their educations, a myriad of self-improvement books, and their commitment to understanding emotions.
“As we got deeper into these conversations, we realized that a lot of the stuff that we were talking about at this age in our lives were things that would have been totally transformational if we had learned them as kids,” said Silver. “Basically, if you had taught me in school how to deal with my emotions the same way you taught me math, I would be a totally different person.”
The “stuff” Silver mentioned is defined as social-emotional learning, or the process through which individuals “acquire the knowledge, attitudes, and skills to: recognize and manage their emotions, set and achieve positive goals, demonstrate caring and concern for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, make responsible decisions, and handle interpersonal situations effectively,” according to the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, a nonprofit leader in social-emotional research. This sort of education is proven to be successful for children, with several studies of both short-term and long-term effects demonstrating improvements in interpersonal skills and feelings of personal growth while lowering emotional distress and conduct issues.
When the COVID-19 pandemic swept over the globe and a national reckoning with systemic racism came to the forefront of public consciousness in 2020, dealing with emotions and processing emotional distress could not have been more necessary for youth in the minds of Laurent and Silver. They began having conversations on Instagram Live in July 2020, reflecting on issues of the pandemic and racial injustices like the murder of George Floyd. The positive response to their conversations paired with their personal passion for social-emotional learning led to the beginning of Equality Education, a small-business with the goal of providing a 60-module social-emotional and diversity-centered curriculum as well as empowering merchandise to children and schools.
“The world shook,” said Laurent, “and people, especially kids, need a better foundation within themselves. And that foundation can be built with the tools we create for them to access.”
Equality Education’s curriculum, which launches in mid-2022, is coming to fruition at a time when schools across New York City are implementing social-emotional learning practices. The city’s Bridge to School initiative, which received an almost two million dollar investment by the Department of Education and Fund for Public Schools, provides trauma-informed training to educators and social-emotional and mental health support for the city’s nearly 1.1 million students.
Chirlane McCray, First Lady of New York City, said in the 2021-2022 Bridge to School plan that “preparing our young people for success means helping them deal with the social, emotional, and academic challenges of their lives. It means teaching them ways to process their many emotions and showing them how to build healthy relationships and resolve conflicts in a constructive way. That is how we help them flourish into happy, healthy adults.”
Equality Education’s goal is to be a resource for schools, particularly ones in underfunded communities where research finds that funding differences are inequitable between schools with highest and lowest needs based on students living in poverty. According to the New York City Council, the schools in need of equitable funding and adequate resources — including social-emotional pratices — are in communities of color.
“We are looking to take funds from schools that can afford our almost $2,300 institutional membership to the curriculum and use that money to give the program to people and schools who might not have the funds to be able to access it themselves,” said Silver.
“We're big-hearted people that just want the best for others,” said Laurent, explaining their motivations. “Life is going to have a lot of challenges, but we want to provide resources and tools for kids to move forward and grow, especially kids who may be in tougher situations than others.”
At its core, Equality Education’s curriculum focuses on the “development of human consciousness through mental health awareness, emotional intelligence, and perception of others,” according to its official website. The program covers topics from positive self-talk, gratitude, and decision-making to valuing individuality and diversity, communication techniques, and growth from failure. It contains animated teaching episodes, writing prompts, a neuro-linguistic programming series, child-parent exercises, and more, catering to any type of learner (whether visual, auditory, or kinesthetic). While the curriculum will be available for individuals to subscribe to for about $20 a month, its primary goal is to be bought and distributed within schools, which is why it is geared towards children ages 2 to 18.
The co-founders explained that as they develop the curriculum, the concepts will be the same across the spectrum, but the material will vary depending on the age group. “With a kid who's being introduced to it as a two year old, it's a little different than something that we might teach 18 year old,” said Silver, explaining that younger age groups will have simpler activities that engage their attention like animated videos and coloring activities, while older kids will have more complex journaling activities or discussion prompts.
“Being human is human. That's really the basis of what we're teaching,” said Laurent, summarizing the curriculum.
Laurent and Silver invested a large amount of their own money to start the business, a number they cannot even begin to estimate. “When it comes to investing in Equality Education, it's almost automatic,” said Laurent. “We essentially send $500, send $1000, send this, send that. And we've been doing that for a year, all because we have faith in this for children.”
As the curriculum awaits its launch, the business sells empowering merchandise like posters, art, clothing and accessories in order to fund the production of the 60-module program. The best-selling product is the “I AM” affirmations coloring book with hand-drawn images and affirmations ranging from “I am worthy, abundant and grateful,” to “I am in control of my emotions.” The hands-on resource represents the power of their coming curriculum. By coloring the pages and repeating the affirmations, kids and people of all ages begin to practice a sense of self confidence and believe in the words they say, explained Silver.
Equality Education’s “I AM” affirmations coloring book sits front and center at the vendor booth on Monday, November 29, 2021. It can be bought for oneself or donated to a local charity the small business partnered with this season called “Sheltering Arms,” which helps foster social equity in New York City’s challenged communities. (Photo by Kasia O’Brien).
Equality Education’s curriculum takes this concept of practicing self-empowerment and social-emotional awareness and expands it into multiple modalities.
“I’m so excited,” said Laurent loudly, reflecting on their passing $20,000 in sales and their curriculum’s quickly approaching launch. “My whole body is in flames because it’s like, I wish I had this when I was a kid,” she continued, smiling from ear to ear.
Equality Education is currently undergoing a licensing process to become a Department of Education vendor with the ability to offer its curriculum to New York City schools. In the meantime, the business takes every opportunity to spread its message and products, from operating an Etsy shop and vending booths to conducting workshops.
This winter season, in a sea of over 160 vendors making up the tightly packed winding aisles of New York City’s Union Square Holiday Market, Laurent and Silver sit inside booth C34. Illuminated by suspended twinkling lights, the colorful bubble-lettered words on their products declaring that “love creates love,” and “powerful people empower other people,” jump out from the booth’s neutral walls. Holiday Market goers stop and flip through the coloring book. “No age is too young for kids to get introduced to this,” says Silver to a few customers gathered around their booth, “it’s never too young to learn unconditional love within ourselves and how to give it to others.”
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https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/the-equality-education-inspiring-greatness-in-kids-in-new-york-city-7a23f1f2170
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["Kasia O'Brien"]
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2022-01-24 22:59:49.088000+00:00
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['NYC', 'Small Business', 'Social Emotional Learning', 'Empowerment', 'Curriculum']
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Title ‘The Equality Education’ Inspiring Greatness Kids New York CityContent ‘The Equality Education’ Inspiring Greatness Kids New York City New York City small business’s mission help kid “discover greatness” socialemotional learning Arianna Silver left Soleil Laurent right stand within Union Square Holiday Market vendor booth displaying business’s empowering product Monday November 29 2021 Equality Education business began last year sits among 160 others market New York City NY Photo courtesy Equality Education Soleil Laurent Arianna Silver walked mile neighborhood Bushwick Brooklyn Blink Fitness — routine began met chance spring 2019 became friends— discussed usual personal development growth vulnerability enduring physical emotional bullying grade five high school Laurent Silver connected journey growing negative experience Laurent musician student psychology neuroscience Silver life coach studied sociology strode Bushwick’s Knickerbocker Avenue discussing knowledge education myriad selfimprovement book commitment understanding emotion “As got deeper conversation realized lot stuff talking age life thing would totally transformational learned kids” said Silver “Basically taught school deal emotion way taught math would totally different person” “stuff” Silver mentioned defined socialemotional learning process individual “acquire knowledge attitude skill recognize manage emotion set achieve positive goal demonstrate caring concern others establish maintain positive relationship make responsible decision handle interpersonal situation effectively” according Collaborative Academic Social Emotional Learning nonprofit leader socialemotional research sort education proven successful child several study shortterm longterm effect demonstrating improvement interpersonal skill feeling personal growth lowering emotional distress conduct issue COVID19 pandemic swept globe national reckoning systemic racism came forefront public consciousness 2020 dealing emotion processing emotional distress could necessary youth mind Laurent Silver began conversation Instagram Live July 2020 reflecting issue pandemic racial injustice like murder George Floyd positive response conversation paired personal passion socialemotional learning led beginning Equality Education smallbusiness goal providing 60module socialemotional diversitycentered curriculum well empowering merchandise child school “The world shook” said Laurent “and people especially kid need better foundation within foundation built tool create access” Equality Education’s curriculum launch mid2022 coming fruition time school across New York City implementing socialemotional learning practice city’s Bridge School initiative received almost two million dollar investment Department Education Fund Public Schools provides traumainformed training educator socialemotional mental health support city’s nearly 11 million student Chirlane McCray First Lady New York City said 20212022 Bridge School plan “preparing young people success mean helping deal social emotional academic challenge life mean teaching way process many emotion showing build healthy relationship resolve conflict constructive way help flourish happy healthy adults” Equality Education’s goal resource school particularly one underfunded community research find funding difference inequitable school highest lowest need based student living poverty According New York City Council school need equitable funding adequate resource — including socialemotional pratices — community color “We looking take fund school afford almost 2300 institutional membership curriculum use money give program people school might fund able access themselves” said Silver “Were bighearted people want best others” said Laurent explaining motivation “Life going lot challenge want provide resource tool kid move forward grow especially kid may tougher situation others” core Equality Education’s curriculum focus “development human consciousness mental health awareness emotional intelligence perception others” according official website program cover topic positive selftalk gratitude decisionmaking valuing individuality diversity communication technique growth failure contains animated teaching episode writing prompt neurolinguistic programming series childparent exercise catering type learner whether visual auditory kinesthetic curriculum available individual subscribe 20 month primary goal bought distributed within school geared towards child age 2 18 cofounder explained develop curriculum concept across spectrum material vary depending age group “With kid who introduced two year old little different something might teach 18 year old” said Silver explaining younger age group simpler activity engage attention like animated video coloring activity older kid complex journaling activity discussion prompt “Being human human Thats really basis teaching” said Laurent summarizing curriculum Laurent Silver invested large amount money start business number cannot even begin estimate “When come investing Equality Education almost automatic” said Laurent “We essentially send 500 send 1000 send send weve year faith children” curriculum awaits launch business sell empowering merchandise like poster art clothing accessory order fund production 60module program bestselling product “I AM” affirmation coloring book handdrawn image affirmation ranging “I worthy abundant grateful” “I control emotions” handson resource represents power coming curriculum coloring page repeating affirmation kid people age begin practice sense self confidence believe word say explained Silver Equality Education’s “I AM” affirmation coloring book sits front center vendor booth Monday November 29 2021 bought oneself donated local charity small business partnered season called “Sheltering Arms” help foster social equity New York City’s challenged community Photo Kasia O’Brien Equality Education’s curriculum take concept practicing selfempowerment socialemotional awareness expands multiple modality “I’m excited” said Laurent loudly reflecting passing 20000 sale curriculum’s quickly approaching launch “My whole body flame it’s like wish kid” continued smiling ear ear Equality Education currently undergoing licensing process become Department Education vendor ability offer curriculum New York City school meantime business take every opportunity spread message product operating Etsy shop vending booth conducting workshop winter season sea 160 vendor making tightly packed winding aisle New York City’s Union Square Holiday Market Laurent Silver sit inside booth C34 Illuminated suspended twinkling light colorful bubblelettered word product declaring “love creates love” “powerful people empower people” jump booth’s neutral wall Holiday Market goer stop flip coloring book “No age young kid get introduced this” say Silver customer gathered around booth “it’s never young learn unconditional love within give others”Tags NYC Small Business Social Emotional Learning Empowerment Curriculum
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Now Playing: New York City (Updated 3/20/2020)
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When: Twelfth Night: March 13–22 [CANCELED]; Little Lights: April 5; May 10
Where: El Barrio’s Artspace PS109, 215 E. 99th Street, New York, NY
Price: Varies; kids under 12 must be accompanied by adult for Twelfth Night
Tags: #immersivetheatre, #Shakespeare, #interactive, #sensoryfriendly, #kidfriendly, #ContactAdvisory, #ContentAdvisory (see below)
Twelfth Night: Audiences will be welcomed to Illyria, a world of music, wonder, mystery, and more than a touch of glamour. This romantic comedy will explore themes of wealth and class, identity and disguise, and love and loss. Our production will allow participants to directly engage with these themes with a high level of agency. Kids under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Little Lights Series: Our Little Lights performances are FREE to the community! Fun for the whole family, crafted for ages 5–10. Join us for a pre-show craft activity 30 minutes before the start of each performance! All performances take place at El Barrio’s Artspace PS109, located at 215 E. 99th Street. La Canción en la Tormenta, April 5: The Coquí’s Quest: On the island of Borinquen, the god Juracán has become upset, causing a wild storm to ravage the rainforest. El Coqui, the tiny but mighty frog, must restore peace to the island with the help of the audience! Isle Full of Noises: An Interactive Tempest, May 10: Join us for a special Mother’s Day performance! The spirit Ariel guides audience members through a magical comedy that at its core reveals a story of forgiveness and family.
Contact Level: Light (Business/Acquaintance), such as hand shakes and high fives.
Content Advisories: Twelfth Night is recommended for ages 10+. In this adaptation most references to alcohol have been removed from the text. Characters will be referred to by the gender pronouns written in the original script, regardless of gender of the actor portraying the role.
Most public performances take place at El Barrio’s Artspace, located at 215 E. 99th Street in East Harlem. All performances spaces at this location are ADA compliant, with easily accessible elevators and bathrooms. While there will be some seats in the different locations of the space, please note this is not a seated performance. If you are in need of a seat, we encourage you to notify us of any accommodations you may need, and we will do our best to make them happen!
All Emit audience members have access to the following:
A written summary of the play’s plot
A character sheet with actors’ faces and character names
Noise dampening headphones
Audience members are always permitted to take a break from the performance and return at any point. Lighting and sound design choices are made with sensory sensitivities in mind.
Please do not hesitate to email [email protected] or call 917–719–6766 with any questions or requests regarding additional accommodations!
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https://noproscenium.com/now-playing-new-york-city-updated-11-12-2017-78581da18da3
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['No Proscenium']
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2020-03-21 21:37:53.067000+00:00
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['NYC', 'Immersive Theatre', 'Theatre', 'Nowplaying', 'Interactive']
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Title Playing New York City Updated 3202020Content Twelfth Night March 13–22 CANCELED Little Lights April 5 May 10 El Barrio’s Artspace PS109 215 E 99th Street New York NY Price Varies kid 12 must accompanied adult Twelfth Night Tags immersivetheatre Shakespeare interactive sensoryfriendly kidfriendly ContactAdvisory ContentAdvisory see Twelfth Night Audiences welcomed Illyria world music wonder mystery touch glamour romantic comedy explore theme wealth class identity disguise love loss production allow participant directly engage theme high level agency Kids 12 must accompanied adult Little Lights Series Little Lights performance FREE community Fun whole family crafted age 5–10 Join u preshow craft activity 30 minute start performance performance take place El Barrio’s Artspace PS109 located 215 E 99th Street La Canción en la Tormenta April 5 Coquí’s Quest island Borinquen god Juracán become upset causing wild storm ravage rainforest El Coqui tiny mighty frog must restore peace island help audience Isle Full Noises Interactive Tempest May 10 Join u special Mother’s Day performance spirit Ariel guide audience member magical comedy core reveals story forgiveness family Contact Level Light BusinessAcquaintance hand shake high five Content Advisories Twelfth Night recommended age 10 adaptation reference alcohol removed text Characters referred gender pronoun written original script regardless gender actor portraying role public performance take place El Barrio’s Artspace located 215 E 99th Street East Harlem performance space location ADA compliant easily accessible elevator bathroom seat different location space please note seated performance need seat encourage notify u accommodation may need best make happen Emit audience member access following written summary play’s plot character sheet actors’ face character name Noise dampening headphone Audience member always permitted take break performance return point Lighting sound design choice made sensory sensitivity mind Please hesitate email infoemittheatreorg call 917–719–6766 question request regarding additional accommodationsTags NYC Immersive Theatre Theatre Nowplaying Interactive
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Exactly a year ago we went viral
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Vybe Together
Exactly a year ago we went viral internationally.
It was during the height of COVID, and since it was the worst time to start a party app, we SAID we’re building one. And it worked. Kinda.
We launched Vybe Together in early December 2020, operating with a few hundred users — hosting and attending small gatherings around NYC. Around New Year’s Eve, we posted a Tiktok video promoting extravagant parties happening through the app. The next day Taylor Lorenz, a NY Times tech reporter, bashed us on Twitter. As a result, Apple removed our app from the App Store. News sites such as CNN, Fox, BBC, The Guardian, Business Insider, and others, covered the story under titles such as “Apple shut down underground party app” (not just in the USA; the story was covered in top media outlets in China, Indonesia, UK, and others; see links below). But no one talked about the fact that it was all a marketing trick — no extravagant parties happened on the app; honestly, back then barely ANY social encounters happened through the app.
Taylor Lorenz’s tweet
Let’s go back a couple of weeks, to early December 2020; we had this mindset of “there’s no bad PR”, which encouraged us to try out different marketing schemes to get attention from the public. As a reminder, at that point, we had no idea what to do or what to expect; as a small startup with 0 funding we tried everything we could; with no bad intention we thought “ok, since no one is even trying to talk about IRL social life right now, why won’t we?” Attention-grabbing 101. We created a website called banvybetogether.com and ran a protest against ourselves in Washington Square Park in New York (a bit of provocation is never bad). It didn’t work. The people at the park were so chill some even signed up for the app.
Close to New Year’s Eve we wanted to take advantage of the occasion (maybe tackling people’s pain of missing the celebration); we did 2 things: 1) post a video on Tiktok promoting house parties with the slogan “Get your rebel on. Get your party on”. 2) creating hype by adding a doorman for new users and adding them to a waitlist (not letting them into the app). It worked.
The doorman gif we had on the app once people signed up
The video was posted on the evening of December 28th, went viral, and was removed by Tiktok the morning after (that night we got a boost of downloads 😏). Lorenz’s Tweet followed that day, as well as a flood of phone calls from reporters interested in covering the story. That same day Apple removed the app from the App Store and we felt lost. Then came the articles and the death threats. The entire situation shook us from the ground up. We tried to explain to Apple that it was all a marketing scheme, but they didn’t even respond to our inquiries.
In hindsight, we were so focused on going viral that we forgot to plan for the aftermath. We decided to take a break from the city. We went to Miami to talk with some nightlife investors and brag (mind you, Miami was pretty much open despite COVID).
3 weeks later (App Store’s official response time is 48 hours) Apple responded with “no, you can’t be back on App Store”, arguing for safety concerns. We explained that none of the accusations against us were real; we reminded them that we had a doorman on the app and people couldn’t even go on it. They didn’t listen.
We just wanted to take advantage of the virality and the public’s interest, so we quickly built an alternative web app to get the sign-ups without Apple (boo App Store).
For a few months, we tried to tell our story to the public unsuccessfully; no one wanted to f*ck with such a sensitive issue (COVID), and even our arguments against App Store for acting in a non-American way didn’t catch (these guys are a monopoly and act like a dictatorship).
It took Apple 6 months to let us back, and in June 2021 we re-launched. People were so amazing and supportive and helped us build the hype; not to mention their desperation for social life that was lost for so long. We were so eager to see clubs re-open, and were excited to show people what’s popping. We also started a new Tiktok page with our co-founder, Jonathan, talking about nightlife (check out this one which got over 1.4m views).
Now, a year later, we’re Live and better than ever before. Our members, promoters and party people, connect and go out together. The community grows daily and we can’t wait to see what the future will unveil.
So let’s vybe together ✌️
Links to articles about Vybe Together worldwide:
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https://medium.com/@vybetogether/vybe-together-745e788b5e01
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['Vybe Together']
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2021-12-31 21:41:39.985000+00:00
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['NYC', 'New Years Eve', 'Covid 19', 'Vybe Together', 'Parties']
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Title Exactly year ago went viralContent Vybe Together Exactly year ago went viral internationally height COVID since worst time start party app SAID we’re building one worked Kinda launched Vybe Together early December 2020 operating hundred user — hosting attending small gathering around NYC Around New Year’s Eve posted Tiktok video promoting extravagant party happening app next day Taylor Lorenz NY Times tech reporter bashed u Twitter result Apple removed app App Store News site CNN Fox BBC Guardian Business Insider others covered story title “Apple shut underground party app” USA story covered top medium outlet China Indonesia UK others see link one talked fact marketing trick — extravagant party happened app honestly back barely social encounter happened app Taylor Lorenz’s tweet Let’s go back couple week early December 2020 mindset “there’s bad PR” encouraged u try different marketing scheme get attention public reminder point idea expect small startup 0 funding tried everything could bad intention thought “ok since one even trying talk IRL social life right won’t we” Attentiongrabbing 101 created website called banvybetogethercom ran protest Washington Square Park New York bit provocation never bad didn’t work people park chill even signed app Close New Year’s Eve wanted take advantage occasion maybe tackling people’s pain missing celebration 2 thing 1 post video Tiktok promoting house party slogan “Get rebel Get party on” 2 creating hype adding doorman new user adding waitlist letting app worked doorman gif app people signed video posted evening December 28th went viral removed Tiktok morning night got boost downloads 😏 Lorenz’s Tweet followed day well flood phone call reporter interested covering story day Apple removed app App Store felt lost came article death threat entire situation shook u ground tried explain Apple marketing scheme didn’t even respond inquiry hindsight focused going viral forgot plan aftermath decided take break city went Miami talk nightlife investor brag mind Miami pretty much open despite COVID 3 week later App Store’s official response time 48 hour Apple responded “no can’t back App Store” arguing safety concern explained none accusation u real reminded doorman app people couldn’t even go didn’t listen wanted take advantage virality public’s interest quickly built alternative web app get signups without Apple boo App Store month tried tell story public unsuccessfully one wanted fck sensitive issue COVID even argument App Store acting nonAmerican way didn’t catch guy monopoly act like dictatorship took Apple 6 month let u back June 2021 relaunched People amazing supportive helped u build hype mention desperation social life lost long eager see club reopen excited show people what’s popping also started new Tiktok page cofounder Jonathan talking nightlife check one got 14m view year later we’re Live better ever member promoter party people connect go together community grows daily can’t wait see future unveil let’s vybe together ✌️ Links article Vybe Together worldwideTags NYC New Years Eve Covid 19 Vybe Together Parties
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Is New York City banning natural gas?
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New York City is enacting a new law to ban all natural gas hookups in most new constructions starting at the end of 2023. Once the bill is signed, the measure will go into effect at the end of 2023 for some buildings under seven stories and in 2027 for taller buildings. Hospitals, commercial kitchens, laundromats are exempt from the ban. Under the new law, construction projects submitted for approvals after 2027 must use electricity for stoves, space heaters, and water boilers instead of natural gas. Existing homes are not impacted by this new law. The bill also requires the city to conduct studies on the use of heat pumps technology and the impact of the bill on the city’s electrical grid.
The efforts were led by the New York City Council member for the 41t district, Alicka Amprt-Samuel who has been outspoken about this for a long time.
Dec. 15, 2021 — New York City Council member for the 41st district, Alicka Amprt-Samuel speaks at the city hall rally ahead of a council vote on banning natural gas in new buildings
“The bill to ban the use of gas in new buildings will (help) us to transition to a greener future and (reach) carbon neutrality by the year 2050,” said City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, noting “We are in a climate crisis and must take all necessary steps to fight climate change and protect our city.” New York City which has a population of about 8.4 million will be the largest American city to enact such a law in all of the United States.
This ban on natural gas is also meant to minimize the risk of gas explosions and eliminate the exposure to harmful gases released by the burning of natural gas that poses health risks to residents, particularly low-income communities of color. If you suspect any leaks in natural gas in your house, call a licensed plumber in NYC to get it checked immediately.
Utility provider, National Grid has strongly opposed the move, arguing that it will cause a spike in demand for electricity and also increase the overall utility bills for residents. The opponents also argue that this will disproportionately impact the low-income residents who now have to pay higher bills for heating their homes, cooking food, and hot water for daily use. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the average household in the U.S. Northeast is expected to pay $1,538 to heat their home with electricity compared with gas which is at about $865. The ban will have a limited effect on climate until the city stops getting its electricity from fossil fuels.
New York City’s Electricity utility provider, Con Edison hailed the bill and noted that they are well equipped to handle an increase in electricity demand in their press release. Con Ed argued in the council hearing that the city’s grid is able to handle the biggest strain which comes in summer from the air conditioning and the use of heat pumps would actually reduce demand in summer with the use of heat pumps.
Mayor-elect Eric Adams said through a spokesman that he supports the compromise in delaying the ban three years for larger buildings.
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https://medium.com/@ThePlumberGirl/is-new-york-city-banning-natural-gas-be81192ed4db
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[]
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2021-12-29 15:46:12.282000+00:00
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['NYC', 'Brooklyn', 'Manhattan', 'New York City', 'New York']
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Title New York City banning natural gasContent New York City enacting new law ban natural gas hookup new construction starting end 2023 bill signed measure go effect end 2023 building seven story 2027 taller building Hospitals commercial kitchen laundromat exempt ban new law construction project submitted approval 2027 must use electricity stove space heater water boiler instead natural gas Existing home impacted new law bill also requires city conduct study use heat pump technology impact bill city’s electrical grid effort led New York City Council member 41t district Alicka AmprtSamuel outspoken long time Dec 15 2021 — New York City Council member 41st district Alicka AmprtSamuel speaks city hall rally ahead council vote banning natural gas new building “The bill ban use gas new building help u transition greener future reach carbon neutrality year 2050” said City Council Speaker Corey Johnson noting “We climate crisis must take necessary step fight climate change protect city” New York City population 84 million largest American city enact law United States ban natural gas also meant minimize risk gas explosion eliminate exposure harmful gas released burning natural gas pose health risk resident particularly lowincome community color suspect leak natural gas house call licensed plumber NYC get checked immediately Utility provider National Grid strongly opposed move arguing cause spike demand electricity also increase overall utility bill resident opponent also argue disproportionately impact lowincome resident pay higher bill heating home cooking food hot water daily use According US Energy Information Administration EIA average household US Northeast expected pay 1538 heat home electricity compared gas 865 ban limited effect climate city stop getting electricity fossil fuel New York City’s Electricity utility provider Con Edison hailed bill noted well equipped handle increase electricity demand press release Con Ed argued council hearing city’s grid able handle biggest strain come summer air conditioning use heat pump would actually reduce demand summer use heat pump Mayorelect Eric Adams said spokesman support compromise delaying ban three year larger buildingsTags NYC Brooklyn Manhattan New York City New York
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How to prevent packages stolen in NYC more effectively?
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While you are residing in New York City and face the fact that someone has stolen your packet, it would be very difficult for you to take it back. In this situation, you can take help from this article, and it consists of more than one advantage that will also help you avoid the package stolen in NYC issue.
Ship the product to your work
To avoid any problem related to your packet, you can directly ship it to your home. This one will also help you. To get the package in front of yourself very quickly, moreover, it will help you to get the security service against the shipping process. So if you are willing to avoid the package stolen nyc problem, it will also be a very helpful option.
2. Get your neighbor’s help.
When you face any problem with the package, or you will not be there to collect the package, you can also take care of your neighbor. Not just getting the product faster, it is also equally important for you to get it safe in your hand. In this situation, your neighbor can help you by taking the package for you. This one will also become a very helpful option for you.
3. Take help from a luggage locker.
There are more than one luggage lockers company there, who will also help you store your package, and you will be able to pick it up from them. Besides that, it will be a beneficial option to get the parcel in your house without any hassle. You can book a locker for yourself and get effective results every time. So if you encounter your package stolen nyc, you can also get it from a package locker company.
4. Always use a signature.
You need to take help from a digital signature of yours, and you need to keep it mandatory for the acceptance of delivery. In this situation, you need to keep the digital signature for further reference to make sure that the product you are taking, anyone will not be able to take the product except you. So this is another feature that you can utilize to get effective results. Also, you need to make sure that the company is also using your signature as the reference for your delivery. So while you are searching for the best option related to the package stolen policy, it will also generate a practical choice for you.
Conclusion
Here are the results that will be gathered by the end of the service provider. The package locker company will also help you to get your package delivered to your house. The article has lifted the facilities regarding the package locker system, and also it will be helpful for you to get the most effective results in every situation. so when you are searching for a package locker facility, this one can be the saviour for you. They will be able to accept the product for you, and you will be able to get affordable results in every situation.
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https://medium.com/@stowfly/how-to-prevent-packages-stolen-in-nyc-more-effectively-6b15d59ee59f
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['Stowfly Nyc']
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2021-12-30 07:22:14.560000+00:00
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['NYC', 'New York']
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Title prevent package stolen NYC effectivelyContent residing New York City face fact someone stolen packet would difficult take back situation take help article consists one advantage also help avoid package stolen NYC issue Ship product work avoid problem related packet directly ship home one also help get package front quickly moreover help get security service shipping process willing avoid package stolen nyc problem also helpful option 2 Get neighbor’s help face problem package collect package also take care neighbor getting product faster also equally important get safe hand situation neighbor help taking package one also become helpful option 3 Take help luggage locker one luggage locker company also help store package able pick Besides beneficial option get parcel house without hassle book locker get effective result every time encounter package stolen nyc also get package locker company 4 Always use signature need take help digital signature need keep mandatory acceptance delivery situation need keep digital signature reference make sure product taking anyone able take product except another feature utilize get effective result Also need make sure company also using signature reference delivery searching best option related package stolen policy also generate practical choice Conclusion result gathered end service provider package locker company also help get package delivered house article lifted facility regarding package locker system also helpful get effective result every situation searching package locker facility one saviour able accept product able get affordable result every situationTags NYC New York
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How PPC Can Help In Search Engine Optimization Endeavors?
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Many individuals lean toward SEO over PPC for its drawn out benefits, and on the grounds that it is “free”.
Be that as it may, SEO sets aside time. By making content, marketing the pages, building joins until Google sees the changes, it can require a long time to get results. This implies that you don’t know immediately assuming the time you spend on it is paying off. Nonetheless, ppc services gives practically prompt outcomes. What’s more most marketing stages like Google and Facebook furnish sponsors with information and thoughts. So to benefit as much as possible from your endeavors, you want both.
Perhaps the greatest benefit of Pay Per Click Marketing (PPC) is that you can quickly screen your focusing on advertisements and points of arrival. Make a decent attempt as you need, you won’t ever get moment results from natural SEO endeavors (website improvement). This implies that assuming you have not begun utilizing SEO or then again assuming that your SEO endeavors are not met, PPC will lead you to the outcomes you are searching for digital marketing company in bangalore. Keep in mind, regardless of whether you get a ton of traffic naturally, this doesn’t imply that your SEO is effective. On the off chance that it doesn’t change your clients over to clients, traffic has not done much for you. Coming up next are some straightforward ways of making the consequences of your PPC and make them into the income from SEO.
Catchphrases
Decide if later the proper catchphrases in PPC will permit you to save time and exertion in SEO. Assuming you are not currently named a term, purchase your direction to the primary page of Google can assist you with assessing on the off chance that this keyword ought to be naturally adjusted. At the point when you set up your PPC mission to set up transformations, you can decide how much percent of individuals who visit your site from a catchphrase really changed over into clients. Assuming a catchphrase has many hunt traffic yet doesn’t change over it is an extraordinary pointer that this isn’t an idea that you might want to invest your energy naturally. Assuming you bring keywords have a great deal of traffic and they don’t change over, paying little mind to the message and the offers, attempt that is an obvious indicator, not natural to zero in on these conditions.
READ MORE: Benefits of hiring PPC marketing services
Points of arrival
One thing that is frequently disregarded naturally is the page that positions for every catchphrase. Much of the time, the landing page is made a difference for your most significant catchphrases of the positioning. In spite of the fact that it is hard to control the power of the landing page of your internal pages, it can tell you the best way to get your SEO endeavors running great page-rank. In any event, it can show you how individuals on the landing page are better changed over to a page of inside pages. Assuming that you have picked an inward page for a keyword, you can just alter your informing greeting page to reflect you however many transformations as could be expected under the circumstances ensure you get.
Informing
Since a catchphrase isn’t very much changed over now, that doesn’t mean it’s a terrible term. PPC permits you to test various messages to part the most elevated Click through Rate and most elevated percent change. Utilizing PPC to test your promotion duplicate, you can compose your Meta-information for SEO. Realizing that the proposition has the most elevated snap and a catchphrase change rate in PPC will bring about the Meta portrayal and title tag to compose on the natural positioning page. Assuming you target catchphrases that give you the most changes and more snaps, it will lead you to a superior profit from speculation.
Clearly, how would you use this data about your SEM procedure and in the event that you as of now use SEO or PPC? Assuming that you experience a trouble SEO battle or consider dispatching a beginning, it very well may be helpful to consider a PPC mission to begin your SEO endeavors.
Numerous financial specialists keeping up with their sites and doing their business online still think that SEO and PPC are totally various things, particularly youthful advertisers and independent companies bear such discernments to them, since they don’t frequently have clear objectives to accomplish. In any case, through the above article we are meaning to make this misguided judgment extremely certain that consolidating SEO and PPC can wind up making them shock results for your sites.
At the point when you work with digital marketing agency in chennai which gives natural outcomes and PPC advertisement crusades which give paid outcomes all the while then, at that point, you will wind up having more information to break down and you might discover some more and better insights concerning your crowd. This data will assist you with refining your procedures of both SEO and PPC.
Be that as it may, Google have forever been refreshing its calculation and you must be refreshed with the main changes. In the mean time, both SEO and PPC adjusts these progressions as well so you ought not neglect to refresh your PPC and SEO Strategy consistently. In this manner you can assist your site with meeting the new prerequisites and keep up with their positions higher.
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https://medium.com/@natashajoshi2460/how-ppc-can-help-in-search-engine-optimization-endeavors-d94cc29aba51
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['Natasha Joshi']
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2021-12-20 04:49:02.938000+00:00
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['Social Media Marketing', 'Content Marketing', 'PPC', 'Video Marketing', 'Search Engine']
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Title PPC Help Search Engine Optimization EndeavorsContent Many individual lean toward SEO PPC drawn benefit ground “free” may SEO set aside time making content marketing page building join Google see change require long time get result implies don’t know immediately assuming time spend paying Nonetheless ppc service give practically prompt outcome What’s marketing stage like Google Facebook furnish sponsor information thought benefit much possible endeavor want Perhaps greatest benefit Pay Per Click Marketing PPC quickly screen focusing advertisement point arrival Make decent attempt need won’t ever get moment result natural SEO endeavor website improvement implies assuming begun utilizing SEO assuming SEO endeavor met PPC lead outcome searching digital marketing company bangalore Keep mind regardless whether get ton traffic naturally doesn’t imply SEO effective chance doesn’t change client client traffic done much Coming next straightforward way making consequence PPC make income SEO Catchphrases Decide later proper catchphrase PPC permit save time exertion SEO Assuming currently named term purchase direction primary page Google assist assessing chance keyword ought naturally adjusted point set PPC mission set transformation decide much percent individual visit site catchphrase really changed client Assuming catchphrase many hunt traffic yet doesn’t change extraordinary pointer isn’t idea might want invest energy naturally Assuming bring keywords great deal traffic don’t change paying little mind message offer attempt obvious indicator natural zero condition READ Benefits hiring PPC marketing service Points arrival One thing frequently disregarded naturally page position every catchphrase Much time landing page made difference significant catchphrase positioning spite fact hard control power landing page internal page tell best way get SEO endeavor running great pagerank event show individual landing page better changed page inside page Assuming picked inward page keyword alter informing greeting page reflect however many transformation could expected circumstance ensure get Informing Since catchphrase isn’t much changed doesn’t mean it’s terrible term PPC permit test various message part elevated Click Rate elevated percent change Utilizing PPC test promotion duplicate compose Metainformation SEO Realizing proposition elevated snap catchphrase change rate PPC bring Meta portrayal title tag compose natural positioning page Assuming target catchphrase give change snap lead superior profit speculation Clearly would use data SEM procedure event use SEO PPC Assuming experience trouble SEO battle consider dispatching beginning well may helpful consider PPC mission begin SEO endeavor Numerous financial specialist keeping site business online still think SEO PPC totally various thing particularly youthful advertiser independent company bear discernment since don’t frequently clear objective accomplish case article meaning make misguided judgment extremely certain consolidating SEO PPC wind making shock result site point work digital marketing agency chennai give natural outcome PPC advertisement crusade give paid outcome point wind information break might discover better insight concerning crowd data assist refining procedure SEO PPC may Google forever refreshing calculation must refreshed main change mean time SEO PPC adjusts progression well ought neglect refresh PPC SEO Strategy consistently manner assist site meeting new prerequisite keep position higherTags Social Media Marketing Content Marketing PPC Video Marketing Search Engine
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188,103 |
Stoodaio Review I Artificially Intelligent Web-App
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Video marketing is one of the a must in todays online world for businesses to get more traffic, instantly build trust, skyrocket profit and build brands online.
If you want to make studio quality videos that get people excited and get them buy your products and/or services, you have to be willing to invest a lot of time, money and effort to get it right.
To make excite and convert videos, you have to take the time to write the script, you then have to record and edit the script, and then you have to edit the video, add music, etc. And finally, you are ready to render and render that video online.
What is Stoodaio ?
Stoodaio is a new, artificially intelligent web-app will write,create, host, publish and syndicate profit-producing videos for you in any language and any niche in 3 minutes or less!
This beast allows you to get more traffic, make more profit & dominate your niche without wasting any time writing scripts, recording voiceovers or even creating videos yourself — ever again!
Stoodaio will write you a unique and perfectly readable script for you that provides immense value to your audience.
It will identify the prominent keywords in your script and break it up into different slides and automatically match it with relevant images and background videos based on those keywords.
At the same time, it will then turn that script into a human-like voice over for you. (in any language and/or accent imaginable)
Then it will mash it all together and render a web-ready video for you in a matter of minutes.
Stoodaio Review — The Features
Using stoodaio it is almost impossible to tell the difference between a video made by a professional video maker and a video made by stoodaio. And stoodaio will be your personal video server that will:
✅ Get done-for-you hollywood-quality video creation in any language, any niche, for any product or service imaginable (local or non-local)
✅ Never write scripts or pay for a script writer ever again (the a.i does it for you)
✅ Access their powerful, human-like text-to-speech engine so the a.i turns all your scripts into amazing sounding voiceover in any language or accent
✅ Access a first-of-its-kind, real a.i video creation platform that only needs 3 minutes to write, create and publish videos for you!
✅ Get their powerful, lightning-fast video hosting included for your videos
✅ Be able to immediately publish your videos to their video pages so you can drive traffic and produce profit with them right away!
✅ Access over 1,500,000 royalty-free videos, images and audios built-in so you can fully customize your videos however you’d like (or let oura.i do it all for you)
Stoodaio Review — The Benefits
You will get amazing bonuses when you create an account today. The bonus is:
· Free access to our agency license!
· Premium video hosting included for free
· Instant publishing to video pages
· Unlock all niche templates to create videos for any service, niche or industry
· Unlock all languages to create videos on a global level
· High-quality video syndication to start getting traffic now
How does it work
Pros and cons
Pros:
· A full blow video hosting platform so you can charge your clients even MORE!
· Automatic publishing to a video page so you can start getting sales for your clients right
· away automatic video syndication so you get traffic for their campaigns right away
Cons:
· -
Conclusion
Thank you for reading my review article about stoodaio. Stoodaio truly made the easiest way to make a video for you in seconds to bring more traffic, leads, and profit. This is real artificial intelligence combined with the power of high-quality video marketing. Click the link below to get the viral dashboard evolution at a discounted price.
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https://medium.com/@DigitalProductsReviews/stoodaio-review-i-artificially-intelligent-web-app-8c521373fa27
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['Lart Seven']
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2021-12-30 12:25:56.752000+00:00
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['Stoodaio Review', 'Video Marketing']
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Title Stoodaio Review Artificially Intelligent WebAppContent Video marketing one must today online world business get traffic instantly build trust skyrocket profit build brand online want make studio quality video get people excited get buy product andor service willing invest lot time money effort get right make excite convert video take time write script record edit script edit video add music etc finally ready render render video online Stoodaio Stoodaio new artificially intelligent webapp writecreate host publish syndicate profitproducing video language niche 3 minute le beast allows get traffic make profit dominate niche without wasting time writing script recording voiceovers even creating video — ever Stoodaio write unique perfectly readable script provides immense value audience identify prominent keywords script break different slide automatically match relevant image background video based keywords time turn script humanlike voice language andor accent imaginable mash together render webready video matter minute Stoodaio Review — Features Using stoodaio almost impossible tell difference video made professional video maker video made stoodaio stoodaio personal video server ✅ Get doneforyou hollywoodquality video creation language niche product service imaginable local nonlocal ✅ Never write script pay script writer ever ai ✅ Access powerful humanlike texttospeech engine ai turn script amazing sounding voiceover language accent ✅ Access firstofitskind real ai video creation platform need 3 minute write create publish video ✅ Get powerful lightningfast video hosting included video ✅ able immediately publish video video page drive traffic produce profit right away ✅ Access 1500000 royaltyfree video image audio builtin fully customize video however you’d like let ourai Stoodaio Review — Benefits get amazing bonus create account today bonus · Free access agency license · Premium video hosting included free · Instant publishing video page · Unlock niche template create video service niche industry · Unlock language create video global level · Highquality video syndication start getting traffic work Pros con Pros · full blow video hosting platform charge client even · Automatic publishing video page start getting sale client right · away automatic video syndication get traffic campaign right away Cons · Conclusion Thank reading review article stoodaio Stoodaio truly made easiest way make video second bring traffic lead profit real artificial intelligence combined power highquality video marketing Click link get viral dashboard evolution discounted priceTags Stoodaio Review Video Marketing
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188,104 |
Free video editing tools, A No-Brainer Video Creation Tool for Marketers
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Creating videos can be a challenge for many marketers and businesses. Not only is it difficult to find the time, but also the resources to create an engaging video. The good news? There’s a way you can create engaging social media videos with zero video editing experience.
1. Splasheo:
Submit your raw videos to splasheo.com and let us take it from there. splasheo.com — the quick, professional way to get your new product, service or idea visible on social media. Our mission is to help get you more visibility in less time and effort by creating high quality, awe inspiring video content that goes viral!
Splasheo is a premium video editing company that makes compelling, high quality videos for a fraction of what the big TV and movie studio charges. Whether your business needs to catch the attention of new customers, or you need help reaching existing customers, Splasheo can help you succeed. At Splasheo, we don’t offer just computer generated graphics on top of your videos and call it a day like many other companies do; we actually put the time and effort into making your videos stand out by editing them with our own creativity!
Just click here for more
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https://medium.com/@rahulnevrekar5613/free-video-editing-tools-a-no-brainer-video-creation-tool-for-marketers-cf08fdf9861f
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2021-12-24 15:03:29.239000+00:00
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['Editing', 'Free', 'Video Marketing', 'Videos', 'Freelancing']
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Title Free video editing tool NoBrainer Video Creation Tool MarketersContent Creating video challenge many marketer business difficult find time also resource create engaging video good news There’s way create engaging social medium video zero video editing experience 1 Splasheo Submit raw video splasheocom let u take splasheocom — quick professional way get new product service idea visible social medium mission help get visibility le time effort creating high quality awe inspiring video content go viral Splasheo premium video editing company make compelling high quality video fraction big TV movie studio charge Whether business need catch attention new customer need help reaching existing customer Splasheo help succeed Splasheo don’t offer computer generated graphic top video call day like many company actually put time effort making video stand editing creativity click moreTags Editing Free Video Marketing Videos Freelancing
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