Money and Speaking
24
Sep
Jim Blankenship gave a sales training presentation at the last Tri-County Toastmasters meeting.
The Tri-County Toastmasters club met on Thursday 6-7-07 at the Virden Area Community Center. Club members present at Thursday’s meeting were: Dr. Todd Austin, Jim Blankenship CFP, John Davidson, Liz Mollett from Auburn, Alan Saeger […]
15
Sep
Scott Berkun recently interviewed John Medina for his blog Speaker Confessions. Scott asks the question: what makes public speakers good or bad? He’s working on a book to answer that question.
SB: How can a lecturer use attention, but make sure not to abuse it? Or put another way, does repetitive use of phasic alertness, getting […]
7
Sep
Blankenship serves as Toastmaster.The Tri-County Toastmasters club met on Thursday 1-19-06 at the Virden Area Community Center. Club members present at Thursday’s meeting were: Les Apps, Dr. Todd Austin, Jim Blankenship from New Berlin, Rev. Ron Grimes, Liz Mollett from Auburn, Jackie Rakers and Alan Saeger.
Jim Blankenship served as the Toastmaster (or master of ceremonies) […]
4
Sep
With all the brouhaha about Carrie Prejean, Miss California USA, which started once she answered a judge’s question about gay marriage, one point has been conspicuously overlooked: Why should she have been the only contestant to have received that question? That was patently unfair, as that question (coming from a gay judge) was loaded from […]