by speakwellpartners | Uncategorized
It’s hard to write anything of value or utility this week given the horrific events at Monday’s Boston Marathon. While I live in Delaware these days, I am a native Bostonian and have had the Boston Marathon on my list of Top Five events never to disappoint. The...
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Continuing with our “Ode to Poetry Month” theme, I have included an audio clip of a story originally told by Mark Twain. Yes, even Mark Twain battled stage fright. I was surprised to learn this little factoid about him, given his special gift as a...
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April is National Poetry Month in the United States. Time to recover a poem that you love, or memorized in 4th grade, or otherwise recently read in your Poetry Journal subscription – and put it to public speaking practice. Reading poetry out loud is an excellent...
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Last spring, just as I was contemplating what to plant in my flower containers, I was sent a blog post on that very topic. The article was written by landscape architect-turned-event-planner Rebecca Dietz. She skillfully summed up the do’s and don’ts of...
