Effective Public Speaking

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2025.11: Effective Public Speaking: Introduction

My podcast this week is from Effective Public Speaking. He said the book was good as it was (it helped the ideal reader, etc.). However, it didn’t specifically speak to my intended audience: writers and consultants who realize they are entrepreneurs. Face palm!! So I’m cycling back through the book and threading those ideas into […]

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2025.09: Practice Your Delivery Twice

My podcast this week is from the Effective Public Speaking book. My editor is almost done with his first pass. That’s the pass that offers feedback on the book’s organization. Then, I get to fix everything. Then, he’ll copyedit the manuscript and I can finish. Getting closer! As for the tags here and the previous

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025.04 Volunteer to Teach Something

My podcast this week is from the Effective Public Speaking book. (That book is with my editor.) Enjoy! The Podcast: The Transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is Johanna’s 60 Seconds of Writing WIP for January 24, 2025, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress. This is from

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How the Three Whats Invite People to a Human Connection

While I’m an extrovert (words just come out of my mouth sometimes), I’m not always comfortable speaking with people I don’t yet know. However, I want to make a real connection with other people. It doesn’t matter if I’m writing, speaking, or networking. I still want that real connection. I use stories and examples to

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2025.02 Start Your Public Speaking with Internal Presentations

My podcast this week is from the Effective Public Speaking book. Enjoy! The Podcast: The Transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is Johanna’s 60 Seconds of Writing WIP for January 10, 2025, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress. This is from the Effective Public Speaking book. Start

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2025.01 Pick Several People to Make Eye Contact With

After a year of writing my 60 Seconds of Writing WIP, I finally realized the titles for these posts were not helpful at all. So instead of calling these 60 Seconds of Writing WIP, I’m trying a new titling scheme: the year, the number, and a name that describes this section. You might wonder about

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2024.50 Larger Audiences Need More Examples

My podcast this week is from the Effective Public Speaking book. I just realized I need another couple of sections, but I might be ready for technical review. Enjoy! The Podcast: The Transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is Johanna’s 60 Seconds of Writing WIP for December 27, 2024, where I read an excerpt of

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2024.49 Review the Risks You Fear

This week, my podcast is from the Effective Public Speaking book. I am galloping to the end of the book. In the meantime, enjoy! The Podcast: The Transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is Johanna’s 60 Seconds of Writing WIP for December 20, 2024, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some

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2024.48 Do You Fear Public Speaking?

My podcast this week is from the Effective Public Speaking book. Yes, since I’m close to the end, I’m iterating through the Introduction and the early chapters. That’s because I now know what I wanted to say. Just like software product development, I only learned what I wanted to say after I wrote it down.

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