<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324067008605017503</id><updated>2012-02-24T14:21:14.349-08:00</updated><title type='text'>How Not to Suck at Public Speaking</title><subtitle type='html'>How Not to Suck at Public Speaking is the home site for the book of the same name and features 50 ways to leave your fears behind and become a great public speaker</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hownottosuckatpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1324067008605017503/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hownottosuckatpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Jim Francis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00304862306877533327</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ma6uQ2Yaz-E/StiPYZ8F8TI/AAAAAAAAAIM/yO9M8ZxxsFg/S220/Head+Shot+2.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324067008605017503.post-2599043327689130470</id><published>2011-06-08T09:28:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-24T14:01:58.701-08:00</updated><title type='text'>We’d Like To Hear From You!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Once you've read&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;How Not to Suck&amp;nbsp;at Public Speaking&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;venture forth into the wonderful world of Public Speaking, I would very much like to hear about your journey. I am especially interested&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;in learning which of the 50 ways work for you and which don’t, but&amp;nbsp;will&amp;nbsp;welcome and share any and all comments, questions, tips and suggestions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1324067008605017503-2599043327689130470?l=hownottosuckatpublicspeaking.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hownottosuckatpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/feeds/2599043327689130470/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hownottosuckatpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/2011/06/wed-like-to-hear-from-you.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1324067008605017503/posts/default/2599043327689130470'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1324067008605017503/posts/default/2599043327689130470'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hownottosuckatpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/2011/06/wed-like-to-hear-from-you.html' title='We’d Like To Hear From You!'/><author><name>Jim Francis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00304862306877533327</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ma6uQ2Yaz-E/StiPYZ8F8TI/AAAAAAAAAIM/yO9M8ZxxsFg/S220/Head+Shot+2.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324067008605017503.post-5141272838178982411</id><published>2011-04-05T15:33:00.008-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-24T14:11:08.084-08:00</updated><title type='text'>What Are You Afraid Of?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GYaKb-0SDT0/TanZ3aP1wBI/AAAAAAAAAbI/iKLe3F5fWKs/s1600/Jerry.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200px" r6="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GYaKb-0SDT0/TanZ3aP1wBI/AAAAAAAAAbI/iKLe3F5fWKs/s200/Jerry.bmp" width="158px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="googqs-tidbit1"&gt;Comedian Jerry Seinfeld&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="googqs-tidbit1"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;once said &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“If given only two choices, &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;the average person at a funeral would prefer to be the person laid out in the casket than the poor stiff who has to deliver the eulogy&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;!”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="googqs-tidbit1"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="googqs-tidbit1"&gt;While that may sound a bit over the top, a surprising number of studies on the subject&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="googqs-tidbit1"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;actually do rank fear&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="googqs-tidbit1"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;of public speaking&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="googqs-tidbit1"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;as the #1 fear in North America. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="googqs-tidbit1" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;In these same studies, death is typically ranked 5th or 6th. Go Figure?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;In any event,&amp;nbsp;I thought I'd run my own little survey. If you have a minute, please indicate what you are most afraid of from the list of the top ten fears to the right. And if you have a minute more, please feel free to comment below.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Have a great day and may all your fears be unfounded!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Jim&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;Nothing strikes fear&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;in most of us&amp;nbsp;like &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;being called on to present&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1324067008605017503-5141272838178982411?l=hownottosuckatpublicspeaking.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hownottosuckatpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/feeds/5141272838178982411/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hownottosuckatpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/2011/04/fear.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1324067008605017503/posts/default/5141272838178982411'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1324067008605017503/posts/default/5141272838178982411'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hownottosuckatpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/2011/04/fear.html' title='What Are You Afraid Of?'/><author><name>Jim Francis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00304862306877533327</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ma6uQ2Yaz-E/StiPYZ8F8TI/AAAAAAAAAIM/yO9M8ZxxsFg/S220/Head+Shot+2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GYaKb-0SDT0/TanZ3aP1wBI/AAAAAAAAAbI/iKLe3F5fWKs/s72-c/Jerry.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry></feed>
