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71Titanic - My own Night to Remember
Welcome to My Own Night to Remember. A few days ago I went to see the three dimensional version of James Cameron’s wonderful film, Titanic. Of course, I’d seen the earlier 1997 - or was it 1998? version and had thoroughly enjoyed it. Moreover,...
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67A Christmas in Korea
Welcome to Christmas in Korea. I heard this story many years ago over a cup of morning tea. It is supposedly true. Of course, the story came in a few off-handed sentences. I'm retelling it here as a short story (and not for the first time) Something...
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73Speaking Tips: In Storytelling you are the visual aid
Welcome to Speaking Tips: In Storytelling you are the visual aid. Once again it becomes clear that to entertain with a speech the main thing is simply to get up there and communicate. The voice, the facial expressions, the body language come...
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65Human Belongingness
To bring heartfelt feelings of human belongingness to others has to be one of Humanity’s grandest aspirations. Really good people, spiritually-inclined but not necessarily religious people, want to contribute to this belongingness. They desire to...
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67The Three Types of Knowledge
Wecome to The Three Types of Knowledge Back in 1986 I heard a story that really registered with me. It was a simple enough story. It told of the different types of knowledge we all have and how these can be divided into three distinct areas of...
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67Australian Aviation in the 1960s - An Aeradio Operators Memories
Welcome to my Hub: Austrlian Aviation in the 1960s - An Aeradio Operator's Memories. On completion of six years in the Royal Australian Navy and at the age of twenty-four I joined the now defunct Australian Commonwealth Government’s Department...
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71Speaking Tips: Memory Lapses
Welcome to Speaking Tips:Memory Lapses. As a member of Toastmasters International, I’ve journeyed through my thirties, forties, fifties, sixties and am now in my seventies. This makes me a senior with all the blessings and shortcoming which come...
57Speaking Tips: A Word on Words
Welcome to another Speaking Tips Hub. What is it that differentiates the average speaker from the great? This is not an easy question to answer. Yet it is something sensed, indeed known, from what that speaker arouses in us – our response to his...
3 comments69Speaking Tips: Audience Participation
When we eventually make up our minds to get over our fear of public speaking, as often as not we join a public speaking club. We generally do this within an organization such as Toastmasters, Rostrum or Penguin. Or we may decide to enroll in an...
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68Speaking Tips: Remote Preparation
Welcome to Speaking Tips: Remote Preparation. On New Year’s Eve 2011 I watched in fascination as the famous television personality, Stephen Fry, entertained a packed auditorium at the Sydney Opera House. There he was, standing up on stage in...
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