Public Speaking:  A masterful performance

Public Speaking: A masterful performance

Feb. 28, 2012 by

I give the ClassAct Award for the best thank you speech at the Oscars to Christopher Plummer. The man is 82 years young. No wincing in pain as he rose from his seat. No creaky knees up the steps to

Public Speaking:  How you come across

Public Speaking: How you come across

Feb. 15, 2012 by

Jim Fyfe is a friend of mine and a very funny man. He has been an actor, a comedian and is now an educator. In his younger days, he was asked to judge a contest for students of architecture who

Public Speaking is like splitting wood

Public Speaking is like splitting wood

Feb. 1, 2012 by

When I was 12 years old, I went to a canoe camp in northern Quebec. Thanks Mom and Dad. It was great. We paddled for thirty days straight, pitching camp every night, foraging and cutting our own firewood. I was