Comments for Manner of Speaking http://mannerofspeaking.org "All the great speakers were bad speakers at first." — Ralph W. Emerson Wed, 16 May 2012 05:51:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on The Psychology of Storytelling by Building An Effective ‘Coming Soon’ Page For Your Product | My Lounge | Shake hands with the skilled http://mannerofspeaking.org/2010/08/24/the-psychology-of-storytelling/#comment-8189 Wed, 16 May 2012 05:51:15 +0000 http://mannerofspeaking.org/?p=4325#comment-8189 [...] very similar idea was used by Dayri and the beautiful Youzee. The technique is successful because storytelling helps people make sense of their environment in a logical and linear way. A linear story hooks us much more [...]

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]]> Comment on Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 128) by John Zimmer http://mannerofspeaking.org/2012/04/06/quotes-for-public-speakers-no-128/#comment-8180 Tue, 08 May 2012 11:26:22 +0000 http://mannerofspeaking.org/?p=8785#comment-8180 Thanks very much for the comment, Bob. It is a great quote. I only wish I knew who wrote it.

Cheers!

John

]]> Comment on Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 128) by byrdwords http://mannerofspeaking.org/2012/04/06/quotes-for-public-speakers-no-128/#comment-8178 Mon, 07 May 2012 16:17:56 +0000 http://mannerofspeaking.org/?p=8785#comment-8178 John, this has to be one of the best public speaking quotes that I’ve heard. With the possible exception of the possibly apocryphal quote of Einstein who spoke of a long-winded speaker “I now have a new definition of infinity.”

Thanks, you made my day.

Bob

]]> Comment on The Gettysburg Address: An Analysis by John Zimmer http://mannerofspeaking.org/2010/11/19/the-gettysburg-address-an-analysis/#comment-8172 Fri, 04 May 2012 05:16:42 +0000 http://mannerofspeaking.org/?p=5330#comment-8172 Dear Lawson,

Thank you very much for the thoughtful (and well structured!) comment. It is great to see young people such as yourself taking an interest in subjects such as Lincoln’s address and the historical context in which it was given. It bodes well for the future.

I wish you the best of success in the competition and hope that you make it to Washington, D.C.

Cheers!

John Zimmer

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