This is part of a series on the Dale Carnegie Public Speaking Course. Week 7 is a special week, and it was particularly special for me. Each week, we give reports on our progress with applying what we learn to our daily life. At the very beginning it was stressed… Read More
This is part of a series on the Dale Carnegie Public Speaking Course. In week 6 we had to give a talk that teaches people something. We also needed to bring a prop, something to help illustrate what we were teaching. All our talks are around 2 minutes long, which… Read More
This is part of a series on the Dale Carnegie Public Speaking Course. Week 5 was crazy antics week. I’m a bit hesitant to give much detail for fear of ruining it for others, but it’s the kind of thing you really need to experience to understand. We had two… Read More
This is part of a series on the Dale Carnegie Public Speaking Course. Week 4 had two main topics: reducing worry, and enhancing relationships. As with all of the advice in the course, it was a mixture of some simple advice that doesn’t seem all that remarkable, and practical help… Read More
I was away at the snow during week 3, so I missed this session and will have to make it up later. I’ll let you know how it goes once I do the catchup session. Read More
I wish to offer an alternative to the Government’s recent proposal to require ISP level filtering of the internet. I propose the Wideband Occluding Operational Lens, or WOOL. I believe it will be just as effective, but at a vastly reduced cost. Allow me to explain. The Wideband Occluding Operational… Read More
This week we did more memory exercises, specifically a pegging technique for remembering a list of up to 9 things, in order. The technique was introduced by way of a demonstration: 2 group leaders who had done the course before got up and stood behind an easel. The facilitator then… Read More
This appears to be the belief of a predominantly car driving press in recent months. An article in today’s Age reported that a cyclist who was involved in an accident with a pedestrian in Mentone last August, while taking place in the ‘Hell Ride’, was fined $400. The Magistrate made… Read More
This is part of a series on the Dale Carnegie Public Speaking Course. I started the Dale Carnegie course this week. The first night was an introductory night that seemed designed to just let people settle into the idea of being there, and to think about why. We started off… Read More
I *think* I’ve correctly enabled comments now. Zope’s security model was overriding the Blog product’s security that I’d set to allow comments, proving that Zope is indeed a powerful, if mysterious, beast. My sincere apologies if you’ve attempted to comment in the past, but have been rebuffed by the software… Read More
