Thursday, December 5, 2013
Lights of Hope Cancelled
The Lights of Hope event at Brewster Gardens on Friday, Dec. 6th has been cancelled due to weather. Donations may still be made to Cranberry Hospice at: https://payments.skipjack.com/FormBuilder/VPOS.aspx
Monday, November 25, 2013
Lights of Hope @ Brewster Gardens
Friday, December 6th 6:30-8:30 pm
Luminaries are $5 each and can be purchase at PSHS and night of event.
CHRISTMAS IN PLYMOUTH: Lights of Hope
Luminaries are $5 each and can be purchase at PSHS and night of event.
CHRISTMAS IN PLYMOUTH: Lights of Hope
Friday, November 15, 2013
Formal Friday! PSHS DECA Students Promoting 11/21 Fashion Talent Show
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| Sophomores Dillon Slattery and Ben Kotce |
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| Sophomores Carly Bishop, Luke Goldring, Lindsey Ward, Finn McKee, Sarah Eaton, Greg Pappas, Tom Gallerani, Olivia Morrow, and Valerie Tarr |
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| Juniors Leanne Anderson, Kaleigh Redington, Alyssa Richard, Kailee Taylor, Drew Guadagno, and Chris McDonnell |
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| Seniors Greg O'Brien and Dan Broderick |
Ready, Set, Go!
DECA IDEA CHALLENGE
Mystery Item Reveal!
And now…The moment you’ve all been waiting for is here - the reveal of the DECA Idea Challenge 2013 mystery item! As a featured event of Global Entrepreneurship week, we’re asking student teams around the globe to create an innovative, new use for a common, everyday item.
So without further ado, this year’s mystery item is:
Aluminum Beverage Can
How can you use an aluminum beverage can to create value while being feasible and sustainable?
Download the DECA IDEA Challenge toolkitHow to Get Started:
- Organize a student team of three to four individuals. DECA membership is not a requirement to participate.
- Create an innovative, new use for the item. There is no limit on the quantity of items used for your new idea.
- Craft a three-minute video presentation explaining and demonstrating your new use for the challenge item and post it to YouTube.
- Complete the DECA Idea Challenge 2013 online submission form containing your YouTube video URL no later than 6:00 p.m. EST on November 22.
The DECA Idea Challenge 2013 global winner will be announced on December 12, 2013.
The global winning team will receive $1,000, as well as recognition on both the DECA Inc. and Global Entrepreneurship Week! The finalist team from the United States will be recognized at DECA’s International Career Development Conference (ICDC) in Atlanta, Ga., or Collegiate DECA’s ICDC in Washington, D.C.
For more information on the competition, such as how to participate and how entries will be evaluated, download the official DECA Idea Challenge 2013 Toolkit found at www.unleashingideas.org/challenge. The DECA Idea Challenge 2013 is here and the clock is ticking, so get started on your innovative creation today!
http://www.gew.co/challenge
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
November Coffee Corner
November Coffee Schedule!
Please arrive promptly at 6:50 &
expect to stay until 7:15
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Lindsey Ward
Amanda Ward
Dillon Slattery
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Keegan Killory
Finn McKee
Patience Machalby
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Luke Goldring
Luke Goldring Jess Hayward
Carly Bishop
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Olivia Morrow
Gregory Pappas
Brooke Ballinger
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Shanlea Kernen
Leanne Anderson
Jesse Parks
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Nate Benjamin
Dan Broderick
Greg O’Brien
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Lindsey Ward
Amanda Ward
Dillon Slattery
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Keegan Killory
Finn McKee
Patience Machalby
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Luke Goldring
Jess Hayward
Carly Bishop
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Olivia Morrow
Gregory Pappas
Brooke Ballinger
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Shanlea Kernen
Leanne Anderson
Jesse Parks
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Nate Benjamin
Dan Broderick
Greg O’Brien
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Keegan Killory
Finn McKee
Patience Machalby
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Lindsey Ward
Amanda Ward
Dillon Slattery
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Luke Goldring
Jess Hayward
Carly Bishop
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Olivia Morrow
Gregory Pappas
Brooke Ballinger
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Shanlea Kernen
Leanne Anderson
Jesse Parks
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GIVING!
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Sunday, November 3, 2013
Stock Market Game - Week in Review
Dear Teachers and Stock Market Game Participants:
On Halloween Eve, 75 years ago, the little town of Grovers Mill, NJ unexpectedly earned a spot in broadcast history when Orson Welles and the CBS Mercury Theatre landed Martian invaders in its backyard. The fictitious invaders caused a real world panic. According to USA Today’s Chris Jordan: “In 1938, the United States was a country on edge due to years of economic depression and the winds of war swirling in Europe.” Peter Genovese at NJ.com says that Orson Welles “brilliantly tapped into a considerable national neurosis.”
This Halloween Eve, the fear was not little green man but little “greenbacks” as investors worried about the Fed tapering its quantitative easing (QE) policy. Since 2008, the Federal Reserve has been purchasing billions of dollars of long-term bonds in an effort to stimulate the economy. The October 23, 2012 issue of our In the News newsletter, “Dr. B and the QE Medicine”, describes how quantitative easing works. It is available in the Publications section of The Stock Market Game’s Teacher Support Center. Another good explanation can be found in this Investopedia video: http://www.investopedia.com/
Now in its fifth year, most investors expect the Fed to cut back (or taper) its bond buying. However, it is when the Fed will do this that has investors anxious. While the Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke, did not mention tapering in his statement this week, the fear of tapering was enough to end an S&P 500 winning streak and cause the Dow to drop 100 points.
But it is not just the tapering that has investors scared. In his Wall Street Journal blog, Michael J. Casey cites speculation over new Fed Chair, Janet Yellen, and the debt ceiling debate as additional causes:
On Halloween Eve, 75 years ago, the little town of Grovers Mill, NJ unexpectedly earned a spot in broadcast history when Orson Welles and the CBS Mercury Theatre landed Martian invaders in its backyard. The fictitious invaders caused a real world panic. According to USA Today’s Chris Jordan: “In 1938, the United States was a country on edge due to years of economic depression and the winds of war swirling in Europe.” Peter Genovese at NJ.com says that Orson Welles “brilliantly tapped into a considerable national neurosis.”
This Halloween Eve, the fear was not little green man but little “greenbacks” as investors worried about the Fed tapering its quantitative easing (QE) policy. Since 2008, the Federal Reserve has been purchasing billions of dollars of long-term bonds in an effort to stimulate the economy. The October 23, 2012 issue of our In the News newsletter, “Dr. B and the QE Medicine”, describes how quantitative easing works. It is available in the Publications section of The Stock Market Game’s Teacher Support Center. Another good explanation can be found in this Investopedia video: http://www.investopedia.com/
Now in its fifth year, most investors expect the Fed to cut back (or taper) its bond buying. However, it is when the Fed will do this that has investors anxious. While the Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke, did not mention tapering in his statement this week, the fear of tapering was enough to end an S&P 500 winning streak and cause the Dow to drop 100 points.
But it is not just the tapering that has investors scared. In his Wall Street Journal blog, Michael J. Casey cites speculation over new Fed Chair, Janet Yellen, and the debt ceiling debate as additional causes:
We can expect Ms. Yellen to get some tough questioning about her political and policy views. Is she really going to want to come across as a dovish softy? If she’s asked whether it’s still possible that the Fed could taper its bond-buying in December, what is she going to say? With a completely straight face, she will honestly reply that, yes, it is possible… Of course, that will set off investor speculation. Did she mean it? Was this a political move or should we prepare for a pullback in the market?
Another thing that had investors leaving the lights on and trembling under their bed sheets this Halloween was the notion that the QE had inadvertently created “bubble markets” (overvalued markets). Share our February 18, 2003 StockTalk newsletter, “Pop!”, with your students to explain market bubbles to them. It is available in the Publications section of the Teacher Support Center.
CNBC’s Katie Holliday quotes Michael Gayed, chief investment strategist at Pension Partners:
"You are seeing fairly sizable inflows into equities - the most since 2000, yet inflation expectations are still not trending up... [It] now appears to be the start of a potential bubble given how far U.S. equities have diverged from the underlying economy, inflation expectations and the overall reality of where we are in the economic cycle."
Among the warning signs of a bubble, Gayed points out “the recent poor performance of U.S. small caps, strong appetite for defensive sectors and the fact that bond yields were not rising in a way that suggests the stock market is right about the future."
However, Holliday points out that
Gayed also told CNBC that the Fed's "power of words" which has been demonstrated by the huge impact its use of the word 'taper' has had on markets could give the central bank the ability to prevent a severe correction.
Do you share Gayed’s faith in the “power of words”? If a market correction (a situation where according to Investopedia “a stock, bond, commodity or index to adjust for an overvaluation.”) occurs, will the Fed’s choice of vocabulary be able to taper the severity of it? We saw how powerful words could be in 1938 when a radio show caused panic in the Grovers Mill.
Vincent YoungAssistant Vice President, Curriculum Initiatives
SIFMA Foundation
Phone: 212-313-1296
vyoung@sifma.org
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Stock Market Game - Maximum Equity Rule
Some teams have seen this when they buy shares of stock. Click link to see explanation of maximum equity rule:
http://www.econ.org/smg/SMGFOLDER/maxequity.pdf
http://www.econ.org/smg/SMGFOLDER/maxequity.pdf
Stock Market Game Deadline
Your DECA SMG session is well underway. In order to fully participate in the program, student teams need to enter trades to activate their portfolios. October 28th marks the last day to enter the initial 3 trades in order to be eligible for competition. Trades must be made before ``close of market`` - 4pm ET.
Stock Market Game - Week in Review
Dear Teachers and Stock Market Game Participants:
Jeff Macke from Yahoo! Finance’s Breakout, made an interesting comment about this week’s Apple Event in San Francisco on Tuesday. He said:
Jeff Macke from Yahoo! Finance’s Breakout, made an interesting comment about this week’s Apple Event in San Francisco on Tuesday. He said:
“I think Apple is becoming Sony, it’s becoming Motorola, it’s becoming all these different little companies, where they come out with tiny variations – different cords, different products – nuances rather than anything new as a platform. I was entirely uninspired and it seemed a little odd focusing on enemies instead of just on themselves.”
Just a month after its last event, where the affordable iPhone 5c, the fingerprint technology of the iPhone 5s, and iOS 7 (the iPhone’s new operating system) were introduced, Apple CEO, Tim Cook took the stage this past Tuesday to debut Apple’s new line of iPads and computers. He presented the new iPad mini with Retina display, the thinner and faster iPad Air, updated Mac computers and MacBook Pro laptops, and the new and free Mavericks operating system.
According to Macke, in addition to the new products, Cook also used the stage to questionably target “enemies” (Apple’s competitors). When Aaron Pressman, Technology reporter for Yahoo! Finance, provides a possible rationale for Cook’s presentation (citing increased competition from Microsoft’s purchase of Nokia), Macke responds: “Since when does Apple care about competitors? They took off when they stopped caring… Now, all of the sudden they’re caring about their competitors instead of paving their own way.”
This last spring when the ongoing drop in Apple’s stock price made headlines, IT Pro Portal published an article, “Apple vs. Samsung: Does Apple Stand a Chance?” In it, Blackberry CEO, Thorsten Heins, cites Apple’s lack of innovation with its iPhone (then five years old) among the challenges the company must overcome. The author of the article, Raswiya Kameir, points out that on the eve of Samsung’s Galaxy S4 launch, Apple did what Macke faults it for at this most recent meeting: It attacked its competitor instead of highlighting the benefits of their own products.
The Time Magazine website has a helpful timeline of 10 important Apple company events (including the firing and rehiring of Steve Jobs, the introduction of the iMac, and the release of the iPod): http://ti.me/1eNBIQ8. There is also an issue of In the News in the Publications section of the Teacher Support Center called, “Jobs and Apple Pie,” that ties the innovations of Apple to economic growth and opportunity. It was written in 2011 (prior to the Galaxy S4, when the iPhone was just four years old).
Despite the competition, the Top Holdings table in your teams’ portfolios this week still shows Apple as the most widely held stock in the SIFMA Foundation’s Stock Market Game. It was also the most widely held stock during the Spring 2013 semester. Poll your students: How many of your teams are invested or want to invest in Apple? Why? What do they think of Jeff Macke’s criticism of Apple?
If your teams are interested in investing in Apple but cannot because their local SMG Coordinator has a Maximum Equity Rule in place, ask them to consider a mutual fund that is holding shares of Apple stock. For many investors, a mutual fund is an affordable way to diversify their investments and invest in companies they cannot afford on their own.
Vincent YoungAssistant Vice President, Curriculum Initiatives
SIFMA Foundation
vyoung@sifma.org
According to Macke, in addition to the new products, Cook also used the stage to questionably target “enemies” (Apple’s competitors). When Aaron Pressman, Technology reporter for Yahoo! Finance, provides a possible rationale for Cook’s presentation (citing increased competition from Microsoft’s purchase of Nokia), Macke responds: “Since when does Apple care about competitors? They took off when they stopped caring… Now, all of the sudden they’re caring about their competitors instead of paving their own way.”
This last spring when the ongoing drop in Apple’s stock price made headlines, IT Pro Portal published an article, “Apple vs. Samsung: Does Apple Stand a Chance?” In it, Blackberry CEO, Thorsten Heins, cites Apple’s lack of innovation with its iPhone (then five years old) among the challenges the company must overcome. The author of the article, Raswiya Kameir, points out that on the eve of Samsung’s Galaxy S4 launch, Apple did what Macke faults it for at this most recent meeting: It attacked its competitor instead of highlighting the benefits of their own products.
The Time Magazine website has a helpful timeline of 10 important Apple company events (including the firing and rehiring of Steve Jobs, the introduction of the iMac, and the release of the iPod): http://ti.me/1eNBIQ8. There is also an issue of In the News in the Publications section of the Teacher Support Center called, “Jobs and Apple Pie,” that ties the innovations of Apple to economic growth and opportunity. It was written in 2011 (prior to the Galaxy S4, when the iPhone was just four years old).
Despite the competition, the Top Holdings table in your teams’ portfolios this week still shows Apple as the most widely held stock in the SIFMA Foundation’s Stock Market Game. It was also the most widely held stock during the Spring 2013 semester. Poll your students: How many of your teams are invested or want to invest in Apple? Why? What do they think of Jeff Macke’s criticism of Apple?
If your teams are interested in investing in Apple but cannot because their local SMG Coordinator has a Maximum Equity Rule in place, ask them to consider a mutual fund that is holding shares of Apple stock. For many investors, a mutual fund is an affordable way to diversify their investments and invest in companies they cannot afford on their own.
Vincent YoungAssistant Vice President, Curriculum Initiatives
SIFMA Foundation
vyoung@sifma.org
Monday, October 21, 2013
2013-2014 DECA Scholarship Program Now Open - DECA Direct - September 2013
DECA's scholarship program for the 2013-2014 school year is now open and accepting applications. The deadline to submit applications is January 17, 2014.
DECA's scholarship program provides over $300,000 in scholarships at the International Career Development Conference (ICDC) each year, many of which come from DECA’s corporate partners.
DECA Inc. administers the program based on guidelines set by the donor. DECA scholarships are strictly merit based. The scholarships are focused around leadership, employment, and/or career interest.
Below is a quick overview of companies that contribute to DECA's scholarship program and the basic criteria:
Make your year count by applying to any of DECA’s numerous scholarships!
Follow DECA on Twitter @DECAInc.
2013-2014 DECA Scholarship Program Now Open - DECA Direct - September 2013
DECA's scholarship program provides over $300,000 in scholarships at the International Career Development Conference (ICDC) each year, many of which come from DECA’s corporate partners.
DECA Inc. administers the program based on guidelines set by the donor. DECA scholarships are strictly merit based. The scholarships are focused around leadership, employment, and/or career interest.
Below is a quick overview of companies that contribute to DECA's scholarship program and the basic criteria:
- Career Interest and/or Employment: Hilton Worldwide, Marriott, NAPA, Publix, Safeway, Walgreens
- School-based Enterprises (SBE): Otis Spunkmeyer, Inc., Vistar Corporation
- Entrepreneurship: International Franchise Association Educational Foundation, NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation
- Leadership: Through the Harry Applegate Scholarship Program – PepsiCo Chilled DSD, PDC Productions, M&M Productions USA, Custom Resources, Goodheart-Willcox Publishing, Journeys and the DECA Regions.
Make your year count by applying to any of DECA’s numerous scholarships!
Follow DECA on Twitter @DECAInc.
2013-2014 DECA Scholarship Program Now Open - DECA Direct - September 2013
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Friday, August 30, 2013
Monday, August 12, 2013
Have you heard of the Google filter bubble?
View this TED talk:
Eli Pariser: Beware online filter bubbles
Important - Be aware of when researching for DECA projects.
Eli Pariser: Beware online filter bubbles
Important - Be aware of when researching for DECA projects.
2013-2014 DECA Prep
DECA 2013-2014 – Summer Work
Complete test at least once. Test answer sheets are due on the first day of school, Tuesday September 3rd. This will be a grade for term 1.
On your completed test answer sheet, write down your first and second choice for testing and role play areas. Here is the link for competitive events:
Sophomores – Three ideas for a DECA project along with the area of competition for each idea due on first day of school, Tuesday, September 3rd. This will be a test grade for Term 1.
DECA Supports 21st Century Skills Development
21st century skills are a series of skills and abilities that employers seek in their employees. In order to succeed in today’s workplace, employees must excel in the 4Cs:
Read more:
http://www.decadirect.org/June-2013/DECA-Supports-21st-Century-Skills-Development/
- Critical thinking and problem solving
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Creativity and innovation
Read more:
http://www.decadirect.org/June-2013/DECA-Supports-21st-Century-Skills-Development/
Friday, July 19, 2013
Fashion Marketing links
EthicalFashion Forum @EthicalFashionF
Times Fashion @TimesFashion
FIDM @FIDM
styleboston @styleboston
Boston.com Fashion @BosStylephile
NYT Fashion @NYTFashion
Women's Wear Daily @womensweardaily
Boston Fashion Week @BostonFashionWk
Times Fashion @TimesFashion
FIDM @FIDM
styleboston @styleboston
Boston.com Fashion @BosStylephile
NYT Fashion @NYTFashion
Women's Wear Daily @womensweardaily
Boston Fashion Week @BostonFashionWk
Sports Marketing links
Sports Business Journal @SBJSBD
http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily.aspx
Forbes Sports
http://www.forbes.com/sportsmoney/
Wall Street Journal Sports @WSJSports
http://online.wsj.com/public/page/news-sports-scores.html
ESPN @espn
@ESPNBoston
http://espn.go.com/
http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily.aspx
Forbes Sports
http://www.forbes.com/sportsmoney/
Wall Street Journal Sports @WSJSports
http://online.wsj.com/public/page/news-sports-scores.html
ESPN @espn
@ESPNBoston
http://espn.go.com/
Monday, June 24, 2013
DECA Pre-Season Training (just like the Patriots!)
Yeah!! It's finally summer vacation! Even though it is summer break, we need to start preparing for next year so more of you can go to ICDC.
2013 Marketing Cluster Exam - all grades
Written Project
Juniors and Seniors – Topic, competition area, and at least 3 pages of research/notes
due on first day of school, Tuesday, September 3rd. This will be a
test grade for Term 1.
DECA 2013-2014 – Summer Work
Complete test at least once. Test answer sheets are due on the first day
of school, Tuesday September 3rd.
This will be a grade for term 1.
On your completed test answer sheet, write down
your first and second choice for testing and role play areas. Here is the link for competitive events:
Sophomores – Three ideas for a DECA project along with the area of
competition for each idea due on first day of school, Tuesday, September 3rd. This will be a test grade for Term 1.
Friday, June 7, 2013
Global Cigarette Advertising
Freshmen, Sophomore, and Juniors Shops
Click on link below to view:
Cigarette Advertising Documentary
We will discuss in class and design anti-smoking advertisements.
Click on link below to view:
Cigarette Advertising Documentary
We will discuss in class and design anti-smoking advertisements.
Monday, March 18, 2013
Thirteen marketing students will be "Going for the Gold" in California April 23rd - April 27th .
Carley Fernandes, Sara Schlecht, Max Stephens (missing)- Store Based Enterprise
Alex Hunt, Liam McKee, Devin Messenger - Entrepreneurship Promotion Project
Shannon Anzuoni - Entrepreneurship Innovation Plan
Shelby Arnold(missing), Rachel La Fountain - Entrepreneurship Innovation Plan
Mike Flohr - Professional Selling
Jamesom Giamo - Professional Selling
Kristen Eckman and Amanda Ward - Fashion Merchandising Promotion Plan
Congratulations!
Shelby Arnold(missing), Rachel La Fountain - Entrepreneurship Innovation Plan
Jamesom Giamo - Professional Selling
Congratulations!
Saturday, February 2, 2013
WANTED: Your Jeans!!
We have collected 84 pairs of jeans so far! Check your closets, drawers, under your bed for jeans you don't wear anymore and bring them in! Our goal is 500 to help homeless teens. Thanks!
DECA Update
State DECA Conference is March 14th-16th at Marriott Copley Hotel. Field trip forms and money are due Monday, February 4th.
Written portion of project should be completed this week.
Board layout or presentation due February 14th.
After February vacation we will practice presentations every day until we leave for States.
Written portion of project should be completed this week.
Board layout or presentation due February 14th.
After February vacation we will practice presentations every day until we leave for States.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
8 Ways to Instantly Improve Your Public Speaking
Want to become a top-paid executive? Better work on your public speaking. This highly valued communications skill is also among many people's top fears -- 74% of people suffer from speech anxiety -- but it's one that can be conquered.
Here's how:
- Prioritize preparation. Showing up prepared is the No. 1 way to calm your nerves going into a public speaking experience, says Ryan Estis, who speaks for a living and wrote about how he calms his nerves in a 2011 blog post. Preparation will also help you to improve the quality of your speaking. "Too often, speakers are not as effective as they could be because they haven't given enough thought or practice to what they really want to say and how they want to say it," says leadership coach Scott Eblin.
- Alter your outlook. A few years ago Eblin learned how your thoughts about speaking can affect your nerves after getting some good advice from a speaking coach. "He told me to think right before I went on stage, 'Wow, I get to share a message I'm passionate about with a thousand people. How cool is that?'" explains Eblin. "That simple shift of 'I get to share a message' was huge for me. It helped me to view the event as a cool opportunity instead of something to be nervous about."
- Make peace with quiet. "To calm one's nerves, get comfortable with not speaking," advises communications coach Eileen Sinett. "Allowing oneself the choice of speaking with words or speaking without words -- presence and silence -- is awkward and uncomfortable at first, but freeing and calming in the end. Being silent and noticing one's breath is a key practice to overcoming nervousness."
- Embrace the short and sweet. Talking too long is a common problem with public speakers, says Sinett. "Since the average listening attention span is just 20 minutes, speakers need to embrace 'less is more' and learn how to make those 20 minutes memorable."
- Embody energy. Eblin recalls a client who gave him the most useful speaking advice of his career when she told him that his job as a speaker was to lead the audience's energy rather than let their energy lead him. "She was absolutely right. Ever since then, I really try to get clear on the level of energy I need to show up with to deliver an effective presentation."
- Engage in eye contact. Start in your day-to-day life by becoming "a real expert at one-one eye contact within a group," says Sinett. "This is not just looking at a person's eyes but rather looking deeply through the eyes to the essence of the individual. This makes the connection that makes all the difference between speaking at or to an audience, and speaking with an audience."
- Turn to TED. Watch some of the highest-rated TED talks and learn from the way the speakers handle themselves, advises Eblin. Then "recruit some trusted friends to give you feedback as you practice those techniques."
- Rinse and repeat. With speaking, "like most things in life, the more you do something, the more work you put into it, the more you study and learn, the better you get," says Estis.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Teens for Jeans Drive
