"Oh and Arlie Hochschild's The Time Bind could be useful for your class."

"I'm a writer and professional presentation skills coach and trainer. I have some general pointers for speaking on my website so check it out www.RobynHatcherspeakeasy.com. If you have any specific questions, let me know. I'm also looking…"

"I wish I had something useful to offer here. i have no sense of balance. i experience pockets of serenity, regardless of equity of distribution of my various lives and selves and tasks. i think the phases idea is accurate, heather, for me at least.…"

"hey girlfriend! welcome! check out the groups if you haven't already."

"I used to hate public speaking. Hate it, to the point of wanting a shower and a very stiff drink to get rid of the self-revultion that followed. I still have nightmares about a bridesmaid's toast I gave. So in order to promote this book I…"

"yes i'd love to hear what you learn in your workshop susan."

"Great idea. I'm taking an intensive three-day workshop in public speaking in a week and a half, so I should have some tips to contribute."

"susan, thank you for your kind words. i really enjoy sharing on here. thanks for being open to my thoughts. woden, thanks for your kindness too. i did speak for aauw once but i confess i didn't follow up on that. i got really into writing…"

"my guess is that your flag expertise could get you lots of gigs. you may have to create post cards (that refer to your website) that you specifically target to other flag and patriotism groups, wether liberal or conservative (don't know the…"

"hi woden, congrats on your speaking invite! that's what i'm hoping will happen more for me with my books and my website and my involvement in shewrites. exciting to be a keynote! everybody's so fresh and excited at the beginning so…"

"susan, i think it typically depends on who the audience is and the purpose of the talk. i would say that audiences want to be able to identify with the speaker, so that the line that divides the audience from speaker is blurred. as a human…"

"i think a brief personal story that ties in to a point you want to make. i find that very current moments "i was in the airport on the way here and i saw this woman... and i started thinking..." i was working in the garden the other day…"

"those are my few practical tips for the moment. speaking of errors and calling attention to them...sorry about all those typos in my post...i thought i was going to have a chance to proof and edit before it posted so it's in raw form below!"

"susan, i don't know that i'll offer anything particularly insightful here. you may already know these things that i've picked up from teaching pbulic speaking for many years...first, i think that really knowing that the audience does…"

"heather, thanks for your thoughts on this. are you suggesting putting the question in the title? or leaving the title of that section as is and posing the question up front in the text?"