Video of the contest speech… this live performance differs from the transcript in that I had improvised and made reference to the contestants’ who went before me. Have you ever wondered why you believe what you believe about who you are? Do you know how easily you may form beliefs that can direct years – [...]

A popular improvisational (improv) comedy exercise is called the “Cliff Hanger”: After every few lines in a scene, one of the (usually a pair of) performers would incorporate audience suggestions into their scene. Audience members may provide suggestions on pieces of paper that were folded up for the performers to open and use as periodic [...]

Bliss Success Keynote 2008 NIEHS PDF PPS You may also watch the presentation in this post, below. Other PHD career related articles I’ve written: PhDCareerClinic.com Event Information: 11th Annual NIEHS Biomedical Career Fair Thank you, NIEHS postdocs, for inviting me! The NIEHS career fair committee did an outstanding job planning, organizing, and executing a huge [...]

Last night I went to an Area Toastmasters contest, where the events were Table Topics (impromptu speaking) and International Speech Contest (inspirational/motivational). I identified two speeches that were vying for first place. One came from a veteran speaker who has a track record of winning speech contests all the way up to the District level [...]