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One of my favourite blogs
I came across this post about Two Types of People in the world written by the innovatively creative and fellow cool stutterer, Ezra Butler.
I’m sharing his post with you because he makes an excellent point about the power of networking when looking for work, partnerships, etc. Fine tuning your search— the value of looking for [...]
Porky Pig gets miffed at his stutter
Tonight I was watching disc 1 of The Looney Tunes Golden Collection volume 6 box set. “My Favourite Duck” is a Porky Pig/Daffy Duck cartoon where Daffy torments Porky.
Porky’s stuttering never bothered me as a kid nor now because none of the other characters made fun of his stuttering. And Porky never showed that it [...]
Appear confident when giving a speech
My good friend and fellow creative designer, Cristina, alerted me to this helpful page:
How To Give a Public Speech and Still Appear Confident. Though the advice is geared towards freelancers, it’s universal to all, including us stutterers.
Even the world’s greatest speakers get nervous but we never know because they are appearing confident. So can we!
Canadian Stuttering Association Conference announced
The 10th National Conference of the Canadian Stuttering Association will take place from August 21st to 23, 2009 in Vancouver. Not only is it the 10th conference, it is also the 20th year of biennial conferences. Check out the new, slick website!
Fascism and Robots
I’m on yet another podcast for you to hear me stutter the way I usually do when I’m not recording my own show! This time it’s The Talking Stick podcast and I’m part of a "live recording" done during PodCamp Montreal. All the details are on the Talking Stick site.
RevoLOUtion
I just found this movie trailer for RevoLOUtion, a film with a stuttering protagonist. Looks like a good one. From what I can see, the main character grows to accept (I hope) his stutter.
Interesting to note is the distribution of the movie– buy the DVD, order online streaming or even gift certificates! Check it out [...]
