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Stuttering acceptance in 8 easy steps

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

No, I didn’t go snake oil.
In today’s episode— episode 50!—I explain how I went from covert stutterer back in episode 1 to laid back overt stutterer giving presentations. And loving it! Speaking of which, I also talk about my experiences with my very first presentation at a podcamp. I stuttered and… did the sky fall [...]

 
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I stuttered my name in my presentation!

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Epsiode 43

 
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…and I liked it! It was totally cool and the sky didn’t fall on my head. The audience didn’t even flinch. On today’s episode, I play a clip from the panel I participated in at PodCamp Toronto 3. You can see the video here.
I tried my best not to do any secondaries (except that [...]


Appear confident when giving a speech

Friday, October 10th, 2008

#9
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!