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Author :: Aileen Pincus  |
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| Article Title :: Public Speaking Myths: The Five Worst Pieces of Advice for
Public Speakers and How to Ignore Them |
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It's not as though the job isn't hard enough. Getting up in
front of a roomful of people gathered to hear you speak can
stymie even the most accomplished professional.
Making matters worse is the well-meaning but misguided advice on
improving your public speaking performance. That bad advice is
everywhere and it's deadly, especially for those speakers on
shaky ground to begin with.
Here then are the top five pieces of advice you'll want to skip
when you're preparing for your next public speaking
opportunity--followed by some alternatives.
1.) Practice your speech in front of a mirror.
Come on now. Have you ever tried it? Anyone who has knows it's
nearly impossible to focus on your perfo (read full article) |
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| Category :: Communications Articles |
Author :: Frank Owen |
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| Article Title :: The Tools and Supplies Needed for Video conferencing |
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Video Conferencing Connects People From Around The World
Those familiar with video conferencing might describe it as a
virtual field trip around the world. Video conferencing has the
ability to connect consumers, employees and employers and
students from around the word. Corporate representatives can use
video conferencing to meet with world class experts or business
executives in multiple fields, locations and within many
different industries to expand their knowledge base, network and
improve their strategy and procedures.
Students can use video conferencing to meet with experts and
instructors in various fields to enhance their understanding of
a particular subject or area of interest. (read full article) |
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| Category :: Communications Articles |
Author :: Frank Owen |
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| Article Title :: Video Conferencing - The Essential Ingredients |
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The Tools and Supplies Needed for Video conferencing
In order to take advantage of video conferencing you need the
right ingredients or tools. There are some basic components that
anyone, whether an organization, educational facility or
individual needs before they can communicate with others using
video conferencing technology.
Of course the most basic piece of equipment necessary is a
camera. A camera will allow a user to capture video information
at their site and transmit it to someone at another site.
Parties using video conferencing will also need a video display
to display the video at their site, a microphone to hear the
video and speakers to play the audio material.
Video confer (read full article) |
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| Category :: Communications Articles |
Author :: Frank Owen |
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| Article Title :: Video Conferencing and Education |
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How Video Conferencing Can Support Education
Video conferencing technology is all the rage among
corporations. Recently educational facilities have begun taking
advantage of video conferencing technology to support learning
and education. Video conferencing equipment can help facilitate
instruction and provide distant learners with a host of
resources and access to content providers, teachers, librarians
and more.
More and more teachers are adopting video conferencing as a
method of enhanced communication and instruction. Many
California schools are using video conferencing to connect with
one another and produce networks carrying large volumes of video
and text data to educational facili (read full article) |
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| Category :: Communications Articles |
Author :: Frank Owen |
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| Article Title :: Advantages and Uses of Video Conferencing |
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Uses of Video conferencing
Video conferencing can be used in a host of different
environments, which is one of the reasons the technology is so
popular. General uses for video conferencing include business
meetings, educational training or instruction and collaboration
among health officials or other representatives. Thus far video
conferencing has been used in the following fields:
- Telemedicine - Telecommunicatio - Education - Surveillance -
Security - Emergency Response
Advantages and Benefits of Video conferencing
Perhaps the biggest advantage or benefit video conferencing has
to offer is the ability to meet with people in remote locations
without incurring travel expenses or other (read full article) |
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| Category :: Communications Articles |
Author :: Frank Owen |
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| Article Title :: VoIP - Getting Started With Voice Over IP |
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Finding Free VoIP On The Web
If you are interested in trying out Voice Over Internet Protocol
the good news is you can upload some free software to try before
you by. Many Internet sites offer free software that takes a
matter of minutes to upload and start using. Even better, have a
family member do the same and start calling one another using
VoIP. This way you and your friend will start understanding how
to use VoIP and the many advantages VoIP has to offer.
Just Google VoIP for a list of qualified providers. Most people
are already making calls using VoIP without even realizing it.
Phone companies have used VoIP technology for some time to route
phone calls from one place to another. (read full article) |
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| Category :: Communications Articles |
Author :: Frank Owen |
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| Article Title :: Voice Over IP - Understanding What VoIP Has To Offer |
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Advantages and Features of VoIP
Studies suggest that millions of households will soon be using
VoIP phone services in the next couple of years. One of the
reasons VoIP is catching on so fast is it offers a wealth of
features and advantages over traditional phone services. Here is
just a brief review of some of the benefits and features VoIP
has to offer:
Cost savings
VoIP technology allows consumers to save money. Most companies
currently offering VoIP offer plans that are less expensive than
many cell phone plans.
Competitive Features
Companies providing VoIP services are offering plans that
include standard features like Caller ID, Call waiting, Repeat
Dial and Three Way Calling.
Vo (read full article) |
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| Category :: Communications Articles |
Author :: Frank Owen |
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| Article Title :: VoIP and Packet Switching Technology |
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One of the reasons VoIP is so successful and advantageous is it
uses packet switching technology rather than circuit switching
technology to provide phone services. Most phone companies use
circuit switching technology. Packet switching technology is
different in that it allows multiple phone calls to occur within
the same space a single phone call would occupy using a circuit
network.
This means less transmission time is used and less expense is
incurred for the same phone call placed using packet switching
versus circuit switching technology. How does packet switching
work? Basically you pick up the receiver or initiate a phone
call, which sends a signal. After dialing a phone number the (read full article) |
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| Category :: Communications Articles |
Author :: Frank Owen |
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| Article Title :: VoIP - Calling Options With Voice Over Internet Protocol |
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One of the reasons VoIP is so poplar is it affords users
multiple methods for placing a phone call. Here are some choices
you have when you use VoIP services:
Buy an IP phone
You can purchase a special phone that looks much like an
ordinary phone, but offers an Ethernet connector. This means you
can connect the phone to your router and make IP calls easily
from your computer once hooked up correctly. Developers are also
currently working on Wi-Fi versions of these phones, which will
allow consumers to place calls from anywhere Wi-Fi is available.
Connect from one computer to another
This is probably the least complicated way to take advantage of
VoIP. Simply connect comput (read full article) |
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| Category :: Communications Articles |
Author :: Jon Wilder |
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| Article Title :: Pick the Best Cellphone |
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In the world today, if you don't have a cell phone you're out of
touch. How do you pick the right phone, the right plan or the
right company? There are many factors to that should be taken
into consideration. If you have a large family, one of the many
family plans could be the ticket. Some family plans share a pool
of minutes. This can be a good or bad thing depending on how
good your family is at sharing. If you have teenagers who tend
to talk quite a bit on the cell phones (and most do these days),
this may not be the best way to go although buying a separate
plan for each teen could be very expensive. One idea is the
"pay-as-you go" plan. These plans use minutes from a pre-paid
bank of (read full article) |
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