<article>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#article09_12_07_1445242</id>
	<title>Confessions of a Public Speaker</title>
	<author>samzenpus</author>
	<datestamp>1260172920000</datestamp>
	<htmltext>brothke writes <i>"While there is a plethora of books such as <em>Public Speaking for Dummies</em>, and many similar titles, <em>Confessions of a Public Speaker</em> is unique in that it takes a holistic approach to the art and science of public speaking.  The book doesn't just provide helpful hints, it attempts to make the speaker, and his associated presentation, compelling and necessary.  <em>Confessions</em> is Scott Berkun's first-hand account of his many years of public speaking, teaching and television appearances.   In the book, he shares his successes, failures, and many frustrating experiences, in the hope that the reader will be a better speaker for it."</i> Keep reading for the rest of Ben's review.</htmltext>
<tokenext>brothke writes " While there is a plethora of books such as Public Speaking for Dummies , and many similar titles , Confessions of a Public Speaker is unique in that it takes a holistic approach to the art and science of public speaking .
The book does n't just provide helpful hints , it attempts to make the speaker , and his associated presentation , compelling and necessary .
Confessions is Scott Berkun 's first-hand account of his many years of public speaking , teaching and television appearances .
In the book , he shares his successes , failures , and many frustrating experiences , in the hope that the reader will be a better speaker for it .
" Keep reading for the rest of Ben 's review .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>brothke writes "While there is a plethora of books such as Public Speaking for Dummies, and many similar titles, Confessions of a Public Speaker is unique in that it takes a holistic approach to the art and science of public speaking.
The book doesn't just provide helpful hints, it attempts to make the speaker, and his associated presentation, compelling and necessary.
Confessions is Scott Berkun's first-hand account of his many years of public speaking, teaching and television appearances.
In the book, he shares his successes, failures, and many frustrating experiences, in the hope that the reader will be a better speaker for it.
" Keep reading for the rest of Ben's review.</sentencetext>
</article>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30357386</id>
	<title>Style and Fun</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1260178500000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext>What public speaking is all about is about gaining and maintaining the audiences genuine interest and attention. If you don't have at least some of these things, they will slowly fade into oblivion. I learned this quickly in the Corps, where I learned how to start off (first impressions are very important) with a loud booming voice introduction, followed up by some sort of attention grabber (Usually a random video). If the audience doesn't want to engage, engage them. Ask them questions. Randomly pick out a person to pick on (with the right amount of humor for the audience, for Marines a thorough degradation sufficed =). Do not become like the officers always do, which is addicted to fancy powerpoints. When he says stick to content that is the truth. Yes it can be boring to go over the correct way to clear a multi-story building with civilians in it. But something as simple as having a handful of guys standup and demonstrate an action etc makes the engagment contagious. If you make it fun, people will respond, if you don't, they will go comatose (and remember whose fault that is).</htmltext>
<tokenext>What public speaking is all about is about gaining and maintaining the audiences genuine interest and attention .
If you do n't have at least some of these things , they will slowly fade into oblivion .
I learned this quickly in the Corps , where I learned how to start off ( first impressions are very important ) with a loud booming voice introduction , followed up by some sort of attention grabber ( Usually a random video ) .
If the audience does n't want to engage , engage them .
Ask them questions .
Randomly pick out a person to pick on ( with the right amount of humor for the audience , for Marines a thorough degradation sufficed = ) .
Do not become like the officers always do , which is addicted to fancy powerpoints .
When he says stick to content that is the truth .
Yes it can be boring to go over the correct way to clear a multi-story building with civilians in it .
But something as simple as having a handful of guys standup and demonstrate an action etc makes the engagment contagious .
If you make it fun , people will respond , if you do n't , they will go comatose ( and remember whose fault that is ) .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>What public speaking is all about is about gaining and maintaining the audiences genuine interest and attention.
If you don't have at least some of these things, they will slowly fade into oblivion.
I learned this quickly in the Corps, where I learned how to start off (first impressions are very important) with a loud booming voice introduction, followed up by some sort of attention grabber (Usually a random video).
If the audience doesn't want to engage, engage them.
Ask them questions.
Randomly pick out a person to pick on (with the right amount of humor for the audience, for Marines a thorough degradation sufficed =).
Do not become like the officers always do, which is addicted to fancy powerpoints.
When he says stick to content that is the truth.
Yes it can be boring to go over the correct way to clear a multi-story building with civilians in it.
But something as simple as having a handful of guys standup and demonstrate an action etc makes the engagment contagious.
If you make it fun, people will respond, if you don't, they will go comatose (and remember whose fault that is).</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30358210</id>
	<title>It must be better than this book</title>
	<author>tsa</author>
	<datestamp>1260183120000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>At the research group I worked for almost 6 years we were more or less required to read <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search?index=books&amp;linkCode=qs&amp;keywords=9053565124" title="amazon.co.uk">these books by Ad Lagendijk</a> [amazon.co.uk]. His style is quite authoritive: you must do this, you must never do that, etc. I didn't read the book because of that. All of the things that are in the book I learned during the years I worked there. It's a pity that the tone of the book is a bit over the top because his tips are very good.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>At the research group I worked for almost 6 years we were more or less required to read these books by Ad Lagendijk [ amazon.co.uk ] .
His style is quite authoritive : you must do this , you must never do that , etc .
I did n't read the book because of that .
All of the things that are in the book I learned during the years I worked there .
It 's a pity that the tone of the book is a bit over the top because his tips are very good .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>At the research group I worked for almost 6 years we were more or less required to read these books by Ad Lagendijk [amazon.co.uk].
His style is quite authoritive: you must do this, you must never do that, etc.
I didn't read the book because of that.
All of the things that are in the book I learned during the years I worked there.
It's a pity that the tone of the book is a bit over the top because his tips are very good.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30357198</id>
	<title>For those that use Powerpoint...</title>
	<author>TalmerS</author>
	<datestamp>1260177360000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext>read <a href="http://www.presentationzen.com/" title="presentationzen.com" rel="nofollow">Presentation Zen</a> [presentationzen.com] by Garr Reynolds and you'll (almost) never use a bullet list again.</htmltext>
<tokenext>read Presentation Zen [ presentationzen.com ] by Garr Reynolds and you 'll ( almost ) never use a bullet list again .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>read Presentation Zen [presentationzen.com] by Garr Reynolds and you'll (almost) never use a bullet list again.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30357566</id>
	<title>Having Heard Berkun Speak...</title>
	<author>SwashbucklingCowboy</author>
	<datestamp>1260179400000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I don't think he's qualified to write this book.  He's not a very good public speaker.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I do n't think he 's qualified to write this book .
He 's not a very good public speaker .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I don't think he's qualified to write this book.
He's not a very good public speaker.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30359552</id>
	<title>Re:': Look out! Here comes an 's'!</title>
	<author>selven</author>
	<datestamp>1260190320000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>That's completely fal'se.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>That 's completely fal'se .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>That's completely fal'se.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30357110</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30359158</id>
	<title>Re:Style and Fun</title>
	<author>Avatar8</author>
	<datestamp>1260188100000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>A key thought to keep in mind:  WIIFM.<p>
"What's in it for me?" That is what will be going through  your audience's mind throughout your speech/presentation. If you do not give them value and something to take away, you've wasted their time.</p><p>
Plus people remember stories. They won't remember the bullet chart, the acronym or hardly any of the technical terms you say, but tell them a story that ties it together and they'll remember it for a long, long time.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>A key thought to keep in mind : WIIFM .
" What 's in it for me ?
" That is what will be going through your audience 's mind throughout your speech/presentation .
If you do not give them value and something to take away , you 've wasted their time .
Plus people remember stories .
They wo n't remember the bullet chart , the acronym or hardly any of the technical terms you say , but tell them a story that ties it together and they 'll remember it for a long , long time .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>A key thought to keep in mind:  WIIFM.
"What's in it for me?
" That is what will be going through  your audience's mind throughout your speech/presentation.
If you do not give them value and something to take away, you've wasted their time.
Plus people remember stories.
They won't remember the bullet chart, the acronym or hardly any of the technical terms you say, but tell them a story that ties it together and they'll remember it for a long, long time.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30357386</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30358968</id>
	<title>My handy hints</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1260187080000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Here are my handy hints from having given a number of talks and lecture courses:</p><ul><li> Read Simon Peyton-Jones' <a href="http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/simonpj/papers/giving-a-talk/giving-a-talk.htm" title="microsoft.com">"How to give a good research talk"</a> [microsoft.com] notes.  SPJ is one of the most lucid and entertaining speakers to whom I've had the pleasure of listening.</li><li> A talk is essentially a one-sided conversation with the audience.  If you read from the slides or from prepared notes then your talk will be awful: the audience can read things for themselves.</li><li> Relax; be somewhat casual.  The audience is on your side.  (Except for undergraduates: these guys will just stare at you for weeks, like an inert zombie horde, until you finally connect with them.)</li><li> If you are interrupted with many questions then this is a sign of success: you are engaging the audience.</li><li> Avoid slides full of bullet points.  It's much better to put up some example code or a diagram and talk around that.</li><li> I loathe slides that incrementally reveal points.  Don't patronise the audience.</li><li> Be careful when attempting humour: if you're not sure it's funny, don't say it.</li><li> In a half-hour talk, you can get <b>one</b> key point across.  Let the full paper provide all the other details.</li></ul></htmltext>
<tokenext>Here are my handy hints from having given a number of talks and lecture courses : Read Simon Peyton-Jones ' " How to give a good research talk " [ microsoft.com ] notes .
SPJ is one of the most lucid and entertaining speakers to whom I 've had the pleasure of listening .
A talk is essentially a one-sided conversation with the audience .
If you read from the slides or from prepared notes then your talk will be awful : the audience can read things for themselves .
Relax ; be somewhat casual .
The audience is on your side .
( Except for undergraduates : these guys will just stare at you for weeks , like an inert zombie horde , until you finally connect with them .
) If you are interrupted with many questions then this is a sign of success : you are engaging the audience .
Avoid slides full of bullet points .
It 's much better to put up some example code or a diagram and talk around that .
I loathe slides that incrementally reveal points .
Do n't patronise the audience .
Be careful when attempting humour : if you 're not sure it 's funny , do n't say it .
In a half-hour talk , you can get one key point across .
Let the full paper provide all the other details .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Here are my handy hints from having given a number of talks and lecture courses: Read Simon Peyton-Jones' "How to give a good research talk" [microsoft.com] notes.
SPJ is one of the most lucid and entertaining speakers to whom I've had the pleasure of listening.
A talk is essentially a one-sided conversation with the audience.
If you read from the slides or from prepared notes then your talk will be awful: the audience can read things for themselves.
Relax; be somewhat casual.
The audience is on your side.
(Except for undergraduates: these guys will just stare at you for weeks, like an inert zombie horde, until you finally connect with them.
) If you are interrupted with many questions then this is a sign of success: you are engaging the audience.
Avoid slides full of bullet points.
It's much better to put up some example code or a diagram and talk around that.
I loathe slides that incrementally reveal points.
Don't patronise the audience.
Be careful when attempting humour: if you're not sure it's funny, don't say it.
In a half-hour talk, you can get one key point across.
Let the full paper provide all the other details.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30358908</id>
	<title>Plethora</title>
	<author>DrPascal</author>
	<datestamp>1260186720000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I saw the first sentence starting with "<i>While there is a plethora of...</i>" and rolled my eyes, and then died laughing when I saw it as a story tag. Thanks to whomever caused that laugh, it was appreciated.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I saw the first sentence starting with " While there is a plethora of... " and rolled my eyes , and then died laughing when I saw it as a story tag .
Thanks to whomever caused that laugh , it was appreciated .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I saw the first sentence starting with "While there is a plethora of..." and rolled my eyes, and then died laughing when I saw it as a story tag.
Thanks to whomever caused that laugh, it was appreciated.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30359366</id>
	<title>Re:': Look out! Here comes an 's'!</title>
	<author>blahplusplus</author>
	<datestamp>1260189120000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>The GP poster would do well to learn some neuroscience, the way the mind misretrieve's or misuses information is in a predictable manner.</p><p>They're and their and there, you can have someone meaning to say "there" and they type "their" and this is done *unconsciously and automatically* and beyond the persons awareness.  These are common neurological errors in a persons brain due to the way they are wired.  I constantly make the same mistakes over and over again and you just have to live with the fact that some peoples neural network are particularly noisy.</p><p>I've often left out, switched or mistyped similar words or had bad grammar in my posts and still got rated insightful because many of those mods understand this fact.</p><p>Many neurological errors are UNCONSCIOUS the user is not even aware he has mistyped because the user internally is sending the message to "type their" (what they actually mean) and their motor system is sent "there".</p><p>The way memory exists in human minds is via networks of association therefore anything near those activated networks when something is looked up may be drawn instead without the user knowing it.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>The GP poster would do well to learn some neuroscience , the way the mind misretrieve 's or misuses information is in a predictable manner.They 're and their and there , you can have someone meaning to say " there " and they type " their " and this is done * unconsciously and automatically * and beyond the persons awareness .
These are common neurological errors in a persons brain due to the way they are wired .
I constantly make the same mistakes over and over again and you just have to live with the fact that some peoples neural network are particularly noisy.I 've often left out , switched or mistyped similar words or had bad grammar in my posts and still got rated insightful because many of those mods understand this fact.Many neurological errors are UNCONSCIOUS the user is not even aware he has mistyped because the user internally is sending the message to " type their " ( what they actually mean ) and their motor system is sent " there " .The way memory exists in human minds is via networks of association therefore anything near those activated networks when something is looked up may be drawn instead without the user knowing it .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The GP poster would do well to learn some neuroscience, the way the mind misretrieve's or misuses information is in a predictable manner.They're and their and there, you can have someone meaning to say "there" and they type "their" and this is done *unconsciously and automatically* and beyond the persons awareness.
These are common neurological errors in a persons brain due to the way they are wired.
I constantly make the same mistakes over and over again and you just have to live with the fact that some peoples neural network are particularly noisy.I've often left out, switched or mistyped similar words or had bad grammar in my posts and still got rated insightful because many of those mods understand this fact.Many neurological errors are UNCONSCIOUS the user is not even aware he has mistyped because the user internally is sending the message to "type their" (what they actually mean) and their motor system is sent "there".The way memory exists in human minds is via networks of association therefore anything near those activated networks when something is looked up may be drawn instead without the user knowing it.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30357110</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30362876</id>
	<title>Here's some practical advise</title>
	<author>Whuffo</author>
	<datestamp>1260265020000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>From someone who's done it. The only hard thing about public speaking is overcoming your own fear. Don't worry about it, just do it. The better you know your material the better you'll do - and if you find yourself "lost" then focus on one person in the audience and talk to them.<p>
Much BS has been written about public speaking but if you just do it you'll find it's no big deal. And once you get going and find your rhythm, you can look at all of the people who are hanging on every of your words and realize you're something special - for the moment. Really - it's no big deal. Just do it and it'll be OK.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>From someone who 's done it .
The only hard thing about public speaking is overcoming your own fear .
Do n't worry about it , just do it .
The better you know your material the better you 'll do - and if you find yourself " lost " then focus on one person in the audience and talk to them .
Much BS has been written about public speaking but if you just do it you 'll find it 's no big deal .
And once you get going and find your rhythm , you can look at all of the people who are hanging on every of your words and realize you 're something special - for the moment .
Really - it 's no big deal .
Just do it and it 'll be OK .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>From someone who's done it.
The only hard thing about public speaking is overcoming your own fear.
Don't worry about it, just do it.
The better you know your material the better you'll do - and if you find yourself "lost" then focus on one person in the audience and talk to them.
Much BS has been written about public speaking but if you just do it you'll find it's no big deal.
And once you get going and find your rhythm, you can look at all of the people who are hanging on every of your words and realize you're something special - for the moment.
Really - it's no big deal.
Just do it and it'll be OK.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30357394</id>
	<title>Fear of death...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1260178560000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I remember a statistic claiming that more people are afraid of public speaking than of death - I don't know if it was a real stat or a metaphor to demonstrate and make a point, but it's a valid one.  Most people suck at it because they are afraid of it.  In many ways the only way to deal with it effectively is to face the fear and conquer it.</p><p>I am really glad to see books like this on<nobr> <wbr></nobr>/.  - keep up with the good content guys!</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I remember a statistic claiming that more people are afraid of public speaking than of death - I do n't know if it was a real stat or a metaphor to demonstrate and make a point , but it 's a valid one .
Most people suck at it because they are afraid of it .
In many ways the only way to deal with it effectively is to face the fear and conquer it.I am really glad to see books like this on / .
- keep up with the good content guys !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I remember a statistic claiming that more people are afraid of public speaking than of death - I don't know if it was a real stat or a metaphor to demonstrate and make a point, but it's a valid one.
Most people suck at it because they are afraid of it.
In many ways the only way to deal with it effectively is to face the fear and conquer it.I am really glad to see books like this on /.
- keep up with the good content guys!</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30357852</id>
	<title>Things that helped me</title>
	<author>macshome</author>
	<datestamp>1260180840000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext>My job is about 80\% public speaking of some kind or the other. Sometimes it's a room of 20, sometimes it's 1500, and sometimes it's in a studio recording a webcast. I've been doing this for a while now and I've found a few things that helped me get started.<br> <br>

First you need to know your material. It's not so much a presentation as it's a one sided discussion. The more conversational you are the more you draw that audience in.<br> <br>

Second don't put a ton of stuff on your slides. I can't even count how many Keynote decks I've seen that the presenter just reads to the audience. A good concept to have about slides is that they are an outline with points of emphasis for the discussion. The screen isn't giving the presentation, you are!<br> <br>

Third on the list is to make it fun. Take an easy dig at yourself as it always loosens them up. A really easy potshot is to make fun of end users. If you are presenting to sysadmins this is an instant win. Also strive to make things interactive. Ask questions of the audience that get them to raise a show of hands. It keeps people engaged.<br> <br>

Next get a presentation remote and walk around the stage/screen. You can be much more physically emotive if you aren't nailed to a lectern the whole time. If it's a big enough room you will need to do this so that you don't loose the people that are far away from you.<br> <br>

Finally, just be confident. You are presenting because someone thinks that what you have to say is important. Take that vote of confidence and run with it.<br> <br>

One last tip is to watch effective speakers give presentations. They are easy to find on the web from YouTube or TED. In my group we actually will often record our own presentations and then watch them later in order to pick up places to improve. This is a game that you can always keep improving.</htmltext>
<tokenext>My job is about 80 \ % public speaking of some kind or the other .
Sometimes it 's a room of 20 , sometimes it 's 1500 , and sometimes it 's in a studio recording a webcast .
I 've been doing this for a while now and I 've found a few things that helped me get started .
First you need to know your material .
It 's not so much a presentation as it 's a one sided discussion .
The more conversational you are the more you draw that audience in .
Second do n't put a ton of stuff on your slides .
I ca n't even count how many Keynote decks I 've seen that the presenter just reads to the audience .
A good concept to have about slides is that they are an outline with points of emphasis for the discussion .
The screen is n't giving the presentation , you are !
Third on the list is to make it fun .
Take an easy dig at yourself as it always loosens them up .
A really easy potshot is to make fun of end users .
If you are presenting to sysadmins this is an instant win .
Also strive to make things interactive .
Ask questions of the audience that get them to raise a show of hands .
It keeps people engaged .
Next get a presentation remote and walk around the stage/screen .
You can be much more physically emotive if you are n't nailed to a lectern the whole time .
If it 's a big enough room you will need to do this so that you do n't loose the people that are far away from you .
Finally , just be confident .
You are presenting because someone thinks that what you have to say is important .
Take that vote of confidence and run with it .
One last tip is to watch effective speakers give presentations .
They are easy to find on the web from YouTube or TED .
In my group we actually will often record our own presentations and then watch them later in order to pick up places to improve .
This is a game that you can always keep improving .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>My job is about 80\% public speaking of some kind or the other.
Sometimes it's a room of 20, sometimes it's 1500, and sometimes it's in a studio recording a webcast.
I've been doing this for a while now and I've found a few things that helped me get started.
First you need to know your material.
It's not so much a presentation as it's a one sided discussion.
The more conversational you are the more you draw that audience in.
Second don't put a ton of stuff on your slides.
I can't even count how many Keynote decks I've seen that the presenter just reads to the audience.
A good concept to have about slides is that they are an outline with points of emphasis for the discussion.
The screen isn't giving the presentation, you are!
Third on the list is to make it fun.
Take an easy dig at yourself as it always loosens them up.
A really easy potshot is to make fun of end users.
If you are presenting to sysadmins this is an instant win.
Also strive to make things interactive.
Ask questions of the audience that get them to raise a show of hands.
It keeps people engaged.
Next get a presentation remote and walk around the stage/screen.
You can be much more physically emotive if you aren't nailed to a lectern the whole time.
If it's a big enough room you will need to do this so that you don't loose the people that are far away from you.
Finally, just be confident.
You are presenting because someone thinks that what you have to say is important.
Take that vote of confidence and run with it.
One last tip is to watch effective speakers give presentations.
They are easy to find on the web from YouTube or TED.
In my group we actually will often record our own presentations and then watch them later in order to pick up places to improve.
This is a game that you can always keep improving.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30357800</id>
	<title>Re:Public speaking and girls</title>
	<author>mcwop</author>
	<datestamp>1260180540000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Great points, I would add that a nice way to get comfortable with the audience, is to greet them as they walk in the door. Also, strike up conversations with audience members before presenting.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Great points , I would add that a nice way to get comfortable with the audience , is to greet them as they walk in the door .
Also , strike up conversations with audience members before presenting .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Great points, I would add that a nice way to get comfortable with the audience, is to greet them as they walk in the door.
Also, strike up conversations with audience members before presenting.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30368690</id>
	<title>Re:I'm slightly less positive....</title>
	<author>chris44larsen</author>
	<datestamp>1260302220000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>sorry, replied too soon.

i thought your review was a bit critical

&gt;&gt;The images are pretty shoddy &ndash; over dark and with not enough contrast; they&rsquo;re not very well constructed either, in that there&rsquo;s an awful lot of distracting background &lsquo;fluff&rsquo; in some of them.

this is a book on presos, not photography.  no?

&gt;&gt;The print quality isn&rsquo;t great &ndash; I know heavily bleached paper isn&rsquo;t great for the environment but just a little more whiteness would have made things easier to read, particularly by the light of my bedside light!

Get a light dude!!<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:)

&gt;&gt;In short, well worth the read.

So after all, you really did love it!!</htmltext>
<tokenext>sorry , replied too soon .
i thought your review was a bit critical &gt; &gt; The images are pretty shoddy    over dark and with not enough contrast ; they    re not very well constructed either , in that there    s an awful lot of distracting background    fluff    in some of them .
this is a book on presos , not photography .
no ? &gt; &gt; The print quality isn    t great    I know heavily bleached paper isn    t great for the environment but just a little more whiteness would have made things easier to read , particularly by the light of my bedside light !
Get a light dude ! !
: ) &gt; &gt; In short , well worth the read .
So after all , you really did love it !
!</tokentext>
<sentencetext>sorry, replied too soon.
i thought your review was a bit critical

&gt;&gt;The images are pretty shoddy – over dark and with not enough contrast; they’re not very well constructed either, in that there’s an awful lot of distracting background ‘fluff’ in some of them.
this is a book on presos, not photography.
no?

&gt;&gt;The print quality isn’t great – I know heavily bleached paper isn’t great for the environment but just a little more whiteness would have made things easier to read, particularly by the light of my bedside light!
Get a light dude!!
:)

&gt;&gt;In short, well worth the read.
So after all, you really did love it!
!</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30357032</id>
	<title>Public speaking and girls</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1260176520000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>One thing everyone should also always remember is that you will usually suck at things when trying the first time. Public Speaking fear comes mostly from the lack of experience and that if you fail at something during it, lots of people will notice as they're all watching you.</p><p>Like with everything else, humor helps. If you fail, laugh or joke it off and continue. It's not really a big deal.</p><p>It's pretty much the same thing when people on their teenage years (and later if it's a really hot girl) fear talking to them. They think it's going to ruin their world. Once you've got used to messing up with girls, hot girls too, you will notice it's not really a big deal. Laugh at it, she probably will do. If you're scared of that, fail with a girl intentionally to see how she responds. It's quite an eye-opener and you will not really fear failing again. It's ok, and public speaking and talking with random girls is successful only if you can also fail successfully and continue.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>One thing everyone should also always remember is that you will usually suck at things when trying the first time .
Public Speaking fear comes mostly from the lack of experience and that if you fail at something during it , lots of people will notice as they 're all watching you.Like with everything else , humor helps .
If you fail , laugh or joke it off and continue .
It 's not really a big deal.It 's pretty much the same thing when people on their teenage years ( and later if it 's a really hot girl ) fear talking to them .
They think it 's going to ruin their world .
Once you 've got used to messing up with girls , hot girls too , you will notice it 's not really a big deal .
Laugh at it , she probably will do .
If you 're scared of that , fail with a girl intentionally to see how she responds .
It 's quite an eye-opener and you will not really fear failing again .
It 's ok , and public speaking and talking with random girls is successful only if you can also fail successfully and continue .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>One thing everyone should also always remember is that you will usually suck at things when trying the first time.
Public Speaking fear comes mostly from the lack of experience and that if you fail at something during it, lots of people will notice as they're all watching you.Like with everything else, humor helps.
If you fail, laugh or joke it off and continue.
It's not really a big deal.It's pretty much the same thing when people on their teenage years (and later if it's a really hot girl) fear talking to them.
They think it's going to ruin their world.
Once you've got used to messing up with girls, hot girls too, you will notice it's not really a big deal.
Laugh at it, she probably will do.
If you're scared of that, fail with a girl intentionally to see how she responds.
It's quite an eye-opener and you will not really fear failing again.
It's ok, and public speaking and talking with random girls is successful only if you can also fail successfully and continue.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30368458</id>
	<title>I'm slightly less positive....</title>
	<author>simonraybould</author>
	<datestamp>1260301440000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>....but only slightly, in my own review: <a href="http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/2009/12/07/book-review-confessions-of-a-public-speaker/" title="curved-vision.co.uk" rel="nofollow">http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/2009/12/07/book-review-confessions-of-a-public-speaker/</a> [curved-vision.co.uk]

In short - I'm pretty positive about it!<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:)

Simon</htmltext>
<tokenext>....but only slightly , in my own review : http : //www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/2009/12/07/book-review-confessions-of-a-public-speaker/ [ curved-vision.co.uk ] In short - I 'm pretty positive about it !
: ) Simon</tokentext>
<sentencetext>....but only slightly, in my own review: http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/2009/12/07/book-review-confessions-of-a-public-speaker/ [curved-vision.co.uk]

In short - I'm pretty positive about it!
:)

Simon</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30360616</id>
	<title>o\_o</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1260198240000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>you're grammer fail's your a idyet</htmltext>
<tokenext>you 're grammer fail 's your a idyet</tokentext>
<sentencetext>you're grammer fail's your a idyet</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30357486</id>
	<title>Re:Join Toastmasters</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1260178980000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>is this a drinking club</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>is this a drinking club</tokentext>
<sentencetext>is this a drinking club</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30357118</id>
	<title>Learn the difference</title>
	<author>jgtg32a</author>
	<datestamp>1260176880000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Learn the difference between a PowerPoint presentation and a presentation using PowerPoint.<br> <br>I don't remember where I heard this but, it's very important</htmltext>
<tokenext>Learn the difference between a PowerPoint presentation and a presentation using PowerPoint .
I do n't remember where I heard this but , it 's very important</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Learn the difference between a PowerPoint presentation and a presentation using PowerPoint.
I don't remember where I heard this but, it's very important</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30357824</id>
	<title>Re:This is /.</title>
	<author>devleopard</author>
	<datestamp>1260180720000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>In my former life (before programming), I was in academic debate and competitive speech. I wasn't incredibly successful, but I won a fair amount. Those skills really do serve me well as a programmer. They allow me to communicate with stakeholders without a bunch of "ums", sweaty palms, and the inability to complete a sentence without using 3 acronyms.</p><p>That skill extends to interviewing - a form of speaking. It's all about knowing what your audience hears, and how they interpret the messages they hear. (Even the most intelligent MBA or lawyer thinks "giant piece of yarn" when a programmer says "big string" or "car-wash is busy" when they hear "buffer overflow".) I've been told my interviewing ability has gotten me jobs when my competition included programmers who were far more talented than I.</p><p>Even among programmers, you need to learn to speak. The programmers that sit in their cubicle, head in a terminal, are the ones who are boo-hooing when they lose their job. Want to build your career? Speak at public functions like user group meetings for your technology. (No, your Blogspot page isn't the same thing, and neither is your YouTube channel that has 4 subscribers.) You establish yourself as an expert, a go to guy (or girl). In this "recession", post-dot-com bust, and post-9/11, I never went without work, and over 50\% of it came through networking from my user group participation. These days, I'm a full time consultant; I have a box of business cards on my desk, but they're just taking up room, as I don't need to hand them out. Ditto on my web site - I haven't updated it, because I have zero need for marketing. All due to being willing to step out and speak publicly.</p><p>You don't want to do that? "I'm a geek, and am happy to stay in my comfort zone.." Fine. While you're working on your WoW characters, I'm giving presentations. You can have your mod points; I'll take your job. Just remember to call me "Sir" when you're handing me my receipt at Best Buy.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>In my former life ( before programming ) , I was in academic debate and competitive speech .
I was n't incredibly successful , but I won a fair amount .
Those skills really do serve me well as a programmer .
They allow me to communicate with stakeholders without a bunch of " ums " , sweaty palms , and the inability to complete a sentence without using 3 acronyms.That skill extends to interviewing - a form of speaking .
It 's all about knowing what your audience hears , and how they interpret the messages they hear .
( Even the most intelligent MBA or lawyer thinks " giant piece of yarn " when a programmer says " big string " or " car-wash is busy " when they hear " buffer overflow " .
) I 've been told my interviewing ability has gotten me jobs when my competition included programmers who were far more talented than I.Even among programmers , you need to learn to speak .
The programmers that sit in their cubicle , head in a terminal , are the ones who are boo-hooing when they lose their job .
Want to build your career ?
Speak at public functions like user group meetings for your technology .
( No , your Blogspot page is n't the same thing , and neither is your YouTube channel that has 4 subscribers .
) You establish yourself as an expert , a go to guy ( or girl ) .
In this " recession " , post-dot-com bust , and post-9/11 , I never went without work , and over 50 \ % of it came through networking from my user group participation .
These days , I 'm a full time consultant ; I have a box of business cards on my desk , but they 're just taking up room , as I do n't need to hand them out .
Ditto on my web site - I have n't updated it , because I have zero need for marketing .
All due to being willing to step out and speak publicly.You do n't want to do that ?
" I 'm a geek , and am happy to stay in my comfort zone.. " Fine .
While you 're working on your WoW characters , I 'm giving presentations .
You can have your mod points ; I 'll take your job .
Just remember to call me " Sir " when you 're handing me my receipt at Best Buy .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>In my former life (before programming), I was in academic debate and competitive speech.
I wasn't incredibly successful, but I won a fair amount.
Those skills really do serve me well as a programmer.
They allow me to communicate with stakeholders without a bunch of "ums", sweaty palms, and the inability to complete a sentence without using 3 acronyms.That skill extends to interviewing - a form of speaking.
It's all about knowing what your audience hears, and how they interpret the messages they hear.
(Even the most intelligent MBA or lawyer thinks "giant piece of yarn" when a programmer says "big string" or "car-wash is busy" when they hear "buffer overflow".
) I've been told my interviewing ability has gotten me jobs when my competition included programmers who were far more talented than I.Even among programmers, you need to learn to speak.
The programmers that sit in their cubicle, head in a terminal, are the ones who are boo-hooing when they lose their job.
Want to build your career?
Speak at public functions like user group meetings for your technology.
(No, your Blogspot page isn't the same thing, and neither is your YouTube channel that has 4 subscribers.
) You establish yourself as an expert, a go to guy (or girl).
In this "recession", post-dot-com bust, and post-9/11, I never went without work, and over 50\% of it came through networking from my user group participation.
These days, I'm a full time consultant; I have a box of business cards on my desk, but they're just taking up room, as I don't need to hand them out.
Ditto on my web site - I haven't updated it, because I have zero need for marketing.
All due to being willing to step out and speak publicly.You don't want to do that?
"I'm a geek, and am happy to stay in my comfort zone.." Fine.
While you're working on your WoW characters, I'm giving presentations.
You can have your mod points; I'll take your job.
Just remember to call me "Sir" when you're handing me my receipt at Best Buy.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30360356</id>
	<title>Re:': Look out! Here comes an 's'!</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1260196380000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>It is not unlikely that she gave you an A to make sure that she would not have to speak to you again.</p><p>I wonder what the "right" format is. I think it depends very much on the circumstances. Sometimes you need a word by word script. Sometimes you need to have a speak that is improvised based on a few small notes and points, since it is very difficult for most people to read a script as if it is improvised.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>It is not unlikely that she gave you an A to make sure that she would not have to speak to you again.I wonder what the " right " format is .
I think it depends very much on the circumstances .
Sometimes you need a word by word script .
Sometimes you need to have a speak that is improvised based on a few small notes and points , since it is very difficult for most people to read a script as if it is improvised .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It is not unlikely that she gave you an A to make sure that she would not have to speak to you again.I wonder what the "right" format is.
I think it depends very much on the circumstances.
Sometimes you need a word by word script.
Sometimes you need to have a speak that is improvised based on a few small notes and points, since it is very difficult for most people to read a script as if it is improvised.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30359076</id>
	<title>Re:Join Toastmasters</title>
	<author>Avatar8</author>
	<datestamp>1260187740000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>I agree and would like to expound upon this.<p>
I've been in Toastmasters over 8 years. What was just described in the review of this book, a person could learn in presenting and receiving feedback in three to six speeches (six weeks to six months depending on your initiative). As a long term educational and development program, Toastmasters can go into much more depth as well. The main strength of Toastmasters is that it provides a safe place to practice, receive friendly support and receive accurate, helpful feedback. Clubs vary greatly, so shopping around is encouraged.</p><p>
Visit <a href="http://www.toastmasters.org/" title="toastmasters.org">http://www.toastmasters.org/</a> [toastmasters.org] and use the "Find a Club" link. If there is not a club conveniently close to you, consider making a trip to one and asking for help in starting a club. I guarantee they will get someone in touch with you and will offer assistance in forming a club closer to you.</p><p>
I'm not a professional public speaker yet, but everything reviewed about this book above I've already learned and experienced.</p><p>
Having never heard of the author, I Googled him and found his website. Watching the first 5 minutes of his video in the bottom right had me cringing - unprofessional dress (maybe appropriate for where he was), playing around with the "stage," too much hand waving, too many "filler" words to hear his message clearly, mispronunciation or diction unclear, speaking too fast and moving around too much.</p><p>
I won't be buying the book from what I've read and seen.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I agree and would like to expound upon this .
I 've been in Toastmasters over 8 years .
What was just described in the review of this book , a person could learn in presenting and receiving feedback in three to six speeches ( six weeks to six months depending on your initiative ) .
As a long term educational and development program , Toastmasters can go into much more depth as well .
The main strength of Toastmasters is that it provides a safe place to practice , receive friendly support and receive accurate , helpful feedback .
Clubs vary greatly , so shopping around is encouraged .
Visit http : //www.toastmasters.org/ [ toastmasters.org ] and use the " Find a Club " link .
If there is not a club conveniently close to you , consider making a trip to one and asking for help in starting a club .
I guarantee they will get someone in touch with you and will offer assistance in forming a club closer to you .
I 'm not a professional public speaker yet , but everything reviewed about this book above I 've already learned and experienced .
Having never heard of the author , I Googled him and found his website .
Watching the first 5 minutes of his video in the bottom right had me cringing - unprofessional dress ( maybe appropriate for where he was ) , playing around with the " stage , " too much hand waving , too many " filler " words to hear his message clearly , mispronunciation or diction unclear , speaking too fast and moving around too much .
I wo n't be buying the book from what I 've read and seen .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I agree and would like to expound upon this.
I've been in Toastmasters over 8 years.
What was just described in the review of this book, a person could learn in presenting and receiving feedback in three to six speeches (six weeks to six months depending on your initiative).
As a long term educational and development program, Toastmasters can go into much more depth as well.
The main strength of Toastmasters is that it provides a safe place to practice, receive friendly support and receive accurate, helpful feedback.
Clubs vary greatly, so shopping around is encouraged.
Visit http://www.toastmasters.org/ [toastmasters.org] and use the "Find a Club" link.
If there is not a club conveniently close to you, consider making a trip to one and asking for help in starting a club.
I guarantee they will get someone in touch with you and will offer assistance in forming a club closer to you.
I'm not a professional public speaker yet, but everything reviewed about this book above I've already learned and experienced.
Having never heard of the author, I Googled him and found his website.
Watching the first 5 minutes of his video in the bottom right had me cringing - unprofessional dress (maybe appropriate for where he was), playing around with the "stage," too much hand waving, too many "filler" words to hear his message clearly, mispronunciation or diction unclear, speaking too fast and moving around too much.
I won't be buying the book from what I've read and seen.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30365622</id>
	<title>Re:Fear of death...</title>
	<author>LtGordon</author>
	<datestamp>1260289440000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>&ldquo;According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.&rdquo; --Jerry Seinfeld</htmltext>
<tokenext>   According to most studies , people 's number one fear is public speaking .
Number two is death .
Death is number two .
Does that sound right ?
This means to the average person , if you go to a funeral , you 're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.    --Jerry Seinfeld</tokentext>
<sentencetext>“According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking.
Number two is death.
Death is number two.
Does that sound right?
This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.” --Jerry Seinfeld</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30359464</id>
	<title>Re:': Look out! Here comes an 's'!</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1260189660000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext>Ironically you sound fat<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... seriously.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Ironically you sound fat ... seriously .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Ironically you sound fat ... seriously.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30358426</id>
	<title>Re:This is /.</title>
	<author>Monkeedude1212</author>
	<datestamp>1260184140000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I'll take this first moment to just clearly point out my jab was simply a humorous one aimed at the stereotypical "IT Nerd" culture and was not meant as anything more than that; a simple joke.</p><p>Onto my rebuttal.</p><p>Different tasks call for different tools though. And not everyone is the same. Seeing as it sounds like you willingly participated in academic debate and competitive speech, it sounds more like you were more of a natural public speaker. Mind you, everyone has their doubts when they first start out, but there are those who clearly grasp public speaking early on and enjoy it. You sound like someone who enjoys it.</p><p>This skill has its uses - and you've shown them above. In most companies this will shoot you towards IT Manager or something of a similar position. Not everyone wants to be there though.</p><p>There are many of us who would prefer to go straight home after work and spend their spare time configuring an amazing Beowulf cluster of Pentium 3's. We enjoy our jobs because we don't have to deal with the things Managers do. Since we're happy at work and happy at home, we're happy all around. Not everyone enjoys public speaking, I might even dare to say that most of us don't. It's not that we can't or won't, its just that we don't enjoy it. Hearts not in it.</p><p>Those of us with the skills we develop in our spare "shut-in" time have just as easy a time finding a job as anyone with public speaking skills. While you have the 1-up on confidence in public, we have the 1-up on a handful of other skills you may know nothing about. You give presentations while we soder motherboards back to functional. You persuade, influence, and direct people around you. We set up replicating servers and run cable across buildings and network it all.</p><p>PLEASE - don't lump shy in with lazy. Just because we like to spend our evenings with our computers doesn't make us any more prone to a job at Best Buy than you are. When you are hired by a company that can clearly see your talent by your efficiency and broad range of skills, they aren't so quick to fire you because they can't just find another guy who knows it all. They would much rather keep 1 guy at 1.3 times the regular pay rather then trying to find 2 guys that could do both sections of his job.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I 'll take this first moment to just clearly point out my jab was simply a humorous one aimed at the stereotypical " IT Nerd " culture and was not meant as anything more than that ; a simple joke.Onto my rebuttal.Different tasks call for different tools though .
And not everyone is the same .
Seeing as it sounds like you willingly participated in academic debate and competitive speech , it sounds more like you were more of a natural public speaker .
Mind you , everyone has their doubts when they first start out , but there are those who clearly grasp public speaking early on and enjoy it .
You sound like someone who enjoys it.This skill has its uses - and you 've shown them above .
In most companies this will shoot you towards IT Manager or something of a similar position .
Not everyone wants to be there though.There are many of us who would prefer to go straight home after work and spend their spare time configuring an amazing Beowulf cluster of Pentium 3 's .
We enjoy our jobs because we do n't have to deal with the things Managers do .
Since we 're happy at work and happy at home , we 're happy all around .
Not everyone enjoys public speaking , I might even dare to say that most of us do n't .
It 's not that we ca n't or wo n't , its just that we do n't enjoy it .
Hearts not in it.Those of us with the skills we develop in our spare " shut-in " time have just as easy a time finding a job as anyone with public speaking skills .
While you have the 1-up on confidence in public , we have the 1-up on a handful of other skills you may know nothing about .
You give presentations while we soder motherboards back to functional .
You persuade , influence , and direct people around you .
We set up replicating servers and run cable across buildings and network it all.PLEASE - do n't lump shy in with lazy .
Just because we like to spend our evenings with our computers does n't make us any more prone to a job at Best Buy than you are .
When you are hired by a company that can clearly see your talent by your efficiency and broad range of skills , they are n't so quick to fire you because they ca n't just find another guy who knows it all .
They would much rather keep 1 guy at 1.3 times the regular pay rather then trying to find 2 guys that could do both sections of his job .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I'll take this first moment to just clearly point out my jab was simply a humorous one aimed at the stereotypical "IT Nerd" culture and was not meant as anything more than that; a simple joke.Onto my rebuttal.Different tasks call for different tools though.
And not everyone is the same.
Seeing as it sounds like you willingly participated in academic debate and competitive speech, it sounds more like you were more of a natural public speaker.
Mind you, everyone has their doubts when they first start out, but there are those who clearly grasp public speaking early on and enjoy it.
You sound like someone who enjoys it.This skill has its uses - and you've shown them above.
In most companies this will shoot you towards IT Manager or something of a similar position.
Not everyone wants to be there though.There are many of us who would prefer to go straight home after work and spend their spare time configuring an amazing Beowulf cluster of Pentium 3's.
We enjoy our jobs because we don't have to deal with the things Managers do.
Since we're happy at work and happy at home, we're happy all around.
Not everyone enjoys public speaking, I might even dare to say that most of us don't.
It's not that we can't or won't, its just that we don't enjoy it.
Hearts not in it.Those of us with the skills we develop in our spare "shut-in" time have just as easy a time finding a job as anyone with public speaking skills.
While you have the 1-up on confidence in public, we have the 1-up on a handful of other skills you may know nothing about.
You give presentations while we soder motherboards back to functional.
You persuade, influence, and direct people around you.
We set up replicating servers and run cable across buildings and network it all.PLEASE - don't lump shy in with lazy.
Just because we like to spend our evenings with our computers doesn't make us any more prone to a job at Best Buy than you are.
When you are hired by a company that can clearly see your talent by your efficiency and broad range of skills, they aren't so quick to fire you because they can't just find another guy who knows it all.
They would much rather keep 1 guy at 1.3 times the regular pay rather then trying to find 2 guys that could do both sections of his job.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30357204</id>
	<title>having something to say helps</title>
	<author>Trepidity</author>
	<datestamp>1260177360000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>The biggest problem I've found with public speaking is that often the speaker really does not want to be giving a talk, and so it's kind of forced. Sure, they may be interesting people with a lot to say, but for this 30-minute, or 60-minute, or whatever it is slot, they've been assigned to do it, or are doing it for money, or are doing it for some other reason besides, "really have something I want to say to this audience".</p><p>I see this a lot as an academic--- in computer science, conferences have in a lot of areas displaced journals as the primary publication venues, so people mainly submit to a conference to get their paper published in the proceedings. Then the conference rolls around, and they have a 20- or 30-minute slot to fill. Some people really have something to say in that slot, but others, whether through inclination or the subject matter, really don't, and give essentially a very long and drawn-out version of, "just read the damn paper".</p><p>Of course, some technical improvements to talks---use of figures, non-monotone voice, etc.---can make them more engaging, but it doesn't really solve the underlying problem. In the academic-conference case, it basically transforms a boring 20-minute ad for the paper into a somewhat amusing 20-minute ad for the paper--- but still not a good talk.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>The biggest problem I 've found with public speaking is that often the speaker really does not want to be giving a talk , and so it 's kind of forced .
Sure , they may be interesting people with a lot to say , but for this 30-minute , or 60-minute , or whatever it is slot , they 've been assigned to do it , or are doing it for money , or are doing it for some other reason besides , " really have something I want to say to this audience " .I see this a lot as an academic--- in computer science , conferences have in a lot of areas displaced journals as the primary publication venues , so people mainly submit to a conference to get their paper published in the proceedings .
Then the conference rolls around , and they have a 20- or 30-minute slot to fill .
Some people really have something to say in that slot , but others , whether through inclination or the subject matter , really do n't , and give essentially a very long and drawn-out version of , " just read the damn paper " .Of course , some technical improvements to talks---use of figures , non-monotone voice , etc.---can make them more engaging , but it does n't really solve the underlying problem .
In the academic-conference case , it basically transforms a boring 20-minute ad for the paper into a somewhat amusing 20-minute ad for the paper--- but still not a good talk .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The biggest problem I've found with public speaking is that often the speaker really does not want to be giving a talk, and so it's kind of forced.
Sure, they may be interesting people with a lot to say, but for this 30-minute, or 60-minute, or whatever it is slot, they've been assigned to do it, or are doing it for money, or are doing it for some other reason besides, "really have something I want to say to this audience".I see this a lot as an academic--- in computer science, conferences have in a lot of areas displaced journals as the primary publication venues, so people mainly submit to a conference to get their paper published in the proceedings.
Then the conference rolls around, and they have a 20- or 30-minute slot to fill.
Some people really have something to say in that slot, but others, whether through inclination or the subject matter, really don't, and give essentially a very long and drawn-out version of, "just read the damn paper".Of course, some technical improvements to talks---use of figures, non-monotone voice, etc.---can make them more engaging, but it doesn't really solve the underlying problem.
In the academic-conference case, it basically transforms a boring 20-minute ad for the paper into a somewhat amusing 20-minute ad for the paper--- but still not a good talk.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30358986</id>
	<title>Max Atkinson</title>
	<author>mister\_dave</author>
	<datestamp>1260187260000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Whenever speech-making hits the news (party conference season) <a href="http://maxatkinson.blogspot.com/" title="blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Max Atkinson</a> [blogspot.com] seems to be the UK media's favourite talking head.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Whenever speech-making hits the news ( party conference season ) Max Atkinson [ blogspot.com ] seems to be the UK media 's favourite talking head .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Whenever speech-making hits the news (party conference season) Max Atkinson [blogspot.com] seems to be the UK media's favourite talking head.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30357558</id>
	<title>Uh...just don't..uh..make this...uh...mistake</title>
	<author>elrous0</author>
	<datestamp>1260179340000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext>Uh...just don't...uh...keep unconsciously...uh...saying...uh...annoying words...uh....throughout...uh...your...uh...speech.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Uh...just do n't...uh...keep unconsciously...uh...saying...uh...annoying words...uh....throughout...uh...your...uh...speech .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Uh...just don't...uh...keep unconsciously...uh...saying...uh...annoying words...uh....throughout...uh...your...uh...speech.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30358930</id>
	<title>Re:Fear of death...</title>
	<author>Cryacin</author>
	<datestamp>1260186900000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>I don't know if it was a real stat or a metaphor to demonstrate and make a point, but it's a valid one.</p></div><p>I wouldn't trust a statistic I didn't make up either.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>I do n't know if it was a real stat or a metaphor to demonstrate and make a point , but it 's a valid one.I would n't trust a statistic I did n't make up either .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I don't know if it was a real stat or a metaphor to demonstrate and make a point, but it's a valid one.I wouldn't trust a statistic I didn't make up either.
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30357580</id>
	<title>My own take</title>
	<author>Wireless Joe</author>
	<datestamp>1260179460000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext>Lacks one phrase crucial to effective public speaking: "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcR7hr4LLQg" title="youtube.com">...in a van down by the river</a> [youtube.com]!"</htmltext>
<tokenext>Lacks one phrase crucial to effective public speaking : " ...in a van down by the river [ youtube.com ] !
"</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Lacks one phrase crucial to effective public speaking: "...in a van down by the river [youtube.com]!
"</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30361704</id>
	<title>Re:': Look out! Here comes an 's'!</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1260207240000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>&gt;&gt;&gt;but that blatant misuse of the apostrophe is glaring so brightly I had trouble reading the rest of your review.</p><p>Then you indeed have deep problems.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>&gt; &gt; &gt; but that blatant misuse of the apostrophe is glaring so brightly I had trouble reading the rest of your review.Then you indeed have deep problems .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>&gt;&gt;&gt;but that blatant misuse of the apostrophe is glaring so brightly I had trouble reading the rest of your review.Then you indeed have deep problems.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30361474</id>
	<title>Re:': Look out! Here comes an 's'!</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1260205080000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>&gt;&gt;I knw this isn't really a forum for critique of your writing style... but that blatant misuse of the apostrophe is glaring so brightly I had trouble reading the rest of your review</p><p>People who can't spell know correctly should not be corrected others.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>&gt; &gt; I knw this is n't really a forum for critique of your writing style... but that blatant misuse of the apostrophe is glaring so brightly I had trouble reading the rest of your reviewPeople who ca n't spell know correctly should not be corrected others .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>&gt;&gt;I knw this isn't really a forum for critique of your writing style... but that blatant misuse of the apostrophe is glaring so brightly I had trouble reading the rest of your reviewPeople who can't spell know correctly should not be corrected others.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30357570</id>
	<title>Slashdot, you should follow the FTC guidelines..</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1260179400000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>regarding endorsements: <a href="http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/10/endortest.shtm" title="ftc.gov" rel="nofollow">http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/10/endortest.shtm</a> [ftc.gov]</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>regarding endorsements : http : //www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/10/endortest.shtm [ ftc.gov ]</tokentext>
<sentencetext>regarding endorsements: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/10/endortest.shtm [ftc.gov]</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30357510</id>
	<title>know your audience!</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1260179160000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>...before imagining them naked.<br>For instance, if you are speaking at the adult video entertainment awards, very little imagination is needed.<br>If you are conducting a bariatric surgery seminar for octogenarians, you may experience extensive psychological damage.<br>And if you are speaking at a kindergarten read-along, well that just might result in jail time</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>...before imagining them naked.For instance , if you are speaking at the adult video entertainment awards , very little imagination is needed.If you are conducting a bariatric surgery seminar for octogenarians , you may experience extensive psychological damage.And if you are speaking at a kindergarten read-along , well that just might result in jail time</tokentext>
<sentencetext>...before imagining them naked.For instance, if you are speaking at the adult video entertainment awards, very little imagination is needed.If you are conducting a bariatric surgery seminar for octogenarians, you may experience extensive psychological damage.And if you are speaking at a kindergarten read-along, well that just might result in jail time</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30357880</id>
	<title>Re:': Look out! Here comes an 's'!</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1260181080000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext>Ironically you sound just like my speech teacher....seriously.  At my university we were required to take a speech class and in that speech class we had to hand over our notes.  I repeatedly lost points because my notes weren't in the "right format"...but they are my fucking notes, why shouldn't they be in the format that I find most useful?  Hopefully this book takes a much less mechanical approach.<br> <br>
I did let my speech teacher know my frustrations with her in a not so subtle fashion.  For our midterm we were required to formulate an argument and list points supporting it.  My argument was that she was a horrible speech teacher and should be fired, but since I made all my points in the required format, I got an A.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Ironically you sound just like my speech teacher....seriously .
At my university we were required to take a speech class and in that speech class we had to hand over our notes .
I repeatedly lost points because my notes were n't in the " right format " ...but they are my fucking notes , why should n't they be in the format that I find most useful ?
Hopefully this book takes a much less mechanical approach .
I did let my speech teacher know my frustrations with her in a not so subtle fashion .
For our midterm we were required to formulate an argument and list points supporting it .
My argument was that she was a horrible speech teacher and should be fired , but since I made all my points in the required format , I got an A .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Ironically you sound just like my speech teacher....seriously.
At my university we were required to take a speech class and in that speech class we had to hand over our notes.
I repeatedly lost points because my notes weren't in the "right format"...but they are my fucking notes, why shouldn't they be in the format that I find most useful?
Hopefully this book takes a much less mechanical approach.
I did let my speech teacher know my frustrations with her in a not so subtle fashion.
For our midterm we were required to formulate an argument and list points supporting it.
My argument was that she was a horrible speech teacher and should be fired, but since I made all my points in the required format, I got an A.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30365184</id>
	<title>Why didn't anyone write comments about the book?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1260287520000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Is it me, or is it that most of the comments below are about secondary issues, and not directly related to the book and review.

Is digression part of the Slashdot mantra?</htmltext>
<tokenext>Is it me , or is it that most of the comments below are about secondary issues , and not directly related to the book and review .
Is digression part of the Slashdot mantra ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Is it me, or is it that most of the comments below are about secondary issues, and not directly related to the book and review.
Is digression part of the Slashdot mantra?</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30359538</id>
	<title>Re:': Look out! Here comes an 's'!</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1260190200000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>It sounds like you're almost proud of this story, or at least feel justified in your conduct. If I misinterpreted that part, sorry in advance, but...</p><p>That's a terrible thing to do to a teacher, or anybody, really. I think you acted inappropriately, and displayed an incredible lack of maturity for someone old enough and sophisticated enough to be in college.</p><p>Also, you're flat-out wrong about whether having notes in the correct format is important. Would you get pissy with your Calculus teacher because she insisted that you show all the little nitty-gritty steps in your solutions, instead of just writing a final answer? If she docked your score because you didn't follow instructions, would you throw a temper tantrum and tell her she ought to be fired? Or how about a composition teacher who insists that you submit an outline and a rough draft, before your final draft?</p><p>BTW, are you one of those jerkoff, should-be-on-Ritalin babies who can't get his shit together, and acts out and gets mad at everybody else for the fact that God made him broken?</p><p>I think the fact that she gave you an "A", in the end, is purely a testament to her professionalism and self-control. The fact that you got the "A" doesn't really prove much about you--after all, everybody knows a speech class is an easy "A" if you just do what you're told. If anything, you should be ashamed of yourself.</p><p>I really hope you have grown up since then.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>It sounds like you 're almost proud of this story , or at least feel justified in your conduct .
If I misinterpreted that part , sorry in advance , but...That 's a terrible thing to do to a teacher , or anybody , really .
I think you acted inappropriately , and displayed an incredible lack of maturity for someone old enough and sophisticated enough to be in college.Also , you 're flat-out wrong about whether having notes in the correct format is important .
Would you get pissy with your Calculus teacher because she insisted that you show all the little nitty-gritty steps in your solutions , instead of just writing a final answer ?
If she docked your score because you did n't follow instructions , would you throw a temper tantrum and tell her she ought to be fired ?
Or how about a composition teacher who insists that you submit an outline and a rough draft , before your final draft ? BTW , are you one of those jerkoff , should-be-on-Ritalin babies who ca n't get his shit together , and acts out and gets mad at everybody else for the fact that God made him broken ? I think the fact that she gave you an " A " , in the end , is purely a testament to her professionalism and self-control .
The fact that you got the " A " does n't really prove much about you--after all , everybody knows a speech class is an easy " A " if you just do what you 're told .
If anything , you should be ashamed of yourself.I really hope you have grown up since then .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It sounds like you're almost proud of this story, or at least feel justified in your conduct.
If I misinterpreted that part, sorry in advance, but...That's a terrible thing to do to a teacher, or anybody, really.
I think you acted inappropriately, and displayed an incredible lack of maturity for someone old enough and sophisticated enough to be in college.Also, you're flat-out wrong about whether having notes in the correct format is important.
Would you get pissy with your Calculus teacher because she insisted that you show all the little nitty-gritty steps in your solutions, instead of just writing a final answer?
If she docked your score because you didn't follow instructions, would you throw a temper tantrum and tell her she ought to be fired?
Or how about a composition teacher who insists that you submit an outline and a rough draft, before your final draft?BTW, are you one of those jerkoff, should-be-on-Ritalin babies who can't get his shit together, and acts out and gets mad at everybody else for the fact that God made him broken?I think the fact that she gave you an "A", in the end, is purely a testament to her professionalism and self-control.
The fact that you got the "A" doesn't really prove much about you--after all, everybody knows a speech class is an easy "A" if you just do what you're told.
If anything, you should be ashamed of yourself.I really hope you have grown up since then.</sentencetext>
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	<title>Re:': Look out! Here comes an 's'!</title>
	<author>orgelspieler</author>
	<datestamp>1260187380000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>
Sorry, but a book review is no place for grammatical errors. </p><p>...</p><p>I <b>knw</b> this isn't really a forum for critique of your<nobr> <wbr></nobr>...</p></div><p>A rant about grammatical errors is probably not the place for spelling errors, either.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>Sorry , but a book review is no place for grammatical errors .
...I knw this is n't really a forum for critique of your ...A rant about grammatical errors is probably not the place for spelling errors , either .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>
Sorry, but a book review is no place for grammatical errors.
...I knw this isn't really a forum for critique of your ...A rant about grammatical errors is probably not the place for spelling errors, either.
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30357402</id>
	<title>Advice to the Shy</title>
	<author>handy\_vandal</author>
	<datestamp>1260178620000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>If you are shy and afraid of public speaking, don't despair. Anyone can learn public speaking -- even the shy.</p><p>I speak from experience.  I was profoundly, painfully shy as a child, as a teenager, into my adult years. At the age of nineteen, I looked at my shyness and said to myself, "I want something more." So I set challenges for myself: "Go to parties and meet people."  "Get up on stage and sing." And so on. This was not easy, but I made myself do it. Over the years (I'm now approaching 49) these skills gradually became second nature to me.</p><p>Shyness continues to inform my character: I'm still something like what I was before. But I'm also something more than what I was before: I'm a man who can stand up in front of strangers (or friends, for that matter), and hold forth on this or that subject, without the fear and agony that accompanied my childhood shyness.</p><p>Indeed, public speaking can be a rush.  Turn that fear into an adrenaline buzz! You can do it.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>If you are shy and afraid of public speaking , do n't despair .
Anyone can learn public speaking -- even the shy.I speak from experience .
I was profoundly , painfully shy as a child , as a teenager , into my adult years .
At the age of nineteen , I looked at my shyness and said to myself , " I want something more .
" So I set challenges for myself : " Go to parties and meet people .
" " Get up on stage and sing .
" And so on .
This was not easy , but I made myself do it .
Over the years ( I 'm now approaching 49 ) these skills gradually became second nature to me.Shyness continues to inform my character : I 'm still something like what I was before .
But I 'm also something more than what I was before : I 'm a man who can stand up in front of strangers ( or friends , for that matter ) , and hold forth on this or that subject , without the fear and agony that accompanied my childhood shyness.Indeed , public speaking can be a rush .
Turn that fear into an adrenaline buzz !
You can do it .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>If you are shy and afraid of public speaking, don't despair.
Anyone can learn public speaking -- even the shy.I speak from experience.
I was profoundly, painfully shy as a child, as a teenager, into my adult years.
At the age of nineteen, I looked at my shyness and said to myself, "I want something more.
" So I set challenges for myself: "Go to parties and meet people.
"  "Get up on stage and sing.
" And so on.
This was not easy, but I made myself do it.
Over the years (I'm now approaching 49) these skills gradually became second nature to me.Shyness continues to inform my character: I'm still something like what I was before.
But I'm also something more than what I was before: I'm a man who can stand up in front of strangers (or friends, for that matter), and hold forth on this or that subject, without the fear and agony that accompanied my childhood shyness.Indeed, public speaking can be a rush.
Turn that fear into an adrenaline buzz!
You can do it.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30357416</id>
	<title>Re:Public speaking and girls</title>
	<author>navyjeff</author>
	<datestamp>1260178620000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>One thing everyone should also always remember is that you will usually suck at things when trying the first time. Public Speaking fear comes mostly from the lack of experience and that if you fail at something during it, lots of people will notice as they're all watching you.</p></div><p>I'm stealing this line for the opening of my next presentation.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>One thing everyone should also always remember is that you will usually suck at things when trying the first time .
Public Speaking fear comes mostly from the lack of experience and that if you fail at something during it , lots of people will notice as they 're all watching you.I 'm stealing this line for the opening of my next presentation .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>One thing everyone should also always remember is that you will usually suck at things when trying the first time.
Public Speaking fear comes mostly from the lack of experience and that if you fail at something during it, lots of people will notice as they're all watching you.I'm stealing this line for the opening of my next presentation.
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30357718</id>
	<title>Re:This is /.</title>
	<author>noidentity</author>
	<datestamp>1260180120000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><blockquote><div><p>This is<nobr> <wbr></nobr>/. We don't get out in public enough to worry about public speaking.</p></div>
</blockquote><p>Well, OK, then this book might help when speaking to a large group in an IRC channel.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>This is / .
We do n't get out in public enough to worry about public speaking .
Well , OK , then this book might help when speaking to a large group in an IRC channel .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>This is /.
We don't get out in public enough to worry about public speaking.
Well, OK, then this book might help when speaking to a large group in an IRC channel.
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30367174</id>
	<title>Re:Why didn't anyone write comments about the book</title>
	<author>chris44larsen</author>
	<datestamp>1260296160000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>It is not that they digress, it is that so many people on<nobr> <wbr></nobr>/. have ADD/ADHD, that by the time they get to write the comment, they lose context.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:)</htmltext>
<tokenext>It is not that they digress , it is that so many people on / .
have ADD/ADHD , that by the time they get to write the comment , they lose context .
: )</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It is not that they digress, it is that so many people on /.
have ADD/ADHD, that by the time they get to write the comment, they lose context.
:)</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30358376</id>
	<title>Re:': Look out! Here comes an 's'!</title>
	<author>chris44larsen</author>
	<datestamp>1260183840000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>what is the correct use of the apostrophe in this case?

and since this is Slashdot, does such religious devotion to grammar really matter?</htmltext>
<tokenext>what is the correct use of the apostrophe in this case ?
and since this is Slashdot , does such religious devotion to grammar really matter ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>what is the correct use of the apostrophe in this case?
and since this is Slashdot, does such religious devotion to grammar really matter?</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30359198</id>
	<title>Re:Having Heard Berkun Speak...</title>
	<author>Avatar8</author>
	<datestamp>1260188280000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext>I haven't heard him speak live, but after watching several minutes of the video on his website, I completely agree.<p>
While his experiences may have some tips for future or present speakers, I certainly hope no one is relying on this book as their only source for public speaking.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I have n't heard him speak live , but after watching several minutes of the video on his website , I completely agree .
While his experiences may have some tips for future or present speakers , I certainly hope no one is relying on this book as their only source for public speaking .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I haven't heard him speak live, but after watching several minutes of the video on his website, I completely agree.
While his experiences may have some tips for future or present speakers, I certainly hope no one is relying on this book as their only source for public speaking.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30363916</id>
	<title>Re:': Look out! Here comes an 's'!</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1260279660000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>w'ow, th'at is li'ke so' real'y impert'tant</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>w'ow , th'at is li'ke so ' real'y impert'tant</tokentext>
<sentencetext>w'ow, th'at is li'ke so' real'y impert'tant</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30357312</id>
	<title>Join Toastmasters</title>
	<author>NoYob</author>
	<datestamp>1260178080000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext> They'll give you plenty of practice.</htmltext>
<tokenext>They 'll give you plenty of practice .</tokentext>
<sentencetext> They'll give you plenty of practice.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30359306</id>
	<title>I came here to say that...</title>
	<author>Xenographic</author>
	<datestamp>1260188700000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>That's what I came here to say.  If you're afraid of public speaking, they can help. Only warning is that, if you have a small enough group (mine was ~20 people), you WILL end up talking.  They're nice, though, and they'll help you start thinking on your feet, which is great for any time you're unexpectedly asked to address a crowd for ~5 minutes.</p><p>In terms of giving a longer speech, though, you really have to think about your goals.  I used to teach basic internet use &amp; word processor use to old people at the library in structured classes.  I'd come up with a short list of goals for things I wanted them to know or be able to do and work from there.</p><p>For example, basic internet use might have a list of goals like this:<br>* Learn what a URL is &amp; how to navigate to one.<br>* Learn to search the internet.<br>* Learn what email addresses look like &amp; how to get one.<br>* Avoid common scams (419, etc.)<br>* Choose decent passwords (the "four food groups" for a balanced password are lowercase, uppercase, numbers and symbols)</p><p>And for the word processor class, I might have a list like this:<br>* Learn to make a new document<br>* Learn to save it somewhere you can find it again<br>* Learn to cut &amp; paste<br>* Make text bold/itallic/underlined<br>* Double space &amp; add page numbers<br>* Print</p><p>Those lists existed entirely in my head.  I had no slides, no PowerPoint.  Just a whiteboard and I only really used it to write out URLs and a few other things.  I'd start out by introducing myself ("I may be half your age, but I've been using computers for over 20 years now"), but there was no set order in which to cover those goals.  As I went along, I started to get into a routine for some things (e.g. the "four food groups" for a good password), but mostly I tailored things to the class.  Sometimes, I covered more than I did in other classes.  Each of them was a one-shot deal, so it all depended on the class.</p><p>What you have to do is focus on getting through the material.  It's sort of like crossing a suspension bridge.  If you're afraid and someone tells you "don't look down!" all you will think about is "looking down" which will make you more afraid.  Instead, focus on the other side of the bridge, as it were.  So I always worried about not having the class run late and about covering as much as I could and after a little practice, it wasn't so bad.  You always get a little nervous (at least, I do), but you learn to worry about the class instead of how worried you are.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>That 's what I came here to say .
If you 're afraid of public speaking , they can help .
Only warning is that , if you have a small enough group ( mine was ~ 20 people ) , you WILL end up talking .
They 're nice , though , and they 'll help you start thinking on your feet , which is great for any time you 're unexpectedly asked to address a crowd for ~ 5 minutes.In terms of giving a longer speech , though , you really have to think about your goals .
I used to teach basic internet use &amp; word processor use to old people at the library in structured classes .
I 'd come up with a short list of goals for things I wanted them to know or be able to do and work from there.For example , basic internet use might have a list of goals like this : * Learn what a URL is &amp; how to navigate to one .
* Learn to search the internet .
* Learn what email addresses look like &amp; how to get one .
* Avoid common scams ( 419 , etc .
) * Choose decent passwords ( the " four food groups " for a balanced password are lowercase , uppercase , numbers and symbols ) And for the word processor class , I might have a list like this : * Learn to make a new document * Learn to save it somewhere you can find it again * Learn to cut &amp; paste * Make text bold/itallic/underlined * Double space &amp; add page numbers * PrintThose lists existed entirely in my head .
I had no slides , no PowerPoint .
Just a whiteboard and I only really used it to write out URLs and a few other things .
I 'd start out by introducing myself ( " I may be half your age , but I 've been using computers for over 20 years now " ) , but there was no set order in which to cover those goals .
As I went along , I started to get into a routine for some things ( e.g .
the " four food groups " for a good password ) , but mostly I tailored things to the class .
Sometimes , I covered more than I did in other classes .
Each of them was a one-shot deal , so it all depended on the class.What you have to do is focus on getting through the material .
It 's sort of like crossing a suspension bridge .
If you 're afraid and someone tells you " do n't look down !
" all you will think about is " looking down " which will make you more afraid .
Instead , focus on the other side of the bridge , as it were .
So I always worried about not having the class run late and about covering as much as I could and after a little practice , it was n't so bad .
You always get a little nervous ( at least , I do ) , but you learn to worry about the class instead of how worried you are .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>That's what I came here to say.
If you're afraid of public speaking, they can help.
Only warning is that, if you have a small enough group (mine was ~20 people), you WILL end up talking.
They're nice, though, and they'll help you start thinking on your feet, which is great for any time you're unexpectedly asked to address a crowd for ~5 minutes.In terms of giving a longer speech, though, you really have to think about your goals.
I used to teach basic internet use &amp; word processor use to old people at the library in structured classes.
I'd come up with a short list of goals for things I wanted them to know or be able to do and work from there.For example, basic internet use might have a list of goals like this:* Learn what a URL is &amp; how to navigate to one.
* Learn to search the internet.
* Learn what email addresses look like &amp; how to get one.
* Avoid common scams (419, etc.
)* Choose decent passwords (the "four food groups" for a balanced password are lowercase, uppercase, numbers and symbols)And for the word processor class, I might have a list like this:* Learn to make a new document* Learn to save it somewhere you can find it again* Learn to cut &amp; paste* Make text bold/itallic/underlined* Double space &amp; add page numbers* PrintThose lists existed entirely in my head.
I had no slides, no PowerPoint.
Just a whiteboard and I only really used it to write out URLs and a few other things.
I'd start out by introducing myself ("I may be half your age, but I've been using computers for over 20 years now"), but there was no set order in which to cover those goals.
As I went along, I started to get into a routine for some things (e.g.
the "four food groups" for a good password), but mostly I tailored things to the class.
Sometimes, I covered more than I did in other classes.
Each of them was a one-shot deal, so it all depended on the class.What you have to do is focus on getting through the material.
It's sort of like crossing a suspension bridge.
If you're afraid and someone tells you "don't look down!
" all you will think about is "looking down" which will make you more afraid.
Instead, focus on the other side of the bridge, as it were.
So I always worried about not having the class run late and about covering as much as I could and after a little practice, it wasn't so bad.
You always get a little nervous (at least, I do), but you learn to worry about the class instead of how worried you are.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30366310</id>
	<title>Re:': Look out! Here comes an 's'!</title>
	<author>antifoidulus</author>
	<datestamp>1260292260000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>You are missing the point entirely, in calculus the validity of how you derived your answers is as important as the answer, how you organize your notes is not at all important in a speech(references are and I handed those over in the correct format).  I never did anything remotely approaching that essay to any other teacher, 99\% of whom I respected immensely even when I received (well-deserved) grades that were less than spectacular.  But enforcing a requirement that has no bearing on the final product is absurd and needs to be called out.</htmltext>
<tokenext>You are missing the point entirely , in calculus the validity of how you derived your answers is as important as the answer , how you organize your notes is not at all important in a speech ( references are and I handed those over in the correct format ) .
I never did anything remotely approaching that essay to any other teacher , 99 \ % of whom I respected immensely even when I received ( well-deserved ) grades that were less than spectacular .
But enforcing a requirement that has no bearing on the final product is absurd and needs to be called out .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>You are missing the point entirely, in calculus the validity of how you derived your answers is as important as the answer, how you organize your notes is not at all important in a speech(references are and I handed those over in the correct format).
I never did anything remotely approaching that essay to any other teacher, 99\% of whom I respected immensely even when I received (well-deserved) grades that were less than spectacular.
But enforcing a requirement that has no bearing on the final product is absurd and needs to be called out.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30357082</id>
	<title>I agree.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1260176760000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Troll</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I've written an informative journal on this very subject, located <a href="http://slashdot.on.zoy.org/~GNAA/journal/" title="zoy.org" rel="nofollow">here</a> [zoy.org].</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I 've written an informative journal on this very subject , located here [ zoy.org ] .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I've written an informative journal on this very subject, located here [zoy.org].</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30358446</id>
	<title>Re:This is /.</title>
	<author>stephanruby</author>
	<datestamp>1260184320000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><blockquote><div><p>I've been told my interviewing ability has gotten me jobs when my competition included programmers who were far more talented than I.</p></div></blockquote><p>
That was you!!!! You bastard!</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>I 've been told my interviewing ability has gotten me jobs when my competition included programmers who were far more talented than I . That was you ! ! ! !
You bastard !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I've been told my interviewing ability has gotten me jobs when my competition included programmers who were far more talented than I.
That was you!!!!
You bastard!
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30357518</id>
	<title>what? no jobs mention?!</title>
	<author>twailgum</author>
	<datestamp>1260179220000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>refreshing to read something about making a presentation and not having it be all about steve jobs' rule of three and his black turtleneck.</htmltext>
<tokenext>refreshing to read something about making a presentation and not having it be all about steve jobs ' rule of three and his black turtleneck .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>refreshing to read something about making a presentation and not having it be all about steve jobs' rule of three and his black turtleneck.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30359600</id>
	<title>Re:Uh...just don't..uh..make this...uh...mistake</title>
	<author>selven</author>
	<datestamp>1260190560000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>What do you have against <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility\_helicopter" title="wikipedia.org">Utility Helicopters?</a> [wikipedia.org]</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>What do you have against Utility Helicopters ?
[ wikipedia.org ]</tokentext>
<sentencetext>What do you have against Utility Helicopters?
[wikipedia.org]</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30361602</id>
	<title>Re:Having Heard Berkun Speak...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1260206160000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>&gt;&gt;&gt;He's not a very good public speaker.</p><p>What makes you say that?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>&gt; &gt; &gt; He 's not a very good public speaker.What makes you say that ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>&gt;&gt;&gt;He's not a very good public speaker.What makes you say that?</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30357598</id>
	<title>Dale Carnegie's book</title>
	<author>turing\_m</author>
	<datestamp>1260179520000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I first read "The quick and easy way to effective speaking" by Dale Carnegie over 10 years ago (probably through reading amazon reviews). It was excellent then. It is excellent now. It will still be great in a hundred years time. If you have to read one book, read that one.</p><p>As long as public speech is judged by an audience of humans, the principles of engaging and holding human interest will remain unchanged even with advances in technology. A riveting public speaker is riveting without the aid of graphs, powerpoint, and especially - powerpoint animations, and they have been for thousands of years. No magical powerpoint animations are going to help the public speaker who doesn't look the audience in the eye, who doesn't know his subject matter, who is not interested in his topic, who has not thought about how to find something in his topic that relates to the audience, who has not considered how to plan his speech so that the structure leads his audience to understanding, and who does not gauge audience understanding as he goes along to prevent "losing them".</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I first read " The quick and easy way to effective speaking " by Dale Carnegie over 10 years ago ( probably through reading amazon reviews ) .
It was excellent then .
It is excellent now .
It will still be great in a hundred years time .
If you have to read one book , read that one.As long as public speech is judged by an audience of humans , the principles of engaging and holding human interest will remain unchanged even with advances in technology .
A riveting public speaker is riveting without the aid of graphs , powerpoint , and especially - powerpoint animations , and they have been for thousands of years .
No magical powerpoint animations are going to help the public speaker who does n't look the audience in the eye , who does n't know his subject matter , who is not interested in his topic , who has not thought about how to find something in his topic that relates to the audience , who has not considered how to plan his speech so that the structure leads his audience to understanding , and who does not gauge audience understanding as he goes along to prevent " losing them " .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I first read "The quick and easy way to effective speaking" by Dale Carnegie over 10 years ago (probably through reading amazon reviews).
It was excellent then.
It is excellent now.
It will still be great in a hundred years time.
If you have to read one book, read that one.As long as public speech is judged by an audience of humans, the principles of engaging and holding human interest will remain unchanged even with advances in technology.
A riveting public speaker is riveting without the aid of graphs, powerpoint, and especially - powerpoint animations, and they have been for thousands of years.
No magical powerpoint animations are going to help the public speaker who doesn't look the audience in the eye, who doesn't know his subject matter, who is not interested in his topic, who has not thought about how to find something in his topic that relates to the audience, who has not considered how to plan his speech so that the structure leads his audience to understanding, and who does not gauge audience understanding as he goes along to prevent "losing them".</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30357864</id>
	<title>Powerpoint</title>
	<author>water-and-sewer</author>
	<datestamp>1260180960000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Wow man, this is a fascinating subject!  Do you think you could tell us a little more about your theory, maybe using a couple of Powerpoint slides with animation?  For bonus points, just stand up there and read the text on the slides to us.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Wow man , this is a fascinating subject !
Do you think you could tell us a little more about your theory , maybe using a couple of Powerpoint slides with animation ?
For bonus points , just stand up there and read the text on the slides to us .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Wow man, this is a fascinating subject!
Do you think you could tell us a little more about your theory, maybe using a couple of Powerpoint slides with animation?
For bonus points, just stand up there and read the text on the slides to us.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30359354</id>
	<title>Re:': Look out! Here comes an 's'!</title>
	<author>Red Flayer</author>
	<datestamp>1260189060000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>I agree that for your speech class, that seems a little ridiculous... but there's a big difference between notes taken for personal/class use and a piece intended for publication.<br> <br>The only thing I'd like to note about the required note format for speech class -- there may have been a reason for it other than "it makes it easy to read for the teacher".  The teacher may have been using the format as a grading proxy for your understanding of the organization of the material, or for some other reason.  When I tutored in high school and college, some of the students needed more than just subject matter tutoring... they needed to be shown how to take notes effectively.  The format makes a big difference for a lot of students!  You'd be surprised how much it can change their ability to understand the subject matter.<br> <br>My experience with speech class in high school, however, was that the graded content was hard to quantify, but needed to be graded on some kind of defensible metric as per school policy (coupled with the fact that both instructors had prior issues with grading).  Conforming to some ridiculous standard of note-taking would be one way of getting that into place...</htmltext>
<tokenext>I agree that for your speech class , that seems a little ridiculous... but there 's a big difference between notes taken for personal/class use and a piece intended for publication .
The only thing I 'd like to note about the required note format for speech class -- there may have been a reason for it other than " it makes it easy to read for the teacher " .
The teacher may have been using the format as a grading proxy for your understanding of the organization of the material , or for some other reason .
When I tutored in high school and college , some of the students needed more than just subject matter tutoring... they needed to be shown how to take notes effectively .
The format makes a big difference for a lot of students !
You 'd be surprised how much it can change their ability to understand the subject matter .
My experience with speech class in high school , however , was that the graded content was hard to quantify , but needed to be graded on some kind of defensible metric as per school policy ( coupled with the fact that both instructors had prior issues with grading ) .
Conforming to some ridiculous standard of note-taking would be one way of getting that into place.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I agree that for your speech class, that seems a little ridiculous... but there's a big difference between notes taken for personal/class use and a piece intended for publication.
The only thing I'd like to note about the required note format for speech class -- there may have been a reason for it other than "it makes it easy to read for the teacher".
The teacher may have been using the format as a grading proxy for your understanding of the organization of the material, or for some other reason.
When I tutored in high school and college, some of the students needed more than just subject matter tutoring... they needed to be shown how to take notes effectively.
The format makes a big difference for a lot of students!
You'd be surprised how much it can change their ability to understand the subject matter.
My experience with speech class in high school, however, was that the graded content was hard to quantify, but needed to be graded on some kind of defensible metric as per school policy (coupled with the fact that both instructors had prior issues with grading).
Conforming to some ridiculous standard of note-taking would be one way of getting that into place...</sentencetext>
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	<title>': Look out!  Here comes an 's'!</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1260176880000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><blockquote><div><p>The book demonstrates that the best public speakers are not simply people with fancy PowerPoint's rather they are excellent communicators with a strong message.<br> <br>

While other books focus and stress the importance of creating good PowerPoint's, Confessions shows...</p></div></blockquote><p>
An apostrophe is not used to signal "<b>look out! here comes an 's'</b>".<br> <br>Sorry, but a book review is no place for grammatical errors.  Furthermore, if you ever hope to get published in the wider world... making a generic term out of a trademarked name is a big no-no.  They are not <i>Powerpoints</i>... they are <i>Powerpoint presentations</i>... I know you used the correct term in part of your review, why not in all of it?<br> <br>I knw this isn't really a forum for critique of your writing style... but that blatant misuse of the apostrophe is glaring so brightly I had trouble reading the rest of your review.</p></div>
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<tokenext>The book demonstrates that the best public speakers are not simply people with fancy PowerPoint 's rather they are excellent communicators with a strong message .
While other books focus and stress the importance of creating good PowerPoint 's , Confessions shows.. . An apostrophe is not used to signal " look out !
here comes an 's ' " .
Sorry , but a book review is no place for grammatical errors .
Furthermore , if you ever hope to get published in the wider world... making a generic term out of a trademarked name is a big no-no .
They are not Powerpoints... they are Powerpoint presentations... I know you used the correct term in part of your review , why not in all of it ?
I knw this is n't really a forum for critique of your writing style... but that blatant misuse of the apostrophe is glaring so brightly I had trouble reading the rest of your review .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The book demonstrates that the best public speakers are not simply people with fancy PowerPoint's rather they are excellent communicators with a strong message.
While other books focus and stress the importance of creating good PowerPoint's, Confessions shows...
An apostrophe is not used to signal "look out!
here comes an 's'".
Sorry, but a book review is no place for grammatical errors.
Furthermore, if you ever hope to get published in the wider world... making a generic term out of a trademarked name is a big no-no.
They are not Powerpoints... they are Powerpoint presentations... I know you used the correct term in part of your review, why not in all of it?
I knw this isn't really a forum for critique of your writing style... but that blatant misuse of the apostrophe is glaring so brightly I had trouble reading the rest of your review.
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	<title>Rated 8/10. Shocker.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1260181080000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Another meaningless review awards the only rating ever given a Slashdot book review.  Why are reviewers such cowards here?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Another meaningless review awards the only rating ever given a Slashdot book review .
Why are reviewers such cowards here ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Another meaningless review awards the only rating ever given a Slashdot book review.
Why are reviewers such cowards here?</sentencetext>
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	<title>This is /.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1260176940000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>We don't get out in public enough to worry about public speaking.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>We do n't get out in public enough to worry about public speaking .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>We don't get out in public enough to worry about public speaking.</sentencetext>
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	<title>A few tricks and war stories</title>
	<author>Microship</author>
	<datestamp>1260186780000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I found an easy solution to the resounding silence that sometimes happens, especially with uptight audiences, when you leave a nice big block of time for questions, close the monologue, then wait with rising anxiety for the hands to go up... umm... anyone?  I now deliberately leave out a few fundamentals that everybody wants to know.  By the time the floor is open for questions, hands shoot up for the FAQ, and snappy well-oiled answers get the room warmed up for the good stuff.  Works even with the stuffiest crowd.</p><p>One piece of advice I'll add is to know as much as possible about the audience and the client's expectations.  I once stumbled into an awkward situation with a keynote at a Fortune 500 international annual sales meeting (nice gig via my speakers bureau). Just as I was about to go on, the client walked over, introduced himself, and said, "oh, by the way, please avoid regionalisms and wordplay.  OK, looks like you're on!"  The audience was divided into blocs by country, with many wearing headphones getting live translations from workers in other rooms.  Yikes.  My usual engineering-humor patter, sprinkled with anecdotes, led to some awkward moments as different groups would laugh, frown, frantically take notes, or just stare blankly back at me.  Took a while to adapt to that room!</p><p>Third, if at all possible, know more about the subject than anyone in the audience. Before my "claim to fame" that led to lots of gigs, I would occasionally accept conference-session invitations. More than once I would look out in the audience and see the people who created the technology I was talking about... which can be a bit intimidating.  Not until I was actually speaking about my own thing did I fully relax.  In situations where there is some overlap between the two extremes, I'm happy to engage domain experts in the audience.</p><p>Oh, and Berkun's advice to videotape yourself is golden - I did that early on and was horrified to see, when fast-forwarding, a cyclic physical behavior pattern that appeared with almost robotic regularity.  Along with uncovering a couple of speech habits I didn't know I had, that tape was immensely helpful in debugging my presentation style.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I found an easy solution to the resounding silence that sometimes happens , especially with uptight audiences , when you leave a nice big block of time for questions , close the monologue , then wait with rising anxiety for the hands to go up... umm... anyone ?
I now deliberately leave out a few fundamentals that everybody wants to know .
By the time the floor is open for questions , hands shoot up for the FAQ , and snappy well-oiled answers get the room warmed up for the good stuff .
Works even with the stuffiest crowd.One piece of advice I 'll add is to know as much as possible about the audience and the client 's expectations .
I once stumbled into an awkward situation with a keynote at a Fortune 500 international annual sales meeting ( nice gig via my speakers bureau ) .
Just as I was about to go on , the client walked over , introduced himself , and said , " oh , by the way , please avoid regionalisms and wordplay .
OK , looks like you 're on !
" The audience was divided into blocs by country , with many wearing headphones getting live translations from workers in other rooms .
Yikes. My usual engineering-humor patter , sprinkled with anecdotes , led to some awkward moments as different groups would laugh , frown , frantically take notes , or just stare blankly back at me .
Took a while to adapt to that room ! Third , if at all possible , know more about the subject than anyone in the audience .
Before my " claim to fame " that led to lots of gigs , I would occasionally accept conference-session invitations .
More than once I would look out in the audience and see the people who created the technology I was talking about... which can be a bit intimidating .
Not until I was actually speaking about my own thing did I fully relax .
In situations where there is some overlap between the two extremes , I 'm happy to engage domain experts in the audience.Oh , and Berkun 's advice to videotape yourself is golden - I did that early on and was horrified to see , when fast-forwarding , a cyclic physical behavior pattern that appeared with almost robotic regularity .
Along with uncovering a couple of speech habits I did n't know I had , that tape was immensely helpful in debugging my presentation style .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I found an easy solution to the resounding silence that sometimes happens, especially with uptight audiences, when you leave a nice big block of time for questions, close the monologue, then wait with rising anxiety for the hands to go up... umm... anyone?
I now deliberately leave out a few fundamentals that everybody wants to know.
By the time the floor is open for questions, hands shoot up for the FAQ, and snappy well-oiled answers get the room warmed up for the good stuff.
Works even with the stuffiest crowd.One piece of advice I'll add is to know as much as possible about the audience and the client's expectations.
I once stumbled into an awkward situation with a keynote at a Fortune 500 international annual sales meeting (nice gig via my speakers bureau).
Just as I was about to go on, the client walked over, introduced himself, and said, "oh, by the way, please avoid regionalisms and wordplay.
OK, looks like you're on!
"  The audience was divided into blocs by country, with many wearing headphones getting live translations from workers in other rooms.
Yikes.  My usual engineering-humor patter, sprinkled with anecdotes, led to some awkward moments as different groups would laugh, frown, frantically take notes, or just stare blankly back at me.
Took a while to adapt to that room!Third, if at all possible, know more about the subject than anyone in the audience.
Before my "claim to fame" that led to lots of gigs, I would occasionally accept conference-session invitations.
More than once I would look out in the audience and see the people who created the technology I was talking about... which can be a bit intimidating.
Not until I was actually speaking about my own thing did I fully relax.
In situations where there is some overlap between the two extremes, I'm happy to engage domain experts in the audience.Oh, and Berkun's advice to videotape yourself is golden - I did that early on and was horrified to see, when fast-forwarding, a cyclic physical behavior pattern that appeared with almost robotic regularity.
Along with uncovering a couple of speech habits I didn't know I had, that tape was immensely helpful in debugging my presentation style.</sentencetext>
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	<title>Someone buy a copy</title>
	<author>BitHive</author>
	<datestamp>1260176760000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Troll</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>for Sarah Palin</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>for Sarah Palin</tokentext>
<sentencetext>for Sarah Palin</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_12_07_1445242.30361240</id>
	<title>MA=RE</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1260203340000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Troll</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Problems with The faiLure of</htmltext>
<tokenext>Problems with The faiLure of</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Problems with The faiLure of</sentencetext>
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