Sentences with phrase «public speakers make»

However, if you make a conscious effort, you may be able to avoid some of the common mistakes public speakers make.

Not exact matches

In the movies, it makes for great drama when public speakers toss aside their notes and speak extemporaneously.

Introverts might also, counterintuitively, make better public speakers.

Kathy and Carissa of Ovaleye interview Tara Richardson, a well connected aspiring television personality, public speaker, mentor and one who raises awareness and money for causes that make a difference.

These are the presentations that set the world on fire, and the techniques that top TED speakers use are the same ones that will make any presentation more dynamic, fire up any team, and give anyone the confidence to overcome their fear of public speaking.

«Talk Like TED not only makes you a better public speaker, its wisdom will make you a better communicator.

This will be the speaker's first public appearance since he abruptly announced Lopez had been censured and stripped of his seniority after the bipartisan legislative ethics committee found the Brooklyn Democrat had made unwanted verbal and physical advances toward several young female staffers.

NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito — typically a close ally of de Blasio, a fellow Democrat — has made criminal justice reform the central mission of her second year as speaker: Sweeping proposals have driven her rapid emergence as a visible public figure, leading to her first real confrontation with the mayor's administration.

Guest speakers included: Frank Anechiarico, Maynard - Knox Professor of Government and Law, Hamilton College, author of The Pursuit of Absolute Integrity: How Corruption Control Makes Government Ineffective; Blair Horner, Executive Director, New York Public Interest Research Group; Zephyr Teachout - Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University, author of Corruption in America; Jimmy Vielkind, POLITICO, New York's Albany Bureau Chief; Moderator: Thomas Bass, Professor of English and Journalism at SUNY Albany

Schneiderman made what may have been his last public appearance as attorney general in Kingston Sunday as guest speaker at the annual Democratic Brunch.

Each of the speakers outlined steps members of the LGBT community can take to stay safe when meeting up with people they've met on the Internet, including meeting in a public place, making sure that others see you and the person you're with.

Prosecutors made their closing arguments Monday in the public corruption case against Sheldon Silver, the former state Assembly speaker with extremely close ties to the real estate industry.

At the last public forum in the race to become the next speaker of the City Council, seven of the eight men contending for the Council's top leadership spot took turns making their argument for why they would be the right person to continue Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito's legacy of protecting and promoting the cause of women, transgender, and gender non-conforming New Yorkers.

Clegg's is that he'll never make a great public speaker.

Earlier this month campaigners made public a letter calling those speakers due to address the rally to withdraw.

State Board of Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa, who was featured Saturday as a speaker at the United Federation of Teachers annual Spring Conference in Midtown, told the Daily News it only makes sense for the mayor to continue calling the shots for public schools.

Organizers of the march in Clinton Square had announced that Schneiderman would be the headline speaker at the event, aimed at underscoring the importance of science in making public policy.

ALBANY — As the culmination of a response to the arrest of former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, the Legislature is set to pass disclosure reforms that will not make Silver disclose anything about his clients he had not already been required to make public.

That we have absolute confidence and trust in the credibility of our MP, the honourable Mahama Ayariga That as a lawyer of repute it will be far fetched for the honourable MP to make such allegation in vacuum That after following the issues as being dicussed we fully associate ourselve with the letter written by the hon. Mahama Ayariga, hon. Alhassan Suhuyini and Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa for an investigation by the right honourable speaker of parliament and to add that any such investigation must either be public or it's findings be made public

Reform Party leader Curtis Sliwa has proposed filling the job via a citywide public vote, but that makes little sense: A speaker without support from a majority of the members can't run the council.

Sources told the Observer in January the de Blasio - aligned speaker was using the power and influence of her position to prevent either from advancing out of the Committee on Public Safety — a move reminiscent of Quinn, but contrary to the promises of openness that Mark - Viverito made while seeking the post in 2013, and to the spirit of the Council rules reform measures passed two years ago.

Making public corruption cases is always tough for prosecutors — there generally isn't tangible evidence like drugs waiting to be seized, quips Nyhan, the Dartmouth government professor — but elected officials still make tempting targets for ambitious prosecutors — particularly those as prominent as a state House speaker.

The speaker who made this known in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Turaki Hassan further described Saraki as a totally committed patriot.

Ms. Mark - Viverito — typically a close ally of Mr. de Blasio, a fellow Democrat — has made criminal justice reform the central mission of her second year as speaker: Sweeping proposals have driven her rapid emergence as a visible public figure, leading to her first real confrontation with the mayor's administration.

Former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver made more than $ 750,000 from «investments not available to the general public,» using money obtained from allegedly corrupt schemes, according to a superseding indictment filed by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office on Thursday.

Findings should be made public, the speaker said.

Due to data sensitivity in the programs, our two speakers are not able to make their presentations available to the public at this time.

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I am a loving person, love making people laugh, I'm a public speaker, so I do talk a lot.

After noting that Roger helped make him a public speaker by encouraging him to present at Ebertfest, he gave a heartfelt and moving ode to Wenders, built on the idea that this unique filmmaker can see the future.

Starting in the primary grades of this London - based public school, students learn an array of skills to help them become more effective speakers: how to speak in complete sentences, make eye contact, and build on each other's ideas.

After student performances from schools throughout Los Angeles, including Celerity dancers, the Gabriella Charter School Company Kids and the Granada Hills Charter High School Marching Band, a fantastic line - up of speakers made heartfelt pleas for public education.

O'Connell's background as State Superintendent of Public Instruction and as a State Senator and Assemblymember makes him a much sought - after speaker on the topics of education and politics.

It also makes sense if you have a big platform and can probably sell as many books on your own as a publisher could (e.g. you are a musician, public speaker, or you own a very popular website / blog).

Camp activities may include crafts and games, guest speakers (for example, a police dog demonstration, a therapy dog animal, etc.), and service projects such as making beds, blankets, toys, or treats for shelter animals; decorating bandanas to spruce up shelter dogs; building bird feeders for wildlife; or designing posters or other materials to educate the public about issues regarding animal welfare.

Adam Findlay, a lawyer representing Doodles and Suds, told the village board that he was not happy that public speakers were allowed to make leading comments about his client.

The topicality of the global migrant crisis was evident elsewhere in the activities at this year's Frieze London: a series of Frieze Talks invited speakers and the public to discuss the meaning of» Borderlands», while the Collections Fund at Frieze, supported by the Contemporary Art Society, enabled the UK's Middlesborough Institute of Modern Art to make acquisitions at the fair of works specifically addressing themes of migration and displacement by John Akomfrah and Kader Attia.

This program is free and open to the public and is made possible through the support of the New York Council for the Humanities» Speakers in the Humanities program.

He is also a popular public speaker who loves to make up «facts» to suit his particular agenda.

But, some speakers argued, it was public pressure that subsequently made Copenhagen's failings so obvious.

Also, they are all very competent public speakers and their very different styles made their presentation much better than the sum of its parts.

«The reasonable inference is that he made the call, in public, in the courtroom, on a speaker phone, in a loud voice, so that word of Parminder's denials would get back to the witness... through one of the spectators.»

Michael is a strong public speaker and his confidence makes him a strong advocate in the courtroom.

Fair comment is a defense against defamation claims where the statement at issue is an expression of opinion, reasonably based on (preferably disclosed or well - known) true facts, which is on a matter of public concern, and which is the honest opinion of the speaker which was not made specifically to cause harm.

The basic idea is that on an issue of public concern, an honest opinion isn't defamatory unless it makes a reasonable listener think the speaker knows something that is in fact not true (the classic example is «In my opinion, Jones is a liar:» here the speaker implies he knows that Jones lied, which is a statement of fact that can be true or false).

Granted, it won't be as annoying as the person on the train using their speaker phone to make dinner plans with their buddies, but you'll probably want to lower the volume when answering a call in public.

It's being called an «intercom» mode, though it really acts as more of a public announcement system made of Echo speakers.

Apple's senior vice president of software engineering Craig Federighi is one of the company's most compelling public speakers and now he's making the case against forcing Apple to hack into the iPhone 5c >>

Last month, a firmware build for Apple's upcoming HomePod speaker was made public and within the package, developers found references to iPhone specifications and a potential confirmation of the iPhone 8's new minimal bezel design.

The XL - V doesn't have much bass inside, and that could be due to the size of the woofer, which 808 Audio hasn't made public — or any of the specs of the smart speaker, really.