Sentences with phrase «speak to the audience as»

I speak to my audience as if it's the girls coming by for some tea!

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Webinars: Reworking my talks to make them web - friendly and then presenting them to an almost limitless audience online serves both my love of speaking as well as our desire to increase the size of our audience.

Many new marketers make the mistake of speaking to as broad of an audience as possible, but if you narrow your focus with more appropriate word choices (such as a larger or smaller vocabulary) and an appropriate tone (more formal or more casual), you'll amplify the effectiveness of your website.

Since my company often doesn't have the budget to pay for expensive conferences, I come up with creative speaking proposals and try to use that as a way to get into the conference and get in front of an influential audience.

I'd be invited to speak to corporate audiences but would make excuses such as «What can a 26 - year - old possibly teach a successful businessman?»

Getting in front of individuals in this group is important as they'll often be sharing their wisdom to a much wider audience through social media or speaking to a paying audience whose members are taking notes to relay to colleagues.

There's been a push to offer bilingual packaging and signs in the United States, but with such a large segment of the population not speaking English as a primary language, the audience certainly deserves more tailored attention.

Prepare a signature speech for your new audience and begin contacting organizers, podcasters and organizations who would welcome you to speak to their audience, which happens to be the same as yours, of course.

Kevin Knobloch, just back from three - plus years in Washington as former Secretary Moniz's chief of staff, made the following points when he spoke recently to an audience of energy company owners and operators outside Boston.

And when she wants to expand a certain area of her business, as she did with her U.S. sales, she connects with influencers who speak directly to the audience she needs to reach.

If you don't get the audience's attention in the first few seconds, you might as well be speaking to an empty room.

And although Parker wouldn't speak specifically to Kik's future plans, he says Spark hopes all its firms end up as «independent, publicly traded companies that are sustainable, profitable, have a global audience and reach, and are employing thousands of people around the world.»

I've spoken at events with an audience as small as five people to engagements with over 500 attendees.

Speaking to an audience of central bankers at the Bank of England, the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Christine Lagard extolled the virtues of virtual currencies as an alternative to traditional currency.

The songs on this two - cd set are arranged thematically rather than chronologically and reflect many of the recurring themes of Cash's oeuvre: love, sin, redemption, life, death... Adding to the intimacy level, many of the songs feature spoken introductions by Cash, as if he were introducing the songs to an audience, in which he talks about his history with the song, how he learned it, or wrote it and, more personally, why he feels such a deep connection with the composition.

That movie, for all it's exhilarating presentation of youthful life on the road as you experience those who make music which can speak to large audiences, is nonetheless all about how you ought to get sucked into the rock «n roll way of life (albeit eschewing the drugs and sex part of it) because somehow rock «n roll is supposedly important.

But as important as it is to keep the original culture and audience of the epistles in mind, these passages can still speak to us today in powerful, life - changing ways.

Recite the prayer from John 17 (the «longest prayer»), but make sure to stop on each occurrence of the word «I» with extra emphasis as you speak it, waiting each time and looking at each member of the audience's eyes before continuing.

Usually he spoke as occasion offered, adapting his message to the transient situation and the changing audience.

This is why people speak of the giant as sleeping and why ministers, with their choice Sunday - morning audiences, have a unique opportunity to contribute to the public good.

But I have found it stimulating to use the consensor as I speak elsewhere, learning from the screen whether the audience is with me or has questions.

From the pulpit of a church, speaking to a live audience about religious diversity, Obama sarcastically belittled America's Judeo - Christian heritage and degraded its adherents with trite remarks typical of any atheistic antagonist, saying things like: «Whatever we were, we are no longer a Christian nation,» «The Sermon on the Mount is a passage that is so radical that our own defense department wouldn't survive its application» and «To base our policy making upon such commitments as moral absolutes would be a dangerous thing.&raquto a live audience about religious diversity, Obama sarcastically belittled America's Judeo - Christian heritage and degraded its adherents with trite remarks typical of any atheistic antagonist, saying things like: «Whatever we were, we are no longer a Christian nation,» «The Sermon on the Mount is a passage that is so radical that our own defense department wouldn't survive its application» and «To base our policy making upon such commitments as moral absolutes would be a dangerous thing.&raquTo base our policy making upon such commitments as moral absolutes would be a dangerous thing.»

Most of the rest of the chapter (John 6:30 - 64) tells of Jesus often speaking metaphorically AS the Holy Spirit in order to try to awaken his audience to being OF the Spirit, because he himself was living and being fully IN the Spirit.

I have had this experience three times now, on three different occasions, in admittedly similar circumstances, but not similar enough to explain the coincidence: I am speaking from a podium to a fairly large audience on the topics of — to put it broadly — evil, suffering, and God; I have been talking for several minutes about Ivan Karamazov, and about things I have written on Dostoevsky, to what seems general approbation; then, for some reason or other, I happen to remark that, considered purely as an artist, Dostoevsky is immeasurably inferior to Tolstoy; at this, a single pained gasp of incredulity breaks out somewhat to the right of the podium, and I turn my head to see a woman with long brown hair, somewhere in her middle thirties, seated in the third or fourth row, shaking her head in wide - eyed astonishment at my loutish stupidity.

And as I stood there, I felt the Lord speak to me and he said, «Look at the audience here and what do you see?»

Some practical points: If you're just starting out, some opportunities that make a lot of sense for platform - building include: writing guest posts for popular bloggers who share a similar audience, writing a regular column for a newspaper or online magazine, seeking out speaking gigs (paid or unpaid), participating in conferences (for networking opportunities as well as exposure to new, inspiring ideas), using social media to share your message, and requesting interviews with popular authors / speakers / leaders to feature on your blog.

Jim Harbaugh spoke in front of an audience as part of the Swing to Cure Diabetes event held at the UM Golf Course...

«Be-yuuuu-tiful,» he repeats, leaning his head skyward as if speaking to an audience in the clouds.

He had been offered to address congress as a candidate but preferred to speak in his role as FIFA president, delivering a mere catalogue of platitudes, many of which his audience had heard before.

Receiving this award gives a wider audience to the contributions of these providers in the promotion of breastfeeding as an integral part of a healthy lifestyle for babies and mothers and speaks highly to their dedication to the health of families across the Chicago area.

Dr. Rotbart regularly speaks to large national audiences of parents, school, and youth sports organizations, as well as to community groups around the country, and national professional organizations of physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals.

As a political novice in the Windy City, he easily adapted to being «multilingual» - learning to speak in different ways to different audiences by «subtly shifted accent and cadences depending on who he was speaking too».

Andrew Lansley will become the first health secretary for eight years not to speak at the RCN conference this week, as he seeks to avoid the fate that befell Patricia Hewitt several years ago, when she was booed and heckled by the audience.

Speaking to an audience of approximately 300 people at the Johnson Community Center in East Harlem, Mark - Viverito called for new programs which would expand access to civil legal services, create new technology - focused programs in City high schools, as well as for expanding existing agencies and programs such as the Human Rights Commission.

Speaking before an impressive audience of politicians and civil society organisations at the Stakeholder Meeting held at the Women Development Centre, Awka on 14th November, Prof. Yakubu also described as untrue another allegation that sensitive materials for the election had already been delivered to the state and «compromised.»

Hillary Clinton, who also served as a U.S. senator for New York, spoke to an audience of some 200 people at the Pinnacle Restaurant at Heritage Hills, a condominium complex in Somers.

And we've often thought of the Sputnik moment as a place that the U.S. leapt forward in many ways, but Rush Holt said that it also was a place where the division between the so - called two cultures at C. P. Snow spoke of really started to happen in a way that he hadn't appreciated until now, and he suggested this to the audience.

Kurzweil launched into his talk, leaning back on one foot as he spoke, his small frame angled diagonally to the audience, his eyebrows softly raised, his entire body seemingly caught in a perpetual shrug.

As patients have complained, many doctors in the audiences I've been speaking to have piped up in defense, claiming that patients aren't communicating in a way that facilitates healthy dialogue and is respectful of the limitations on the doctor's time.

As a mentor and lecturer, Dr. Susanne frequently speaks to professional and consumer audiences globally.

As a registered dietitian, certified intuitive eating counselor, and journalist with more than 15 years of experience writing and speaking about food and nutrition, I have the expertise to craft compelling, evidence - based talks that will inspire your audience to open up to a new paradigm.

I really appreciate the introductory explanations to each chapter, as Abby respectfully speaks to her pre-teen and teen audience in a tone that could be heard in any adult studio class.

Unfortunately the question is far more complicated when speaking to a wider audience as every woman's needs are different.

Guy Maddin's silliest and (relatively speaking) starriest feature since «The Saddest Music in the World,» «The Forbidden Room» looks set to gain his widest audience since that 2003 opus as well.

Just from a screenwriting standpoint, it's not a good idea to have a vast majority of your speaking roles all start with the same letter as it can get confusing to the reader, let alone the eventual audience, if there is one.

Each acknowledged the audience as their meaty roles were introduced, using their hands to emphasize the script's physical descriptors, or, as with Roth, flashing a knowing grin at Tarantino when he spoke of Mobray's «untrustworthy» nature.

«Deadpool» will have a comedic edge lacking in most super-serious superhero movies, and the role Miller has been offered serves as an additional comic voice to compliment Deadpool, who often breaks the fourth wall and speaks directly to the audience.

MacFarlane had himself spoke many times about his (and audiences) trepidations in doing a sequel, particularly for a comedy, so in a move more akin to Bond or Batman, the writers disregarded some aspects of the original (noticably Mila Kunis's Lori) and sensibly shifted the focus more to Ted as a «person» rather than even more rambunctious frat - boy shenanigans with his Thunder Buddy John (Wahlberg), and what his existence means for those around him.

The trick is to appeal as broadly as possible without appearing to do so — to recast convention in vague middlebrow hot - button terms and neither speak above the heads of your audience nor be obvious in your condescension.

Speaking to an audience at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Schrader (who is also serving as president of the festival jury) said that things have changed for filmmakers in the U.S., and that his next project...