Comments on: Practice to be Crisp http://redcatco.com/blog/leadership/practice-to-be-crisp/ Connecting People With Technology Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:00:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: practice business development | Creative Agency Secrets http://redcatco.com/blog/leadership/practice-to-be-crisp/comment-page-1/#comment-968 practice business development | Creative Agency Secrets Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:23:02 +0000 http://redcatco.com/blog/leadership/practice-to-be-crisp/#comment-968 [...] Benjamin’s post about practice as a useful business learning tool.  He says When it comes to work, [...] [...] Benjamin’s post about practice as a useful business learning tool.  He says When it comes to work, [...]

]]> By: Benjamin http://redcatco.com/blog/leadership/practice-to-be-crisp/comment-page-1/#comment-943 Benjamin Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:12:45 +0000 http://redcatco.com/blog/leadership/practice-to-be-crisp/#comment-943 Brilliant thought Stephen! As it happens, I've just started using Seesmic (I'll explain more in an upcoming post - essentially a cross between vlogging and instant messaging). I am enjoying Toastmasters, and highly recommend it. I'll keep you up to date - I'd like to do some competitions this year. Good tip on the camcorder. My MacBook has a web cam built in, so I can also use that or the iSight that I have from my old MacBook. You've set me a good challenge on how to do closed captioning (as I think subtitles are called in US English :) ) in video clips. I would really like to do that; if anyone has done it and can give some tips that would be great! Brilliant thought Stephen! As it happens, I’ve just started using Seesmic (I’ll explain more in an upcoming post – essentially a cross between vlogging and instant messaging).

I am enjoying Toastmasters, and highly recommend it. I’ll keep you up to date – I’d like to do some competitions this year. Good tip on the camcorder. My MacBook has a web cam built in, so I can also use that or the iSight that I have from my old MacBook.

You’ve set me a good challenge on how to do closed captioning (as I think subtitles are called in US English :) ) in video clips. I would really like to do that; if anyone has done it and can give some tips that would be great!

]]> By: Stephen Hopson/Adversity University http://redcatco.com/blog/leadership/practice-to-be-crisp/comment-page-1/#comment-942 Stephen Hopson/Adversity University Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:28:47 +0000 http://redcatco.com/blog/leadership/practice-to-be-crisp/#comment-942 p.s. Since you appear to have a heavy background in computer technology, perhaps you'd know how to caption your tapes. If you do, please keep in mind the possibility of captioning your tapes so that everyone can "hear" you. I'm going to learn how to caption mine when I do my first vlog post at my blog. Just a thought. :) p.s. Since you appear to have a heavy background in computer technology, perhaps you’d know how to caption your tapes. If you do, please keep in mind the possibility of captioning your tapes so that everyone can “hear” you. I’m going to learn how to caption mine when I do my first vlog post at my blog.

Just a thought. :)

]]> By: Stephen Hopson/Adversity University http://redcatco.com/blog/leadership/practice-to-be-crisp/comment-page-1/#comment-941 Stephen Hopson/Adversity University Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:26:38 +0000 http://redcatco.com/blog/leadership/practice-to-be-crisp/#comment-941 Benjamin: When I saw the "Best Topic Speaker" certificate, I knew you had joined Toastmasters. Congratulations!! Your article about the value of practicing was great. You touched on some important points. The more we practice, the better we become. This applies to the art of public speaking. Good luck with your newfound affliation with TM. I was a member of TM for a few years while in New YOrk City and had a GREAT time. I met some wonderful people who were fantastically supportive. I even won some humorous speech contests, going all the way up to the divisional level at one point. It was a great confidence booster. Keep me posted on your accomplishments in TM and keep practicing! I'd love to see a video of you speaking one day - get yourself a camcorder and tape your speeches so you can evaluate how you look, move, etc. That's what I did. I have a whole bag of tapes (this was back when camcorders were analog, using 8 mm tapes). Benjamin:

When I saw the “Best Topic Speaker” certificate, I knew you had joined Toastmasters. Congratulations!!

Your article about the value of practicing was great. You touched on some important points. The more we practice, the better we become. This applies to the art of public speaking.

Good luck with your newfound affliation with TM. I was a member of TM for a few years while in New YOrk City and had a GREAT time. I met some wonderful people who were fantastically supportive. I even won some humorous speech contests, going all the way up to the divisional level at one point. It was a great confidence booster.

Keep me posted on your accomplishments in TM and keep practicing! I’d love to see a video of you speaking one day – get yourself a camcorder and tape your speeches so you can evaluate how you look, move, etc. That’s what I did. I have a whole bag of tapes (this was back when camcorders were analog, using 8 mm tapes).

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