Top 10 tips for Public Speakers #4 – Public Speaking’s not about YOU!
“… public speaking isn’t about the speaker – it’s about the public …”
Top 10 Tips for Speakers #1 – Stand Up, Speak Up, Shut Up.
“US President Abraham Lincoln spoke for just two minutes. But that two minutes was one of the most powerful rallying-cries in American history – the Gettysburg Address.”
Training Tuesday: What’s in YOUR Trainer’s Toolkit (Part I)?
Every trainer or educator starts out with an idea of what they would like to impart, a rough outline of how they want to impart it, and a basic concept of what they want their trainees to do with the knowledge once it has been imparted. Of course, many trainers never get much beyond that…
CairnsCommunications backs “Say No To No”
Here at CairnsCommunications, we are proud to join with other advertising and marketing professionals in joining the ‘Say No To No’ campaign. We have no objections to working for religious organisations (and have done work for some in the past), but on THIS issue, a line has to be drawn. As a straight couple, no-one…
An open letter to the Prime Minister of Australia
This is the first time I’ve ever reblogged a blogpost from someone else – but I urge you to read this … Source: An open letter to the Prime Minister of Australia
Saturday Arts: More jazz than you can poke a (drum)stick at!
This week’s Saturday Arts post is an amazing treat for fans of Jazz and Swing – 650 tapes · 1,000 hours · 1,378 WAV files · 637 GB · 691 JPEG scans of cassette liner cards & literature. David W Niven was a high school teacher from New Jersey – who compiled 650 cassette tapes of…
Saturday Arts: Kids movies for grownups
You may remember about six weeks ago I looked at Young Adult fiction, and it’s appeal to adults. The general feeling was that the books appeal to a large number of adults because they are satisfying – presenting complex ideas in relatively simple ways, and reaching conclusions that are in the words of one an analyst…
Weekend Arts: Watching movies on a plane …
I was always such a movie buff – as a kid, I clearly remember the time spent at the Randwick Odeon, or the Randwick Ritz, watching films like Doctor Who and the Daleks, and later Daleks – Invasion Earth 2150 (two Doctor Who movies that are clearly ‘non canon’ for Whovians – but which, as a kid, I thoroughly enjoyed.)…
Weekend Arts: David Bowie – Genius or .. ah stuff it. Genius.
I’ve been listening to David Bowie’s new album, Blackstar over the past couple of days, and I have to say – it’s like nothing he’s done for years. Bowie’s one of those unique creatures, who can keep reinventing himself. This current album’s been described as bleakly noir, and inaccessible, and evocative, and introspective. But its…
Thursday thoughts: Today, we cremate my mum…
It’s a sad day here at Cairnscommunications. Today, we hold a service to celebrate mum’s life. She died on Sunday, at 91. I’ll upload my eulogy for her a little later today, but first, I just wanted to share this photo.. One of the last ones with all four of us kids, plus dad (before…
