Gathering and Discerning Information in the 21st Century
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“Each of us believes himself to live directly within the world that surrounds him, to sense its objects and events precisely, and to live in real and current time. I assert these are perceptual illusions. Sensation is an abstraction, not a replication of the real world.” Vernon Mountcastle

Quote from YouTube Video: Kavli Prize Laureate Lecture – The Restless Brain

The Professional Speaking Guide

Being a Professional Speaker

Unconsciousness is one of the most important conditions of good style in speaking and writing.
~ R. S. White ~

 

Why Become a Professional or Public Speaker:
There are many reasons why people may want to become a public speaker. They may range from the desire to make the big money and travel the world speaking and training, to develop a little extra money and a supplement income, to make a complete career change, to speak about something you are passionate about to or just for the plain fact of building self confidence on the platform and being and excellent communicator. If you possess knowledge or information that can be of value to someone else then you qualify to share in many rewards and the profits being reaped by those in the seminar or speaking business.

Below are several reasons why people have chosen to become a public speakers.

  • Simply make big money.
  • Communicate your ideas.
  • Become a trainer in your field of expertise.
  • Represent your company, its products or services.
  • Challenge a political agenda.
  • Retirement career.
  • Make a difference or a contribution to society.
  • Help fill the need for new ideas.

Our research has lead us to believe that there is a need to hear the thoughts and ideas of this generation. From the research in the excellent report by Lilly Walters she says “First and foremost, we are an industry that is in transition. It had started before 9/11/2001, and has perhaps been hasten along by the terrorist attacks. We are reinventing topics that serve the new focus of our industry.” Work place changes and a service economy – becoming a global economy that has multicultural differences (many jobs now require excellent communication skills because of this service orientation)

Science-fact-theory-hypothesis

Definitions key to discussions:

  • Fact: A fact is a statement that is true and can be proved with evidence.
  • Hypothesis: A hypothesis is a proposed explanation for a phenomenon that can be tested by the scientific method. A hypothesis has not been tested.
  • Theory: Scientific theories are distinguished from hypotheses, which are empirically testable conjectures, and from scientific laws, which are descriptive accounts of how nature behaves under certain conditions. Theories have been rigorously tested and widely accepted by the scientific community who agree the theory best explains the observations or phenomenon we experience.
  • Scientific Method: The scientific method is a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge.
  • Empirical Evidence: Empirical evidence is the knowledge received by means of the senses, particularly by observation and experimentation.
  • Reality: Reality is the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them.
  • Delusion: A delusion is a belief that is held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary.
  • Insanity: Insanity, craziness, or madness is a spectrum of behaviors characterized by certain abnormal mental or behavioral patterns.