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When Cheating isn?t Cheating: Public Speaking Tricks

Just as there are some lotteries you don?t want to win (e.g. airplane crashes), there are also some cheats who aren?t really cheats - not the bad kind, at least.

Ever wonder how good public speakers seem to talk without notes? While some really can, others have tricks. I love these simple ones - and am sure we can think up others:

Public Speaking: Take a Peek:

Excerpt: ?I usually have notes hidden around the stage, but the audience
never knows that I'm looking at them.

I look at my notes that are lying flat on my table when

1. The audience is laughing
2. When I'm pushing buttons on my laptop? ? (read full post)

I also learned a couple of useful public speaking ?No More ZZZs? techniques from watching the Comedy Sportz folks who masterfully entertained an 8-80 (years-old) crowd at a private party.

More on public speaking, from Toastmasters Oregon.

More on Cheating: Detecting Plagiarism:

Essay mills, debt collectors, Ukraine, Philippines, lawyers, doctoral students ?. If you haven?t thought about plagiarism by students, read this article from the Chronicle of Higher Education (4/20/09):

Cheating Goes Global as Essay Mills Multiply: From Virginia to Manila: on the trail of papers for cash, by Thomas Bartlett

(Story lead from Library Link of the Day, April 30, 2009.)

Full post as published by Oregon Legal Research on July 06, 2009 (boomark / email).