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10 THINGS I SAY ALMOST EVERY DAY AS A SPEAKING COACH

by Michelle Barry Franco | 10 Things Project, Public Speaking, Public Speaking Tips, Speaking Anxiety, Speaking Delivery Skills | 0 comments

I do not take for granted the deep skill that I’ve gathered over the last two decades, first as a college instructor in communications and then as a speaking coach. It’s a unique skill that feels amazing to share with people who have things they really want to say in...

10 AWESOME NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS

by Michelle Barry Franco | 10 Things Project, Public Speaking, Public Speaking Tips, Speaking Anxiety, Speaking Delivery Skills | 0 comments

From the time I was about 24 years old until I started my current alcohol sabbatical at 40 years old, I pretty much drank wine each night, all night.   It was like a slow drip anesthesia. I’m sure I had some water in between and occasionally a cocktail or dark malty...

10 things about my experience of ADHD

by Michelle Barry Franco | 10 Things Project, Public Speaking, Public Speaking Tips, Speaking Anxiety, Speaking Delivery Skills | 0 comments

I was on a retreat and took a short break from lists.   During our getaway, I found myself saying to my friend a couple of times, “Ah, my ADHD is showing!” and it reminded me of this list idea. **10 things about my experience of ADHD** So here we are, a collection of...

10 THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT ME

by Michelle Barry Franco | 10 Things Project, Public Speaking, Public Speaking Tips, Speaking Anxiety, Speaking Delivery Skills | 0 comments

I'm running out of list ideas that feel like they'll have flow in writing. This is the list that came to me today.   When you are trying to do a new list most days in a month… well, sometimes you have to go with the one that shows up.   **10 THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW...

10 THINGS THAT MAKE ME ROFLOL

by Michelle Barry Franco | 10 Things Project, Public Speaking, Public Speaking Tips, Speaking Anxiety, Speaking Delivery Skills | 0 comments

So many things in this bananas human adventure are freaking hilarious! I'm in tears laughing about all of it – especially the stuff where we make embarrassing mistakes, which I do pretty much every day. **10 THINGS THAT MAKE ME ROFLOL** Here are some things that...

10 WORDS I REALLY LIKE

by Michelle Barry Franco | 10 Things Project, Public Speaking, Public Speaking Tips, Speaking Anxiety, Speaking Delivery Skills | 0 comments

I spent all day facilitating a training today. I’m exhausted and I was going to skip today’s list. But then I remembered that I want to do a list of simple words I really like and it felt like the perfect light touch list for the end of a long day. **10 WORDS I REALLY...
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