: About Me

I am currently teaching Public Speaking at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. I have also developed courses in Argumentation and Debate, Group Communications, Intercultural Communications, and Leadership. I enjoy interacting with the students and I am a firm believer in what holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel once said. "I am a teacher and a student...one is both always." Before I began teaching at the University level, I was a professional journalist for a daily newspaper. I miss writing and I hope to engage in the process with other writers in the Helium community.

My passion is ...

writing.

My parents always told me ...

to find work you enjoy and do it!

My childhood ambition ...

was to be a writer.

My favorite memory ...

was giving birth to my children.

Why I write ...

I write to share information with others.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Barbara Walter's Audition.

My first job ...

was waiting on tables, a great basis for developing communication skills

My best moment ...

happens every day.

My inspiration ...

is my family.

Jobs & Careers > Stress & Time Management How to overcome the fear of public speaking

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Seven Steps to Conquer Your Fear of Public Speaking As a Public Speaking teacher at the University level for more than 10 years, I have found these seven simple tips invaluable in helping my students overcome their fear of public speaking. Every day we are giving speeches, whether you realize it or not. Granted, most are impromptu, or spur of the moment, but we all engage in "mini speeches" in some form or the other. Why then, when asked to give a formal speech, do we experience that fear that is ranked only second to the fear of death? The answer is simple. We simply need to understand th...

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