Public Speaking And Speeches News

Turkey may amend freedom of speech laws (New Orleans Times-Picayune)infiltrator v2.0 patch
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) ? Turkey's foreign minister said Wednesday that laws limiting freedom of expression may be changed, acknowledging that charges against a top novelist had tarnished the country's image.

Weak Speech Recognition Leaves Customers Cold (eWeek)
Interactive speech recognition has the potential to make telephone service systems responsive, friendly and cheap. Despite improvements, however, the technology disappoints more often than it delights.

Turkey May Amend Freedom of Speech Laws (AP via Yahoo! News)
Turkey's foreign minister said Wednesday that laws limiting freedom of expression may be changed, acknowledging that charges against a top novelist had tarnished the country's image.

Professional Speaker and Author, Scott Ann Setzer Presents her acclaimed program "Public Speaking for Students" (PR Web)
Scott Ann Setzer presents her program "Public Speaking for Students" for Sacramento Country Day School, December 6, 2005. Her program designed for junior, high school and college students, teaches students how to overcome the fear of speaking in public, stage fright, and how to improve their presentation skills.

Blue Bell Toastmasters master art of public speaking (Times Herald)
Some people would rather die than speak in public, but that's nothing a meeting or two with the Blue Bell Toastmasters can't turn around.

Freeport speech team looking down state (Freeport Journal)
FREEPORT - The athletes aren't the only ones practicing during winter break. The Freeport High School speech team is also busy going through drills and trying to keep their skills sharp to compete against the best in state.

Candidate for Lieutenant Governor Cites Immigrant Roots in Speech (Washington Post)
House Majority Whip Anthony G. Brown , a rising star in the state Democratic Party, officially accepted Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley's offer to join his gubernatorial ticket as his running mate this week.

Europe must embrace true free speech (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
In Europe, five years into the 21st century, two writers face trial and imprisonment for something they said or wrote. Both could be incarcerated, not for physically harming another person or for damaging property, but for uttering words that European states deem offensive.

Bush speech was marred in flawed philosophy (The Kentucky Standard)
President Bush was in Annapolis, Md., Wednesday to give the American people a message: We have a plan in Iraq. Sure it?s a switch from what we?re used to but let?s hear the man out.

Same speech, same group ... different audience? (Fergus Falls Daily Journal)
Dan Passolt, a co-developer of the proposed Echo Bay project near Dunvilla north of Pelican Rapids, will have to deliver the same presentation to the same body, but to a different audience. How is that possible?