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Stay Calm, Remain Focused, And Deliver On The Platform
When asked what activity causes the most stress in a person's life, speaking in front of an audience will often be at the top of the list. Like most pursuits that we choose to devote our time to, being on the platform and speaking in front of an audience is one of those exercises that, with time and practice we can develop a high level of comfort with and find extremely rewarding.
A number of studies have been done around ways that we can deal with stress and how to remain calm when we find ourselves in stressful situations.
Dr. Stuart Brody, a psychologist at the University of Paisley in Scotland has conducted a number of such studies. One of his more recent studies showed that Vitamin C supplements may provide beneficial effects for people under stress. The study results indicated that individuals with high blood levels of ascorbic acid exhibit fewer physical and mental signs of stress when subjected to acute psychological stressors than do subjects with lower levels of vitamin C.
A second study conducted by Professor Brody found that "hitting a home run" in the bedroom can help keep stress at bay and that nothing is more calming before a speech or presentation.
Experts also agree that deep breathing will relax you before a stressful public speaking engagement and to satisfy an appetite of a different kind you may want to eat a banana or two. Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system. They also deliver a good dose of potassium a mineral that helps normalize the heartbeat and sends oxygen to the brain. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These levels can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.
Breathe using your diaphragm
Deep breathing or diaphragmatic breathing is the healthiest form of breathing and is very effective in helping you overcome anxiety or a panic attack that can be bought on by the idea of public speaking. Breathing from deeper within the body and engaging the diaphragm is also the most natural way of breathing. We all breathe that way naturally as babies and children. Then after years of poor posture, anxiety, stress and tension have taken their toll, our breathing becomes shallow and we breathe from the upper chest in a "fight or flight" pattern. .
Coaching is another way to get over your fears and build confidence on the platform. Ivy Naistadt consultant and executive coach has been helping business professionals deliver successful public presentations since 1986. Ivy's book Speak Without Fear addresses How to Reach Your Highest Potential through the Art of Communication.
As an author, speaker and coach Ivy works with executives to improve their platform skills, trains high-profile individuals for video and television appearances and frequently lectures on related topics.
To learn more about Ivy Naistadt and her availability for speaking engagements and coaching visit our website at http://www.keynoteresource.com or call 1-800-420-4155.
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Do banana plugs degrade the audio when compared to "raw" speaker wire?
I am a HT enthusiast who just upgraded to a receiver than will let me hook them up either way. It would just be a whole lot easier with banana plugs. As the layout of the speaker inputs is almost impossible to hook up all 7.1 speakers with raw wire. So bad that I am running 2.1 for the time being. (and some what enjoying it in a nostalgic way, almost thinking of going back to it due to IMO a lot of poorly mixed 5.1/7.1 tracks) Any info?
links to respected sites would be appreciated, as well as well spoken responses. I am an electrical engineer by trade and a long time audio enthusiast. So feel free to give it to me in tech speak, no censorship needed. Is there a QSR formula that would prove it one way or another?
I can't give you technical data to support it, but I have never seen finished high end speaker cables with bare wire. They usually have spade lugs or banana plugs. And these are cables made for people who believe 0.0001% oxygen in the copper will degrade their sound!
For example, look at the wires from Cardas Audio, or the page on speaker wire and connects from Blue Jean Cable.
The argument is that -- in addition to space, lower risk of shorting and convenience advantages -- the noncorrosive coating and mechanically stable plug / spade beats out bare wire -- which can break and corrode -- or tinned wire -- which gives a deformable, poor conducting contact (even with silver solder).
Have a look at (or even post your question on) AVS Forum (link to the audio forums below), but I believe you will find that audiophiles universally prefers banana plugs or spade lugs to bare wire.
On another tack, if you can't use bare wire (and presumably not spade lugs) then don't banana plugs become the only practical answer? If it were me, I'd buy some locking banana plugs.
Hope this helps.
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