To add to my list of unoriginal clichés and tired statistics, how about we stop with the use of pointless dictionary definitions?I visited a website yesterday for speakers, and there was the dictionary definition of "presenter," right in the middle of the page, complete with pronunciation, in case I didn't know how to say it already.

So you think the audience is secretly judging and criticizing you? So did Kristin Stewart at last night's MTV Movie Awards.Upon receiving her award for Best Female Performance, she proceeded to give her acceptance speech, clearly nervous. While balancing the heavy award in her hand, she lost her grip and it went flying several feet onto the floor as she desperately tried to catch it.

I enjoyed this post by Laurie Foley on "Tasting the Nearly Perfect Sauce," as it reminds me of a lot of our expectations for ourselves as speakers. We must be perfect, we must not make a mistake, we must not let the audience see any flaws, or we will fail.Here's an excerpt from Laurie's post:

The School of Coaching Mastery is holding a contest for the best coaching blogs, and I would be so grateful for your vote! Right now I appear to be in 4th place, but voting goes until the end of June and my fortunes can change at any moment!You can also leave a comment below my blog blurb on the site, and the comments also help in the final tally. Winners get a write-up on their site and bragging rights. :-)