http://maggidawn.com/ted-inspiration-sermons-and-shining-eyes/ Author, musician and theologian Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:41:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://maggidawn.com/ted-inspiration-sermons-and-shining-eyes/comment-page-1/#comment-2308 Alison Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:57:58 +0000 http://dev.maggidawn.com/ted-inspiration-sermons-and-shining-eyes/#comment-2308 I have been thinking quite a bit, over the last year or two, about public speaking and whether a script limits the connection to the audience. I am not sure that the effectiveness of the communication is determined by whether a script is, or is not, used. For example, at Greenbelt this year Rob Bell spoke most definitely without a script in front of him - and it was great entertainment. Dave Tomlinson sat quietly and spoke from a script. For me, the lasting impact has been from Dave. And I got Dave's CD and people have passed it round until somebody said this is so good we must listen to this together at our PCC Meeting. Part of what I think makes a good talk is if it comes from a deep authentic place, something that really matters to the speaker and is delivered with openness and vulnerability. Shining eyes can result from both scripted and unscripted talks. By the way I really enjoyed your own talk at Greenbelt (as did my daughter) - I said hi to you after the talk and mentioned how much I benefit from your blog. You suggested that I might like to add a comment sometime - so here it is! I have been thinking quite a bit, over the last year or two, about public speaking and whether a script limits the connection to the audience. I am not sure that the effectiveness of the communication is determined by whether a script is, or is not, used. For example, at Greenbelt this year Rob Bell spoke most definitely without a script in front of him – and it was great entertainment. Dave Tomlinson sat quietly and spoke from a script. For me, the lasting impact has been from Dave. And I got Dave’s CD and people have passed it round until somebody said this is so good we must listen to this together at our PCC Meeting. Part of what I think makes a good talk is if it comes from a deep authentic place, something that really matters to the speaker and is delivered with openness and vulnerability. Shining eyes can result from both scripted and unscripted talks.
By the way I really enjoyed your own talk at Greenbelt (as did my daughter) – I said hi to you after the talk and mentioned how much I benefit from your blog. You suggested that I might like to add a comment sometime – so here it is!

]]> http://maggidawn.com/ted-inspiration-sermons-and-shining-eyes/comment-page-1/#comment-128 maggi Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:15:46 +0000 http://dev.maggidawn.com/ted-inspiration-sermons-and-shining-eyes/#comment-128 It was Dave Tom, and probably still is, but at least he's old enough to have gravitas as well as a pipe, and he was doing it before it was trendy! It was Dave Tom, and probably still is, but at least he’s old enough to have gravitas as well as a pipe, and he was doing it before it was trendy!

]]> http://maggidawn.com/ted-inspiration-sermons-and-shining-eyes/comment-page-1/#comment-127 David Derbyshire Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:12:49 +0000 http://dev.maggidawn.com/ted-inspiration-sermons-and-shining-eyes/#comment-127 Wasn't this Dave Tom in the 90s? Wasn’t this Dave Tom in the 90s?

]]> http://maggidawn.com/ted-inspiration-sermons-and-shining-eyes/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Evan Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:28:47 +0000 http://dev.maggidawn.com/ted-inspiration-sermons-and-shining-eyes/#comment-126 This is WONDERFUL. I got a hold of my grandfather's pipe a few years back and smoke it every once in a while, but this is exactly why I've avoided all of these recent "theology and pipe smoking" posts on blogs all over the place. One would think that such hip young emergentish folks could spot a cliché when it smacked them in the face. This is WONDERFUL. I got a hold of my grandfather’s pipe a few years back and smoke it every once in a while, but this is exactly why I’ve avoided all of these recent “theology and pipe smoking” posts on blogs all over the place.
One would think that such hip young emergentish folks could spot a cliché when it smacked them in the face.

]]> http://maggidawn.com/ted-inspiration-sermons-and-shining-eyes/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Phil Ritchie Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:54:46 +0000 http://dev.maggidawn.com/ted-inspiration-sermons-and-shining-eyes/#comment-125 Maggi, I think there's a problem with the link in this post as it links to google reader at the moment. Maggi, I think there’s a problem with the link in this post as it links to google reader at the moment.

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