Michael is President and Co-Founder of Occasional Words, a company he co-founded in 1999, and which has grown to become one of the Internet's leading providers of speeches and public speaking products, and resources. Michael graduated with an LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1989.  After graduation he completed his Articles of Clerkship with the Department of Justice. ... http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/speechmeister Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:35:11 -0600 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.squidoo.com/speeches Hi, My name is Michael Rabinovici.  I am the co-founder and president of Occasional Words.  Our company develops and markets professionally written, easy to customize, speeches for a variety of family and business events.   Prior to co-founding this company, I practiced commercial litigation for 5 years. In the course of my practice, I had the opportunity to meet many business people and attend a variety of events and conferences. One of the things that struck me was watching articulate, intelligent, focused people freeze at the mere thought of writing a speech and delivering it in public. When I explored this phenomenon further, I learned a couple of things. First, even people that are fairly comfortable speaking in public have a real challenge writing speeches. More specifically, they find it difficult starting a speech and developing a structure.  Second, many business people move at such a fast pace that they find it difficult to make the time to write a speech.This was the challenge we've aimed to solve with our selection of speeches for business and corporate events. Each of our selections contains 2 or more professionally written, easy to customize speeches, which are delivered to you via email with minutes of placing your order. These selections provide you with choice, but do not overwhelm you.  They also provide you with a ready-made structure so you can customize the speech you select in short order.All of these selections were written by writers who have corporate communications experience. We are so confident of saving you hours of time and mounds of anxiety that we back each order with our 100% money-back guarantee. Wishing you a world of public speaking success! Michael Rabinovici, LL.B. President www.occasionalwords.com Creating A World of Fearless Public Speakers Click Here to listen our coverage On the CBS News Network education Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:01:29 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/public-speaking-university In a recent study of people's ten greatest fears, public speaking ranked first, ahead of financial ruin and even death. But remember what one great speaker said about the only thing to fear being fear itself? It's true. Whether you're saying a few words at a dinner party or giving a speech at the United Nations, the same rules apply. We know -- we've helped thousands of people rise to the occasion. The following tips have been read by over 10,000 people before they stepped up to the podium. While our Public Speaking Tips are not all obvious, they're all very simple. Taken together, they can help nearly anyone give a great speech. Courtesy of www.occasionalwords.com - speeches and toasts for business, and family events delivered online in minutes education Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:24:06 -0600