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From the January/February 2003 American Speaker issue:
Speaker's Briefing
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Treat speaking nervousness with the "karaoke" antidote
For most public speakers, nervousness is still public enemy No. 1. But relief may be on the way from a surprising new source. Consider the case of educator/legislator Mike Honda, a 60-year old Californian elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000.
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Don't drown your speech in alphabet soup...skip unnecessary acronyms
One of the worse mistakes a speaker can make is to assume that juts because a piece of professional jargon or a string of abbreviated letters is familiar to him, it will be familiar to his audience, too. Unfamiliar acronyms and abbreviations can confuse or distract your listeners. Even a good speech can drown in a sea of alphabet soup. But there's an easy way to throw your listeners a lifeline.
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Grammatically speaking: 12 tips to avoid bloopers and speak clearly
Precisely because ours is such a rich, diverse language, English usage is full of pitfalls. Many words that seem to mean the same thing have subtle but important shades of difference, and many seemingly straightforward phrases can have double - and sometimes dangerously contradictory - meanings.
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