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thin bread lining to them. For example: I might column is the one in which I write everything

say something like, “For the most part you had that is ‘bread.’ My smallest column is the one in
good eye contact (bread) and if you’d just stopped which I write everything that is possible ‘meat’
to hold someone’s gaze for a moment, I feel it and the third is where I write what I’m going to
would have enhanced your connection with the demonstrate as ways of improvement.

audience.” (meat) Then I’m aware that this is a mini speech.
So I structure my feedback that way. What’s my
Could you give our readers one or two opening, my body, and my close. I write down
tips about competing in an evaluation my opening and my close and the three main
contest? points I want to make sure to include.

I don’t only watch the speaker, I want to watch
the audience to see how the speech is impacting Tell us about Cari – favorite foods?
them. Are they laughing, do they look bored, Hobbies? What do you do for fun?

what noises are they making, are they nodding My friends know that if there is anything
their heads—how do they look as if they are creative (whether it’s painting, mosaicing or
connecting to the speaker? I’m hoping to find doing pottery) is always high on my agenda.
‘bread’ to comment on. I also want to look out I snow-ski, cycle, hike, do yoga, and am just a

for things to comment on that will set me apart little addicted to pickle ball. I also love to create
—things that I don’t think other evaluators will exquisite spots in my garden that give me
comment on. pleasure and delight my many airbnb guests. I’m
I have created a form for myself that really passionate about natural building, and have built

helps me. I always write down their name multiple pizza ovens, benches, and two cottages
and speech title when the contestant is being from earth.
introduced and I always write down their opening Researching unusual ways to stay healthy,
sentence and their closing sentence….word for and studying the lives of centenarians for clues,

word. Then I have three columns. My largest as well as talking about and writing about them,
absorbs many hours of my life. I’ve
Title Person just submitted my fourth book to
Opening the publisher with the working title:

“Unleash Your Secret Powers to Live
+ - ? Better Longer: Lessons from those

who live to 100+.”
I’m lucky to have a large circle of

Close friends I play with regularly and the
most gorgeous hubby of 32 years.

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