Glenn's blog

This past weekend I was at the Liberation BC table at Under the Volcano. If you've never been to Under the Volcano you really should check it out. It's a 1-day festival of music and activism in Cates Park in North Van (Deep Cove). It's awesome.

My friend, who has a blog called Dawn of a New Era, shot some film of me talking about how we eat baby animals.

I am immensely uncomfortable talking to a camera. As you can likely see in this video I smile a lot because I'm so self-conscious.

Here's some video from this past Let Live Conference of a talk I did in conjunction with Erica Meier from COK.

Tactics & Tools for the Effective Activist from Let Live Foundation on Vimeo.

And, finally, here's a talk I did the year before at Let Live.

How To: Becoming the Media and Getting Creative from Let Live Foundation on Vimeo.

I've said some useful things in these videos, and I hope to improve in my ability to communicate on camera and in front of a group of people. The only way to do this is by speaking more and practicing.

In The Animal Activist's Handbook, Bruce Friedrich and Matt Ball suggest taking public speaking classes (or joining Toastmasters). This seems like good advice to me, but I probably won't follow it. Being forced into opportunities to practice is probably what I'll rely on.