Re: stringer, Blogging and decent money

**G* R* <g*@tiscali.co.uk>**

So do you get paid 50% of your usual rate for a half hour talk - or what?!

Graham

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>The shrinking attention span thing is something I have thought about  lately.
>When I first started giving talks, the time slot was one hour. Then 
>conferences were reducing the speakers to 45 minutes. Right now I am 
>doing a  series
>of 30 minutes talks at work geared so that people can leave work, munch  and
>learn, then be back at the office- all in one hour. About a month 
>ago  though, a
>church group wanted a speaker for their evening meeting - could I do  great
>shrubs for all year color - in 15 minutes with 5 minutes for questions!!!!
>So either the attentions are short, or more likely, people are rushing 
>through life filling it with way to many things.
>Kate
>
>Kate  Copsey
>Garden Writer
>_www.katecopsey.com_ (http://www.katecopsey.com/) 
>_http://www.examiner.com/x-1321-Atlanta-Gardening-Examiner_
>(http://www.examiner.com/x-1321-Atlanta-Gardening-Examiner)
>_www.katesgardenjournal.com_ (http://www.katesgardenjournal.com/)  
>
>
>In a message dated 3/2/2009 10:15:25 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
>FRIELSTER@aol.com writes:
>
>Did the  national attention span begin to  shrink
>when MTV begat  vertigo-inducing jump-cut editing? Or were those just 
>symptoms
>of a  trend we were ready for, primed for by the ever-increasing demands  on 
>our
>eyes and  ears?
>
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