{"id":6565,"date":"2013-03-20T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T16:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=6565"},"modified":"2013-03-19T10:02:47","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T17:02:47","slug":"speakers-corner-plagiarizing-versus-competing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2013\/03\/20\/speakers-corner-plagiarizing-versus-competing\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker\u2019s Corner<\/em>: Plagiarizing versus competing"},"content":{"rendered":"

In its many renderings, one popular Bible quote suggests originality is impossible.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thing that has been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.\u201d (Ecclesiastes 9:1)<\/p>\n

This is where character and free will come in. The pressure to win is strong and corrupting. Even competitors at Toastmaster contests try to get away with stealing someone else\u2019s material.<\/p>\n

Keep in mind the \u201cnothing new\u201d quote applies to good ideas, too, not just the bad ones; we can steal ideas from each other as long as we don\u2019t plagiarize them. As long as we stick to a code that says we win when we let others win, too.<\/p>\n

Ireland\u2019s Westport Toastmasters home page states, \u201cWhile Toastmasters isn\u2019t necessarily all about competition, the intensity of competing can accelerate improvement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emulating someone else\u2019s speaking style can build confidence. The main non-plagiarizing rule to keep in mind when trying out someone else\u2019s moves and content is to give them credit for it, while managing to make it your own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In its many renderings, one popular Bible quote suggests originality is impossible. \u201cThe thing that has been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.\u201d (Ecclesiastes 9:1) This is where character and free will come in. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-columns","category-march-20-2013"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t