The following Article was written by Josh Popichak and published in the June Issue of Steve Harrison’s Book Marketing Update. It is offered here by permission of the author. Have you ever had a nightmare about having to make a speech, or found yourself panicked about speaking to a group in real life? If so,…
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Underneath the words, intentions and body expressions, communication is a dance of being with another person. In communication, making connection is often more important that the actual words spoken. We don’t have to be perfect wordsmiths to be good communicators if we can learn to engage in full connection with others. Full connection is an…
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Things quiet down at the beginning of the summer. So, I have been taking more time for introspection. Doing some deep inner focusing to see if I can get inspired to create some new classes. I ask myself, “What is it that I have really learned to do in my lifetime? What have I conquered…
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I studied acting for many years. I thought acting would help me become somebody. I think it did. Much of what I have become and been able to accomplish is due to my acting training and experience. The one thing I learned from acting is how to become something new. To become means to be…
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Many thanks to Kathy Reiffenstein who writes the popular Professionally Speaking Blog on Creating Confident, Persuasive Speakers! Kathy wrote a superb review of my book, It’s Your Time to Shine: How to Overcome Fear of Public Speaking, Develop Authentic Presence and Speak from Your Heart. For many valuable ideas on public speaking, visit…
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Beverly Dracos, a writer for business communications and owner of Genuine Communications.com, astonished me with her understanding of the use of words “authenticity” and being “genuine.” Bev loves language and has made a serious study of the meaning of various words that relate to genuineness. I have always used authentic and genuine interchangeably, but Bev…
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I found a wonderful blogpost by Kathy Reiffenstein at Professionally Speaking Blog that I simply must share with you! Kathy draws some valuable lessons on speaking from the Broadway production of A Little Night Music. So much of my skill as a speaker and speaking teacher comes from my training as an actress. So it…
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The following is a post written by my friend and client Leigh Mires, Principal and Training Director of Walter P Moore Engineering. She and I have been working for seven years to train their engineers to reduce their dependence on PowerPoint. I guess we have more work to do! Married to PowerPoint Cate Blanchett, portraying…
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A wonderful new client gave voice to her goal of expressing more warmth. I think this is a great goal for everyone! Warmth is an emotion, so it can’t be simply acted out. You can’t behave like you are warm because others will sense you lack of real warmth. You can’t DO warmth, you must…
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I am a huge fan of Thomas Friedman. He articulates clearly what I can’t always think for myself. When I can’t quite clarify my thoughts about global situations, Friedman will say it in a way that makes me sigh, “Yes, that’s it!” In case you don’t know who Thomas Friedman is, he is a columnist…
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