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<title><![CDATA[BE SPONTANEOUS THROUGH PRESENTATION DRILLING]]></title>
<link>http://sadila.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/be-spontaneous-through-presentation-drilling/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sadila</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sadila.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/be-spontaneous-through-presentation-drilling/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bicara tanpa menyadari dan mengetahui grammar apa yang dipakai? begitulah saat orang-orang bercakap-]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Bicara tanpa menyadari dan mengetahui grammar apa yang dipakai? begitulah saat orang-orang bercakap-cakap..apakah kita menyadari bahwa kita sedang menggunakan kata majemuk atau kata sandang atau kata apalagi? begitu juga dengan bahasa Inggris..betapa berat dan terbebaninya kita jika setiap kata atau kalimat harus dihubung-hubungkan dengan tata bahasa atau grammar tertentu.. sebuah percakapan itu terjadi secara spontanitas dan mengalir begitu saja..</p>
<p>Bagaimana dengan bahasa Inggris? Be spontanoeus through Reporting and Presentation Drilling</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Wait Before You Speak]]></title>
<link>http://swanktown.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/wait-before-you-speak/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 07:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Wait for a moment before you say anything you regret. And sometimes I don&#8217;t. Sometimes, I star]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Wait for a moment before you say anything you regret.</p>
<p>And sometimes I don&#8217;t. Sometimes, I start feeling angry or passionate and it all just comes out all at once. Pages in a journal can&#8217;t contain it all, sometimes. I can write it all down, but that just leaves the thoughts to crazily spin around my head at all hours of the night, keeping me up, taunting me. </p>
<p>You don&#8217;t want to talk to me late at night. Something secret might just creep out of my lips. Hidden thoughts, masked theories. I wake up in the morning, think of what I said, groan, and want to fall asleep again. Wishing I hadn&#8217;t revealed what I had just hours ago.</p>
<p>Sleep on it, too. I always do before I make a big decision. A lot of the time, I wake up and feel differently. As soon as the pizzazz of the night melts away and the raw honesty of the morning sets in, I&#8217;m a different person. I don&#8217;t speak much. It&#8217;s used for introspection. I remember things, too, when I first awaken. Dreams flutter off and reality hardens. </p>
<p>I&#8217;m a very different person.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Some extracts from meeting on Thurs 10 Dec 200]]></title>
<link>http://aworkingalliance.wordpress.com/2009/12/26/some-extracts-from-our-meeting-on-thurs-10-dec-2009/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Prompted by a conversation this week with Patricia and Peter, I listened again to parts of our 10 De]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Prompted by a conversation this week with Patricia and Peter, I listened again to parts of our 10 December meeting, partly in order to find the moment where I &#8216;came awake&#8217; (in what was later described as a doormouse-like way!). On the surface, my utterance seems to have been about people&#8217;s responses to my earlier request that we listen to one another reading the short biographies we had written before the meeting. Now I listen again, however, I also hear myself expressing my passion for hearing people talking about their life stories.</p>
<p>Anyway, I ended up transcribing the relevant passages, and I thought I might as well upload my transcription here, in case anyone finds it useful. If I have time, I will create some sound clips from the same session.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Public Speaking - Fall In Love With Your Message]]></title>
<link>http://publicspeakingnetworks.wordpress.com/2009/12/26/public-speaking-fall-in-love-with-your-message/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pongsak2</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Image : http://www.flickr.com Margaret was petrified of speaking in public. She could not even thems]]></description>
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<p> Margaret was petrified of speaking in public. She could not even themselves, raise their hand to ask a question when taking part in a workshop. It was so bad. An elegant woman smarts with a ton of English, she seemed to have everything together, but this fear was talking to the public torture. </p>
<p> To make matters worse, she was the director of a non-profit organization that worked to preserve elephants in Africa from becoming poached, and they needed to win to give presentations on possibleDonors. Their ability to speak in public, was crucial for the survival of their business. And the survival of elephants. </p>
<p> Today, Margaret speaks with an incredible lightness and joy as she gives her speech about the elephants in Africa. Oh, yes, she gets a little nervous and anxious before she goes on, but the paralyzing fear is gone. </p>
<p> How did she do it? I&#39;ll tell you. </p>
<p> Rather than relying on their fear, Margaret focuses on their intense love for these elephants. She puts all herDoubts whether they will do a good job on ice and can feel their love and devotion to speak their purpose in the first place. In this way she moves from her anxiety and her passion. </p>
<p> What can we learn from Margaret? </p>
<p> 1. Fall in Love With Your Message </p>
<p> If you are nervous and feel about speaking in public are afraid, you can fall in love with your message? This may prove challenging if you have a business presentation for work, or are you alreadyasked to speak to something that is all you care about. But the chances are that you are talking about something that means something to you. </p>
<p> Let the love and esteem you focus on this issue. Get the feeling that love and passion or appreciation. Turnout in the energy of this feeling. When the goose bumps start to attack, you remember what you love and yourself back into that energy. </p>
<p> 2. Concentrate on your goal, do not </p>
<p> So much of our fear of speaking inPublic turns around, whether we liked to be, whether we win the approval of and respect of our audience, whether we will get through it without messing up. It is this fear to focus on &#34;I, me, me&#34; that drives us nuts! </p>
<p> Get your focus away from you and to your purpose for speaking in the first place. Is your goal to impress people or to give them information that is valuable? Is your goal expressed by intact, or is it something that has meaning for you, too? Trythemselves out of the equation and put your purposes forefront in your mind and heart. </p>
<p> 3. Find Something To Care About </p>
<p> If you are in the invidious position if you have something you are all the same, you can find something to talk about something, either to appreciate about the motive or the opportunity. Find the one thing (it must estimate at least one!), Die and enjoy, or you can bask in the feeling of appreciation. I know it&#39;s a stretch, but if you tune inwhat you love, you may find that your presentation will be so much more fun for you and your audience. </p>
<p> Like Margaret, you move on from your fear and into a passionate ease through the concentration of what the heart and meaning for you. </p>
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<title><![CDATA[Review: "Made to Stick," By Chip Heath &amp; Dan Heath]]></title>
<link>http://followjonathan.wordpress.com/2009/12/26/review-made-to-stick-by-chip-heath-dan-heath/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://followjonathan.wordpress.com/2009/12/26/review-made-to-stick-by-chip-heath-dan-heath/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Have you ever struggled to make a presentation?  Do you preach, teach or present on a regular basis ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Would you rather die or speaking in public? Cure for the No. 1 fear in America]]></title>
<link>http://publicspeakingnetworks.wordpress.com/2009/12/25/would-you-rather-die-or-speaking-in-public-cure-for-the-no-1-fear-in-america/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pongsak2</dc:creator>
<guid>http://publicspeakingnetworks.wordpress.com/2009/12/25/would-you-rather-die-or-speaking-in-public-cure-for-the-no-1-fear-in-america/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Image : http://www.flickr.com The first real keynote address I gave, was the drug that my oratorio p]]></description>
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<p> The first real keynote address I gave, was the drug that my oratorio performances I have now placed. I was asked to make a keynote speaker and thought I would fix one of several that night some of my colleagues and employees to retire a feast. I had just married the most beautiful woman in the whole state of Texas and most intelligent woman I&#39;ve ever met. So, is on the way to the banquet, 90 miles outside of Dallas, when I mentally with the preparations. I was toomany motivational programs, graduates and was conducted at the makeshift base on several occasions asked, I had the feeling of being placed successfully fulfilled in question. </p>
<p> I did not know until 20 minutes before the presentation that I was, as they say only invoiced after thinking the whole time, I was one of several speakers. Oh my God, I thought, what should I get. There was talk the first time ever in public, before my wife, my friends, my colleagues and some of the most influential executives of theseventh-largest company in the world at this time. What do you think happened? I became deathly ill mentally and the physical part of me was not so good not. I excused myself to go to the toilet and thought I would throw up right there right then. I mean, I tried to fill my forehead sweat wash with cold water and tried to calm my own nerves as quickly as possible. </p>
<p> Now I should tell you I am a psychologist equipped with several bio-feedback techniques and exercises,Handle of the fight or flight syndrome that time I was in the drawers without warning. I&#39;m sure I do not have to tell you that I was not thanking the right one, it is to lower my blood pressure, anxiety, or respiratory system, to reduce the burden. , The normally cautious about my mind kept that rolled back and forth swaying unsuccessfully I might add. </p>
<p> Well, I was out of time and patience, and if I did not return to the front desk I was missing to be absolutely certain.I imagined my empty chair, which look like the chair to wait in the middle of the execution room in the movies, where a number of victims is eager to throw the switch. This little analogy manages to evoke the way up now flashing through my brain is already awaiting the downward spiral of stress, which certainly would be my inadequate speech. </p>
<p> Now I have a happy ending, and I promise, I&#39;ll tell you in a few moments. But first, here the main points of thespeak publicly, which will help you to speak for the rest of your life. </p>
<p> 1 .- Always sufficiently prepared. <br /> 2 .- Never wear tight-fitting or dirty clothes if you spill something on it between home / speech. <br /> 3 .- Take 3 deep breaths before you begin. That&#39;s faster than you begin to walk up to talk to your audience. <br /> 4 .- Grasp the lower side of your chair discreetly as possible and pull-up with all your strength. <br /> 5 .- pan out over the crowd and find the peoplepaying the most attention. <br /> 6 .- Do you know your target audience. I mean, know what they expect, so you can give them that only. <br /> 7 .- have a system of organized bullet in a file somewhere. In your mind / body / space files. <br /> 8 .- Tell them what you tell them. <br /> 9 .- Tell Them. <br /> 10 .- Then tell them what you just said it. </p>
<p> Now, after 22 years of giving speeches, keynote speeches, impromptu discussions and round table discussions, I am here to tell you, it&#39;s like aAdrenaline. I mean, I would prefer a program that through the lessons, a speech or any other platform-type speech <br /> than most anything. Well, within reason. </p>
<p> What do you say that you need from your ever-loving mind! No, actually, here&#39;s how it works. I always have a room before the time when I can in my room files with the speech content, workshop materials, or am I talking about in class or load. I always prime my brain, my program and prepare all the steps 2 to 10for my audience. Not only because they paid for me to have a ticket price or a fee speakers, but because I want to give them my best. It&#39;s like my father, God rest his soul told me about the time I was able to until the day he went to understand if it&#39;s worth doing it&#39;s worth doing well, you can. </p>
<p> I think that the underlying basis is sub consciously, but I really wish that people get more than their money is in value. I am lucky enough to know how the mind works and how people learn what itneed to keep their attention. Now, even more important is that you can do that and I&#39;m sure a lot better. Here is how I do it or should I say, how it can be done. </p>
<p> I teach memory training for a life so I choose the blessing of a system, which I point out, and I mean really remember all the things. So when I prepare my program, I invite all in the mental file folder. I draw from these folders, as I deliver to my program and never refer to an overview, Power Point, be awareMaps or other visual crutch that most speakers rely on strong. God bless him or current president would run amok, not when he can see through his prompters. </p>
<p> As an example, the first day of our workshop includes 67 pages script, which was in bullet points and several times has made as much as 50 plus per page. I invite either the information in a 300 file list I have access to that I added for myself, or I use room-files, put the information on these files forAccess as I need it. I know this sounds a bit odd, which means body files, space, files, auto-files, do files alphabetically? <br /> Now I teach the file, picture, glue, mnemonic method. This is where you save the file is a spiritual place somewhere for information. Anything I point out that rotated in a picture or story format, using rules for dealing with abstracts and property. Then I have a picture or a history of glue to the file I created with visual binding. </p>
<p> If I takeall stresses away from me looking at notes, sketches or even materials projected on a screen. Now, sometimes you may need a planned format for the visual aid of your audience to use. I think you should just exactly that, and not use it for a crutch to remember your presentation or materials, in order to do that. When using my system gives me the flexibility to stop, you get to answer a question about a name or even say, God bless you when someone sneezes. Now we want to see what offers that someone like me, 1Walking around the public more freely, 2 The advantage, not to break eye contact with them, 3 Not tied to a podium. Now do not forget the most important of all, I think, through the use of these techniques, you never know without knowing how the object will be seen! If you have a mental file folder system, you will be the only person who will be able to see the notes! </p>
<p> Now I venture to the likelihood that all or most of you know that your topic, or job duties so well thatsometimes skip things. That&#39;s only because you do not pass through a file list or a checklist before you are ready to work or in the day. I know that this is true pretty much close to read, and I can not tell you these things to offend you, just to say there is a better way. I know I use it every day in my life in every walk of my life. It&#39;s just that I was not prepared you do not hate! </p>
<p> Let me check I build my theme will be presented in loose clothingClothes to take to feel well, the underside of my chair to take the fear out of my body, take 3 full deep breathing lungs from approaching the podium or standing, I talk with people who are interested, or appear to be scanned before I go up, I tell them what I tell them, tell them and then finish by giving them what I told them. </p>
<p> Another thing I do is they leave with a poem or a quote, something to them in relation to what I learned just a challengethem. The last and most important, what I do, they must say thank you! Public speaking should always be something you are looking at us. Perhaps you are not the liquid loudspeaker combination of spices with your analogies and story or theme. You can ensure that your presentation or any thing that you should organize the mouth, measured, dissected, to beat up and as far as possible should remember well! </p>
<p> Now back to the story. Yes, I will be the first speech of my life thatNight to about 100 people, including the love of my life and my best friend, SA anxiously waiting and praying for me, not escape, falling flat on my face or embarrassed to bring either of us. What have I done prayed before I left the bathroom, and tried to be myself. However, I have tried to say what I tell someone about me, like at the end of my career. I tried the technique of folding in a few stories, and we both lived on the North Slope of Alaska to share when we both worked together for yearsbefore. </p>
<p> It was not the best speech I had ever seen it yet, the last words my wife and the pensioner or his family had ever seen. I know the pensioners still takes at club meetings for occupational retirement provision. God I love my wife drags as much as I can for the spiritual and emotional support. I should say that I think she actually accompanied me, because she knows that it is not to say what I say next. It is likely to request a speaker might best critic, because theyis someone who loves me enough to help me correct my deficiencies and gives me the necessary affirmations </p>
<p> So I&#39;ll say it again. Prepare, prepare, and then prepared. The number one fear in America today is to speak publicly, is the 6th Fear of death. So do not be among those who say that if I have to get up to speak before an audience of Just Shoot Me! I know most of you can be that little smirk appreciate it, and I really do not expect that you will love it just like me. However, I believe, as my dadonce said: &#34;Do it very well as you can and then if you can tell your head on this pillow at night you, I did my best peace!&#34; </p>
<p> Here is another small program, using the acronym THINK it is true, it is helpful, it&#39;s inspiring, it is necessary and it is good! Let the acronym THINK your leadership tool for your next address. It was placed in my head after attending a memory workshop 19 years ago. I did it while I was talking to a wonderful friend, talented Reverend RogerMcDonald, who married me 28 years ago actually. </p>
<p> Thanks for reading this article I hope you have something that you walk with and overcome in your future, the number one fear of America learned today. Public Speaking! You know, if we do not learn to laugh at some the journey may be a little less fun. </p>
<p> I always learn my duty to stay! </p>
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<title><![CDATA[İngilizce...İngilizce...]]></title>
<link>http://liomc.wordpress.com/2009/12/25/ingilizce-ingilizce/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Ufak çaplı bir konuşma kulübü yapalım diyorum ben. ESOGÜ Yabancı Diller&#8217;den güzel bir katılım ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Ufak çaplı bir konuşma kulübü yapalım diyorum ben. ESOGÜ Yabancı Diller&#8217;den güzel bir katılım olur bence. Hatta eğer şansımız varsa Çamlık&#8217;ta hazırlık öğrencileriyle beraber Speaking Club&#8217;a da katılabiliriz.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Vocal Warm Ups for Public Speaking: Vocal &amp; Facial Prep for Public Speaking]]></title>
<link>http://publicspeakingnetworks.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/vocal-warm-ups-for-public-speaking-vocal-facial-prep-for-public-speaking/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pongsak2</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Warm up your facial muscles and vocal cords before the public space. Learn speech prep from a profes]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[There was a little growling, and a lot of wary circling...]]></title>
<link>http://jenniferconaway.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/there-was-a-little-growling-and-a-lot-of-wary-circling/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jencon</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[I’ve been watching my dogs try to adjust to the visiting puppy creating mayhem in the house. There i]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I’ve been watching my dogs try to adjust to the visiting puppy creating mayhem in the house. There is a little bit of growling, a lot of wary circling, no sleeping (because you have to watch every move the new puppy makes), little trust in her antics and a whole lot of basic upset. </p>
<p>This got me thinking about how I adapt to change. IF I adapt to change. I’d like to think I adapt well to change. I will warily circle around it until I figure out what it might mean and how the change will affect my business or personal life. Sometimes I don’t trust what’s happening until I do some investigating and, on occasion, there has been some pretty big upset.</p>
<p>My upset is usually short lived. It only lasts as long as it takes me to figure out WHY I am upset. After all, we are all wary of losing control and, many times, change represents some lose of control. The question you need to ask is- How do I regain control?</p>
<p>Not control in the – I MUST maintain control over every aspect of every piece of my life!!! sense. But the kind of control that allows you to make educated decisions, to focus on things you can influence and to make the best of what might feel like a tricky situation. Sometimes that is all you can ask for. </p>
<p>Adaptability and releasing control are things I have learned. They are wonderful skills and are easier for some to learn than others. I call them skills because you can learn them.  These two skills have made a tremendous difference in situations that I would, at one time, have found intolerable.  Now, I simply roll with the flow, find ways to do with what I have. I always presume something positive will develop.</p>
<p>I try to instill that same mindset with my clients. </p>
<p>1.	You can become more adaptable and release control<br />
2.	You do need to work at it<br />
3.	Staying adaptable and flexible will always take awareness if it’s not part of your natural personality<br />
4.	It WILL get easier<br />
5.	It is SO VERY worth it!</p>
<p>Everything becomes just a bit easier when you allow the Universe to take some of the responsibility for running things smoothly. </p>
<p>Do you just give up and stop trying?  Of course not. Take directed action, dot all of the I’s and cross all of the T’s, allow that it might not go exactly to plan and that is ok. There are far worse things that could happen than your plan going askew.</p>
<p>Realizing that an unscheduled change in my plans was not a disaster, rather simply a speed bump to be adapted to, allowed me a tremendous sense of freedom. Suddenly I didn’t have to worry about the tiniest detail, if there is only 1 color of Sharpie available for my speech I will certainly find a way to adapt. </p>
<p>If just the thought of relinquishing control and happily adapting to a change makes you shudder with dismay I encourage you to take another look. Maybe you could benefit from releasing a bit of control?  I know I did.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Fight vs Fighting]]></title>
<link>http://faemom.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/fight-vs-fighting/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>faemom</dc:creator>
<guid>http://faemom.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/fight-vs-fighting/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Me: Ok.  No more sword fighting!  Put the swords down. Evan: Mommy, why is it fighting and not fight]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Me: Ok.  No more sword fighting!  Put the swords down.</p>
<p>Evan: Mommy, why is it fighting and not fight?</p>
<p>Me: Because you’re doing it right now.  Not something you do.  It’s all about doing it at that moment.</p>
<p>Evan: Hmmm.  Like I’m talking!</p>
<p>Me: Yes.</p>
<p>Ok, what kid pays attention and asks about verb conjugation?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[ACTUALLY, I'VE ALWAYS HAD A RATHER EXTENSIVE VOCABULARY, NOT TO MENTION A PHENOMENAL GRASP OF GRAMMAR AND A SUPERLATIVE COMMAND OF SYNTAX.  I SIMPLY CHOSE NOT TO EMPLOY THEM...]]></title>
<link>http://sweetontheoutside.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/actually-ive-always-had-a-rather-extensive-vocabulary-not-to-mention-a-phenomenal-grasp-of-grammar-and-a-superlative-command-of-syntax-i-simply-chose-not-to-employ-them/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>danyelle</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sweetontheoutside.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/actually-ive-always-had-a-rather-extensive-vocabulary-not-to-mention-a-phenomenal-grasp-of-grammar-and-a-superlative-command-of-syntax-i-simply-chose-not-to-employ-them/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[hi.  my name is danyelle and i am a BIT of a spelling/grammar nazi. phew-ish. i guess that wasn]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">hi.  my name is danyelle and i am a BIT of a spelling/grammar nazi.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><em>phew-ish. </em> i guess that wasn&#8217;t such a difficult admittance.  i admit it.  it drives me crazy when people can&#8217;t spell.  i mean, seriously, use spell check or a dictionary or just plain ask someone if you can&#8217;t spell &#8220;stereo&#8221; (<em>just don&#8217;t ask me b/c i had to spell &#8220;stereo&#8221; among other simple single and double syllable words for years for a man who really thought &#8220;stereo&#8221; was spelled S-T-E-R-O</em>).  aside from the occasional correction, i won&#8217;t berate anyone about it, but i will be all annoyed  on the inside and possibly shake my head on the outside.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">and it pains me that some don&#8217;t make the effort to learn the differences in using THERE, THEIR and THEY&#8217;RE.  <strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;">they&#8217;re</span></strong> all different.  my gah, how in the world do some people get <strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;">their</span></strong> jobs when they can&#8217;t differentiate among three very DIFFERENT words?!  see how i did that <span style="color:#ff00ff;"><strong>there</strong></span>?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">i&#8217;m not perfect.  in fact, i&#8217;m perfectly imperfect.  i use run-on sentences like <strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;">they&#8217;re</span></strong> going out of style&#8230; (<em>wait&#8230; are they out of style?  well, crap then, what should i do with all of my breathy run-on thoughts?</em>), but at least i always TRY and always use spell check b/c seriously, it&#8217;s right <span style="color:#ff00ff;"><strong>there</strong></span>!</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">and don&#8217;t even get me started on <span style="color:#993366;"><strong>your</strong></span> and <strong><span style="color:#993366;">you&#8217;re</span></strong>&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">people have asked me how i can complain about other&#8217;s spelling/grammar when i myself don&#8217;t even bother to use proper punctuation (<em>commas much?</em>) or proper case on this here blog.  and how DARE i start sentences with &#8220;but&#8221; and &#8220;and&#8221;.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">my answer?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">my blog is a stream of silly thoughts that stream from my chaotic world out of my goobery mind.  and sometimes, those thoughts run on and on and on and on and i occasionally pause for a breath COMMA and then keep going on and on and on and on.  proper case?  nah.  it takes too long.  and i type too fast to care.  and my ands?  but my buts?  this isn&#8217;t a research paper, this is a blog&#8230;  a stream of silly thoughts that stream from my chaotic world out of my goobery mind.  and sometimes, those thoughts run on and on and on and on and i occasionally pause for a breath COMMA and then keep going on and on and on and on.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">but, at the very least, i use the correct words in the proper context.  and i SPELL CHECK.  though i  do stop at pulling out the MLA handbook b/c that book just gives me a headache.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">and no one can tell me i am wrong when my silly monkey is referred to as a &#8220;SHE&#8221; in court documents for which i need to scream and fuss b/c OMG, seriously, silly monkey is most certainly a HE and didn&#8217;t anyone bother to proofread!!?!  anyone?</p>
<p><em>** post title = uh huh, the little rascals</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[CONVERSATIONS:  THE (MOSTLY) HOLIDAY EDITION...]]></title>
<link>http://sweetontheoutside.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/conversations-the-mostly-holiday-edition/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>danyelle</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sweetontheoutside.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/conversations-the-mostly-holiday-edition/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[where are we going? home. to your house? to our house, yes. is that ok? yes. i want to stay at your ]]></description>
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<span style="color:#ff00ff;">home.</span><br />
<span style="color:#0000ff;">to your house?</span><br />
<span style="color:#ff00ff;">to our house, yes.  is that ok?</span><br />
<span style="color:#0000ff;">yes.  i want to stay at your house forever.  i want to stay with you forever.</span><br />
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<span style="color:#ff00ff;">two more bites and you can be done.</span><br />
<span style="color:#0000ff;">i will have three bites because i am three.</span><br />
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<span style="color:#0000ff;">do you want the blue one or the red one?</span><br />
<span style="color:#ff00ff;">the blue one.</span><br />
<span style="color:#0000ff;">no!  i want the blue one.  you want the red one.</span><br />
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<span style="color:#ff00ff;">what do you want for christmas?</span><br />
<span style="color:#0000ff;">nothing.</span><br />
<span style="color:#ff00ff;">nothing?</span><br />
<span style="color:#0000ff;">no.  i already have it all under the tree.</span><br />
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<span style="color:#ff00ff;">silly monkey, if you cannot behave, i will have to tell santa and he will put you on the naughty list.</span><br />
<span style="color:#0000ff;">with swiper?</span><br />
<span style="color:#ff00ff;">yes.</span><br />
<span style="color:#0000ff;">but swiper doesn&#8217;t swipe anymore so he is on the nice list.  i will be on the nice list with swiper.</span><br />
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<span style="color:#ff00ff;">do i need to tell santa that you aren&#8217;t being a good listener?</span><br />
<span style="color:#0000ff;">noooooooo!!  i don&#8217;t like santa!  bad, bad santa!!</span><br />
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<span style="color:#ff00ff;">thank you for being such a good boy, silly monkey.  i&#8217;m very proud of you.</span><br />
<span style="color:#0000ff;">thanks, mommy.  i am proud of me, too.</span><br />
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<span style="color:#ff00ff;">mommy, why is the tree still up?</span><br />
<span style="color:#0000ff;">b/c it&#8217;s not christmas yet.</span><br />
<span style="color:#ff00ff;">why is christmas soooo loooong?!</span></strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Under the microscope]]></title>
<link>http://deborahrossouw.com/2009/12/22/under-the-microscope/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>deborahrossouw</dc:creator>
<guid>http://deborahrossouw.com/2009/12/22/under-the-microscope/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[15 Dec ‘09 Hello Everybody! If you could see me right now, you’d notice that I’m snuggled up on the ]]></description>
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<p><strong></strong>Hello Everybody!</p>
<p>If you could see me right now, you’d notice that I’m snuggled up on the couch with a mug of hot chocolate <em>(made with almond milk) </em>nibbling dark chocolate <em>(dairy-free</em>) and I have a dreamy-kinda-smile on my face. How come? Because my thoughts are drifting to a rather unique experience…one that many of you might not regard as fun…but which is one of the highlights of my year and a memory I shall treasure for a long time to come&#8230;</p>
<p>So there I was, on the 8&#8242;th of December, ‘under the microscope’… literally, subject to the scrutiny of three top professional speakers who were evaluating a ‘Rising Stars Under the Microscope’ showcase event, during the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS) national convention in Calgary. Each of us who had ‘won’ the contest in our respective CAPS chapters, got to deliver a repeat performance in Calgary to the scrutiny of a live audience plus three evaluators, namely Kit Grant, Jane Atkinson and Warren Evans, all renowned speakers within CAPS.</p>
<p>I can hear some of you muttering ‘You’ve got to be kidding me! <em>That</em> was the prize!’ Seriously, to professional speakers it’s an awesome prize! I chose to speak about ‘Dancing with Clients’. Yes, of course, I was nervous, but in spite of that, I’m happy to say I got a standing ovation (<em>a really supportive crowd</em>…!)</p>
<p>So, here I am, now, reminiscing on that moment, enjoying the comfort of my hot chocolate. And, this thought occurred to me… that on occasion we get to make choices as to the experiences we’ll get involved in. Some experiences we select might satisfy our desire for immediate gratification and comfort, like the delish hot chocolate with almond milk!</p>
<p>Other experiences we choose may not provide immediate gratification, but instead may offer a longer term reward that is worth the fleeting discomfort of the immediate moment. For me the significance lies in our conscious intention. My intention was to offer a sample of my work to be scrutinized by seasoned evaluators, so that I could get feedback from the best of the best in the speaking industry. I understood that their intention was to set each of us up for success by offering possibilities we can leverage, but to do so, they had to scrutinize our content and delivery.</p>
<p>Was this comfortable? Heck, no! However, as I reminisce with this hot chocolate in hand, wow, am I ever grateful for the quality of feedback I received! That far outweighs the fleeting tension of the moment, and therein is the comfort!</p>
<p>And as I reflect on this past year I am reminded that those moments that I bring under the microscope to really scrutinize the experience, yield unexpected gifts.</p>
<p>So, as we head into the holiday season, I invite you to reflect on your year and to scrutinize which experiences have brought you gifts, and once discovered, allow yourself a comfort beverage of your choice – while I stick with my hot chocolate!</p>
<p>Happy Holidays!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Looking Ahead to 2010]]></title>
<link>http://eaallen.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/looking-ahead-to-2010/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Elizabeth Allen</dc:creator>
<guid>http://eaallen.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/looking-ahead-to-2010/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Is it &#8220;twenty ten&#8221; or &#8220;ten&#8221; or &#8220;one-oh&#8221;? Regardless of what we a]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Is it <em>&#8220;twenty ten&#8221;</em> or <em>&#8220;ten&#8221;</em> or <em>&#8220;one-oh&#8221;</em>? Regardless of what we all decide, I&#8217;m looking forward to the new year.</p>
<p>I have some speaking engagements lined up, not least of which is the <a href="http://www.case.org/Conferences_and_Training/CMT.html" target="_blank">CASE Social Media and Community</a> conference in Chicago in April. I&#8217;m honored to be serving as chair of the conference, and to be speaking with such <a href="http://www.case.org/Conferences_and_Training/CMT/Faculty.html" target="_blank">amazing faculty</a>: Leisha LeCouvie of McGill University, Joel Price of Friends&#8217; Central School, and Michael Stoner of mStoner.</p>
<p>All of the details, including the program, our keynote speaker and more will be added to the CASE website in the coming weeks. But in the meantime, check out the <a href="http://twitter.com/casesmc/faculty" target="_blank">Faculty Twitter list</a> and follow the conference on Twitter (<a href="http://twitter.com/casesmc/">@casesmc</a>). We&#8217;ll tweet insider info, updates, articles, notes and other details of interest to attendees. I hope to see you in April!</p>
<p><em>This is my last blog post for 2009; enjoy the holidays and happy new year.</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[MY NEPHEW IS GETTING SO BIG!]]></title>
<link>http://justinbeth.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/he-is-getting-so-big/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>justinbeth</dc:creator>
<guid>http://justinbeth.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/he-is-getting-so-big/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY I GOT BE WITH MY NEPHEW THE WHOLE DAY. BOY WAS I SPOILED! HE IS GETTIN]]></description>
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<p>THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY I GOT BE WITH MY NEPHEW THE WHOLE DAY. BOY WAS I SPOILED! HE IS GETTING SO BIG.  HE KNOWS WHERE ALL OF HIS TOYS ARE OVER AT AUNT BESSY&#8217;S HOUSE. IT IS SO CUTE HE GOES RIGHT TO THE ROOM AND WAITS FOR ME TO OPEN THE DOOR FOR HIM. IT IS AMAZING TO SEE HOW MUCH HE IS GROWING. HIS VOCABULARY IS AMAZING. HE IS SO SMART. YOU SHOW HIM HOW TO DO SOMETHING ONE TIME AND THAT KID WILL SIT THERE AND KEEP TRYING TO DO IT UNTIL HE FINALLY GETS IT. HE SURE BRINGS A SMILE TO MY FACE. HE NOW SAYS:  YOGI, BRUISER, NEWMAN WHICH IS GRANDMA AND OUR LITTLE DOG. HE ALSO SAYS MAMMA, MAMO, BESSY BUT IT COMES OUT KIND LIKE SESSY, UP, MORE, HOT, BROOM, BALOON.. AND THE LIST JUST GOES ON AND ON!</p>
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<p>IT IS REALLY HARD TO GET HIM TO TAKE A NAP AT MY HOUSE. HE IS ALWAYS SHOWING OFF AND THERE IS ALWAYS SO MUCH TO DO. FINALLY HE JUST GETS SO TIRED HE JUST PASSES OUT. POOR LITTLE BUG. HE LOOKS SO CUTE LAYING THERE ON THE FLOOR!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[A New Years Resolution That Is More Feared than Death:]]></title>
<link>http://johnahayner.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/a-new-years-resolution-that-is-more-feared-than-death/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>John A. Hayner</dc:creator>
<guid>http://johnahayner.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/a-new-years-resolution-that-is-more-feared-than-death/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s right. What is the one thing that people fear more than death itself? Public Speaking. ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>That&#8217;s right.  What is the one thing that people fear more than death itself?  </p>
<p>Public Speaking. </p>
<p>That&#8217;s why I think it&#8217;s so important that people step over the ledge, or out of the box, and into a place that is new and uncomfortable for them&#8230;.at first.</p>
<p>My referral today is to check out Toastmasters International.  Today I say, that any and all who read this should AT LEAST visit a toastmasters club near you just to see what a meeting is like. You can visit as a guest several times at any given club and you can learn all about how the meetings work.  I think it&#8217;s one of the best things you can commit to for yourself, just like eating healthier, as a new years resolution.</p>
<p>Toastmasters will take you from shy, and timid about speaking to a group, to speaking abilities you never thought you would have!  To make it EVEN better, you&#8217;ll gain a ton of leadership abilities by participating in meetings as helpers, and all the various roles you can occupy.</p>
<p>You can be as involved as you choose, and it&#8217;s just great to learn from your own speaking, as well as the speaking of others.</p>
<p>Toastmasters can be found at:  http://toastmasters.org/</p>
<p>My Club&#8217;s site is: http://yawnpatrol.com/</p>
<p>Now get out there and say something!</p>
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<link>http://kimberlyblackadar.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/author-events/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kimberlyblackadar</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kimberlyblackadar.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/author-events/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[~AUTHOR EVENTS~ Schools As a former teacher, Kimberly enjoys returning to the classroom as an author]]></description>
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<p><strong>Schools</strong></p>
<div>As a former teacher, Kimberly enjoys returning to the classroom as an author. She creates presentations to meet the individual needs of each classroom and schedules author appearances to coincide with the teaching of the novel.</div>
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<div><strong>Libraries</strong></div>
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<div>Kimberly is available for author events at libraries and loves to give readings of her book.</div>
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<div><strong>Bookstores</strong></div>
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<div>Kimberly is available for both author signings and readings, and she schedules her bookstore appearances to coincide with her various school and library events in an area.</div>
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<div><strong>For more information about scheduling an event, please comment below or contact:</strong></div>
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<div><strong>Ann Williams, M.S. Ed </strong></div>
<div><strong>Publicist </strong></div>
<div><strong>859.746.2308</strong></div>
<div><strong>blackadarbooks@yahoo.com </strong></div>
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<link>http://mrsamparo.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/oral-english-activities/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mrsamparo</dc:creator>
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