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		<title>Storyselling – The secret to a successful persuasive presentation is great storytelling.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Zimmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I am in love with this word – storyselling!  It says it all about the power of stories to persuade listeners to buy products and services or buy into ideas. Storyselling is the act of telling the authentically persuasive story. It is sharing the story that excites others to say, “Yes, I want that!” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YOU on VIDEO Workshop – If Warren Buffett can do it so can YOU</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Zimmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you been holding back from making videos due to fear of making a fool of yourself? Maybe not looking good? Or seeming silly? Warren Buffett isn&#8217;t! You already know that video can boost your career, your product or service.  And it is totally FUN! Take  look at Warren Buffett having fun on video and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Great Presentation Skills that Make the Winning Difference</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Zimmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Next week I am facilitating a day-long training program for sales professionals in the world’s fifth largest software company. Unlike my usual clients who feel fear of speaking, these folks will be good at speaking and selling.  They are already very successful. So, “What,” I wondered “Do they need from me?” They need me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keep Dreaming</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Zimmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Today is Martin Luther King Day.  He had a dream.  Much if his dream has come true. His legacy lives in all of us.  Even if we do not have complete equality, we have come so far.  Only 200 years ago, we fought a war to end slavery. This weekend, my family laid my father&#8217;s body [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing YOU on VIDEO Workshop</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Zimmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I am excited to announce that I am creating a new workshop called YOU on VIDEO: Showing Up and Being Heard for Skype, YouTube and TV I have always been fascinated with video, both the technology and the on-camera presentation of oneself. As a former actress, I loved doing radio and TV commercials.  It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Care and Feeding of Presenters: How to Give Supportive Feedback to Speakers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Zimmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;  You, as employer, supervisor or coach want your presenters to be open and transparent, because you know that clients respond to authenticity more than to slick and canned presentations. Supporting presenters to be genuine is hard work!  You can’t afford the luxury of telling them what is wrong with their performance.  Presenters are vulnerable, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving from Expert to Master</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Zimmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Last week I was coaching a new client who is an amazing expert on wireless technology at a Fortune 100 company and I heard myself say, “Maybe it is time to move from being an expert to being a master.” What’s the difference? The difference is in how one asserts their information. It seems [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acting for Non-Actors</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 01:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Zimmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been dreaming about teaching acting for some reason.  I taught acting for about 30 years and thought I had had my fill of it.  But last week, in a dream, I seemed to be auditioning to teach acting. Strange!  Some rather  arrogant acting teachers were complaining how hard it is to train beginning actors. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Speaking When the Public is Family – Sandra Zimmer Featured in Chicago Tribune</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 12:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Zimmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A special contributor to The Tribune Newspapers,  writer Richard Asa, contacted me recently.  He was writing an article on fear of public speaking at family events, such as weddings and funerals. I shared some ideas that I thought might be valuable.  Public speaking when the public is family can produce anxiety for some people.  Many of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Presence &amp; Grounding for Performance: Exciting Your Audience</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 22:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Zimmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Presence happens when you are so deeply relaxed into yourself and accepting of yourself that you feel free to be genuine.  The secret to presence is to be fully grounded in your body so that you have a full-body sense of awareness.  When you are grounded and present, you experience sensation and awareness in [...]]]></description>
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