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		<title>PowerPoint – An “Epidemic” Sapping Presenter Effectiveness &amp; Costing Deals!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Zimmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I spoke at a conference for proposal managers last week and was reminded of how much business professionals rely on PowerPoint for delivering presentations. The following is an article I wrote forThe Houston Business Journal several years ago.  I have rewritten it to share with you&#8230;.
Has PowerPoint gone from useful tool to emotional roadblock for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Persuasion a La Aristotle</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Zimmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just read a great series of articles by Andrew Dlugan of Six Minutes Blog fame.  Andrew has reminded us that Aristotle wrote the definitive work on what it takes to be persuasive over 2300 years ago.
He defines the three aspects of persuasion, Ethos, Pathos and Logos. Then he writes an article about each of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We Need Different Kinds of Minds in the World</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Zimmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
I just watched a fantastic video at TED.com.  Temple Grandin was diagnosed with autistism as a child.  She says the world need all kinds of minds, including the autistic minds.  Autism is a wide spectrum of symptoms and many autistic minds are brilliant.  They think in pictures and patterns, paying attention to the details that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outer Presence for Speaking – A Power That Others Sense</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Zimmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Confidence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Presence is also an external quality that others sense and to which they respond.  Other people perceive your presence as a magnetic force and they are drawn to you, because presence is actually a radiation of psycho-physical energy emitted from your body.  It is your life force emanating from your body, and it occurs when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preparing for a 60 Minutes Interview</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Zimmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Wow!  I just read a dynamite article on how to prepare for a hard-line interview such as with 60 Minutes.  It is found on The Ammerman Experience Newsletter. I know Terri Ammerman and she runs an outstanding media training program. If you are facing a really hard interview with killer media sharks, I encourage you to read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Inner Experience of Presence for Presentations &amp; Public Speaking</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Zimmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Confidence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Presence is an inner state of awareness in which your attention is fully focused in this moment.  You are “being here and now,” as many other spiritual teachers have instructed.  Okay, so where is here and now?  It simply means being in your body!  That is having attention focused inside your physical body. The only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acting: What Do You Want to Become and Be-Comfortable Expressing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Zimmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authenticity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
I just saw Meryl Streep accept the Golden Globe Award for best Actress in a Comedy Feature Film. She said she is very clear that she is just the vessel for other’s stories and other women’s lives.  But don’t we all know that she has opened herself to be a channel to allow full expression [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Presence for Public Speaking is a State of Integration</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Zimmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Presence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
The opposite of stage fright is presence, the powerful state of being integrated.  When you are integrated, all of your human energies, physical, mental, emotional and spiritual, are working together, with no part of you split off or dis-integrated.  You are connected to your whole Self*, and able to express yourself fully.
 Athletes know about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Jack Reed Speaks on Fox New Sunday</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Zimmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authenticity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
I enjoy watching Chris Wallace’s show Sunday mornings. He usually stirs up debate on political issues by asking leading questions to guests and panelists from both political major parties.
 I usually watch with partial attention while getting dressed for my Sunday meditation group. Once in a while someone on his show speaks with unusual clarity and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seth Godin on the Discomfort of Leadership</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Zimmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Confidence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Seth Godin, author of Tribes, writes a blog on leadership at sethsblog.com.  He quotes his book, “Leadership is scarce because few people are willing to go through the discomfort required to lead.”
He continues with:
 “It’s uncomfortable to stand up in front of strangers.
It’s uncomfortable to propose an idea that might fail.
It’s uncomfortable to challenge the status [...]]]></description>
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