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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>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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		<title>Be an Outloud Thinker</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 01:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Zimmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thinking on Your Feet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[  For the umpteenth time, a client shared his story about being in a meeting, having an idea and not sharing it outloud. His point, of course, was that twenty minutes later, a co-worker voiced that same idea and everyone applauded! Do you find yourself in meetings thinking a great idea but holding it back because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Speaking Secret &#8211; Don’t Try to Be More than You Are</title>
		<link>http://www.self-expression.com/speaking-freely/public-speaking-secret-don%e2%80%99t-try-to-be-more-than-you-are/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=public-speaking-secret-don%25e2%2580%2599t-try-to-be-more-than-you-are</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 18:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Zimmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authenticity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear of Public Speaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public speaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-expression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stage Fright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cure for Fear of Public Speaking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[  This weekend I attended a workshop on Sound, Color &#38; Vibration taught by Elias Demohan and Rafael Demohan.  Elias has been the most significant spiritual teacher in my life.  I have not seen him for many years as he now lives in Calgary, Canada.  The workshop was for me mostly a review of methods [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t Work So Hard at Public Speaking</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 23:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Zimmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Connection]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[   I don’t want you to work so hard at public speaking. Consider opening to the experience that public speaking doesn’t have to be so hard and that you don’t have to work so hard to connect with listeners.  I have this new battery operated toothbrush that does all the work for me.  But I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Transformation of Mark Zuckerberg</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 02:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Zimmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authenticity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grounding]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Much has been said about Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg and how he appears when speaking in public.  As recently as June this year, he sweated profusely while being interviewed.  But last Sunday he seemed calm, comfortable and in command of himself on CBS 60 Minutes.  His passion is palpable in this interview.  Some have speculated that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make Full Connection to Enhance Communication</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Zimmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authenticity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.self-expression.com/speaking-freely/?p=439</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transforming Negativity into Joy!</title>
		<link>http://www.self-expression.com/speaking-freely/transforming-negativity-into-joy/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=transforming-negativity-into-joy</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Zimmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authenticity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Techniques to Clear Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Clearing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.self-expression.com/speaking-freely/?p=407</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[    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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Can Be-Come Anything You Want to Be.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Zimmer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.self-expression.com/speaking-freely/?p=428</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speaking Tips From Broadway Acting</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Zimmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  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 [...]]]></description>
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