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		<title>A Conversation with Friends</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love my clients.  They provide me with entertainment, knowledge, and stories to share.  In the past few weeks I&#8217;ve had the pleasure of coaching several diverse people in public speaking.  Their backgrounds vary (2 college students and 1 full time professional) but their central issue is the same.  When it comes to presentations they [...]


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		<title>How to Deliver a Difficult Message</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Delivering difficult messages is a part of life.  For simplicity&#8217;s sake difficult will be defined as anything that will create animosity within your audience.  Gut wrenching situations such as engineering a layoff, breaking up a relationship, or denying service to a customer come to mind.  These situations are uncomfortable for all parties involved.
When forced to [...]


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		<title>Knowledge Murders Nervousness</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[95% of American teenagers get a reality check with their first work experience.  Before you start working you envision a lifestyle of glitz, glamor, world wide respect, and humongous paychecks.  For me that dream was unceremoniously crushed by the harsh reality that only a sink full of dishes, a 25% full jar of Palmolive, and [...]


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		<title>3 Painfully Obvious Reasons to Speak in Plain English</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speakers, trainers, and presenters generally agree with each other on proper speaking techniques.  We all agree that you should strive to maintain eye contact, infuse your speech with vocal variety, and present useful information to your listener.
The community is largely divided on the issue of word choice when speaking.  Many speakers believe that you should [...]


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		<title>5 Ways Your Spouse Can Cripple Your Business</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Building a business from the ground up is an incredible task.  To succeed you must blend focus, time management, professional relationship building, marketing, public relations, content creation, and financial acumen skills.  That&#8217;s not an easy feat even for the most talented among us.  Potholes fill your road to success.  Some of them are covert pit [...]


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		<title>The Silent Treatment Works Every Time</title>
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My favorite way to quiet a crowd and get the [...]


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