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The Latest from Writing Practice Prescription
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Instead of eating, you discover what’s eating you. 8211;Julia Cameron. Julia Cameron , author of The Artist’s Way, found herself 50 pounds heavier after being placed on a new medication. What to do? She wrote the book, The Writing Diet , once she made this connection. Tarcher Talks feature several of Julia Cameron’s books.
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Thursday, March 4, 2010
Every writer I know swears that chocolate is one of the best antidotes for deadline stress. Now there may be proof of their assertions from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. To read an overview of the study, click here.
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Our bodies consist of billions of molecules. Stories, on the other hand, weave the fabric of our life. Do you know what your story is? What shapes meaning and drive in your life? Many of us do not but we can learn through the use of a personal writing practice, just 15 minutes a day three times a week.
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The Best from Writing Practice Prescription
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Instead of eating, you discover what’s eating you. 8211;Julia Cameron. Julia Cameron , author of The Artist’s Way, found herself 50 pounds heavier after being placed on a new medication. What to do? She wrote the book, The Writing Diet , once she made this connection. Tarcher Talks feature several of Julia Cameron’s books.
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Thursday, March 4, 2010
Every writer I know swears that chocolate is one of the best antidotes for deadline stress. Now there may be proof of their assertions from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. To read an overview of the study, click here.
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Our bodies consist of billions of molecules. Stories, on the other hand, weave the fabric of our life. Do you know what your story is? What shapes meaning and drive in your life? Many of us do not but we can learn through the use of a personal writing practice, just 15 minutes a day three times a week.
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Just 15 minutes a day, 3 times a week. We teach what we need to learn, We preach what we need to do, and. We write what we need to know. 8211;Ellen Taliaferro, MD. Did you know that medical research now validates what many writers have asserted for years: writing heals? Future posts will explore writing as a therapeutic, self-help activity.
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
by Maureen Minnehan Jones. Some see a hopeless end, while others see an endless hope. Author unknown. Is there enough vaccine to prevent and stop the swine flu (H1N1) or an epidemic in the future? Right now the pharmaceutical heaven is wavering! So how can we keep it from spreading? Why were people in their prime more vulnerable than others?
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The Latest from the Speaking Pro Central Community
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Friday, September 3, 2010
Ellen Finkelstein has organized a series of webinar presentations with a great line up of presenters. And not only will you not have any travel and accommodation costs, the webinars themselves are free! To sign up for the webinars go to this webpage: Outstanding Presentations Workshop. Here’s the schedule for the webinars. Speaker. Times.
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Friday, September 3, 2010
Enthusiasm is a necessary qualification for effective speaking. When you show enthusiasm it is contagious. The enjoyment and knowledge that is demonstrated for your subject will result in increased listener enjoyment and your speech being more convincing. The feeling of excitement must come through as you deliver. Have an active interest in people.
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Thursday, September 2, 2010
My congratulations to Mike Folie (a speechwriting seminar alum) and Tim Becker, who announced that their spec screenplay, THEY SHOOT WEDDINGS, DON’T THEY?, is one of 35 finalists in the Final Draft Big Break Scriptwriting Contest. This is quite an honor … more than 3,500 entries were submitted from around the world.Go
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Monday, May 11, 2009
TED has earned a lot of attention over the years for many reasons, including the nature and quality of its short-form conference presentations. All presenters lucky enough to be asked to speak at TED are given 18-minute slots maximum (some are for even less time such as 3- and 6-minute slots). Ben Saunders ). Thou Shalt Tell a Story. Although Dr.
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Monday, September 7, 2009
Exposing ourselves to traditional Japanese aesthetic ideas — notions that may seem quite foreign to most of us — is a good exercise in lateral thinking, a term coined by Edward de Bono in 1967. Lateral Thinking is for changing concepts and perception," says de Bono. Seven principles for changing your perception Kanso (??) Fukinsei (???) Shizen (??)
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Monday, August 10, 2009
Most people do not really think about design and designers, let alone think of themselves as designers. But what, if anything, can regular people — teachers, students, business people of all types — learn from designers and from thinking like a designer? And what of more specialized professions? believe there is. 1) Embrace constraints.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Presenting while people are tweeting is challenging – but also adds a new dimension to the presentation experience for your audience. Gradually tools are being developed to make it easier for you as the presenter to manage the backchannel. would love to see more tools available which work within the most common slideware – PowerPoint and Keynote.
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009
At last, we have some scientifically rigorous evidence to show that slides full of bullet-points don’t work. The research is the work of Chris Atherton , a cognitive psychologist. Chris recently delivered a presentation at the Technical Communication UK Conference and has put up her slides on slideshare. The research. Sparse slides.
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