Like when you go to a concert and the singer shouts, "Hello, Santa Barbara!" Driving down State St. last week, hubby and I spotted a sign in the window of a soon-to-open Pinkberry: "Pardon our dust as Santa Barbara awaits Pinkberry's flagship store." Did Pinkberry really need to remind me that the store is opening in Santa Barbara?

If I have to sit in the middle seat at a concert, so be it. I've written before about my own experiences with panic attacks , about thought traps that mistake emotions for reality , dealing with setbacks , and letting go of the negative . All of those articles include helpful tips for dealing with anxiety, but here's the most valuable of all: Avoiding the thing that triggers your anxiety is the best way to keep it hanging over your head and controlling you.

Just as a football player or a violinist warms up muscles before engaging them in the game or the concert, so should a speaker warm up the muscles required for speaking before a presentation. One of the actor's most precious tools is his voice. Unless he's in a Marcel Marceau retrospective, without his voice he will miss an entire dimension of communicating with the audience.

I was reminded of the power of endings when I went to another Red Rocks concert a few weeks back--this time it was David Gray (with Aimme Mann and Beth Orton). And not in the style of the middle of a David Gray concert where the prevalent emotion must surely be "will this ever end?" Creating Passionate Users About Search CPU Blog Past favorites Angry/negative people can be bad for your brain Code like a girl Ultra-fast release cycles and the new plane When only the glib win, we all lose How to be an expert Creativity on speed Micromanagement: the Zombie Function The hi-res user experience Mediocrity by "areas of improvement" Death by risk-aversion Crash course in learning theory Free Range Posts (open

It felt like having my garage band give a concert next door to U2. Two weeks ago I spoke at the same event as John Medina , author of Brain rules , where his post lecture book signing line was at least ten times longer than mine. It However, he did agree to answer some questions for me.  WooHoo!

24.    Go to a concert or to the Opera. I wanted to provide some quick tips for you to improve your presentation skills. Read, Study, Re-read, memorise and generally imprint the following books, blogs and tips on your brain. 1.    Read the book Presentation Zen by  Garr Reynolds.

Make a concerted effort to learn from those around you," said Butch Ward from Poynter Institute in St. Yes, you can apply the best of traditional public relations practices to the new world of social media Guest post from Kathleen Taylor, APR, President of the Southwest Florida chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association offers 4 top takeaways from their January 2010 Social Media Cafe.

The therapist notes that three weeks of concerted effort and training could help either Rocca or Rudy correct his lisp; then the discussion moves to whether you want to lose it. ...Tags: If you lisp and want a quick vocal lesson on correcting it, listen to NPR's story yesterday by comedian Mo Rocca about his own lisp--and that of presidential candidate Rudolph Giuliani . S

know, first hand, that Bruce Springsteen fans yell “Bruuuuuce” at his concerts, which to many people new to his concerts, sounds exactly like people booing. If aliens landed at a lecture they’d be very confused about what’s going on at the end. Why is it we strike our hands together violently to indicate we’re appreciative of what someone did?

That is my annoying ex-wife’s.   - I sure hope that’s Decaf!   - I don’t care that little Billy is going to his concert tonight…I’ll get fired if this ringtone goes off in the office.   - They’re making me name that tune before they’ll transfer me to the help desk.    - I feel like I’m on a reality TV show called “So You Think You Can Hold?” It’s time for the July Cartoon Caption Contest results.  Our contests feature the art of professional cartoonist Dan Rosandich.