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		<title>Permit Audience to Use Silence Effectively (PAUSE)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Senior</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We often hear well-intentioned encouragement &#8220;use more pauses&#8221; and &#8220;pause longer&#8221; and the compliment &#8220;I really liked your use of pauses!&#8221; As I demonstrate in my workshops, pausing more and longer is not enough, &#8220;I always&#8230; enjoy the&#8230; aroma of&#8230; a beautiful spring&#8230; day. It makes me&#8230; feel as fresh&#8230; as a&#8230; daisy!&#8221; By this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=craigsenior.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1955024&amp;post=207&amp;subd=craigsenior&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dynamic Speaker or Magnetic Speaker?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Senior</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps the single greatest question I grapple with as a speaker is, “How can I touch audiences to their soul, to the essence of their being?”  I wondered if I should be more dynamic, perhaps to captivate them.  I wondered if I should be less dynamic, but more “real.”  As I studied many speakers live, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=craigsenior.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1955024&amp;post=158&amp;subd=craigsenior&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kate Peters Brings Our Voice Forward!</title>
		<link>http://craigsenior.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/kate-peters-brings-our-voice-forward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Senior</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Speaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Voice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Authentic Voice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the skeleton of a speech is its structure, then its soul is our voice. Our voice breathes life into lifeless text, inviting the hopeful to join us in a moment of communication, a moment of human connection.  The voice is like a kite that needs wind to carry it aloft; among many elements, our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=craigsenior.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1955024&amp;post=137&amp;subd=craigsenior&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Get the FAQs on Humour!</title>
		<link>http://craigsenior.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/get-the-faqs-on-humour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Senior</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you never heard about the FAQ Guys on public speaking, ya just gotta. My colleagues Eric and Andrew, all the way from Singapore, are getting the word out: YOU TOO CAN LEARN TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC. They published the best-selling The FAQ Book on Public Speaking, packaging our learning in FAQ-sized chunks. Enjoy reading and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=craigsenior.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1955024&amp;post=103&amp;subd=craigsenior&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Evolving The Egoless Speaker in You</title>
		<link>http://craigsenior.wordpress.com/2008/02/08/evolving-the-egoless-speaker-in-you/</link>
		<comments>http://craigsenior.wordpress.com/2008/02/08/evolving-the-egoless-speaker-in-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Senior</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Speaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Authentic speaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carol Dweck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henderson Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mindset]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terry Gault]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Terry Gault submitted these terrific comments. It seemed like more of a service to present them to you as a guest article than leave them buried as comments. If you visited the Web site of The Henderson Group, there is a short video you might find interesting. You can also enter to possibly win a free seat [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=craigsenior.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1955024&amp;post=93&amp;subd=craigsenior&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Just Be Yourself</title>
		<link>http://craigsenior.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/just-be-yourself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 06:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Senior</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Craig Senior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preparing Speeches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Speaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Speaking Techniques]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Speeches]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Just be yourself!” I often hear these words of encouragement from well-intentioned people suggesting how others could improve their public speaking. “Just be yourself.” I always wondered what these words meant. “Just be myself.” Who else would I be? I can’t be you. I can try to be you, or your neighbour, but I would [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=craigsenior.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1955024&amp;post=88&amp;subd=craigsenior&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Stay in Toastmasters?</title>
		<link>http://craigsenior.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/why-bother-staying-in-toastmasters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Senior</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You overcame your fear of public speaking. Now you might even enjoy speaking. You might even think you are getting pretty good at it; so do your audiences. Why bother with Toastmasters? While Toastmasters is often touted and even marketed as a place to overcome the fear of speaking in public, many leave Toastmasters and miss some opportunities: use [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=craigsenior.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1955024&amp;post=87&amp;subd=craigsenior&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m a Star&#8230; Or at Least in One!</title>
		<link>http://craigsenior.wordpress.com/2007/12/21/im-a-star-or-at-least-in-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Senior</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not sure if having an article written about you in a community newspaper makes you a star, but this week a few friends and colleagues were surprised to open the &#8220;Orleans Star,&#8221; look at a picture and say, &#8220;Hey, I know that guy! That&#8217;s Craig Senior!&#8221; This is my first hometown article. I had a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=craigsenior.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1955024&amp;post=83&amp;subd=craigsenior&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Speaking as Singing: Beyond Vocal Variety</title>
		<link>http://craigsenior.wordpress.com/2007/12/18/speaking-as-singing-beyond-vocal-variety/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Senior</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[©2000, Barclay McMillan, Used with permission As I began to mull over what I might say in this article on voice, I came across an interview in the Ottawa Citizen with the renowned Canadian choreographer and dancer Margie Gillis who was coming to perform at the National Arts Centre. “For years I couldn’t articulate what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=craigsenior.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1955024&amp;post=74&amp;subd=craigsenior&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Speaking from the Heart vs Using Techniques</title>
		<link>http://craigsenior.wordpress.com/2007/12/18/speaking-from-the-heart-vs-using-techniques/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Senior</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Craig Senior 2007-12-16 Touching an audience profoundly is what many speakers hope for. We want our words and ideas to survive the closing applause, to be remembered, to manifest themselves as future actions by those who heard them. Among the many elements of a delivered speech, I am often asked whether it is more effective to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=craigsenior.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1955024&amp;post=73&amp;subd=craigsenior&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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