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		<title><![CDATA[Six Ways to Beat Public Speaking Anxiety]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/bnet1/?p=1803]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[  	The Find: Fear of public speaking is a common affliction, so one blog is offering six tips to help professionals beat their presentation anxiety and engage with their audience.  	The Source: The Great Management Blog from management consultant Andrew Rondeau.    The Takeaway: Maybe your...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 04:35:53 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Five Ways to Speak Like Obama]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2403-13074_23-290100.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama is a master at grabbing and keeping his audience's attention, which is the number one goal of any public speaker. How does he do it? Here are five key lessons from Obama's rhetorical playbook.    1. Talk About the Audience&#8217;s Concerns    	 ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Twitter is Ruining Public Speaking]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/harvard/?p=1232]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Twitter is the biggest thing to happen to public speaking since PowerPoint.    And the worst.    Few presenters I know relish the idea of trying to engage an audience that is busy tweeting away with each other and the world. News accounts of conference speakers...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:12:14 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tips for Fearing Public Speaking Less Than Death]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/businesstips/?p=2345]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I took a management course in which the instructor said the number one skill holding people back from advancement at work is poor communications. If your fear of speaking in public is holding you back, check out these 7 little tricks to speak in public without fear.  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Art Of Effective Public Speaking]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=394032]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[You might think that you are the best speaker and despite could not manage to grab the attention of the audience you ever spoke before. You might have prepared your presentation after a week long grueling effort but the impact was only 10% or so. This leaves you wondering why...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Public Speaking: Spice Up Your Presentation With Storytelling]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=382780]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the best ways to get your audience's attention right from the beginning and keep it is with storytelling. Stories help the audience make the connection between your topic and their lives. Stories create mental pictures for the audience. Stories help the audience relate to you as a person....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Public Speaking - Learning To Say, "I Don't Care!"]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=381675]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes as a presenter you have to learn to accept that as long as you are performing by the rules, you can't necessarily care about how you are being received by every member of the audience. When you complete your thought with a listener, and you pause and move to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Awaken Your Audience: How To Seize Attention In Public Speaking]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=378266]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[We present to shift the audience's perspective. We want to sell... we want to educate... we want to motivate. None of this can happen until you awaken your audience and get their attention. To awake the audience, surprise them. Attention is captured by the unusual. Do Something Different! When the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Public Speaking: Tough Topics, Tough Audiences]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=385561]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Every speaker has to deal with a difficult audience at one time or another. Some speakers, however, because of a topic that is inherently uncomfortable or considered controversial, will face these audiences more frequently. It may be difficult to get a hostile audience on your side, but if they leave...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Public Speaking: 7 Secrets Of Great Public Speakers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=378265]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The major secret of great speakers is that they do not think about themselves during a talk. Great speakers prepare and practice before the big event and when the big event comes, they think about their audience. At its core, public speaking is not about your image or ego. It...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tips For Improving Your Public Speaking]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=384040]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Effective Public Speaking is an art that can be learned with practice, patience and perseverance. Once the techniques are mastered, the speaker's confidence level is raised; this results in enhancing one's speech before any audience at any time. Good public speakers yield a tremendous influence on their audience. This paper...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Public Speaking - Improve With Illustrations]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=384323]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[When a speaker loses an audience, too often it is a mystery to him. But for the audience, it is not a mystery. The simple fact is that many speeches we listen to spend a lot of time in some theory or idea. And we as humans have trouble focusing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What Should My Main Focus Be On When I Am Giving A Presentation?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=389016]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Just as presenters make decision, so too do audiences. And your audience is going to decide whether they think you care more about helping them or more about making yourself look good. It is crucial to send signals to your audience that you care about them in a genuine and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Public Speaking: You've Finished Early - Now What?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=390510]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Finishing early is usually better than finishing late. The audience will always appreciate being released five or ten minutes before they had expected to be done. But finish a half hour early, and now your value comes into question. If the audience is expecting an hour-long presentation and you finish...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Public Speaking, Sales Presentations Or Group Meetings - Be In The Moment]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=389415]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are speaking to a large audience, a small room full of people, or conducting a personal presentation, nothing is as effective and engaging as living in the moment. Welcome the audience into your presentation and make them an active participant, even if they remain in their seats. Be...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Public Speaking - Keep Your Audience's Attention With These 4 Basic Techniques]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=389313]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[We all have short attention spans. This is exacerbated in these days of communication delivered in truncated, rapid-fire bytes. So when you are designing your presentation you need to factor in frequent ways to keep your audience's attention. To keep your audience focused on you and your message right through...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fear Of Public Speaking: How To Avoid Panic When Addressing A Live Audience]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=385537]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Talking to multitude is not an easy job. Panic and shivering accompany many first timers when asked to deliver a speech or a lecture to a live audience, with some going to the extent of stammering and vividly shivering. Though you might fear this embarrassment, evading it is a matter...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Public Speaking: Delivering A Killer Opening]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=389175]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, you may feel that proper etiquette requires that thank you's are necessary. Fine. Just don't waste the first few minutes on them. Start big. Get the audience behind you. Then, take a brief detour, do your quick thank you's, and get right back to business. You should view a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Beating Your Fear Of Public Speaking]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=389216]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Most people are nervous in front of an audience of strangers. What would happen if you had a friend in the audience, or a group of friends? Would you feel more comfortable? Next time you have to give a presentation to a group you don't know - do something revolutionary!...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Successful Public Speaking: Interact With Your Audience]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=378176]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Public speaking is a dialogue between you and your audience. Keep the dialogue from turning into a monologue by incorporating interaction into your presentation. It keeps your audience energized, engaged, and wanting to hear more; it puts the speaker in touch with the audience's interests and needs. Most of all,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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