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		<title>Absence: The Number One Obstacle to Presence</title>
		<link>http://speakingpresence.com/2012/01/10/absence-the-number-one-obstacle-to-presence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discovering presence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Original article copyrighted in 2008) I was at a team meeting recently where a group of us were talking about the leadership training program in an organization employing about 275 people. One person in the group asked the CEO, &#8220;What&#8217;s the opposite of leadership?&#8221; The CEO without any hesitation immediately said, &#8220;Absence!&#8221; How interesting! I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&amp;blog=6257156&amp;post=883&amp;subd=speakingpresence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy&#8230; The Conversation</title>
		<link>http://speakingpresence.com/2011/10/18/occupy-the-conversation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past month, I&#8217;ve been quite intrigued by the growing Occupy Wall Street movement.  My interest has been on multiple levels. Most especially, though, I&#8217;ve been particularly curious about the group process and the community self-organization that seems to have emerged. As I thought about what I&#8217;ve seen through videos and commentary, I decided [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&amp;blog=6257156&amp;post=880&amp;subd=speakingpresence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Conversation About Presence</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discovering presence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Examples of Presence]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[revealed presence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This SpeakingPresence blog addresses the experience of presence in speaking through articles I write.  I have a second blog, RevealedPresence,  that explores presence through photographs and questions.   Last month, Rabbi Jordan Rosenberg asked me the following question in a comment on that blog: I am curious about what you mean by presence? Is it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&amp;blog=6257156&amp;post=870&amp;subd=speakingpresence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beginner&#8217;s Mind</title>
		<link>http://speakingpresence.com/2011/04/14/beginners-mind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[less is more]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perfectionism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don’t know if I’m getting older and feeling my age, if my chronic injuries need special attention, or if part of me is just getting “lazy”, but lately, after 20 years of practicing yoga (with a 5 year stint as a teacher), I increasingly find myself drawn to beginner yoga classes. In these “easy” [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&amp;blog=6257156&amp;post=848&amp;subd=speakingpresence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The first ingredient of rapport is full attention</title>
		<link>http://speakingpresence.com/2010/12/31/the-first-ingredient-of-rapport-is-full-attention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 22:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was listening to an interview today with Daniel Goleman, who, having previously introduced the concept of Emotional Intelligence, is now talking about Social Intelligence.  His current work is looking at how the brain is wired to create connection.  The sentence that drew me into the interview today was, &#8220;The first ingredient of rapport is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&amp;blog=6257156&amp;post=819&amp;subd=speakingpresence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Returning to the familiar</title>
		<link>http://speakingpresence.com/2010/12/31/returning-to-the-familiar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 21:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discovering presence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Presence strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breath]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breathing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[centering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grounding]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having just returned from a holiday visit with family, I&#8217;m well aware of how unsettling it can be to break out of the routines that are part of the normal patterns of our day-to-day life.  To help manage these kinds of disruptions, my yoga teacher this morning reminded us of the benefits of returning to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&amp;blog=6257156&amp;post=789&amp;subd=speakingpresence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership lessons learned from two weeks of dance improv</title>
		<link>http://speakingpresence.com/2010/08/26/leadership-lessons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just finished an extraordinary two week &#8220;Make a Show&#8221; dance intensive with two choreographers, Matt Kent and Renee Jaworski, from the  Pilobolus dance company.  (This event was sponsored by the Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College and the Lebanon Recreation &#38; Parks Department.)  Essentially, 20 of us (an interesting amalgam of movers and non-movers with an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&amp;blog=6257156&amp;post=710&amp;subd=speakingpresence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Authentic presence&#8230; What is it really?</title>
		<link>http://speakingpresence.com/2010/08/16/authentic-presence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After having had the pleasure of being in the presence of a number of &#8220;masters&#8221; in the last couple of weeks, I&#8217;m deeply immersed in this inquiry.  What is authentic presence really? Here are some examples of presence that I&#8217;ve experience: I attended a facilitated gathering of folks recently where the lead person demonstrated a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&amp;blog=6257156&amp;post=622&amp;subd=speakingpresence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fall schedule for public speaking coaching programs in New Hampshire</title>
		<link>http://speakingpresence.com/2010/08/16/fall-schedule/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you avoided speaking situations because of your fear of public speaking?  Have you lost career opportunities because of this? This fall is a perfect time to take the steps you need to change that!  And, there are plenty of dates to choose from. I&#8217;ve just posted a fall schedule for my public speaking small [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&amp;blog=6257156&amp;post=645&amp;subd=speakingpresence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can&#8217;t remember what you&#8217;d planned to say?</title>
		<link>http://speakingpresence.com/2010/06/25/cant-remember-what-youd-planned-to-say/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Has this ever happened to you? You have an important presentation and you&#8217;ve done all your preparation. You don&#8217;t want to memorize the talk, but you also want to have a clear sense of what you are going to say and how you are going to say it. The morning of the talk you practice [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&amp;blog=6257156&amp;post=580&amp;subd=speakingpresence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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