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	<title>Presentation Training Pittsburgh by Hank Walshak</title>
	<link>http://hankwalshak.myupsite.com</link>
	<description>Writing novel book ghost writer Pittsburgh author</description>
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		<title>Hello silence, my old friend &#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Who can forget Simon and Garfunkel&#8217;s lyrical masterpiece? Listening to this song recently, I thought about how silence relates to effective presentations.
Silence means many things to different people. But when you&#8217;re presenting, silence in the form the pause is your friend.
When I coach executives on their presentations, I often find they have a difficult time mastering the art of the pause. They [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hankwalshak.myupsite.com/2009/07/29/hello-silence-my-old-friend/</link>
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		<title>Got Presentation Anxiety? Breathe It Away</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In my speaking coaching with executives, I find that they are often surprised when I show them how diaphragm breathing can help to allay presentation anxiety and preserve their vocal quality. 
Actually, babies know how to breathe this way naturally. If you look at a baby sleeping on its back, you&#8217;ll see its little belly going up and down &#8211; a good [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hankwalshak.myupsite.com/2009/07/22/got-presentation-anxiety-breathe-it-away/</link>
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		<title>Presenting Sitting Down?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh my god! Sitting down to make a presentation? You&#8217;ve got to be kidding me. I know, I know. As a rule, I recommend standing up, because standing makes you taller and enhances your stature. But there may be times when standing to present may be out of place, say at a sit down business [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hankwalshak.myupsite.com/2009/05/19/presenting-sitting-down/</link>
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		<title>Spitzer&#8217;s Use of Ambiguity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jonathan Darman&#8217;s cover story &#8220;Spitzer in Exile&#8221; in the April 20, 2009 issue of Newsweek caught my eye the other day while I was in Barnes &#38; Noble sipping a decaf Cafe Mocha. Quite a challenge Darman took on to profile a man in the throes of revisiting his life amid the scandal.
At one point, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hankwalshak.myupsite.com/2009/04/26/spitzers-use-of-ambiguity/</link>
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		<title>Speaking Presidentially</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whatever you think of President Obama&#8217;s politics, the man has honed his oratorical qualities to a sparkling finish. When he approaches the lectern, he walks at a steady pace that bespeaks confidence. At the lectern, he stands straight and poised, a factor that adds to his perceived stature and 6 1/2-foot height.
His maintains steady eye [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hankwalshak.myupsite.com/2009/04/17/speaking-presidentially/</link>
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		<title>Welcome</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you contracted with someone to author or ghostwrite your book who can&#8217;t articulate your nuances? Have you worked with people who produce draft after draft of a print or online feature that misses your message points? And have you collaborated with individuals who fail to meet deadlines again and again?
And do you have nervous [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hankwalshak.myupsite.com/2008/10/16/welcome/</link>
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