With our growing dependence on virtual communication, setting yourself apart in face-to-face communication is more important than ever. As more highly qualified individuals compete for fewer positions, it's essential to develop an engaging and authentic personal brand. Standing Ovation Presentations uses a uniqueluy entertaining approach to identify nine "ActorType"communication styles; then shares creative strategies on body language, vocal tone and content to help readers polish their individual style and learn to let it shine. This book gives practical, easy-to-implement tips, tools and techniques to make sure you stand out from the competition -- whether on a job interview, at a podium or in the workplace. If you would like to know more about ActorTypes and find out what your ActorType is, take this 5 minute Discover Your ActorType Quiz. http: //www.speaketc.com/discover_your_actor_type

This is the story of a girl who is horse crazy. She is an only child, lonely, with no one to play with, who is abused and cursed by a mother who is jealous of the time her father spends with her. After years of playing alone with only her pets to keep her company, the family moves up to a small farm of ten acres and a larger house out the country. She and her dad build a barn. Her father goes to the nearby country town to a horse sale, where he purchases her an old white mare to learn to ride on. The horse is the girls salvation. She can escape the cruel and unhappy mother for hours now. She has many adventures on the mare, learns to ride, and although she loves the horse very much, her dad sells her because of the horses age and buys the girl a new horse. She eventually meets the boy she falls very much in love with, does not ride as much, and as a young woman, spends most of her free time with the boy. They marry and have children, but in the back of the girls mind, there is much room for another horse. She begins with ponies for the girls and moves up to a horse for her. The family moves to a farm, and she upgrades to more and better stock as she can afford to. Although she wins as much as she can with the poor quality and problem horses she is able to work with, they all improve to a point till she takes in other peoples horses to train. She wants very much to prove that she can do things as well as men can, and although the horse show world is a man's world, she wants them to know she can take their rejects and beat them with them. After years of second and third place wins, her husband buys her the most expensive horse she has ever purchased. The mare is dirt cheap compared to most, she is small and skinny. The mare not yet 2 years old is just started enough for Walking Horse trainers to know she is a Racking horse not a walking horse and something they dont want. She works the mare, trains her, and just when she has her going good, the mare comes down with an illness. Months of nursing and retraining later, she begins winning her classes. Competition is fierce and dangerous. Everything comes to a head at the Racking Horse World Championships. A horse dies suspiciously in Ovations stall. But for once in her life she shows just what a winner is and Wins 3 world Titles in 1 week at the World Championships. Although her winnings are protested, she comes out on top. (Ovations story is to be continued in the next book.)

"I appreciate Terry's sense of humor, his wry, dry wit, and his thinking outside the box. This delightful collection of memoirs epitomizes all those characteristics. Be prepared to chuckle, to sigh, to reflect-it is a worthy read." -Maridell Fryar, legendary Texas educator "Broxson did two things right: quitting law school and marrying Zoe. Everything else is questionable." -F. William Threadgill, noted raconteur "I enjoyed this memoir so much. Sometimes I laughed until I cried, and then other times I cried until I smiled. Some of the characters I knew, others I heard about, and others I met for the first time. I couldn't put it down." -Carol Trahan, legendary California educator

Discover the blueprint to connect with any audience! Need to speak and make a great impression? If you want to go from fearful to confident, and average to outstanding, then this is the book that will take you to a standing ovation.Acclaimed speaker Ron Tsang shows you 15 powerful public speaking lessons in this practical and entertaining book, From Presentation to Standing Ovation.You'll discover how to:* Overcome public speaking anxiety so that your expertise can shine* Win over hearts and minds using your natural speaking personality* Master the art of storytelling with 10 Hollywood secrets* Create captivating keynotes, seminars, and presentations* Present with more influence, power, and poise This quick read is for everyone from experts and business owners, to students and employees, who want to sell their ideas and wow their audiences. The book includes access to additional free online resources, giving you all the help you need for your speaking success.

With the intention of simple getting the point across, this book presents a collection of speeches, each with a specific objective that not only reflects on a issue and projects a particular style, but is also arranged in a manner that implies an upward progression on the eloquence-maturity scale and helps imbibe the various facets and nuances of good public speaking. A heady cocktail of spoken words and pictures, of travels and travails, this book is a must-read for all, be it the corporate honcho, the aspiring professional, or the novice speaker.

How shall I lead my life? What will bring me happiness (and can I possibly know this in advance)? Where do my ethical values, feelings and opinions come from? How do I know if I really understand something, or are my judgements always just opinions? Should I be optimistic or pessimistic about 'human nature' - including my own, of course? Finally, are there any 'objective' answers to all of this or is any answer always as good as any other? If such questions seem important to you personally, then this book is written for you. Its focus is precisely on methods for understanding better the nature of our experience, behaving more ethically and with greater emotional awareness. Don't Expect a Standing Ovation is a reworking in contemporary terms of an ancient Buddhist teaching on meditation, but it is intended for readers of any 'faith' (or none), i.e., for anyone who is open to meditation as a possibly helpful practical response to the sense of unease arising from the questions listed above. Buddhist teachings are, therefore, introduced not as a 'religion' but as a combination of psychological, ethical and philosophical ideas that are nevertheless in themselves not unfamiliar. The teaching consists of fifty-nine slogans or maxims, which taken together form a practical handbook of guidance in responding skilfully (and indeed, therefore, 'wisely') in our everyday interactions with others.

A case study in performance ethnography in which focus group transcripts become the basis for a stage presentation about women with breast cancer.

Collaboration is the most important facet of any theatrical company. From the performers on stage to the choreographers, designers and technicians working behind the scenes, this book considers all departments working on a production and instructs them on how to unify their individual skills towards a shared goal. From Vaudeville to classical opera, this book establishes the skills that each specialist brings to the production process before demonstrating how each individual contribution can be utilized in tandem with all other creative teams. With particular focus on enhancing interdepartmental communication, Collaborating Backstage examines all the challenges that may befall artistic companies and projects made up of many different parts. This book explains how to understand technical jargon within teams that speak a variety of languages and come from different cultural backgrounds; how to recognise and follow the 'unwritten rules' of theatre; and how best to achieve the ultimate creative potential of a team working completely in sync. Underpinned by incisive theories on performance, communication and creativity, Collaborating Backstage is full of helpful illustrations and innovative methods to achieve effective working relationships in the theatre.

About God Notes During a month-long prayer retreat, the author asked God to give her a word. The words tumbled out in the form of love notes from God resulting in 365 insightful passages, each inspired by one word - and each passage meant for you. This is the kind of book that deserves a permanent space on everyone's nightstand. About the Jackie Trottmann Jackie Trottmann left her corporate career behind to pursue God's call to share her personal experience of God's healing power and loving presence. Learning how to be still, let go, trust herself, trust others, and trust God, has been an ongoing spiritual practice. She teaches others how to do the same through her books, blog, media and ongoing workshops and retreats.

An actor struggling for recognition, and a bartender trying to find his true calling... Adam Weir is looking for his big break, desperately looking. He's been doing community theatre since college, and a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream could be the perfect way to make the big splash he's always dreamed of. A leading role could spell his way out of his barista schedule and into the spotlight. The only thing standing in his way? An accidental actor with his eye on the same role. Bartending was a way of making a living, but even if acting didn't seem to like him, Shane Lear was willing to give it everything he had. When he lands a coveted spot in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, it seems like the stars are finally aligning in his favor...but when it seems like everything is going wrong and the production is in jeopardy, could quitting be the best way to fix whatever is broken? Amid catastrophic accidents and misread lines, a tension is building between the two actors that can't be explained away as simple rivalry. Can Adam leave his jealousy and bitterness on the stage, or are his feelings for Shane something more? Standing Ovation is a standalone gay romance featuring a dramatis personae of colorful characters, a play fraught with disaster, and even a curse or two. This is a story you will want to give a standing ovation to when it's over. 18+ only please.