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SPEAKING OUT FOR CHANGE
2009: Friday, April 3 (6:30-9:30 p.m.) and Saturday, April 4
Vancouver, BC
$195  (Canadian)
Build your communication skills to catalyze personal and planetary change in this condensed workshop with master teacher Gail Larsen that provides a solid foundation on which to build. Whether you want to enhance your non-profit, business or social enterprise, you will discover and appreciate your individual communications strengths and the power of your story to make the human connection that sets the stage for your message to be heard, even with audiences whose worldviews and values may differ from your own. Gail’s classes are lively, engaging, supportive, and fun, inviting you to call forth your best as you stretch to the size of your calling.

How to register: call Hollyhock Retreat Centre 800-933-6339

FROM AUTHOR TO SPEAKER: Public Speaking Made Easy for Writers
with Gail Larsen and Peggy Taylor
Fall 2008 ~ Date TBD - Seattle, WA

Writing a book requires one set of skills, talking about it quite another. When it is time to speak about your work, your market success is directly related to your capacity to crystallize your message and bring it alive for others.

From Author to Speaker is designed to support you in finding ease with an audience, then expanding to what Gail Larsen calls your “home zone,” the place of your authentic voice and life experience where your power as a speaker emerges.

This lively day-long training is designed to transform your experience of speaking from enduring it to actually having fun. You’ll explore ways to step beyond stage fright and bring your authentic voice forward. You’ll learn the key elements of an unforgettable book event and how to tell the story of your creative endeavor. And you’ll practice three vital speaking skills that will build your confidence in winning the attention of agents, the media, and the book-buying public.

Gail Larsen is the author of Transformational Speaking: If You Want to Change the World, Tell a Better Story, which she completed at Hedgebrook in 2007. The founder of Real Speaking® (www.realspeaking.net), she offers her workshops in Langley, WA, Santa Fe, NM, and at Hollyhock Retreat Centre in British Columbia. An award-winning entrepreneur, she is also a past executive vice president of the worldwide National Speakers Association.

Peggy Taylor is co-author of Chop Wood, Carry Water: A Guide to Finding Spiritual Fulfillment in Everyday Life which has sold over 250,000 copies worldwide. An award-winning magazine editor, entrepreneur, and creativity coach, Peggy has a knack for helping even the shyest person feel comfortable taking creative risks. Over the past fifteen years, she has trained several thousand artists, writers, teachers and business people in developing facilitation and presentation skills.  

How to register:  Call Hedgebrook at 360-321-4786 or on-line at www.hedgebrook.org.  The workshop will be held at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, Seattle, WA - www.youngstownarts.org
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