Women in Theater Present!

For their monthly Let's Do Lunch monthly meeting, Los Angeles' Women in Theatre features Pamela Kelly, a former New York stage actress, and now an author, corporate consultant and UCLA Extension Master Teacher. The event is Saturday Apr 17, 11:30 to 1 pm, at the famed Farmers Market in Los Angeles, at 3rd and Fairfax in the Hollywood Community Room, Second Floor

Pamela Kelly will be talking about "Being the Right Person in the Right Place at the Right Time" and presenting the stagecraft techniques she uses in her trainings to make public speaking fun and easy.

A former stage actress and voice-speech coach for actors, Pamela has trained thousands of business professionals in the US and abroad and has based her numerous public speaking and accent reduction courses and corporate trainings on her stage experience in Chicago and New York City.

“When I was acting, I did 33 productions in stock, repertory, Off-Broadway and on tour. Between jobs, I studied acting, voice and speech, singing and dance. In Los Angeles, I fell into teaching, loved it and haven’t looked back. The acting, voice and performance skills became the foundation of my courses. This WIT workshop will showcase several of these techniques, presented as simple steps that will have you replacing the fear of public speaking with fun, freedom and ease!”

Drawings will be held for copies of Pamela's workbook, "Speak with Passion, Speak with Power!" and other of her publications. All will also be available for purchase.

WIT’s Let’s DO Lunch series is held on the 3rd Saturday of every month (except Oct and Dec) in the Community Room, 2nd Floor. Enter by the clock and the room is just up the stairs. The workshop, free for members, will start promptly at 11:30am and wrap by 1pm. Non-members may apply the $5 fee to membership if they join within a week.

Networking and a wide choice of wonderful food await.Convenient public transportation and tons of parking either at Farmers Market or Grove. Two Hours free parking at Farmers Market with vendor validation.
http://www.womenintheater.com/

Browse for Mother's Day at the LA Times Festival of Books!

Press Release/April 4, 2009 – Join UCLA Extension’s popular Master Teacher, Pamela Kelly, and UCLA Extension's Writers' Program teacher, Carolyn Howard-Johnson, who are signing their award-winning books for speakers and writers in the Authors’ Co-op Booth at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on Sunday, April 26, from 3-4pm.

Pamela Kelly's Speak with Passion, Speak with Power! offers you the same reliable system she uses in the classroom for overcoming your fear of public speaking and stepping into your power - in job interviews, business presentations (including PowerPoint presentations), teleconference meetings, webinars and wherever you need to speak up, be heard and be persuasive.

She also is presenting, as a contributing author, the Heart Book Series for Women, perfect for Mother’s Day. This unique jewel-toned collection of inspirational true stories and lessons learned, is published by Sparkle Presentations’ Sheryl Roush, and perfect for the mothers, women in business and Spanish-speaking women in your life.

Sharing this booth with Pamela is the prolific author and book award winner, Carolyn Howard-Johnson, of the How To Do It Frugally Book Series fame. Carolyn is a sponsor for the Authors’ Co-op and will be signing The Frugal Editor, The Frugal Book Promoter, as well as her fiction and chapbook of poetry (Stay for the poetry reading at 4pm!).

The Authors’ Co-op is also showcasing these other authors during the 2-day Festival: Christine Alexanians, Linda Ballou, Janet Goliger, Lynn B. Goodwin, Anne Megowan, Marilyn Meredith, Linda Overman, Julie Spira and Loren Woodson and featuring Rey Ybarra, Best Selling Author and TV Host.

UCLA Campus, Sat. & Sun, April 25 and 26, FREE Admission/Parking $9.
Easiest Parking at Structure 3 Near Hilgard & Sunset Boulevard, Westwood (Los Angeles Area), CA.
For a map of the on-campus event go to: http://www.latimes.com/extras/festivalofbooks/eventmap.html.
Look for the Authors' Co-op banner in the F section near the food booths

Carolyn Howard-Johnson Shares "How to Say It Better"

Visiting my public speaking class recently was Carolyn Howard-Johnson. Carolyn knows about being effective and producing results. She's an author who has published novels, poetry, short stories and "how to" books. She has won oodles of awards and honors. She's a speaker, teacher, actress and community leader. And, as the founder of Authors' Coalition, she is a guide and mentor for other authors. In short, Carolyn is a "whirling dervish!" So who better qualified to coach my UCLA Extension public speaking students on "how to say it better?" After each presentation, Carolyn shared her feedback. Some of her tips included (1) to use stories and anecdotes to bring your points to life (2) to replace the impersonal "people" and "they," which are distancing, with the personal and unifying "I" and "we" and (3) to eliminate slang and filler words ("like", "you know"). Little changes like this make the difference in coming across as a professional with credibility. Thank you, Carolyn, for your time and coaching!

Express Your Inner Red Hot Mama and Papa!

Whether you're a Mama or a Papa, this series of 3 articles is designed to have you experiencing more of the juice in life and expressing more of your fire. This is the first article and was inspired by Lynn Ward of http://www.the-red-hot-mama.com/. Information about our Podcast and Free Teleclass is at the bottom of this article.

Red Hot Mamas and Papas live the life of their dreams and fully express the fire within - which is why they're red hot! Think Oprah, Joan of Arc, Katherine Hepburn, Erin Brokovich, and maybe your neighbor down the street.

But what about you? Are you fully expressing your inner fire and living the life of your dreams or at least working your way towards them? If not, if your inner fire is sputtering out or burning you up inside because you're stuffing it down, then it's time to make a change. It's time to get in touch with your dreams and to take action towards making them real.

1 - Get in Touch with Your Dreams

I worked with a young woman, Julie, whose story illustrates the power of getting in touch with your dreams. Julie was dissatisfied with her job in the counseling office of a junior college and her head was filled with all the dreams she had abandoned, such as being a researcher for museums or an art collector. She didn't know what she really wanted to do but she knew it wasn't what she was doing now!
To help Julie calm her mind and gain some clarity, I had her make three lists: One was a list of everything she had ever had a burning desire to be; the next was of everything she had ever wanted to do and the last was of everything she had ever wished to have. After she wrote out these lists, it immediately became obvious which items no longer held any attraction for her and she scratched them out. Then she prioritized the remaining items on each list and started researching them, beginning with her top priorities.
As Julie learned what it would take to become a full-fledged art collector or museum researcher, she made the startling discovery that her commitment was not strong enough to carry her through. Then, to her surprise, she started spontaneously appreciating aspects of her real job and noticing the difference she made. In the face of reality, her dreams proved to be pipedreams and died a natural death. But what emerged after Julie's discovery was a promotional opportunity at her job that stirred her desire. She committed herself 100% to getting the promotion, which would thrust her into a leadership role. She felt vibrantly alive for the first time in years and, when she landed the promotion, she was ecstatic and in her element. By finally acting on her dreams, Julie actually got complete with them and awoke to the possibilities available in the life she had created. Her Red Hot Mama was born!

2 - Be Powerfully in Action

Now it's your turn to make lists of everything you've had a burning desire to be, to do and to have.
Make your lists
Cross out the items that are dead for you
Identify your top 1-2 desires (If your head doesn't know, your body will. Choose the items that make you tingle with the most delight!)
Focus on each top desire and ask yourself, "What is one simple action I can take that will move me closer to that goal?"
Take that action, and then another and then another.

Let's say you've had a burning desire to have a BMW convertible. You could start with creating a vision poster with cut-out ads featuring BMW convertibles and then paste your photo behind the wheel. This process makes your vision more real to your subconscious mind, which then compels you to take effective actions. Next, you could rent or test drive one, so your body gets the feel of it and you're seeing yourself inside looking out, which deepens your motivation. You could learn about prices, leasing, buying used; check out the classified ads, on-line options, talk to your mechanic, friends and family, to find leads and tips. You could open a savings account just for your BMW convertible. The point it, these are all simple actions that bring you and the object of your desire together!

Red Hot Mamas and Papas live the life of their dreams and fully express the fire within - which is why they're red hot! So make your lists and be powerfully in action. Notice how life heats up and bubbles over for you. Next time, we'll look at how Red Hot Mamas like Oprah turn obstacles into stepping stones leading to their dreams.

Thank you, Mamas and Papas! I invite you to catch Lynn Ward's and my Podcast, available now on http://www.lifestyleyak.com/ and http://www.boomeryak.com/. We discuss letting go of our older, smaller selves to claim our red hot power! Also look for more information about our free telecast, "Expressing Your Inner Red Hot Mama," scheduled for January 9, 2008 at 6pm PST.