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	<title>I am Galvanized &#187; leadership</title>
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		<title>I Used Punk Rock and Hip Hop Lyrics in My Toastmasters Speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Words and environment impact your life. In this speech from the Toastmasters manual, The Entertaining Speaker, I outline a musical anthology of my life starting in childhood with weekly immersion in Soul Train, moving to age 11 and the purchase of Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder. (All song links go to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Start a Movement, A Three Minute Lesson from Derek Sivers on TED</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This three minute lesson on how to start a movement shows what happens when one "weird" person is willing to stand out from the crowd and stick to his (or her) guns despite potential ridicule. It also demonstrates the importance of embracing and encouraging your first followers. I have seen it happen many, many times. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Ed Catmull, Co-Founder of Pixar</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this video Pixar executive, Ed Catmull talks about the spirit behind the success at Pixar Animation Studios. Pixar is a creative, cooperative company with a true spirit of teamwork and innovation. Ed Catmull was a part of Pixar's inception so he has a unique perspective on the process of unfoldment from idea to realization. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toastmaster Persuades New School Power to Stand Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I delivered my tenth speech at Agape Toastmasters and completed the requirements for a Competent Communication award. The speech is titled, "Stand In Your New School Power and Dare to Make a Difference" (if you don't see a video above, click here to watch it on YouTube). I joined Toastmasters just over a year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Create Habits with Concepts Like &#8220;Cool&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 15:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somewhere along the line I got the message loud and clear, it's better to be cool than uncool and somehow, my concept of cool was equated with a James Dean type character - rebel without a cause. My life choices and relationships reflected this value. I thought the rebels were cool and I wanted to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing Love Even When He Doesn&#8217;t</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/02/choosing-love-even-when-he-doesnt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately I've had a few separate conversations with women about the man in their lives. In one way or another, each woman said something to the effect of, "why is it always me that has to change first? Why doesn't he ever have to do anything?" I know the answer to both of those questions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women and Public Speaking &#8211; On Helen Blanchard as Toastmasters&#8217; First Female President</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2008/12/women-and-public-speaking-on-helen-blanchard-as-toastmasters-first-female-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've attended Toastmasters and entertained the idea of a public speaking as a career off and on for close to 18 years. Right now I'm a member of Agape Toastmasters, a diverse club with male and female members from various parts of the world and different ages and ethnicities. Our club's mission is to "foster [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Beckwith to be Honored with the 2009 Outstanding Communicator Award by Agape Toastmasters</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spiritual Leader Michael Beckwith, founder of Agape International Spiritual Center and featured expert on the movie The Secret will be honored by the Agape Toastmasters club on December 13th with the 2009 Outstanding Communicator Award. Agape Toastmasters is a unique Toastmasters club whose purpose is to "foster an unconditionally loving, mutually supportive and highly inspirational [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raise Strong and Spunky Girls &#8211; Send &#8216;em to Roller Derby Camp</title>
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		<title>I Used Punk Rock and Hip Hop Lyrics in My Toastmasters Speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Words and environment impact your life. In this speech from the Toastmasters manual, The Entertaining Speaker, I outline a musical anthology of my life starting in childhood with weekly immersion in Soul Train, moving to age 11 and the purchase of Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder. (All song links go to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Start a Movement, A Three Minute Lesson from Derek Sivers on TED</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This three minute lesson on how to start a movement shows what happens when one "weird" person is willing to stand out from the crowd and stick to his (or her) guns despite potential ridicule. It also demonstrates the importance of embracing and encouraging your first followers. I have seen it happen many, many times. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Ed Catmull, Co-Founder of Pixar</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/09/interview-with-ed-catmull-founder-of-pixar/</link>
		<comments>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/09/interview-with-ed-catmull-founder-of-pixar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this video Pixar executive, Ed Catmull talks about the spirit behind the success at Pixar Animation Studios. Pixar is a creative, cooperative company with a true spirit of teamwork and innovation. Ed Catmull was a part of Pixar's inception so he has a unique perspective on the process of unfoldment from idea to realization. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toastmaster Persuades New School Power to Stand Up</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/06/toastmaster-persuades-new-school-power-to-stand-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I delivered my tenth speech at Agape Toastmasters and completed the requirements for a Competent Communication award. The speech is titled, "Stand In Your New School Power and Dare to Make a Difference" (if you don't see a video above, click here to watch it on YouTube). I joined Toastmasters just over a year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Create Habits with Concepts Like &#8220;Cool&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/05/i-create-habits-with-concepts-like-cool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 15:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somewhere along the line I got the message loud and clear, it's better to be cool than uncool and somehow, my concept of cool was equated with a James Dean type character - rebel without a cause. My life choices and relationships reflected this value. I thought the rebels were cool and I wanted to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing Love Even When He Doesn&#8217;t</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/02/choosing-love-even-when-he-doesnt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately I've had a few separate conversations with women about the man in their lives. In one way or another, each woman said something to the effect of, "why is it always me that has to change first? Why doesn't he ever have to do anything?" I know the answer to both of those questions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women and Public Speaking &#8211; On Helen Blanchard as Toastmasters&#8217; First Female President</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2008/12/women-and-public-speaking-on-helen-blanchard-as-toastmasters-first-female-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've attended Toastmasters and entertained the idea of a public speaking as a career off and on for close to 18 years. Right now I'm a member of Agape Toastmasters, a diverse club with male and female members from various parts of the world and different ages and ethnicities. Our club's mission is to "foster [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Beckwith to be Honored with the 2009 Outstanding Communicator Award by Agape Toastmasters</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2008/12/michael-beckwith-to-be-honored-with-the-2009-outstanding-communicator-award-by-agape-toastmasters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spiritual Leader Michael Beckwith, founder of Agape International Spiritual Center and featured expert on the movie The Secret will be honored by the Agape Toastmasters club on December 13th with the 2009 Outstanding Communicator Award. Agape Toastmasters is a unique Toastmasters club whose purpose is to "foster an unconditionally loving, mutually supportive and highly inspirational [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raise Strong and Spunky Girls &#8211; Send &#8216;em to Roller Derby Camp</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2010/04/i-used-punk-rock-and-hip-hop-lyrics-in-my-toastmasters-speech/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Words and environment impact your life. In this speech from the Toastmasters manual, The Entertaining Speaker, I outline a musical anthology of my life starting in childhood with weekly immersion in Soul Train, moving to age 11 and the purchase of Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder. (All song links go to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I am Galvanized &#187; leadership</title>
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		<title>I Used Punk Rock and Hip Hop Lyrics in My Toastmasters Speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Words and environment impact your life. In this speech from the Toastmasters manual, The Entertaining Speaker, I outline a musical anthology of my life starting in childhood with weekly immersion in Soul Train, moving to age 11 and the purchase of Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder. (All song links go to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Start a Movement, A Three Minute Lesson from Derek Sivers on TED</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2010/04/how-to-start-a-movement-a-three-minute-lesson-from-derek-sivers-on-ted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This three minute lesson on how to start a movement shows what happens when one "weird" person is willing to stand out from the crowd and stick to his (or her) guns despite potential ridicule. It also demonstrates the importance of embracing and encouraging your first followers. I have seen it happen many, many times. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Ed Catmull, Co-Founder of Pixar</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/09/interview-with-ed-catmull-founder-of-pixar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this video Pixar executive, Ed Catmull talks about the spirit behind the success at Pixar Animation Studios. Pixar is a creative, cooperative company with a true spirit of teamwork and innovation. Ed Catmull was a part of Pixar's inception so he has a unique perspective on the process of unfoldment from idea to realization. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toastmaster Persuades New School Power to Stand Up</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/06/toastmaster-persuades-new-school-power-to-stand-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I delivered my tenth speech at Agape Toastmasters and completed the requirements for a Competent Communication award. The speech is titled, "Stand In Your New School Power and Dare to Make a Difference" (if you don't see a video above, click here to watch it on YouTube). I joined Toastmasters just over a year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Create Habits with Concepts Like &#8220;Cool&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/05/i-create-habits-with-concepts-like-cool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 15:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somewhere along the line I got the message loud and clear, it's better to be cool than uncool and somehow, my concept of cool was equated with a James Dean type character - rebel without a cause. My life choices and relationships reflected this value. I thought the rebels were cool and I wanted to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing Love Even When He Doesn&#8217;t</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/02/choosing-love-even-when-he-doesnt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately I've had a few separate conversations with women about the man in their lives. In one way or another, each woman said something to the effect of, "why is it always me that has to change first? Why doesn't he ever have to do anything?" I know the answer to both of those questions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women and Public Speaking &#8211; On Helen Blanchard as Toastmasters&#8217; First Female President</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2008/12/women-and-public-speaking-on-helen-blanchard-as-toastmasters-first-female-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've attended Toastmasters and entertained the idea of a public speaking as a career off and on for close to 18 years. Right now I'm a member of Agape Toastmasters, a diverse club with male and female members from various parts of the world and different ages and ethnicities. Our club's mission is to "foster [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Beckwith to be Honored with the 2009 Outstanding Communicator Award by Agape Toastmasters</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2008/12/michael-beckwith-to-be-honored-with-the-2009-outstanding-communicator-award-by-agape-toastmasters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spiritual Leader Michael Beckwith, founder of Agape International Spiritual Center and featured expert on the movie The Secret will be honored by the Agape Toastmasters club on December 13th with the 2009 Outstanding Communicator Award. Agape Toastmasters is a unique Toastmasters club whose purpose is to "foster an unconditionally loving, mutually supportive and highly inspirational [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raise Strong and Spunky Girls &#8211; Send &#8216;em to Roller Derby Camp</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2010/04/how-to-start-a-movement-a-three-minute-lesson-from-derek-sivers-on-ted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This three minute lesson on how to start a movement shows what happens when one "weird" person is willing to stand out from the crowd and stick to his (or her) guns despite potential ridicule. It also demonstrates the importance of embracing and encouraging your first followers. I have seen it happen many, many times. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I am Galvanized &#187; leadership</title>
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		<title>I Used Punk Rock and Hip Hop Lyrics in My Toastmasters Speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Words and environment impact your life. In this speech from the Toastmasters manual, The Entertaining Speaker, I outline a musical anthology of my life starting in childhood with weekly immersion in Soul Train, moving to age 11 and the purchase of Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder. (All song links go to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Start a Movement, A Three Minute Lesson from Derek Sivers on TED</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2010/04/how-to-start-a-movement-a-three-minute-lesson-from-derek-sivers-on-ted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This three minute lesson on how to start a movement shows what happens when one "weird" person is willing to stand out from the crowd and stick to his (or her) guns despite potential ridicule. It also demonstrates the importance of embracing and encouraging your first followers. I have seen it happen many, many times. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Ed Catmull, Co-Founder of Pixar</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/09/interview-with-ed-catmull-founder-of-pixar/</link>
		<comments>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/09/interview-with-ed-catmull-founder-of-pixar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this video Pixar executive, Ed Catmull talks about the spirit behind the success at Pixar Animation Studios. Pixar is a creative, cooperative company with a true spirit of teamwork and innovation. Ed Catmull was a part of Pixar's inception so he has a unique perspective on the process of unfoldment from idea to realization. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toastmaster Persuades New School Power to Stand Up</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/06/toastmaster-persuades-new-school-power-to-stand-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I delivered my tenth speech at Agape Toastmasters and completed the requirements for a Competent Communication award. The speech is titled, "Stand In Your New School Power and Dare to Make a Difference" (if you don't see a video above, click here to watch it on YouTube). I joined Toastmasters just over a year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Create Habits with Concepts Like &#8220;Cool&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/05/i-create-habits-with-concepts-like-cool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 15:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somewhere along the line I got the message loud and clear, it's better to be cool than uncool and somehow, my concept of cool was equated with a James Dean type character - rebel without a cause. My life choices and relationships reflected this value. I thought the rebels were cool and I wanted to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing Love Even When He Doesn&#8217;t</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/02/choosing-love-even-when-he-doesnt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately I've had a few separate conversations with women about the man in their lives. In one way or another, each woman said something to the effect of, "why is it always me that has to change first? Why doesn't he ever have to do anything?" I know the answer to both of those questions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women and Public Speaking &#8211; On Helen Blanchard as Toastmasters&#8217; First Female President</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2008/12/women-and-public-speaking-on-helen-blanchard-as-toastmasters-first-female-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've attended Toastmasters and entertained the idea of a public speaking as a career off and on for close to 18 years. Right now I'm a member of Agape Toastmasters, a diverse club with male and female members from various parts of the world and different ages and ethnicities. Our club's mission is to "foster [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Beckwith to be Honored with the 2009 Outstanding Communicator Award by Agape Toastmasters</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2008/12/michael-beckwith-to-be-honored-with-the-2009-outstanding-communicator-award-by-agape-toastmasters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spiritual Leader Michael Beckwith, founder of Agape International Spiritual Center and featured expert on the movie The Secret will be honored by the Agape Toastmasters club on December 13th with the 2009 Outstanding Communicator Award. Agape Toastmasters is a unique Toastmasters club whose purpose is to "foster an unconditionally loving, mutually supportive and highly inspirational [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raise Strong and Spunky Girls &#8211; Send &#8216;em to Roller Derby Camp</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/09/interview-with-ed-catmull-founder-of-pixar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this video Pixar executive, Ed Catmull talks about the spirit behind the success at Pixar Animation Studios. Pixar is a creative, cooperative company with a true spirit of teamwork and innovation. Ed Catmull was a part of Pixar's inception so he has a unique perspective on the process of unfoldment from idea to realization. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I am Galvanized &#187; leadership</title>
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		<title>I Used Punk Rock and Hip Hop Lyrics in My Toastmasters Speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Words and environment impact your life. In this speech from the Toastmasters manual, The Entertaining Speaker, I outline a musical anthology of my life starting in childhood with weekly immersion in Soul Train, moving to age 11 and the purchase of Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder. (All song links go to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Start a Movement, A Three Minute Lesson from Derek Sivers on TED</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2010/04/how-to-start-a-movement-a-three-minute-lesson-from-derek-sivers-on-ted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This three minute lesson on how to start a movement shows what happens when one "weird" person is willing to stand out from the crowd and stick to his (or her) guns despite potential ridicule. It also demonstrates the importance of embracing and encouraging your first followers. I have seen it happen many, many times. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Ed Catmull, Co-Founder of Pixar</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/09/interview-with-ed-catmull-founder-of-pixar/</link>
		<comments>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/09/interview-with-ed-catmull-founder-of-pixar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this video Pixar executive, Ed Catmull talks about the spirit behind the success at Pixar Animation Studios. Pixar is a creative, cooperative company with a true spirit of teamwork and innovation. Ed Catmull was a part of Pixar's inception so he has a unique perspective on the process of unfoldment from idea to realization. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toastmaster Persuades New School Power to Stand Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I delivered my tenth speech at Agape Toastmasters and completed the requirements for a Competent Communication award. The speech is titled, "Stand In Your New School Power and Dare to Make a Difference" (if you don't see a video above, click here to watch it on YouTube). I joined Toastmasters just over a year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Create Habits with Concepts Like &#8220;Cool&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/05/i-create-habits-with-concepts-like-cool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 15:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somewhere along the line I got the message loud and clear, it's better to be cool than uncool and somehow, my concept of cool was equated with a James Dean type character - rebel without a cause. My life choices and relationships reflected this value. I thought the rebels were cool and I wanted to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing Love Even When He Doesn&#8217;t</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/02/choosing-love-even-when-he-doesnt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately I've had a few separate conversations with women about the man in their lives. In one way or another, each woman said something to the effect of, "why is it always me that has to change first? Why doesn't he ever have to do anything?" I know the answer to both of those questions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women and Public Speaking &#8211; On Helen Blanchard as Toastmasters&#8217; First Female President</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2008/12/women-and-public-speaking-on-helen-blanchard-as-toastmasters-first-female-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've attended Toastmasters and entertained the idea of a public speaking as a career off and on for close to 18 years. Right now I'm a member of Agape Toastmasters, a diverse club with male and female members from various parts of the world and different ages and ethnicities. Our club's mission is to "foster [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Beckwith to be Honored with the 2009 Outstanding Communicator Award by Agape Toastmasters</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2008/12/michael-beckwith-to-be-honored-with-the-2009-outstanding-communicator-award-by-agape-toastmasters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spiritual Leader Michael Beckwith, founder of Agape International Spiritual Center and featured expert on the movie The Secret will be honored by the Agape Toastmasters club on December 13th with the 2009 Outstanding Communicator Award. Agape Toastmasters is a unique Toastmasters club whose purpose is to "foster an unconditionally loving, mutually supportive and highly inspirational [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raise Strong and Spunky Girls &#8211; Send &#8216;em to Roller Derby Camp</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/06/toastmaster-persuades-new-school-power-to-stand-up/</link>
		<comments>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/06/toastmaster-persuades-new-school-power-to-stand-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I delivered my tenth speech at Agape Toastmasters and completed the requirements for a Competent Communication award. The speech is titled, "Stand In Your New School Power and Dare to Make a Difference" (if you don't see a video above, click here to watch it on YouTube). I joined Toastmasters just over a year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I am Galvanized &#187; leadership</title>
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		<title>I Used Punk Rock and Hip Hop Lyrics in My Toastmasters Speech</title>
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		<comments>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2010/04/i-used-punk-rock-and-hip-hop-lyrics-in-my-toastmasters-speech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Words and environment impact your life. In this speech from the Toastmasters manual, The Entertaining Speaker, I outline a musical anthology of my life starting in childhood with weekly immersion in Soul Train, moving to age 11 and the purchase of Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder. (All song links go to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Start a Movement, A Three Minute Lesson from Derek Sivers on TED</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2010/04/how-to-start-a-movement-a-three-minute-lesson-from-derek-sivers-on-ted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This three minute lesson on how to start a movement shows what happens when one "weird" person is willing to stand out from the crowd and stick to his (or her) guns despite potential ridicule. It also demonstrates the importance of embracing and encouraging your first followers. I have seen it happen many, many times. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Ed Catmull, Co-Founder of Pixar</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/09/interview-with-ed-catmull-founder-of-pixar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this video Pixar executive, Ed Catmull talks about the spirit behind the success at Pixar Animation Studios. Pixar is a creative, cooperative company with a true spirit of teamwork and innovation. Ed Catmull was a part of Pixar's inception so he has a unique perspective on the process of unfoldment from idea to realization. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toastmaster Persuades New School Power to Stand Up</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/06/toastmaster-persuades-new-school-power-to-stand-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I delivered my tenth speech at Agape Toastmasters and completed the requirements for a Competent Communication award. The speech is titled, "Stand In Your New School Power and Dare to Make a Difference" (if you don't see a video above, click here to watch it on YouTube). I joined Toastmasters just over a year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Create Habits with Concepts Like &#8220;Cool&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/05/i-create-habits-with-concepts-like-cool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 15:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somewhere along the line I got the message loud and clear, it's better to be cool than uncool and somehow, my concept of cool was equated with a James Dean type character - rebel without a cause. My life choices and relationships reflected this value. I thought the rebels were cool and I wanted to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing Love Even When He Doesn&#8217;t</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/02/choosing-love-even-when-he-doesnt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately I've had a few separate conversations with women about the man in their lives. In one way or another, each woman said something to the effect of, "why is it always me that has to change first? Why doesn't he ever have to do anything?" I know the answer to both of those questions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women and Public Speaking &#8211; On Helen Blanchard as Toastmasters&#8217; First Female President</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2008/12/women-and-public-speaking-on-helen-blanchard-as-toastmasters-first-female-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've attended Toastmasters and entertained the idea of a public speaking as a career off and on for close to 18 years. Right now I'm a member of Agape Toastmasters, a diverse club with male and female members from various parts of the world and different ages and ethnicities. Our club's mission is to "foster [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Beckwith to be Honored with the 2009 Outstanding Communicator Award by Agape Toastmasters</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2008/12/michael-beckwith-to-be-honored-with-the-2009-outstanding-communicator-award-by-agape-toastmasters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spiritual Leader Michael Beckwith, founder of Agape International Spiritual Center and featured expert on the movie The Secret will be honored by the Agape Toastmasters club on December 13th with the 2009 Outstanding Communicator Award. Agape Toastmasters is a unique Toastmasters club whose purpose is to "foster an unconditionally loving, mutually supportive and highly inspirational [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raise Strong and Spunky Girls &#8211; Send &#8216;em to Roller Derby Camp</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/05/i-create-habits-with-concepts-like-cool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 15:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somewhere along the line I got the message loud and clear, it's better to be cool than uncool and somehow, my concept of cool was equated with a James Dean type character - rebel without a cause. My life choices and relationships reflected this value. I thought the rebels were cool and I wanted to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I am Galvanized &#187; leadership</title>
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		<title>I Used Punk Rock and Hip Hop Lyrics in My Toastmasters Speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Words and environment impact your life. In this speech from the Toastmasters manual, The Entertaining Speaker, I outline a musical anthology of my life starting in childhood with weekly immersion in Soul Train, moving to age 11 and the purchase of Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder. (All song links go to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Start a Movement, A Three Minute Lesson from Derek Sivers on TED</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2010/04/how-to-start-a-movement-a-three-minute-lesson-from-derek-sivers-on-ted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This three minute lesson on how to start a movement shows what happens when one "weird" person is willing to stand out from the crowd and stick to his (or her) guns despite potential ridicule. It also demonstrates the importance of embracing and encouraging your first followers. I have seen it happen many, many times. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Ed Catmull, Co-Founder of Pixar</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/09/interview-with-ed-catmull-founder-of-pixar/</link>
		<comments>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/09/interview-with-ed-catmull-founder-of-pixar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this video Pixar executive, Ed Catmull talks about the spirit behind the success at Pixar Animation Studios. Pixar is a creative, cooperative company with a true spirit of teamwork and innovation. Ed Catmull was a part of Pixar's inception so he has a unique perspective on the process of unfoldment from idea to realization. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toastmaster Persuades New School Power to Stand Up</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/06/toastmaster-persuades-new-school-power-to-stand-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I delivered my tenth speech at Agape Toastmasters and completed the requirements for a Competent Communication award. The speech is titled, "Stand In Your New School Power and Dare to Make a Difference" (if you don't see a video above, click here to watch it on YouTube). I joined Toastmasters just over a year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Create Habits with Concepts Like &#8220;Cool&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/05/i-create-habits-with-concepts-like-cool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 15:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somewhere along the line I got the message loud and clear, it's better to be cool than uncool and somehow, my concept of cool was equated with a James Dean type character - rebel without a cause. My life choices and relationships reflected this value. I thought the rebels were cool and I wanted to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing Love Even When He Doesn&#8217;t</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately I've had a few separate conversations with women about the man in their lives. In one way or another, each woman said something to the effect of, "why is it always me that has to change first? Why doesn't he ever have to do anything?" I know the answer to both of those questions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women and Public Speaking &#8211; On Helen Blanchard as Toastmasters&#8217; First Female President</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2008/12/women-and-public-speaking-on-helen-blanchard-as-toastmasters-first-female-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've attended Toastmasters and entertained the idea of a public speaking as a career off and on for close to 18 years. Right now I'm a member of Agape Toastmasters, a diverse club with male and female members from various parts of the world and different ages and ethnicities. Our club's mission is to "foster [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Beckwith to be Honored with the 2009 Outstanding Communicator Award by Agape Toastmasters</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2008/12/michael-beckwith-to-be-honored-with-the-2009-outstanding-communicator-award-by-agape-toastmasters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spiritual Leader Michael Beckwith, founder of Agape International Spiritual Center and featured expert on the movie The Secret will be honored by the Agape Toastmasters club on December 13th with the 2009 Outstanding Communicator Award. Agape Toastmasters is a unique Toastmasters club whose purpose is to "foster an unconditionally loving, mutually supportive and highly inspirational [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raise Strong and Spunky Girls &#8211; Send &#8216;em to Roller Derby Camp</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/02/choosing-love-even-when-he-doesnt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately I've had a few separate conversations with women about the man in their lives. In one way or another, each woman said something to the effect of, "why is it always me that has to change first? Why doesn't he ever have to do anything?" I know the answer to both of those questions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I am Galvanized &#187; leadership</title>
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		<title>I Used Punk Rock and Hip Hop Lyrics in My Toastmasters Speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Words and environment impact your life. In this speech from the Toastmasters manual, The Entertaining Speaker, I outline a musical anthology of my life starting in childhood with weekly immersion in Soul Train, moving to age 11 and the purchase of Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder. (All song links go to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Start a Movement, A Three Minute Lesson from Derek Sivers on TED</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2010/04/how-to-start-a-movement-a-three-minute-lesson-from-derek-sivers-on-ted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This three minute lesson on how to start a movement shows what happens when one "weird" person is willing to stand out from the crowd and stick to his (or her) guns despite potential ridicule. It also demonstrates the importance of embracing and encouraging your first followers. I have seen it happen many, many times. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Ed Catmull, Co-Founder of Pixar</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/09/interview-with-ed-catmull-founder-of-pixar/</link>
		<comments>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/09/interview-with-ed-catmull-founder-of-pixar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this video Pixar executive, Ed Catmull talks about the spirit behind the success at Pixar Animation Studios. Pixar is a creative, cooperative company with a true spirit of teamwork and innovation. Ed Catmull was a part of Pixar's inception so he has a unique perspective on the process of unfoldment from idea to realization. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toastmaster Persuades New School Power to Stand Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I delivered my tenth speech at Agape Toastmasters and completed the requirements for a Competent Communication award. The speech is titled, "Stand In Your New School Power and Dare to Make a Difference" (if you don't see a video above, click here to watch it on YouTube). I joined Toastmasters just over a year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Create Habits with Concepts Like &#8220;Cool&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/05/i-create-habits-with-concepts-like-cool/</link>
		<comments>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/05/i-create-habits-with-concepts-like-cool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 15:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somewhere along the line I got the message loud and clear, it's better to be cool than uncool and somehow, my concept of cool was equated with a James Dean type character - rebel without a cause. My life choices and relationships reflected this value. I thought the rebels were cool and I wanted to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing Love Even When He Doesn&#8217;t</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately I've had a few separate conversations with women about the man in their lives. In one way or another, each woman said something to the effect of, "why is it always me that has to change first? Why doesn't he ever have to do anything?" I know the answer to both of those questions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women and Public Speaking &#8211; On Helen Blanchard as Toastmasters&#8217; First Female President</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2008/12/women-and-public-speaking-on-helen-blanchard-as-toastmasters-first-female-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've attended Toastmasters and entertained the idea of a public speaking as a career off and on for close to 18 years. Right now I'm a member of Agape Toastmasters, a diverse club with male and female members from various parts of the world and different ages and ethnicities. Our club's mission is to "foster [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Beckwith to be Honored with the 2009 Outstanding Communicator Award by Agape Toastmasters</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spiritual Leader Michael Beckwith, founder of Agape International Spiritual Center and featured expert on the movie The Secret will be honored by the Agape Toastmasters club on December 13th with the 2009 Outstanding Communicator Award. Agape Toastmasters is a unique Toastmasters club whose purpose is to "foster an unconditionally loving, mutually supportive and highly inspirational [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raise Strong and Spunky Girls &#8211; Send &#8216;em to Roller Derby Camp</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2008/12/women-and-public-speaking-on-helen-blanchard-as-toastmasters-first-female-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've attended Toastmasters and entertained the idea of a public speaking as a career off and on for close to 18 years. Right now I'm a member of Agape Toastmasters, a diverse club with male and female members from various parts of the world and different ages and ethnicities. Our club's mission is to "foster [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I am Galvanized &#187; leadership</title>
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		<title>I Used Punk Rock and Hip Hop Lyrics in My Toastmasters Speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Words and environment impact your life. In this speech from the Toastmasters manual, The Entertaining Speaker, I outline a musical anthology of my life starting in childhood with weekly immersion in Soul Train, moving to age 11 and the purchase of Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder. (All song links go to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Start a Movement, A Three Minute Lesson from Derek Sivers on TED</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2010/04/how-to-start-a-movement-a-three-minute-lesson-from-derek-sivers-on-ted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This three minute lesson on how to start a movement shows what happens when one "weird" person is willing to stand out from the crowd and stick to his (or her) guns despite potential ridicule. It also demonstrates the importance of embracing and encouraging your first followers. I have seen it happen many, many times. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Ed Catmull, Co-Founder of Pixar</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/09/interview-with-ed-catmull-founder-of-pixar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this video Pixar executive, Ed Catmull talks about the spirit behind the success at Pixar Animation Studios. Pixar is a creative, cooperative company with a true spirit of teamwork and innovation. Ed Catmull was a part of Pixar's inception so he has a unique perspective on the process of unfoldment from idea to realization. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toastmaster Persuades New School Power to Stand Up</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/06/toastmaster-persuades-new-school-power-to-stand-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I delivered my tenth speech at Agape Toastmasters and completed the requirements for a Competent Communication award. The speech is titled, "Stand In Your New School Power and Dare to Make a Difference" (if you don't see a video above, click here to watch it on YouTube). I joined Toastmasters just over a year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Create Habits with Concepts Like &#8220;Cool&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/05/i-create-habits-with-concepts-like-cool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 15:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somewhere along the line I got the message loud and clear, it's better to be cool than uncool and somehow, my concept of cool was equated with a James Dean type character - rebel without a cause. My life choices and relationships reflected this value. I thought the rebels were cool and I wanted to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing Love Even When He Doesn&#8217;t</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/02/choosing-love-even-when-he-doesnt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately I've had a few separate conversations with women about the man in their lives. In one way or another, each woman said something to the effect of, "why is it always me that has to change first? Why doesn't he ever have to do anything?" I know the answer to both of those questions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women and Public Speaking &#8211; On Helen Blanchard as Toastmasters&#8217; First Female President</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2008/12/women-and-public-speaking-on-helen-blanchard-as-toastmasters-first-female-president/</link>
		<comments>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2008/12/women-and-public-speaking-on-helen-blanchard-as-toastmasters-first-female-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've attended Toastmasters and entertained the idea of a public speaking as a career off and on for close to 18 years. Right now I'm a member of Agape Toastmasters, a diverse club with male and female members from various parts of the world and different ages and ethnicities. Our club's mission is to "foster [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Beckwith to be Honored with the 2009 Outstanding Communicator Award by Agape Toastmasters</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2008/12/michael-beckwith-to-be-honored-with-the-2009-outstanding-communicator-award-by-agape-toastmasters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spiritual Leader Michael Beckwith, founder of Agape International Spiritual Center and featured expert on the movie The Secret will be honored by the Agape Toastmasters club on December 13th with the 2009 Outstanding Communicator Award. Agape Toastmasters is a unique Toastmasters club whose purpose is to "foster an unconditionally loving, mutually supportive and highly inspirational [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raise Strong and Spunky Girls &#8211; Send &#8216;em to Roller Derby Camp</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2008/12/michael-beckwith-to-be-honored-with-the-2009-outstanding-communicator-award-by-agape-toastmasters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spiritual Leader Michael Beckwith, founder of Agape International Spiritual Center and featured expert on the movie The Secret will be honored by the Agape Toastmasters club on December 13th with the 2009 Outstanding Communicator Award. Agape Toastmasters is a unique Toastmasters club whose purpose is to "foster an unconditionally loving, mutually supportive and highly inspirational [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I am Galvanized &#187; leadership</title>
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		<title>I Used Punk Rock and Hip Hop Lyrics in My Toastmasters Speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>How to Start a Movement, A Three Minute Lesson from Derek Sivers on TED</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2010/04/how-to-start-a-movement-a-three-minute-lesson-from-derek-sivers-on-ted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This three minute lesson on how to start a movement shows what happens when one "weird" person is willing to stand out from the crowd and stick to his (or her) guns despite potential ridicule. It also demonstrates the importance of embracing and encouraging your first followers. I have seen it happen many, many times. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Ed Catmull, Co-Founder of Pixar</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/09/interview-with-ed-catmull-founder-of-pixar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this video Pixar executive, Ed Catmull talks about the spirit behind the success at Pixar Animation Studios. Pixar is a creative, cooperative company with a true spirit of teamwork and innovation. Ed Catmull was a part of Pixar's inception so he has a unique perspective on the process of unfoldment from idea to realization. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toastmaster Persuades New School Power to Stand Up</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/06/toastmaster-persuades-new-school-power-to-stand-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I delivered my tenth speech at Agape Toastmasters and completed the requirements for a Competent Communication award. The speech is titled, "Stand In Your New School Power and Dare to Make a Difference" (if you don't see a video above, click here to watch it on YouTube). I joined Toastmasters just over a year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Create Habits with Concepts Like &#8220;Cool&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/05/i-create-habits-with-concepts-like-cool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 15:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somewhere along the line I got the message loud and clear, it's better to be cool than uncool and somehow, my concept of cool was equated with a James Dean type character - rebel without a cause. My life choices and relationships reflected this value. I thought the rebels were cool and I wanted to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing Love Even When He Doesn&#8217;t</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2009/02/choosing-love-even-when-he-doesnt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately I've had a few separate conversations with women about the man in their lives. In one way or another, each woman said something to the effect of, "why is it always me that has to change first? Why doesn't he ever have to do anything?" I know the answer to both of those questions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women and Public Speaking &#8211; On Helen Blanchard as Toastmasters&#8217; First Female President</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2008/12/women-and-public-speaking-on-helen-blanchard-as-toastmasters-first-female-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've attended Toastmasters and entertained the idea of a public speaking as a career off and on for close to 18 years. Right now I'm a member of Agape Toastmasters, a diverse club with male and female members from various parts of the world and different ages and ethnicities. Our club's mission is to "foster [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Beckwith to be Honored with the 2009 Outstanding Communicator Award by Agape Toastmasters</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2008/12/michael-beckwith-to-be-honored-with-the-2009-outstanding-communicator-award-by-agape-toastmasters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spiritual Leader Michael Beckwith, founder of Agape International Spiritual Center and featured expert on the movie The Secret will be honored by the Agape Toastmasters club on December 13th with the 2009 Outstanding Communicator Award. Agape Toastmasters is a unique Toastmasters club whose purpose is to "foster an unconditionally loving, mutually supportive and highly inspirational [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raise Strong and Spunky Girls &#8211; Send &#8216;em to Roller Derby Camp</title>
		<link>http://sherizampelli.com/blog/2008/07/raise-strong-and-spunky-girls-send-em-to-roller-derby-camp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gal VanIZed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have an energetic, independent, fiesty daughter, cousin, grandaughter or niece between the ages of 9 and 17, you'll be doing them a big favor by sending them to Roller Derby camp. Roller Derby camp with the L.A. Derby Dolls is all about empowering girls and teaching teamwork. I can tell you from first [...]]]></description>
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