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No word could express the devastation in Japan, the power of nature and the perspective of life.

ABZ Tip: Live as if the end is here. As if this might be your last day, last month or last year on earth.

TEDxIIT March 26 in Chicago

TED.com is a global event. TEDx is a global phenomenon.

Now the students of Illinois Institute of Technology will host the very first TEDxIIT on March 26, 2011, at Chicago Downtown campus, see TEDxIIT.com

It is free and open to all IIT community: Students, Alumni, Faculty Members, Staffs, spouses and family members. However, space is limited. Following the TED guidelines, all attendees must submit an application on line as soon as possible. That's because it is important to have people who really really want to be there and will be there, rain or snow.
Like typical TEDx events, you will listen and interact with the speakers and follow attendees. The best part is to experience the TED like conversation.

Be part of the IIT history.

Ways to support the IIT students on this inaugural event:
1. Save the day, March 26 from 10a - 7 pm
2. Submit your application on line now, go to TEDxIIT.com or click here
3. Spread the words, friend, twit and linkedin. Let the IIT community know about this.

One drop of Water, One Drop of Ink

Like stone pebble, Your presence ripples to no end ~ Segami

ABZee Tip: 

Zip up your passion and your community. They can be connected.

East Meets West Art Exhibit in Wisconsin

Some of you also know me as Amy Lee Segami, the artist.

Some of my original work created on water, are now in the 'East Meets West' art exhibit in Foster Gallery of the Haas Fine Arts Center at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, till March 17, 2011. The show just opened yesterday.

ttp://www.uwec.edu/new.sreleases/11/feb/0217EastMeetWest.htm

East And West Lift The Swan Lake

Take the swan to a new height, literally.

http://www.nzwide.com/swanlake.htm

Have seen this a while back. You might stil enjoy revisit.

ABZee tip: 

A formula to take your business to a new height: combine the extreme of East and West.

TEDxIIT.com

As an IIT alum, I am pleased to announce that the TEDxIIT, organized by the current students is ready to take application for attendance.

The event will be held on March 26th at IIT's downtown campus and run from 10am to 7pm. Seating is limited. Apply now at
http://tinyurl.com/499g3ey

View from High Rise

What view?
It's just a white sheet of cold air. Gone are the country club view, tree line, lake view.
OK, there are blowing snow drifts.

In the midst of Chicago blizzard.
Comed blew off transformer. Everything is out in the high rise since last night. No TV, no water, no power in common area.
Luckily, our own building's generator is able to provide power to each condo unit.

ABZ tip: Always have a few extra bottles of water around. Never know when you just might need it.

Reminder Early Bird Florida Creativity Weekend

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Kitty Heusner <flcreativity@aol.com>
Date: Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 12:46 PM
Subject: Early Bird Rates for Florida Creativity Weekend End TUESDAY!! Register NOW!!
To: flcreativity@aol.com, nancybigheart@verizon.net, profmberkey@hotmail.com, don58sherry@gmail.com, HHeusner@aol.com, alan_cre8ng@yahoo.com, fbrown311@verizon.net, missy@new-directions-inc.com, lwfrankel@aol.com, jane@new-directions-inc.com, joemiguez@aol.com, ahytt@aol.com, tim@timhurson.com, aprenderycrecer@yahoo.com, annshank0419@aol.com, Rushmcgiff@aol.com, Tpotterpep@aol.com, alannscott@aol.com, anniebluepoet@comcast.net, John@insights-marketing.com, frederjs@yahoo.com, RevMariaS@aol.com, AmyBasic@gmail.com, roxygirlkatie@hotmail.com, NusselS@aol.com, Hedria@hedria.com, jerbaquirky@hotmail.com, cdown@comcast.net, mbasadur@rogers.blackberry.net, abemrich@comcast.net, gpesakovic@argosy.edu, chamberl@acsu.buffalo.edu, gloriarap@aol.com, Gert.Garman@disney.com, lee.kitchen@disney.com, bmiller175@aol.com, jw@unforgettablebrands.com, flyeb@ecu.edu, jreid@cox.net, stevie1der27@aol.com

Greetings!

Just a reminder, the early bird rates for Florida Creativity Weekend end Tuesday (February 1).  Please remind your colleagues and friends + register yourselves!  (PreWeekend rates go up/leader and teen Weekend rates stay the same).

 

Four weeks from today we will be celebrating another successful Weekend...having shared ideas and expertise, having made new connections with people and ideas, and having enjoyed being both learners and leaders. We look forward to welcome you to Sarassota and the Weekend and to sharing the adventure together. Long 'to do' lists pave the way in between!  Thanks for inviting others as well as being so involved yourselves.

 

Until SOON!

Kitty

Come to Sarasota for an excitingly creative weekend, February 25-27,2011. Register by January 31, 2011 for big savings. Begin BUILDING CONNECTIONS with ideas, people, skills and yourself! http://flcreativity.com

Mac Lady at Mac Tutor

From time to time, I found myself giving unofficial tutoring to my colleagues or extended family members on using the mac. So I was thrilled to hear from my favorite Mac Lady, Marge. And learn that she has become an official mac tutor. She is a Mac Lady because she is very mac-like: friendly, efficient and helpful.

More info for a private tutor, contact www.themactutor.com/

ABZ Tip: Tutoring is an efficient investment.

Call For Proposals Creativity Conference ACE 2011

ACE, Atlanta Creativity Exchange, has a great mix of education and business application. Harry of Creativity Focus, Inc. has been leading the conference. Now they have a brand new website to check out,
www.atlantacreativity.org

Save the Dates : April 14-16, 2011

It's open to accept proposal now, if interested.

Improve Innovation

Innovation comes from applying creativity.

Learn how to apply Creativity in your business and daily life at Florida Creativity Weekend --- Early Bird Deadline - Jan 31st.

Dr. Heusner, an educator, has been running this program since 2004.
www.flcreativity.com

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President Obama mentioned Science Education

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Science education is on the front line. This NSF funded conference will take place in 3 cities. A must for educators, researchers and those who support the community.

See below for the Art of Science Learning Conferences Early Bird

Insights to Google's Ask Not Business Model

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Google has been an inspiration for many business and entrepreneurs worldwide. This doodle of JFK that Google posted today gives an insight to their business model.

Ask not what the world can do for Google. Ask what Google can do for the world. That's what Larry and Sergey have been doing since day one. They serve the world. They lead their company to serve the rest of us in this world wide web.

CEOs, executives, managers, business owners and entrepreneurs, ask what you can do for your customers.

ABZee Tip: Raise the bar of your industry. Then you will make history.

Get the Basics of Technology

ABZee Tips: Get on with the basics.

Here are the tips

From The New York Times:

10 Ways to Get the Most Out of Technology

http://nyti.ms/glBYJz

Basic Happy New Year Wishes

All the Basic good wishes in the Segami way.

Join To The World Google Enriches

Joy to the world, the links have come

Go to the google main page, mouse over the image and click to a world of links, relating to Christmas.

Happy Holidays.

ABZ Tips: In-know-vacation is the best kind of innovation.

Stockholm, Copenhagen, Brussels, London . . . Now Chicago

Renown voice coaches, Kitty Kurth and Kevin Lampe, will present at IIT Rice Campus today, 6 - 9 pm.

6 - 6:30 R & R - - Reception and Registration
6:30 - 9 Program

Sign up now

Direction to IIT Rice Campus

WIFM? The Sound of Your Voice?

Many of us in Chicago area are so looking forward to attend a special program, "The Sound of Your Voice" by Kitty Kurth and Kevin Lampe of  KurthLampe.com on Thursday, Dec 9, from 6 to 9 pm at the IIT Rice Campus in Wheaton.

However, a few undecided had raised a great question, WIFM?

As the co-chair of the program, I take full responsibility for not listing the typical benefits of what you will get by attending this session in the previous blog. With 36-hours count down, I will explain the buzzzzz.

This wife-and-husband-team coach on pronunciation, intonation and the use of voice in a speech.
They will speak about the delivery of a speech follow by interactive exercises.

Kitty and Kevin are renown voice coaches working with International political, business and Hollywood figures. We feel that there are something that everyone could learn from them. Everyone who are communicators and wish to be better communicators.

Political opinions aside, no one could denial the power of the 2004 DNC speech that President Obama delivered. As Kevin Lampe, the speech coach who worked with Senator Obama then, said in an interview, he walked in as a senator pre-speech and walked out as a president to-be post speech.

It had been a big challenge to track them down and agreed to present. They adjusted their trip to Stockholm, Copenhagen, Brussels and London, in order to honor the commitment to present at our program.  As I am up loading this blog, they are flying over the Atlantic ocean, on their way back to Chicago.

Hope you all could join us, listen and learn about our own voices. This has been talked about as one of the few most attend program for everyone. Non-members are welcome.

If you are still undecided, show up anyway at 6 pm for a R & R. Attend a free reception. Then decide if you wish to register and join us at the auditorium.

Are you going to let the weather, the snow, the traffic, the this and that stop you from attending a rare opportunity of the greatest voice coaches? That's what separates the pro and the below.

And if you plan to join us, bring a few friends and family. You never know who is going to deliver the next great speech.

For more details, click here.
Registration.
Directions.

ABZee Tip: Walk before Leap. Listen before speak.

The Sound of Your Voice

The Sound of Your Voice: It is More Than What They Hear

Dec 9, 2010 from 6 - 9 pm CST
Illinois Institute of Technology, Rice Campus, Wheaton
201 East Loop Road, Wheaton, Illinois 60189
Directions
Registration

International recognized speech trainers Kitty Kurth and Kevin Lampe will present "The Sound of Your Voice: It is More Than What They Hear" to the Illinois Chapter of the National Speakers Association on Thursday, December 9, 2010 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Rice Campus, Wheaton, Illinois. Registration Contact Sue Black, Executive Director, 630-208-0776 sueblack@nsa-il.org/

The husband and wife of Chicago based political consulting/public relations firm: Kurth Lampe will conduct a seminar to help experienced and novice speakers alike to learn more the basic speech tool: the voice can be improved to help deliver your message. KurthLampe.com

With a combined total of "way too many years" of political campaign and communications experience they will present a lively and interactive session. They have worked with a variety of speakers including: Hollywood Actors, Ambassadors, CEOs, Senators, and Congressmen and across the US and in Kosovo, Uganda, Belgium, France, India, Malaysia, Albania, Sweden, United Kingdom, Norway, Mali and Macedonia.

The services they provide ranged from: Media Training & Coaching, Speech Preparation, Crisis Communications, Message Development, Political Consulting and Public Affairs.

This is a rare opportunity to learn from these experts. It is the must attend session for all experienced and novice speakers alike. Space is limited. Registration on line ASAP.

About Speakers
Kevin Lampe & Kitty Kurth are internationally recognized experts in political, media and communications strategies. “Ideas, Delivered” is the mission of the firm Kurth Lampe. They have developed and directed the delivery of their client’s complicated messages to a variety of audiences. They have worked with Vice President Al Gore, Hotel Rwanda’s Paul Ruesabegina, Senator Barrack Obama, Erik Estrada, Emily's List, National Women's Political Caucus, Ambassadors, CEOs, Senators, and Congressmen. They have worked across the US and in Kosovo, Uganda, Belgium, Albania, Sweden, United Kingdom, Norway, Indonesia, France, Russia, Romina, Croatia, India, Mali and Macedonia.

With great excitement and much anticipation, the Special Event Committee of NSA-IL will host this program.
Here is the announcement from NSA-IL

ABZee Tip: Learn from the experts, near and far.

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Play With The Food Before You Eat

The Sound of Vegetable: An Innovative Orchestra

NSA-IL Fabulous Meeting

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If you were there, here is a quick recap. If you were not there, here is what you missed. Keep reading till the end to see how to catch up.

Since I am on the program committee, I am able to give you a snap shot and a movie. The program chair this year is Deanne Demarco, working along with the office, Deanne did all the hard work behind the scene, leading to the day.

Friday, Nov 12, 2010
Started at 8:15, Chris Hester, an Alliance Member talked about STC Chicago, Society for Technical Communication. After Networking for 45 minutes, our Chapter President, Maureen O'Brien, kicked off the day with new vision, new possibilities and new presence of NSA-IL.

Yours truely was the emcee of the day. To make the day more memorable, the attendees started Doing by Creating their very own colorful paper screen*.

Our speaker, David Newman, gave a fabulous program: 21 Strategies to Get Booked and Stay Booked. David is a marketing expert who works with speakers, consultants, and coaches who want to do a better job of marketing and get more FOCUS, more MOMENTUM, more CLIENTS and more FUN. More info at http://www.doitmarketing.com/

Donwload the WebApp FREE while it lasts.
http://tinyurl.com/2uckkk5

And there was more.

NSA-IL in-coming President, Brigid Duffield of Legally Speaking, Inc., sponsored the Power Hour from 2:45 to 3:45. David Newman's closed door coaching session on "Marketing Language Bank" with the BIG BONUS of receiving the Speaker Marketing Toolkit Manual free.

If you did not sign up for the Power Hour, frankly, we were relieved. We packed the Boardroom. Behind the closed door . . . well, I really could not say any more.

What if you wish to catch up? David had graciously accept the request to extend the special offer of his Coaching Program, either Group or One-On-One, till Wednesday, Nov 17.

Call the office +1(630) 208-0776 or email Sue Black, Executive Director. She will make it happen for you with various magic options.

To sign up for the newsletter, scroll to the bottom of the page on NSA-IL.org/

ABZ Tip: BS walks. Do It works.

* ABZ Paper Screen is one of the BASIC ABZ signature techniques to bring engagement, interaction and excitement from the audience. It is internationally proven. If you wish to use the same technique, be mindful to copy right: practice ahead of time.