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Although over 90% of the population may have a fear of speaking in public I must emphasize that that “does not” make it normal.

I have heard many public speaking coaches suggest that such a fear is normal. I beg to disagree.

Perhaps what they mean is that it is “common″ but that does not in my view equate with “normal”. In fact if you accept that such fears are normal you are actually imprinting yourself with the greatest mental impediment to freeing yourself from it.

You see when you say that it is normal what is being said is that: “That’s just the way you are”.

So how does that make you feel?

Well probably helpless, defective, frustrated, defeated, angry, hopeless, deflated, de-energized, impaired, vulnerable to it, and out of control of your life to name a few.

So you see the well meaning statement “It’s normal” is actually making you feel totally imprisoned by something you never wanted in the first place.

Additionally, the very fact that you “don’t like it” and you “don’t want it” inside you is a clear sign that it “is not normal”!

Another way of saying it’s not normal is to say that “it is not inherently a part of you rather it is an unwelcome intruder that is shutting you and your life down”.

So where does this intruder come from? Well it is associated with the memories of emotional trauma that you have had imprinted in your mind and body since you were born. In other words it is a form of post traumatic stress disorder.

Although many consider such memories a part of their life and therefore a part of them it has been my experience that they are not.

In fact such memories interfere with your ability to know your fully capable and genuine self at every moment. You see all human beings have enormous potential to create what ever they desire including a well done speech.

Some do it better than others because they carry less emotional trauma than others. The fact that only 5 to 10 percent of individuals feel comfortable speaking in front of crowds simply attests to how few people get into adulthood unscathed.

All of this however can now be reversed easily and quickly so that you too can be free to be your fully capable self.

If that means actualizing the wonderful image of expressing yourself in public then so be it.

Over 10 years ago I developed a modality I call the Mind Resonance Process(TM) (MRP) that helps individuals release easily, painlessly, quickly and permanently one’s limiting life trauma.

If you are inspired to go on a journey to being free or to unleashing the genuine public speaker in you then kindly visit the web link below to join my teleclass or to arrange an Introductory Telephone Consultation.

Dr. Nick Arrizza is trained in Chemical Engineering, Business Management & Leadership, Medicine and Psychiatry. He is an Energy Psychiatrist, Healer, Key Note Speaker,Editor of a New Ezine Called “Spirituality And Science” (which is requesting high quality article submissions) Author of “Esteem for the Self: A Manual for Personal Transformation” (available in ebook format on his web site), Stress Management Coach, Peak Performance Coach & Energy Medicine Researcher, Specializes in Life and Executive Performance Coaching, is the Developer of a powerful new tool called the Mind Resonance Process(TM) that helps build physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well being by helping to permanently release negative beliefs, emotions, perceptions and memories. He holds live workshops, international telephone coaching sessions and international teleconference workshops on Physical. Emotional, Mental and Spiritual Well Being.

Web Site: telecoaching4u.com/PublicSpeaking.htm telecoaching4u.com/PublicSpeaking.htm

The first thing I am going to tell you is that it is not easy. I have personally written over 1300 articles, and some days are easier than others. I do not know of any tricks you can use long term to get your article writing production up and to stay fresh long term.

So if you are looking for quick fixes, you are reading the wrong article.

The very biggest thing for me is quantifying what an article is worth to me in terms of compensation.

What I do is I correlate the amount of money I make per article I have online, and then I assume that that income amount is my earned amount, when I write the article.

You see, my income fluctuates – some days it is less than $100, others it is over $1000. But when did I really earn the income – when someone bought something from me, or when I created it or wrote the article that drove the traffic to my web site?

I argue that I actually earn my income, although I do not receive it at that time, when I create. So if I earn, for example, $20 per article I write, then if I write 20 articles in one day, then I have earned $400 that day. If I do that for 20 days, I have earned $8000 in that month – and all I have done is write new articles. Of course, there is a lot of work involved in creating your products and creating your backend so that the products sell and you make money that way.

But the articles are my entry point into my funnel. You generally have to read an article and click into my site to buy anything from me. Very few people ever get into my site without subscribing first.

That is how I stay motivated. I know that if I write some number of articles, I will make some level of income. Period. It has proven to be very consistent.

How much are your articles worth?

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Marketing plans are great guides for business owners. And a book marketing plan is the specific tool you will use to find and create places to sell your book(s).

Consider these six areas when developing your marketing plan.

The Audience: Who did I write this book for? Make sure you narrow your focus and target specific groups. Try to network with networks instead of one-on-one.

The Product: What kind of book is this? Check out your competition; see what the latest trends are with books similar to yours. One current trend is to sell your how-to book at the end of free how-to teleseminars.

The Price: How will I price my book? Make sure you don’t price your book too high. Again research your competition (and/or your friends!) to find out what books like yours sell for. I’ve seen lots of POD (print on demand) books outrageously priced because of the high cost per book to the author. I can’t imagine they are selling many books when their competitors are selling similar books at half the price. Remember that printing larger quantities on your own allows you to achieve higher profits per book.

The Packaging: How will I design and package my book? Packaging makes all the difference and is the most fun to plan! This is where I get creative and try to incorporate what I love most about the different books that I buy. Make your packaging passionate!

The Promotion and Publicity: What promotional methods will I use to sell my book? This is another fun and creative area to plan. A few words of advice: Be unusual and different because this creates buzz and free publicity. Make sure to combine your unusual promotional techniques with steadfast long-term tactics too. I love to do seasonal off-the-wall stuff, yet I always have ads running consistently where I know my customers will see me.

The Distribution: How will my customer purchase my book? You must have a website that features you and your book(s). Writers try to tell me all the time that they just don’t need a website. That maintaining it takes time away from their creativity. If you aren’t networking with networks (in this case the entire world) then you are working much harder than you have to. Of course you can distribute via traditional markets such as bookstores and gift stores, but what sounds more efficient to you? Don’t think of having a website as an option. Consider it a great way to connect with your customers and really have control over your marketing plan.

Want To Use This Article In Your Ezine or Website? You have my permission, as long as you include this complete blurb with it: Sheri McConnell is the President of the National Association of Women Writers ( NAWW.org www.NAWW.org). She helps women writers and entrepreneurs discover, create, and profit from their intellectual knowledge! Free reports for writers available with subscription to NAWW Weekly. Sheri lives in San Antonio, Texas with her husband Seth and their four children. Contact her at mailto:naww@onebox.com naww@onebox.com or her toll free number at 866-821-5829.

. . . Porthos leaned over towards the man closest to his height and commented, “Nasty little temper there.” Aramis nodded. Almost as an afterthought the big man added, “Is she really any good at fencing?”

“She held her own in Marseille when D’Artagnan and I were fighting alongside her,” the would-be-priest admitted, a bit grudgingly.

Laurel pivoted on her heel and turned to glare at Porthos and Aramis. “By all means, if you gentlemen have something to say, please allow us all to hear.” In frustration she expelled a breath of pent-up air and sank into the nearby chair. “Why do I even bother?” she mumbled, her words unclear to the musketeers. Why did she always seem to lose her cool at the worst times? Uneasy silence settled on the awkward situation.

“Madame, you have a lousy temper,” Aramis said, but in his own singular way which conveyed no insult, and Laurel shrugged her shoulders, saying that men weren’t exclusively entitled to the right to lose their tempers.

“Is it really so hard for you four big strong men to listen to a woman’s point of view on anything, or would that be some affront to your masculinity?” she asked, softly massaging her temples in an effort to ward off an impending headache. She’d been suffering from many of those recently.

Ooh. Porthos flinched inwardly at the lady’s words. Barbs more like it. Independent, feisty thing, and stubborn. The lady knew how to fence verbally; that was definitely not debatable. Of course involvement in international intrigue had a way of making people perfect the skill. “I’m sorry, madame. We cannot take the risk or put you in further danger,” Athos responded, and he truly did seem to regret turning her away.

Her jaw worked in consternation and she closed her eyes, taking deep breaths to steady and calm herself. So Athos was the leader, and it was him she would have to convince. A losing proposition–or so it appeared. “If I were a man . . .”

“If you were a man, we’d still be reluctant to take along someone who’s fighting ability and loyalty we were unsure of.” Athos anticipated the course of her question.

“But you would not turn him away out of hand, would you?” Athos’ steady look confirmed the truth of her assessment. “Yet you’ll turn me away without even giving me a chance to prove myself. Are men really so afraid of a woman who could be their equal in intelligence, ability, ambition, and fighting skills?”

“A musketeer fears nothing,” D’Artagnan insisted.

“Really, is that so? I thought only fools feared nothing,” Laurel riposted, as she made her exit from the room.

For a moment there was confused silence in the room and then D’Artagnan approached Athos. “We can’t just let her walk out there. This is a very dangerous place for a lone woman.”

Athos forbore telling the young man that Laurel had already likely survived many such unsavory places in her pursuit of them. “What do you propose I do? Do you think I can stop her without making the very scene we would like to avoid at all costs? No. I’m afraid in this we can do nothing but leave her to follow her own path right now,” Athos concluded and then changed the subject. “Porthos, Aramis, are either of you acquainted with Thomas d’Anlass or do you know anyone who is acquainted with him?”

“Ah, the great and noble Marquis de Langeac and our erstwhile lady’s father,” Porthos said loudly, leaning back in a chair and propping his feet on a nearby table. “Can’t say as we’ve ever met. Man’s a little beyond my age. Must be in his mid to late forties by now.” His friends directed him disgusted looks for wasting valuable time with a brief run down on the man’s age. “No sense of humor and always in a hurry,” he mumbled and then looked to his companions. “Well then, best I can do for you is that I’m a distant cousin to the man on my mother’s side and the family is very old and well established.” Aramis lifted his palms upward in a silent gesture that told Athos he had even less connection to the marquis. “I don’t suppose you know much about the marquis.” Porthos shot a look at D’Artagnan.

“Sorry. Never even really heard of him until recently.” D’Artagnan stifled a humorless chuckle. “So it looks as if we’re going to have a very hard time finding a man who’s not been seen or heard from in almost two years. And Lady Laurel d’Anlass really is the only one who might know how to contact her father.”

* * * * * * * * * * * *

“No, behind the hovel,” Guillaume ordered in a harsh whisper, and Joseph quickly complied.

Joseph began to speak, and Guillaume waved his hand, stopping him in mid word as he listened at the wall of the small dwelling. Low voices caught his attention, and he strained his ears to hear each word.

Guillaume pulled away from the hovel, and Joseph signaled that all was clear as far as he could see. Cautiously the two men retreated from the building into the sheltering copse of trees. “What’d you learn?” Joseph asked impatiently.

“A man answering to the name of Antoine Françoise passed through here about a day and a half ago. He was headed towards the Pyrénées.”

“Did they mention anything about what Antoine looked like?” Joseph questioned, and Guillaume sketched the brief description that he had overheard. The brush rustled, and both men ceased conversation, straining to be sure that no one had stumbled upon them.

When they had assured themselves that they were alone, Joseph continued, “Sounds like one of the identities the marquis appropriated on a mission to Corsica. I think splitting up and coming into the Luz area by two different directions might be the best plan.” Guillaume nodded his head, and the agents went over the last details of the plan before disappearing into descending dusk. . . .

—-End of section one—-

Kat Jaske is an English and French teacher in Las Vegas, where her high school selected her award-winning, swashbuckling novel, “For Honor″, as the featured book for the 2006 Reading Incentive Program. This is an excellent example of creative fiction writing. You can order the book from web site forhonor.com forhonor.com

Have ever wished that there were a formula for crafting your expertise into a Top Ten article that will showcase your knowledge, cement your credibility and promote your products and services?

1. Find a problem to solve. Think back to conversations you′ve had with clients, potential clients, colleagues, family, friends and strangers. What are the common problems and challenges that people in your target market face? If you don’t have a target market, get one!

2. Brainstorm many ideas. Get pen to paper or fingers to keyboard and rattle off as many ideas as you can think of that will solve that problem. Don′t judge, filter or edit at this point, simply capture everything that comes to mind. When you think you’re done, write for ten more minutes. Then, walk around for two minutes, come back and write some more.

3. Select the best. Ideally, let some time pass after you’ve brainstormed, so you can look at your list with fresh eyes. Now filter through all of your ideas and choose your favourite ten points.

4. Refine your writing. Be sure that you’re trying to make just one clear point in each item. You can choose to stay conversational and casual with your writing, or you can opt for a more professional style. Either way, read it out loud for a sense of how naturally you’ve put the words together.

5. Be consistent. Make sure each of your items is approximately the same number of lines so it’s laid out nicely on the page. Also, try and assemble your information consistently. If each point has a definition and an explanation, put them in the same order every time.

6. Make your points "pop". Choose your ten item titles carefully. Many people will only scan your article. If they like what they see in your item titles, they might take the time to read the rest of the article. If they like what they see there, they might take the time to click the link in your author information.

7. Start with a bang. Title your article. Be as clever and creative as you can, but most importantly be clear about what the reader will get by clicking through to read your article. Answer the question &ampquot;why bother?&ampquot;

8. Make an offer. At the end of your article, include an author information section (sometimes called a "resource box") where you offer readers the opportunity to find out more about a specific product or service. Whether it’s to sign-up for your newsletter, call you for a free consultation or visit your website, be sure to spell out exactly what you’d like the reader to do next (and why they should do it).

9. Recruit new eyes. Have another set of eyes look at your article before it’s published. Whether it’s a professional editor or not, they may be able to point out things you wouldn’t have seen, since you′re so "close" to the article.

10. Walk away. While you’re waiting for this feedback, give yourself a rest from the article. File it away and work on other things for a day or two. Don’t let perfectionism get the better of you!

© Linda Dessau, 2005.

Linda Dessau is a writer and coach. Her “You Talk It, I’ll Write It” service puts your great ideas into writing so you can use them to build credibility, relationships, trust and sales. Visit writeatop10article.com writeatop10article.com for your FREE Top 10 Article Generator worksheet.

Most of us know the old saying beginning, “For want of a nail, the shoe was lost.” This unfortunate tale leads from the loss of the horseshoe to the loss of the battle and finally the kingdom.

In mid-December, it was the loss of a piece of plastic the size of a pea that led to the destruction of our database and bookkeeping computer. It was a cold Thursday in Colorado Springs when our bookkeeper came to me and told me her computer wouldn’t start. Computers that don’t start usually need new power supplies. I ran out, bought one, and installed it. Unfortunately, the computer still didn’t start.

I dug deeper into the computer and discovered my little piece of plastic had broken and the power switch wasn’t connecting correctly. I put the computer back together with the switch hanging outside the computer case so our bookkeeper could continue her projects.

A half hour later, the computer was sounding like a diesel truck idling at a stoplight. I opened it up and found that one of the unused power cables from the new power supply had fallen into the fan for the main CPU chip and had broken several of the vanes on the fan. The fan was vibrating unmercifully and needed to be replaced.

Here comes my fatal mistake. I removed the fan to take it to the computer store. Since it was only a small fan cooling the chip, I turned the computer back on to see if it would work. The smell of burning plastic filled the air, and the computer worked no more.

A new chip was $100 and had to be ordered. The computer store guys couldn’t promise something else in the computer wasn’t burned up as well. I spent Friday getting a spare computer up and running. After a tense few hours, I got the data off the hard drive. I spent the weekend loading software onto the new computer.

By Monday morning, the new bookkeeping computer was working, but some information was missing and many processes were changed. The burned-up computer still sits in pieces awaiting a decision.

Most longtime computer users can share similar tales of data lost. Hard-drive crashes, viruses, theft, fire, and flood can all wipe out your data and possibly damage your business.

There are many solutions to backing up data. Disks, tapes, and online backups are all good potential solutions for protecting information on your computer.

Our database/accounting information and the “My Documents” folders on individual computers are backed up onto a server computer daily. Our problem was that the more elusive information like the e-mail files and those tucked on the desktop were not backed up regularly. Now they are.

For individual computers, we use Roxio Easy CD and DVD Creator onto a CD or DVD. I try to back up weekly and then find out it’s been a month.

It is important for you to locate all the files you want to back up. E-mail files like Outlook and Eudora in Windows are not stored in the “My Documents” folder. Sometimes these e-mails are the most critical of all your information.

Another important point is to store your backup disks off site on a regular basis. If theft, fire, or flood should occur, most of your data will be recovered.

Backing up takes time, but not as much time as recovering all your data from your paper files. Almost every computer user wishes, at some time, they had backed up ten minutes earlier. Back up often and save your kingdom.

Scott Flora is the Vice President of About Books, Inc. ABI is a consulting company helping authors and publishers edit, design and print their books. Scott is also the Executive Director of the Small Publishers Association of North America (SPAN - spannet.org spannet.org). More information at about-books.com about-books.com or call 719-632-8226.

Article marketing requires a powerful resource box to be effective. I seen so many people who have written good articles, blow it at this point because they don’t know how to create a powerful and effective resource box.

One of the main mistakes

One of the main mistakes made when crafting an effective resource box is the failure to extend an invitation to the reader. Many writers make the mistake of using the resource box to talk about themselves and/or their resources, and never bother to include an invitation to the reader.

How to extend an invitation

Everyone likes to be invited. This is especially true in the resource box, because many people are so jaded on the internet by being repeatedly pounded on the head to buy something or your whole entire family will starve.

That may be a bit of an exaggeration, but not by much.

With all the high pressure and hype on the internet, it is refreshing to receive an invitation to do something, especially if that something is free.

For example, in many of my resource boxes I will say something like this -

“For more tips and tools on article marketing, I′d like to invite you to visit (my url) to download your two free article writing templates.”

Did you catch that? I get the desired result all day every day, which is getting people back to your web site and onto your list. But I did it with a respectful invitation which is going to be much more well received by the reader than banging them over the head.

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From Jeff Herring - The Article Guy

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. - Dale Carnegie

Some of the special skills discussed in writing may have you feeling as if there is really no room for expressing your own personality in your writing. However, there is always a misunderstood need for personal innovation in storytelling. There will always be intriguing stories that defy conventional wisdom.

Children’s author Pamela Jane struggled with the advice she was receiving from others in the field of children’s literature. The suggestion was that Pamela should write about the subjects she knew. She was advised to avoid stories about dolls, fantasy and seasonal titles.

As it turns out, Pamela had just written a story about a doll she had owned as a child and the imagination she used to convey a fantasy Christmas story.

Pamela angrily accepted the advise of her writing friends and set the story aside. However, another friend encouraged her to at least explore the possibility of publishing the story.

“I decided to send it to an obscure regional publisher who might not have heard that seasonal doll fantasies were passé,” says Pamela. However, before the work could be reviewed Pamela was encouraged to send it to a major publishing house.

Pamela did not follow the normal pattern for children’s literature and she did not follow the accepted pattern for cover letters.

The query simply read, “It’s a Christmas fantasy about a little girl and a ballet doll.” Pamela assumed it would to be an automatic refusal so she didn’t attempt to put her best foot forward.

The editor that looked at her sparse cover letter responded with four words that defied the odds, “Please send your story.”

That story, “Noelle of the Nutcracker″, became the first of more than twenty children’s books for Pamela Jane. While she has had more conventional books, her first was one that helped Pamela see that sometimes writing does not need to follow a prescribed formula to connect with a reader.

There are no guarantees in writing, however if you have something that you really believe in follow through with it even if the experts insist you might have it wrong. Accept their advice and then do what you feel you have to do. You might just have a success hiding away on a shelf somewhere.

Scott Lindsay is a web developer and entrepreneur. He is the founder of FaithWriters ( faithwriters.com faithwriters.com) and many other web projects. FaithWriters has grown to become one of the largest online destinations for Christian writers. Members include writers from all around the world. Please visit the website at: faithwriters.com faithwriters.com

The U. S. Department of Education continues to find that writing skills are lacking in students. This trend is not confined to the United States, but is turning up throughout the industrialized world.

Corporations spend several million dollars annually trying to improve their employees writing skills. Corporate, human resource directors are finding those skills are not where they need to be. Cover letters are weak, sagging beneath the weight of needless words, grammatical mistakes, and questionable logic. Not being able to fill out a job application properly is the proverbial kiss of death for would-be employees, said one human resource director to the National Commission on Writing.

College admission officers are saying the same thing about application essays. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) standards, by the end of high school 22% of students are below basic standards in writing, 78% are at or above basic standards, 22% are at or above proficient and 1% are advanced writers. The standards encourage first rate organizational skills, convincing and elaborated responses to tasks assigned, and use of rich, evocative and compelling language. Those standards set a high bar with only 22% of all high school seniors able to meet it.

It’s easy to figure out what happened to writing. It simply isn’t taught in most schools. Adults can’t write because they′ve never had to. The only way to learn how to write is by doing it, which includes making errors and then correcting them. Standards need to be raised in schools, which include the art of writing and its inherent disciplines. More papers need to be assigned in schools requiring original ideas rather than learning how to take tests.

The importance of verbal and writing skills in this information age cannot be stressed enough. The reward of disciplined writing is the most valuable job attribute of all: a mind equipped to think. Writing today is not a frill for the few, but an essential skill for the many.

Copyright © 2005 by Pamela Beers. All rights reserved.

Pamela Beers is a freelance writer and educator. Visit her website at pamelabeers.com pamelabeers.com

The Hero’s Journey is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. Understanding this template is a priority for story or screenwriters:

The Hero’s Journey:

• Attempts to tap into unconscious expectations the audience has regarding what a story is and how it should be told.

• Gives the writer more structural elements than simply three or four acts, plot points, mid point and so on.

• Interpreted metaphorically, laterally and symbolically, allows an infinite number of varied stories to be created.

The Hero’s Journey is also a study of repeating patterns in successful stories and screenplays. It is compelling that screenwriters have a higher probability of producing quality work when they mirror the recurring patterns found in successful screenplays.

The Hero’s Journey is also a study of conventions. Before screenwriters can decide whether to accept or reject the conventions, they must appreciate their purpose and value.

Consider this:

• Titanic (1997) grossed over $600,000,000 – uses the Hero’s Journey as a template.

• Star Wars (1977) grossed over $460,000,000 - uses the Hero’s Journey as a template.

• Shrek 2 (2004) grossed over $436,000,000 - uses the Hero’s Journey as a template.

• ET (1982) grossed over $434,000,000 - uses the Hero’s Journey as a template.

• Spiderman (2002) grossed over $432,000,000 - uses the Hero’s Journey as a template.

• Out of Africa (1985), Terms of Endearment (1983), Dances with Wolves (1990), Gladiator (2000) – All Academy Award Winners Best Film are based on the Hero’s Journey.

• Anti-hero stories (Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990) etc) are all based on the Hero’s Journey.

• Heroine’s Journey stories (Million Dollar Baby (2004), Out of Africa (1980) etc) are all based on the Hero’s Journey.

Screenwriting Tips: Use the Hero’s Journey

The best screenwriting effectively utilises the hero’s Journey.

All of the Academy Award Winners of recent years have used it.

As an example, Gladiator (Academy Award Winner Best Film, 2000) is deconstucted below (a summary):

Call to Adventure: Marcus Aurelius asks Maximus to give Rome back to the people.

Refusal of the Call: Maximus refuses – he wishes to return home to his wife and child.

Supernatural Aid: Maximus asks advice from Cicero; he treasures the statuette (magical gift) during this stage of the journey. But the real mentor is Proximo, who is met during the stage of the Transformation /Road of Trials.

Crossing the First Threshold: Maximus is taken away to be murdered by the Roman soldiers; he travels home to find his wife and child murdered (NO Way Back).

Physical Separation from the Old World (Belly of the Whale): The slave caravan carries Maximus to the World of the Transformation.

Transformation (Road of Trials): Proximo forces Maximus to learn the art of the gladiator until he transforms to the leader and best of the best.

The Ideal, Seizing the Sword (Meeting with the Goddess): Proximo lures Maximus to Rome, where he will have a chance to confront Commodus.

Rebirth through Death (Woman as Temptress): Lucilla tempts Maximus to meet with Senator Graccus; Cicero and many of Maximus’ gladiator allies die.

Atonement: Maximus and Commodus confront each other.

Apotheosis: Commodus is not a moral man – he will use deceit to win.

Ultimate Boon: Maximus has a opportunity to fight Commodus in the arena.

Other stages to the journey include: Refusal of the Return, Magic Flight, Rescue from Without, Crossing the Return Threshold, Master of the Two Worlds, Freedom to Live.

Learn more…

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Kal Bishop is a management consultant based in London, UK. His specialities include Knowledge Management and Creativity and Innovation Management. He has consulted in the visual media and software industries and for clients such as Toshiba and Transport for London. He has led Improv, creativity and innovation workshops, exhibited artwork in San Francisco, Los Angeles and London and written a number of screenplays. He is a passionate traveller. He can be reached at managing-creativity.com/ managing-creativity.com/