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Confident Conversations Workshop 2.0

I like designing new workshops and working on new ideas as much as possible.  So far, I’ve only repeated one course within the Queen’s University Open Learning Programme.  That was my 1-day workshop called Body to Body: How To Communicate Without Words.  Read about it here.  Now, I intend to add to this repeated course hall of fame.  On Saturday, 31 May 2008 I delivered a workshop called Confident Conversations: How to Talk in Any Situation.  Or, as I called it my my post-workshop report blog, The Art of Talking Without Talking.

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Body Language With Benji

If you’re an 80s child like me, you’ll remember Benji, Zax and the Alien Prince.  It was a kids sci-fi series about the earth-bound adventures of a dork, a droid, and a disgustingly cute dog called Benji.  Benji went on to star in other series and films of his own.  In all of them, he repeatedly showed that cutie-pie ‘I’m a little, stray puppy-wuppy, pretty please be my friend’ face till I fainted with saccharine over-exposure. Read more…

Sex and Self-Defence

Indian sex workers learn karate says the title of the article.  I am unimpressed.

Prostitutes in an Indian state have started taking karate lessons to help protect themselves against violent pimps and ‘customers’.  If you go to the article, there is a short film of them in training.  Natural feelings of sympathy for their plight are compounded.  The training will serve them poorly. Read more…