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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/utility/feedstylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Author Appeal in the Virtual World</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/marketing/events/w/speaking-engagements/7947/author-appeal-in-the-virtual-world</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 10</generator><item><title>Author Appeal in the Virtual World</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/marketing/events/w/speaking-engagements/7947/author-appeal-in-the-virtual-world</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2020 13:22:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:0b12fcd6-7a3a-4823-b47f-aa058f1dc547</guid><dc:creator>Steve Piacente</dc:creator><comments>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/marketing/events/w/speaking-engagements/7947/author-appeal-in-the-virtual-world#comments</comments><description>Current Revision posted to Speaking Engagements by Steve Piacente on 10/22/2020 1:22:30 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Whatever future is headed our way, it will not be a return to the past. Face-to-face book events will not return anytime soon. Authors need to know how to present themselves and their work in a virtual environment, be it Zoom, WebEx or another platform. This means &amp;quot;showing up&amp;quot; looking good, sounding good, making good eye contact, and being adept at Q&amp;amp;A. Watch this recorded webinar with author and communications expert Steve Piacente to learn how to be more engaging in the &amp;#39;New Abnormal&amp;#39; as you discuss your work with book clubs, library groups, bloggers, and others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-01-27/AuthorAppealintheVirtualWorld.mp4"&gt;www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../AuthorAppealintheVirtualWorld.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About the Presenter:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Author Steve Piacente is the Training Director at The Communication Center in Washington, D.C., an Associate Professor at American University, and a certified life coach and the owner of Next Phase Life Coaching. Steve is the self-published author of three novels:&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bella, Bootlicker&lt;/em&gt;, and&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;Pretender&lt;/em&gt;, as well as a self-help book titled:&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;Your New Fighting Stance: Good Enough Isn&amp;rsquo;t, and You Know it&lt;/em&gt;. As a communications and life coach, Steve works with authors, journalists, public relations professionals, and others in communications-related fields. Steve began his career as a daily newspaper reporter and spent 15 years covering Congress before joining the federal government as a speechwriter and communications manager. He joined The Communication Center in 2013.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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</description></item><item><title>Author Appeal in the Virtual World</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/marketing/events/w/speaking-engagements/7947/author-appeal-in-the-virtual-world/revision/1</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2020 12:04:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:0b12fcd6-7a3a-4823-b47f-aa058f1dc547</guid><dc:creator>Author Learning Center</dc:creator><comments>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/marketing/events/w/speaking-engagements/7947/author-appeal-in-the-virtual-world#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to Speaking Engagements by Author Learning Center on 10/22/2020 12:04:23 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Whatever future is headed our way, it will not be a return to the past. Face-to-face book events will not return anytime soon. Authors need to know how to present themselves and their work in a virtual environment, be it Zoom, WebEx or another platform. This means &amp;quot;showing up&amp;quot; looking good, sounding good, making good eye contact, and being adept at Q&amp;amp;A. Watch this recorded webinar with author and communications expert Steve Piacente to learn how to be more engaging in the &amp;#39;New Abnormal&amp;#39; as you discuss your work with book clubs, library groups, bloggers, and others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About the Presenter:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Author Steve Piacente is the Training Director at The Communication Center in Washington, D.C., an Associate Professor at American University, and a certified life coach and the owner of Next Phase Life Coaching. Steve is the self-published author of three novels:&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bella, Bootlicker&lt;/em&gt;, and&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;Pretender&lt;/em&gt;, as well as a self-help book titled:&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;Your New Fighting Stance: Good Enough Isn&amp;rsquo;t, and You Know it&lt;/em&gt;. As a communications and life coach, Steve works with authors, journalists, public relations professionals, and others in communications-related fields. Steve began his career as a daily newspaper reporter and spent 15 years covering Congress before joining the federal government as a speechwriter and communications manager. He joined The Communication Center in 2013.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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