Kate Bennis Studio
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I am a Presentation and Communication Coach for all of life's occasions from TED Talks to Flirting!
When is talking about others gossip? In theater we say, “theater work is life work,” meaning that the things we struggle with onstage offer wisdom for those things we struggle with in life. Gossip is a perfect example. Actors know...Read on:
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When is talking about others gossip?
Weekly Presence Prompt
https://katebennisstudio.substack.com/p/gossip
3 months ago
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Rasheryl McCreary Talks with Kate Last week I posted the interview I did with my dear friend, Rasheryl McCreary for her “A Woman’s Voice Summit.” After my interview, she asked if I would interview her! It was an unexpected joy...Read on:
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Rasheryl McCreary Talks with Kate
Weekly Presence Prompt
https://katebennisstudio.substack.com/p/rasheryl-mccreary-talks-with-kate
3 months ago
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"A Woman's Voice Summit" with Rasheryl McCreary Over the phone I heard the resonant, clear, and warm voice of Rasheryl McCreary—executive coach, actor, writer, director, spiritual leader, and my dear friend. We’d not spoken...Read on:
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"A Woman's Voice Summit" with Rasheryl McCreary
Weekly Presence Prompt
https://katebennisstudio.substack.com/p/a-womans-voice-summit-with-rasheryl
3 months ago
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Goals vs Intentions I heard a communication coach tell her audience that every communication encounter must have a goal. What is the goal of this meeting, this phone call, this speech? In the context of her talk, I realized that...Read on:
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#intention
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Goals vs. Intentions
Weekly Presence Prompt
https://katebennisstudio.substack.com/p/intentions-vs-goals
4 months ago
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So excited to be a part of this event! My interview with the amazing Rasheryl McCreary, PCC is on Friday July 25th at 1:00 PM ET (10:00 AM PT)
learning.siliconvalleycsl.com/awv-day-5
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A WOMAN’S VOICE™ Online Summit - Daily Speaker Lineup Day 5
A FREE 5-day transformational online summit for women ready to reclaim their power and rise in life, leadership, and legacy. Hosted by Rasheryl McCreary, transformational teacher, executive coach, CEO...
https://learning.siliconvalleycsl.com/awv-day-5
5 months ago
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Work Everything that I have ever valued, everything that is the most precious to me, has come with hard work: relationships, raising children, writing, acting, coaching, loving, exploring, collaborating...Read on:
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#communication
#work
#practice
#rehearsal
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Work
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https://katebennisstudio.substack.com/p/work
5 months ago
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Achievement vs Success “Achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that’s nice too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim...Read on:
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Achievement vs Success
Weekly Presence Prompt
https://katebennisstudio.substack.com/p/achievement-vs-success
6 months ago
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The sweetest thing. Thank you, Brian. ANEW: The Frequency of Our Intentions
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ANEW: The Frequency of Our Intentions
Inspired by Kate Bennis
https://open.substack.com/pub/brianwthomas42/p/anew-the-frequency-of-our-intentions?r=1hze4l&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
6 months ago
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Fundraising: matching passion and purpose My friend, Pat Belisle, is a phenomenal fundraiser. I’m afraid to ask how many millions he has raised in his lifetime of championing causes he believes in. From children’s hospitals to the United Way...Read on:
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Fundraising: matching passion and purpose
Weekly Presence Prompt
https://katebennisstudio.substack.com/p/fundraising-matching-passion-and
6 months ago
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When speaking, no need to… There are many habits of writing and speaking that dissipate the meaning and impact of our communication. My theory is that this begins with our very first...Read on:
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#fillerwords
#redundant
#intention
#audience
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When speaking, no need to…
Weekly Presence Prompt
https://katebennisstudio.substack.com/p/when-speaking-no-need-to
7 months ago
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Stories to Heal and Connect I first heard the interview with Padraig O’Tuama from “On Being” with Krista Tippett through my tinny earphones while working out. The lingering warmth of his voice and words, the poetic telling of his life...Read on:
katebennisstudio.substack.com/p/stories-to...
#story
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Stories to Heal and Connect
Weekly Presence Prompt
https://katebennisstudio.substack.com/p/stories-to-heal-and-connect
7 months ago
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How to Use Stories Years ago I worked with my mother’s dear friend and partner in everything musical, Eugenia. She was giving a talk in a fancy club in the hopes that she could sway this audience to support her programs at...Read on:
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#storytelling
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How to Use Stories
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https://katebennisstudio.substack.com/p/how-to-use-stories
7 months ago
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When the kids were little, they loved hearing stories about when I humiliated myself. These stories made them absolutely giddy. “More!” “Another one!” I knew it must have been reassuring that a person who could drive and read whole...Read on:
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#intention
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Writing Our Own Stories
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https://katebennisstudio.substack.com/p/writing-our-own-stories
7 months ago
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Cocktail Conversation: everyone is fascinating A recent client came in with a list of things he wanted to work on: small talk, flirting, deepening conversations, listening, asking for what he wants…the list was long! I was...Read on:
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Cocktail Conversation: everyone is fascinating
Weekly Presence Prompt
https://katebennisstudio.substack.com/p/cocktail-conversation
8 months ago
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All tricky conversations require respect for the others involved. Even if we do not have respect for their ideas or behavior, we bring respect for their humanity. “It was much later that I realized Dad's secret. He gained respect by giving…Read on:
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#negotiation
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Tricky Conversations: Respect — Kate Bennis Studio
All tricky conversations require respect for the others involved. Even if we do not have respect for their ideas or behavior, we bring respect for their humanity. “It was much later that I realize...
https://katebennisstudio.com/blog/polarized-conversations-when-relationships-matter
8 months ago
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Tricky Conversations: the ones worth having A conversation that raises our heart rate, that leaves us flustered, that gives us a pit in our stomach or butterflies in our heart, is a tricky conversation. These will differ for everyone…Read on:
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Tricky Conversations: the ones worth having — Kate Bennis Studio
A conversation that raises our heart rate, that leaves us flustered, that gives us a pit in our stomach or butterflies in our heart, is a tricky conversation. These will differ for everyone—flirting o...
https://katebennisstudio.com/blog/terrifying-conversations-the-ones-worth-having
8 months ago
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Hello All! Anya's new single, BOYS THESE DAYS has dropped! Spotify:
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Boys These Days
Anya Movius · Single · 2025 · 1 songs
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9 months ago
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2025 Warren Bennis Leadership Experience spotlights relationships, reflection and resilience
The eighth annual Warren Bennis Leadership Experience reflected on the former University of Cincinnati president’s leadership lessons at Tangeman University Center’s Great Hall on March 12, days after...
https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2025/03/2025-warren-bennis-leadership-experience.html
9 months ago
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How to Calm Anxiety It’s opening night. I am standing in the shadows in my sturdy high-heels, nylons, and silky blue dress. Waiting. I am watching the stage manager introduce the show, reminding everyone to turn off their phones. But I…Read on:
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How to Calm Anxiety — Kate Bennis Studio
It’s opening night. I am standing in the shadows in my sturdy high-heels, nylons, and silky blue dress. Waiting. I am watching the stage manager introduce the show, reminding everyon...
https://katebennisstudio.com/blog/how-to-calm-anxiety
9 months ago
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The Role of Leader “I have heard celebrated orators who could start thunders of applause without changing any man’s opinion. Mr. Lincoln’s eloquence was of the higher type, which produced conviction in others because of the conviction of”… Read on:
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The Role of Leader — Kate Bennis Studio
“I have heard celebrated orators who could start thunders of applause without changing any man’s opinion. Mr. Lincoln’s eloquence was of the higher type, which produced conviction in others b...
https://katebennisstudio.com/blog/the-role-of-leader
9 months ago
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The Moments Just Before… Not long ago, as I sat back stage, listening to the rustle of the audience and the pre-show music, a fellow actor asked if I was nervous. I answered, “No. I’m ready.” I may even be a little addicted to that liminal…Read on:
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#TEDx
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The Moments Just Before… — Kate Bennis Studio
“When once a decision has been reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss absolutely all responsibility and care about the outcome.” -- William James “My center gives way. My right re...
https://katebennisstudio.com/blog/the-moments-just-before
10 months ago
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Critics: internal and external INNER CRITICS In my life and practice, it’s clear that many of us have pretty harsh inner-critics. In some cases, these critics keep us from doing the very things that might bring us happiness: asking someone…Read On:
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Critics: internal and external — Kate Bennis Studio
INNER CRITICS In my life and practice, it’s clear that many of us have pretty harsh inner-critics. In some cases, these critics keep us from doing the very things that might bring us happiness: askin...
https://katebennisstudio.com/blog/critics-internal-and-external
10 months ago
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Country music star Sheryl Crow sold her Tesla and will donate her funds to NPR “There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align with. So long Tesla.” 📝
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#EndOligarchy
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Use of the Whole Self: body, voice, expression, movement, emotion As we move onto the stage, remember, there is a reason that some company or organization has paid to have a flesh and blood person brought into the room. They pay for…Read on:
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Use of the Whole Self: body, voice, expression, movement, emotion — Kate Bennis Studio
As we move onto the stage, remember, there is a reason that some company or organization has paid to have a flesh and blood person brought into the room. They pay for planes, trains, and Ubers.&...
https://katebennisstudio.com/blog/use-of-the-whole-self
10 months ago
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Welcome and Move Towards Obstacles Once, while doing summer stock in a Vermont barn, a lovely but inexperienced actor said she simply couldn’t play the scene. The gun she needed to wield was hidden in a purse on the opposite side of the…Read on:
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Welcome and Move Towards Obstacles — Kate Bennis Studio
Once, while doing summer stock in a Vermont barn, a lovely but inexperienced actor said she simply couldn’t play the scene. The gun she needed to wield was hidden in a purse on the opposite side...
https://katebennisstudio.com/blog/welcome-obstacles
10 months ago
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Personal Vision and Mission: Purpose Statements Many businesses have both a Vision Statement, the aspirational WHAT we most wish for, and a Mission Statement, the HOW do we get there. Apple Computers, known for their beauty and simplicity, had…Read on:
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Personal Vision and Mission: Purpose Statements — Kate Bennis Studio
Many businesses have both a Vision Statement, the aspirational WHAT we most wish for, and a Mission Statement, the HOW do we get there. Apple Computers, known for their beauty and simplicity...
https://katebennisstudio.com/blog/personal-vision-and-mission
11 months ago
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Context: the given circumstances "Mastering the context is about understanding your place in the world. You have to understand the state of the world around you in order to enact change within the world and within yourself." "The first step…Read on:
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Context: the given circumstances — Kate Bennis Studio
"Mastering the context is about understanding your place in the world. You have to understand the state of the world around you in order to enact change within the world and within yourself." "The ...
https://katebennisstudio.com/blog/context-the-given-circumstances
11 months ago
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Make Your Offering I did a one-year online mindfulness course with Rick Hanson called “The Foundations of Well-Being.” For me, the practices were life-changing; for the first time I understood how short…Read on:
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#offering
#gift
#talk
#communication
#mindfulness
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Make Your Offering — Kate Bennis Studio
I did a one-year online mindfulness course with Rick Hanson called “The Foundations of Well-Being.” For me, the practices were life-changing; for the first time, I understood h...
https://katebennisstudio.com/blog/making-your-offering
11 months ago
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Making a Pitch: igniting others I love working with my clients on pitches. We have only minutes to ignite others. There is something so clean and sharp about a pitch. The best are simple and passionate. And they take a lot of work…Read on:
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Making a Pitch: igniting others — Kate Bennis Studio
I love working with my clients on pitches. We have only minutes to ignite others. There is something so clean and sharp about a pitch. The best are simple and passionate. And they take a lot of wor...
https://katebennisstudio.com/blog/pitches
12 months ago
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Faking It “…if your spontaneous cheerfulness be lost…sit up cheerfully and…act and speak as if cheerfulness were already there…So, to feel brave, use all of our will to that end, and a courage-fit will very likely replace the fit of fear”…Read on:
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Faking It — Kate Bennis Studio
“…if your spontaneous cheerfulness be lost, …sit up cheerfully and …act and speak as if cheerfulness were already there…So, to feel brave, use all of our will to that end, and a courage-fit will very ...
https://katebennisstudio.com/blog/faking-it
12 months ago
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The Generosity of Being Generative In Sophocles’ Antigone, Antigone defies her uncle Creon’s decree to leave her brother unburied; her brother had fought against his homeland and this was his punishment. Even though her sister…Read on:
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#leadership
#greatergood
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The Generosity of Being Generative — Kate Bennis Studio
In Sophocles ’ Antigone , Antigone defies her uncle Creon’s decree to leave her brother unburied; her brother had fought against his homeland and this was his punishment. Even thoug...
https://katebennisstudio.com/blog/the-generosity-of-being-generative
about 1 year ago
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Making the Positive Choice The late, great, Michael Warren Powell gave me an enormous gift during an audition. A mentor, teacher, and dear friend, he reminded me to make the positive choice. In theater this means…Read on:
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#communication
#theater
#intention
#hope
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Making the Positive Choice — Kate Bennis Studio
The late, great, Michael Warren Powell gave me an enormous gift during an audition. A mentor, teacher, and dear friend, he reminded me to make the positive choice. In theater this means that one’s...
https://katebennisstudio.com/blog/making-the-positive-choice
about 1 year ago
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Raising the Stakes Remember the urban legend of the mother picking up a VW Bug to save her baby? That act is pure intention with immediacy and high stakes. That mother’s action, thought, behavior, voice, and words are…Read on:
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#purpose
#LadyMacbeth
#leadership
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Raising the Stakes — Kate Bennis Studio
Remember the urban legend of the mother picking up a VW Bug to save her baby? That act is pure intention with immediacy and high stakes. That mother’s action, thought, behavior, voice, and...
https://katebennisstudio.com/blog/raising-the-stakes
about 1 year ago
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“If you are trying to change the world through the spoken word, then you hire Kate to help you do this.” —Ken Bloom, Senior Client Partner, Korn Ferry Learn more at
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about 1 year ago
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