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Adrienne Zurub, Author of:

'Notes From the Mothership The Naked Invisibles'

available at:

http://amazon.com

and 

http://chasewunderlickpublishers.com.cn

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Seven Lessons From Stand Up Comedy!

(Of course, the picture has nothing to do with Stand Up Comedy...wait it does. Get your audiences ATTENTION!) 

The Lessons I learned in stand up are applicable to just about every situation in which you need to promote yourself and/or gain the confidence of others. 

As a Stand Up Comedian channeling my talents, improvisational skills and performance accrual into my speaking business, I have acquired wisdom from performance arts that are apropos to the speaking business.

(1) Know your audience! When crafting your speech or presentation know everything you can about the audience you will address. This involves researching the company, the demographic of the audience, what time you will be on (morning versus evening audiences are DIFFERENT!)

(2) Know your material. The audience expects you to in essence lead them. Lead them with your professional and knowing grasp of your subject matter.

(3) Do not expect to win over everyone with your great speech! Stand Up Comedians know beforehand that not everyone may be receptive to their material. Yet, a Comedian knows how to control an audience, continue to move forward with their material, and to connect with those in the audience that do get their message!

(4) Learning to move through your material or speech is NOT ignoring the audience. A Stand Up Comedian will instantly make adjustments in their material to meet the needs and personality of a particular audience. As a speaker, you 'read' your audience and make adjustments in how you present your material!

(5) ATTITUDE is everything! The audience gains confidence in you the moment you walk out onto the stage. HOW you walk to that mic, podium or lectern BEFORE you open your mouth determines how the audience will accept or connect with you. More important is the connection! Make them want you! Make that audience want to be like you!

(6) Along with attitude in coming on stage is CONTROL! A Stand Up Comedian, a good one, comes on stage and CONTROLS the stage, it is their DOMAIN! In taking control of the stage the comedian, lets the audience know that they are in for a remarkable experience. They make the audience feel safe.

The stage should be your domain, your home, your place of comfort.

(7) To make the stage your domain, take lessons to improve your performance. Take acting lessons, improvisation lessons, theater lessons. Observe performers in action and take what you need to improve your stage performance. Go to open mikes and just get up and try to make a joke or just talk to the audience. Stage time is everything! 
For an example outside of comedy, take Tiger Woods. Mr. Woods, a naturally gifted golfer still takes lessons to improve his game!

(8) Do auditions! Auditioning whether for a play, movie, theater production or whatever makes you think 'conciseness' in getting YOUR persona (and your message) across quickly. Auditioning makes you think on your feet! You have to deliver yourself, BE yourself and who you really are, usually in three to five minutes depending on the requirements of the audition.

(9) A manager at The New York Comedy Club once observed me looking glum in the club. He immediately told me to smile because I am in show business! 
YOU, as a speaker are in Show Business! Smile! Radiate like a star! Make people want to connect with you by the aura you create!

Apparently, I can't count...YOUR bonus!

Adrienne Zurub

Author/Speaker/Comedian/RN

'Notes From the Mothership The Naked Invisibles'

http://chasewunderlickpublishers.com.cn

and at
Adrienne Zurub's Amazon Blog - http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/A3DXVTX2C4WOPO

http://amazon.com (ASIN:0979286301)

見えないことを

見えないことを, originally uploaded by cmyka.

quietly LOUD.

I love Black and White Photography. Especially, pictures that say a lot without saying anything at all.

Adrienne Zurub

Author/Speaker/Comedian/RN

'Notes From the Mothership The Naked Invisibles'

http://chasewunderlickpublishers.com.cn

also available at:

Adrienne Zurub's Amazon Blog - http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/A3DXVTX2C4WOPO

http://amazon.com (ASIN:0979286301)

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Observe a Black Person/Friend in Captivity to Help You Decide 11/2008.

Hello! I am Adrienne Zurub, a middle (barely) income Black married woman living in Cleveland, Ohio. I have a husband who is white (well sorta, he's Palestinian) and two children. My husband and I argue, like most people (particularly white people) over finances, and why he cannot put a roll of toilet paper on the roll, and who was supposed to pay the light bill...before the disconnection! I got the idea for this after looking at the Sunday morning political pundits. They presented statistics on what kind of white people would vote for Obama; the ones who had a black friend(s) or who sought out diverse interactions in social settings with people of color. The pundits mentioned that white persons who had no interactions or good meaningful knowledge of people of color, meaning Black people, would not vote for Obama. While this may be true regardless of what I do, I feel it is my patriotic duty and of course my comedic calling to educate the public, the white public that is, who may not be privy to a 'good Black person.

I decided on the spare of the moment, to bravely (sh*t, no makeup!) put myself and my family on video, so that some white people can get a sense of a black person and black people who live in relative normality in a suburban setting. I recorded the video quickly because the rational part of me, that damn Left Brain was about to say, "Are you Crazy, don't do that. You'll look ridiculous!?" (Shaddup!) So, observe a Black person/family in 'captivity' (mortgage, too many bills, a tween-ager, a passive marriage bound by the need for two incomes, etc. and so forth...) Hopefully, this video will be instructive. Mainly, it is entertainment. Enjoy. (I have to go now and inform my family know that I am exposing them for the public good).

Go to youtube.com, copy and paste: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gov2v_jACYg#

Get Your Laugh On w/ Dennis Wolfberg

I do stand up comedy and finally came across my favorite comedian, 'Dennis Wolfberg' on YouTube.com!

I can remember seeing Dennis on comedy shows in the '80's and thinking this guy is awesome and if I do stand up I want to be like him.

The way he delivers his material, the gestures, the timing, and his facial expressions make him a classic (also those bug-eyes).

Even now, his material can make your worries disappear with continual laughter. Unfortunately he died early. Try him! ENJOY! (Thank you Dennis!!)

Oh yeah... Here are upcoming booksignings, lectures/discussions and live readings for Adrienne Zurub, Author of 'Notes From the Mothership The Naked Invisibles':

Saturday: June 14, 2008, BORDERS Books, 30121 Detroit Rd., Westlake, OH 44145, 2pm--4pm (440) 892-7667

Thursday: June 26, 2008, Coventry Village Library, 1925 Coventry Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118, 7pm--8:15pm (216) 321-3400

Saturday: June 28, 2008, Loganberry Books Authors Fair, as part of 'The Larchmere Festival, 11am--5pm, 13015 Larchmere Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44120 (216) 795-9800

Adrienne Zurub (overachiever,Aries,i>u,actor,iconoclast,comedian,speaker,pOet,quietly LOUD,moody,funny,grrl,i=u,awesome,creator,grown-azz WOMAN!)

http://chasewunderlickpublishers.com.cn

Adrienne Zurub's Amazon Blog - http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/A3DXVTX2C4WOPO

The Best Language To Learn

Adrienne Zurub's Amazon Blog - http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/A3DXVTX2C4WOPO

In my link hopping today I found this my pretties from http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=114536 

(thanks to ethekwinigirl of South Africa at http://mybloglog.com & http://www.ethekwiniweb.co.za) 

The excerpt below is by Andrew Gonsalves at the link below!  How cool! Enjoy!

                                                                                                      cristian lapusan

10 Reasons Why "Tech Speak" Is The Best Language To Learn.

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10 Reasons Why "Tech Speak" Is The Best Language To Learn.
By Andrew Gonsalves "Halx" www.tfproject.org

While knowing how to speak Spanish will secure you a customer service job in Los Angeles, knowing how to speak French will make you sound sexier, and knowing how to speak Japanese will make all of your hentai games more interesting, if you know "Tech Speak," you're already 10 times more versatile than all those other bilingual show-offs. By Tech Speak, I don't mean to imply that there is some secret code that you haven't heard of before, and I certainly am not referring to any glossary of buzzwords that make you look more of a blow hard for reciting them. Tech Speak is simply the language of technology; the understanding of where the world is going and the tidbits of knowledge needed to stay adrift.

Who R U?

After taking the test...this is really who I am after all! Ummmmmmm

What Famous Leader Are You?
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Ohhhhhhhhh, great

Lots of stuff happening with 'Notes From the Mothership The Naked Invisibles'!

The book signing at Joseph-Beth Booksellers was AB-FAB! Big Crowd! Lots of Support!

Coming:

May 12, 2008, speaking at the downtown Cleveland Public Library, for the Ohio Patients Rights group @ 5pm.

May 28, 2008 speaking to the group NA'AMAT, a Jewish Womens group that supports the efforts and courage of working women! (private)

May 29, 2008, Book Signing at CROOKED RIVER Bookstore at the Galleria, E.9TH Street & St.Clair, Cleveland, Ohio, 11am-1:30pm.

May 30, 2008, Cuyahoga County Board of Health, Nurses. (private)

June 14, 2008, Book Signing at BORDERS, Crocker Park, 30121 Detroit, Westlake, Ohio! 2pm ---4pm

June 26, 2008, Coventry Village Library, Cleveland Heights, OH, 7pm--8:15pm

June 28, 2008, Author Book Fair at Loganberry Books as part of the Larchmere Festival! 11am-5pm!

'Notes' is available at http://amazon.com (ASIN:0979286301)

CROOKED RIVER @The Galleria, Borders: Westlake, Mentor, and Strongsville, and at

http://chasewunderlickpublishers.com.cn
Hey, hire me to speak to your group! az@chasewunderlickpublishers.com.cn

This movie trailer reminds me of Notes in a way...LUV IT!
'Notes'

OMG What an effin site!

Following my link addiction looky what I found!
The blog'Stuff White People Like!
This...well,very interesting and provocative blog.
Check it out:
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/

Oooo, and BTW
BOOK SIGNING!
April 24, 2008
7-9pm
Joseph-Beth Booksellers
Legacy Village
24519 Cedar Road
Lyndhurst, Ohio 44124

Books available at:
Borders
Promenade of Westlake
30121 Detroit Road
Westlake,Ohio

Adrienne Zurub's Amazon Blog - http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/A3DXVTX2C4WOPO

http://amazon.com
ASIN: 0979286301

http://chasewunderlickpublishers.com.cn
(accepts PayPal)
Check back for book signing updates!

Links Around the World

Thanks to 'tragicseven' for the visit and then my visit and the 'hook-up!'

LINKS AROUND THE WORLD TAG

Instruction:
1. Place your link after the list. If you have more than 1 blog, feel free to add them all here!
2. After placing your blog’s address/es, you must tag 5 or more bloggers that are not yet in the list, this is to keep the ball rolling.
3. Here is the best part: Make sure to update your list every now and then, by getting the master list here. I’ll be updating the master list every day, or as soon as I see a new blog that’s been added to the list. ^_^

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Links around the world tag

1- Momhood Moments 2- Business Mars 3- A Simple life 4- moms….. check nyo 5- Mommy’s Little Corner 6- Random Thoughts 7-Paradigm 8-tragicseven 9- Listen to the Beat! 10 -Twinkletoe I 11 - Twinkletoe II 12 - Kaye's Side 13 - out of the box 14 - Just Saying 15 - Tipsy Tips 16 - Different Angles 17 - Delicious Corner 18 - I Care 19 - Blog Blag Blog 20 - Daily List 21 - Life's Journey 22 -Cecil 23 -Ron & Cecil 24 - Frenchcess 25 -Trendy Momma 26 - Cherish 27 -Dha Maldita 28 - Lovin’ Purple 29 - The Notebook 30 - Saranghaeyo 31 - Welcome to my Crib 32 - Hearts Desire 33 - Island Paradise 34 - Texas Life 35 - Long Journey 36 - D' Cooking Mudra 37 - My life 38- Swept Away 39 - Winged Words 40 - Rainier and Katrina 41 - Life! Learn it. Live it. Love it. 42 - Colour Our World 43 - pinkykei 44 - http://adriennezurub.typepad.com - 45 http://myspace.com/notesfromthemothership 46 - http://adriennezurub.livejournal.com

Here are my five tags:

(1) http://tragicseven.blogspot.com

(2) http://nurse-ratcheds.blogspot.com

(3) http://womanslyn.blogspot.com

(4) http://emergiblog.com

(5) http://whenleastexpected.com

Order: http://Amazon.com (ASIN: 0979286301)
http://chasewunderlickpublishers.com.cn (ISBN: 978-0-9792863-0-8)
YES! that's ME...the Author!

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(646) 200-3530 SHOW: March 30, 2008 @ Midnight! 12am

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