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An entertaining, inspirational, and professional seminar to develop mental discipline and self motivation for people who want to be high-level performers in any field.

The great performers are paid well for consistently achieving a very high average of excellence. How? it can't only be hard work; many people struggle for years with little success. It can't just be connections; you have to be able to deliver high quality performances. Maybe it's luck? Oprah says, "Luck is a matter of opportunity and being prepared. If you ain't prepared, you ain't lucky."

The Performing Mind Framework seminar will help you get prepared, fired up, and give you the knowledge and tools to create solid mental discipline and rock solid skills using proven methods.

Tools to help you:

• Develop powerful mental concentration and focus
• Control stage fright and channel your energy into your performance.
• Hone your preparation skills to be thorough, practical, and efficient.
• Exude a well-founded confidence and professional bearing.
• Survive and thrive in spite of any performing disasters.
• Effectively prepare for performances and auditions.
• Set workable goals, and effectively evaluate your performances against those goals.

The Goals and Objectives Workshop involves group and individual work to find out what you really want and build a set of goals for your life, then devise the objectives and a plan to develop the skills and qualities you need to achieve your goals, then create some strategies to get you on your way. This would be especially valuable for individuals, ensembles or bands preparing for a big change, such as sudden success.

The Performing Stress Workshop provides training and performing experience over several sessions where you confront and triumph over your fear of performing for audiences, and learn to focus and thrive in the potential chaos of live performance.

Comments from seminar participants

• Evaluation after a school district in-service session: "Instructor is extremely vibrant and interesting. well organized and exemplified his area of instruction. He is a living example of applying the principles of the course." And one participant said, "My students were very excited about setting goals for themselves."
• After her first recital since the seminar: "...just as I had always imagined performing should be. It was a blast!" - Member, American Guild of Organists, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
• "People already involved in the theatre may feel they don't need this sort of training, but we all need it badly!" - Professional Actor/Dancer, Seattle.
• "I attended out of curiosity with the idea of leaving in an hour or so, but was held spellbound from beginning to end." - University professor, Northridge, California.
• "Exciting and applicable to everyone" - Nurse and singer, Seattle.

Seminar Content

The seminar lays a solid groundwork of why the tools will work for you, then goes through each of the Five Stages of Performing with specific approaches, methods, and tools for each stage.

In addition to information regarding the five stages, the seminar includes information on the following:

• How brain functions help & hinder your performances.
• Effective methods to deal with stress and fear.
• Creating your own goal setting tools.
• And more.

The seminar content is best suited to active peformers (including business folks who make presentations), amateur performers, teachers, conductors, performance coaches, and college & university students, although the content and presentation have been successfully adapted for high school students. More...

The instructor is Michael Kysar. For details on Michael, see his Biography.

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