5 Things: Learn How to be a Sexy Speaker, Live Santa Monica Traffic

Here's a handful of things to keep in mind for today.

• Learn to be a sexy speaker in 60 seconds or less as part of a seminar by the Jewish Business Networking Organization’s first Westside chapter at Kehillat Ma’arav Synagogue, 1715 21st St., Santa Monica. 
• The Santa Monica Public Library celebrates the seventh annual Green Prize for Sustainable Literature at the special event An Evening with Frances Moore Lappé: Celebrating Sustainable Literature and Food on Thursday, September 12, at 6:30 pm, in the MLK Jr. Auditorium at the Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd. 
• Check Santa Monica Patch's live traffic map before heading out to work or to run errands this week.
  
• Did you know there are a ton of social groups open to everyone on MeetUp.com? You can search by interest or location and a quick gander at the Santa Monica area shows meet ups for techies, hikers, singles, beach volleyball players, gamers and even honey lovers. Is there a group out there for you?
  
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