Today, Division B of District 13, Region VI, Toastmasters International will hold its Humorous Speech & Table Topics contest. As Governor of Area 7 in Division B, I will be attending with three other club members from Erie. Two of our group will be representing Area 7 in this contest of speaking skills. But when facing these contest events, it always becomes of question of “What is…
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Record Yourself and be a Better Public Speaker
Do you read Craig Strachan’s Communication Excellence blog? Craig is a partner of mine from South Africa. Craig just posted that speakers should always have a digital recorder with them. To record your brilliant, or not so brilliant, insights and ideas. And to record yourself, every time you speak. You may wonder if this is…
A model of good public speaking skills… Watch this!
From time to time, a very good model of public speaking skills presents itself. Fairly recently, one exceptional example showed up on the radar. The Dallas Independent School District had Dalton Sherman, a 10-year-old 5th-grade student, deliver the keynote speech at the back-to-school convocation for all staff. You may have seen this before. I did a quick Google…
A Leader Should Lead by Example
Have you seen this? In —“Walk the Talk” Loses Credibility— Harry Jones talks about leaders and the later more common practice in which those same leaders are not “doing” but just “saying”. Does that catch your interest? It caught mine. When I was in the U.S. Marine Corps, from the moment I stepped off the…