What better source for how to make a toast than the Toastmaster magazine for communicators and leaders which had an article Here’s to Toasting! in December 2017 issue. Paul Dickson, who is referenced in the article, is a freelance writer of more than 65 non-fiction books, mostly on American English language and popular culture. He […]
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Pat Flynn on the Smart Passive Income blog provides 33 tips for public speaking in a 38 minute video. I like his suggestion about mingling with the audience to understand them better before the presentation. I don’t like his suggestion to start things off by showing a video because your presence right from the start
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Darren Hardy, publisher of Success magazine, has provided a concise article on the 6 preparation rituals he uses to achieve success in his presentations. These rituals are for preparing to perform a completed presentation and not a process used to develop the presentation which is another topic that will be covered in my blog. I
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I was the toastmaster emcee at the Orléans Raconteurs meeting on Tuesday August 5 (2014) and there was an opening for another speaker so I decided to add a “mystery” speaker. I have been working through the competent communicator manual (for the second time) and the next project on my list was project 5 “Your
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I took a trip in a time machine and saw a talk from the 2023 TED (Technology Entertainment Design) conference today. (In case you are wondering the time machine was designed on an iPad 3 which is being announced next week). The speech was clichéd but nevertheless it was well done. I found the speech
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Seth Godin, one of the most prolific and wise marketers, writers, and speakers, recently wrote about public speaking on his blog. “It’s extremely difficult to read a speech and sound as if you mean it. For most of us, when reading, posture changes, the throat tightens and people can tell. Reading is different from speaking,
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As a toastmaster I found the pacing in the speech distracting – stand your ground man – but the message is heartfelt, thought provoking, and inspiring about how to change the world by combining philanthropy and investing. Sasha Dichter: The Generosity Experiment | Video on TED.com The best investment mix for each person will be
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Top 50 movie speeches of all time. It is too bad that some of these clips have already been taken down but nevertheless there are some great examples listed and even where the video is missing it provides the reference to the associated movie.
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Ignite is an event where speakers have 5 minutes to present 20 slides that are auto-advanced every 15 seconds. It is a bit like speed chess where timing is a big part of the game. Interesting survey data from Scott Berkun on how speakers prepare for ignite presentations. Conclusion is that excellent speeches take a
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This past Thursday I attended the Ottawa chapter of the Certified Management Consultants meeting which had the theme of networking. The meeting was in a real nice facility where Bitheads does business. It has a comfortable area for mixing and mingling and a theatre for the guest speaker Michael Hughes to present: “Turning 3 minute
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