Toastmasters Humorous Speech Contest 2010 – Life Coach Reid Walley – 2nd Place Winner from Reid Walley on Vimeo.
Title: “A Good-Night’s Sleep”
Contest level: Area
Club: Capital City Toastmasters, Sacramento, CA – District 39, Area 51
Contest location: Sutter/Buhler Cancer Center, Sacramento, CA
Date: Sept 9, 2010
It’s Monday. And I’m participating in a Toastmasters Humorous Speech contest on Thursday.
I’ll be rehearsing my speech out-loud 5-6 times today, maybe more. Then – and here’s the magic – I’ll get to “sleep” on it tonight. “Sleeping on it” is vital. My speech must have time to marinade into my being, into my muscles, into my gut. Tomorrow I’ll rise and repeat: out-loud rehearsal and sleep-on-it. Wednesday, rise and repeat! Thursday: contest!
That’s 3 days of out-loud rehearsal and 3 nights of sleeping-on-it.
UPDATE: I took 2nd Place in Thursday evening’s Toastmasters Humorous Speech “Area” Contest 2010 (District 39, Area 51, Sacramento, CA). Woot!
Give a speech. Win a client.
As simple—or even scary—as that formula sounds, a host of entrepreneurs have found that conquering public speaking can be the route to more contacts and customers. Impressing people with your expertise at a conference, in a classroom or over the radio can sometimes win more business than making sales calls or manning a booth at a trade show. Not to mention that the most successful speakers can take home thousands of dollars in fees for an appearance.
Read the full Wall Street Journal article by Barbara Haislip: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303828304575180120931296444.html