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1st place winner, Reid Walley, at this evening’s Area 51/52 Toastmasters International Speech Contest! Woot! Now on to the next round of contests starting April 20, 2012 in Sacramento, CA.
In a Toastmasters speech contest, you can disqualify yourself by going under-or-over-time! Toastmasters’ International (inspirational/motivational) speech contest allows you to speak for 5-7 minutes – with 30 seconds of leeway. IE: you’re technically good from 4-minutes-and-30-seconds to 7-minutes-and-30-seconds. But if you end your speech at 4:29 or 7:31, you’re disqualified. I’ve seen it happen to my…
During this evening’s Toastmasters Zoom meeting I posed the following question: What is your biggest turn-off when watching / hearing someone speak via Zoom? Fantastic answers from Capital City Toastmasters #142 in Sacramento, CA Ring-light reflecting in speaker’s glasses/eyes Speaker shuffling papers Speaker’s head/face out of frame Speaker slurping beverage Speaker eating food Speaker smacking…
I completed my 10th Toastmasters Competent Communicator speech on June 28, 2010. The certificate arrived last week. Yay! Share this post: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
Last year was the last year that you let the fear of public speaking stop you! Last night you made a New Year’s Resolution: This year you are a badass! Contact me and we’ll start a “Screaming Confidence” program designed for you! Share this post: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Share…
Title: “If You Don’t Follow Your Passion, You Suck!” Date: June 28, 2010 Toastmasters speech number: 10 Toastmasters manual: Competent Communicator Time limit: 8-10 minutes Official time: 10:34 (disqualified by 4 seconds) Evaluator: Danny Pastores Toastmaster: Danny Pastores Club: Capital City Toastmasters #142 Location: Sacramento, CA No notes used Books mentioned: StrengthsFinder 2.0 – by…
I’ve never seen anybody fail in Toastmasters. I’ve seen people stutter, sweat, pass out, vomit, tremble, lose their voice, forget their lines… all from mustering up the courage to stand and speak in front of a group of people. Public speaking can be scarier than anything you’ve ever done! But I’ve never seen anybody fail in…
I am not surprised! You are an awesome and motivating speaker. Congratulations Reid Walley!