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ByReid Walley

Step 1: Getting feedback from local Advanced Toastmasters clubs Reality check! A couple of brutely-honest – and painful to hear – District 39 Advanced Club evaluators were concerned that my District-winning speech wouldn’t hold up to the competition I was going to face 3 months later at Semifinals on Aug 22, 2013 in Cincinnati, OH. Turns out they…

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New Year's Resolution – This Year You Are A Public Speaking Badass!

ByReid Walley

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…

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Greatest Hits of TED Videos

ByReid Walley

See the top-10 video links here: http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/148/greatest-hits-of-ted-videos.html 1) Jill Bolte Taylor My Stroke of Insight 2) Patti Maes and Pranav Mistry Sixth Sense Demo 3) Ken Robinson Schools Kill Creativity 4) Tony Robbins Why We Do What We Do 5) Elizabeth Gilbert Nurturing Creativity 6) Dan Pink Surprising Science of Motivation 7) Hans Rosling The…

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Should You Memorize Your Toastmasters Speech?

ByReid Walley

World Champions of Public Speaking all said they do it! There’s a raging debate in the Toastmasters public speaking community about whether or not you should memorize your 5-7 minute speech. Some commenters are emphatic: “NO MEMORIZING! You’ll look and sound like a robot.” Others memorized the opening and closing of their speeches, and casually…

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