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One of my competitors at the 2017 Toastmasters Division-level International Speech Contest froze for an excruciating 45 seconds in front of everybody. Then they tried to regain their place, managed a few single-word restarts, but continued to sputter for another 15 seconds.
Here’s what world-renown speaking coach Patricia Fripp has to say (timestamp: 1h, 33m, 40s):
“Perhaps the most important physical act onstage is making eye contact.”– Chris Anderson, TED Conference curator, from his article, How to Give a Killer Presentation, Harvard Business Review (June 2013) So, where the heck do we get a chance to practice making eye contact, anyway? We can’t wait until we’re in front of an audience. We need a…
2019 Toastmasters International Speech Contest Reid Walley, 3rd-place winner at the “District” level of the 2019 Toastmasters International Speech Contest. Toastmasters District: 39 Date: May 4, 2019 Location: Rancho Cordova, CA, USA Share this post: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
Big thanks to Lindy Hobbs, co-owner of P2O Hot Pilates & Fitness, for a 3rd-year invite to teach a Confidence Workshop module during her Pilates Teacher Training intensive! “I can sense when a Pilates instructor is confident or not confident just by the way they present themselves, and how they speak.” – Melody, Sept 22,…
The most important part of giving a speech: practicing and then letting it sink in when you’re sleeping – long before you actually give the speech. Rinse and repeat. Share this post: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
“I eventually got used to speaking without butterflies, but it took a lot of speaking with butterflies to do it.” Share this post: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
War Veteran, Amber Forest, served in the Army in Iraq. She returned a very different, difficult and depressed person. She lost her job and then her house – and ended up homeless for 10 months during the winter in Colorado. Then somebody mentioned that she might have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and recommended that…
