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Outline from Darren LaCroix’s “How To Find The Best Speaking Topics For You” Instead of “What do I say”?, ask “How do I help people”? There are “hot” topics, but the important question is: “What’s YOUR topic”? Your value is your ability to change perspective! The true value of your presentation is “perspective.” Think: where…
Reported as the Michael Bay meltdown, the film director of the Transformers movies totally crashed and burned while speaking on stage at CES 2014 in Las Vegas! But Michael Bay doesn’t have to suck at public speaking! What went wrong Here’s how Michael Bay totally screwed up on stage at CES 2014, the most anticipated show in…
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!
Toastmasters District 39 2013 Fall Conference Workshop – Educational Session Being Yourself On Stage by Reid Walley Stage craft: Make them see your story. Eye contact: Make them trust your story. Butterflies: My techniques for overcoming butterflies. Date: November 2, 2013Location: DoubleTree by Hilton SacramentoMeeting room: Feather River RoomTime: 3:50 p.m. – 4:40 p.m.
After winning 1st-place at the District 39 Toastmasters 2013 Spring Conference’s “International Speech” contest on May 18, 2013, in Stockton, CA, I want to share the public speaking tips I follow to keep myself screaming with confidence: I breathe. I smile. I stand up, often. I shake my legs out periodically. And I also stand on…
I used to cram as much information as possible into my Toastmasters speeches while still meeting the 5-7 minute time-limit. Which meant I had to speak really fast! And speaking fast is super tough, because speed kills. There’s no wiggle room for mistakes, forgotten lines, pauses or letting a phrase “sink in” with the audience….
World-renowned keynote speaker, Patricia Fripp, presented “It’s a Mystery Every Speaker is Not Awesome” at Saturday’s (Nov 3) District 39 Toastmasters 2012 Fall Conference in Rancho Cordova, CA (near Sacramento). A Hall of Fame Speaker, Patricia presented a couple of tips for the Toastmasters audience, including: For sales people: selling is “explaining the result.” She took a…
For Toastmasters who want to present compelling speeches, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s advice to Frances, below, is perfect! His ‘you’ve got to sell your heart’ feedback on book writing is equally applicable to writing and presenting a speech. Source: Letters of Note – You’ve Got To Sell Your Heart November 9, 1938 Dear Frances: I’ve read…
Being myself and feeling comfortable on stage has always been my #1 goal with public speaking. ’cause if I ain’t bein myself, nobody cares what I have to say. If I’m not comfortable, then the audience is either bored out of their mind or they think I’m an idiot! For Toastmasters, being ourselves makes us…
Draft a speech on Monday to be delivered 4 days later, on Friday. Turns out I spent only 4 hours crafting the 10 minute speech. And it went really well! Inspired by an article in Toastmaster Magazine’s April 2011 edition entitled “How to Write Your Speech in One Hour” (pg. 8), I set out with…