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Connect with your Audience
I used to think that making a speech was all about me, the speaker, making a speech. It’s not. The speech is all about the gift you are giving to your audience. Your audience are giving you the...
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Timing
I had this story that I thought was just perfect for my next speech project. The only problem was, when I timed it, it was too long. I cut words and phrases out. Still too long. I cut almost a whole...
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Word Perfect?
The key to a compelling story is that it should be entertaining. It should have people on the edge of their seats with excitement, or sitting back shaking with laughter, or perhaps sad or thoughtful. A...
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Come closer
“The man was tall and slim and walked with a limp. He had been hit by a car when he was a teenager and the orthopedic specialist had said that the bones in that leg would always be shorter than those...
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Voicing your Story
Recently at a Toastmasters meeting I told a story about a woman whose job it was to deal with the public in a government office. This woman had an uncaring, coarse, snide attitude. In order to tell the...
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Personally, I like to laugh
When I choose a program to watch on TV I have certain expectations. If I select a documentary I expect information, if I choose a drama I expect suspense and if I choose a sitcom I’m hoping to be...
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The Touching Story
As I have written these posts and gathered them into book form I have taken care not to research from the Toastmaster manuals. I read them a few years ago when I was working on the projects, but I have...
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Humorous Speech – Five Tips for the 417th version
So, you’ve won the club contest, the Area and the Division. Yay! Congratulations! You done good! You done very good! So now you have moved on to the District contest. The competition is unbelievably...
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