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Being Competent
Utrecht Toastmasters | December 17th 2009
I have always taken great exception to the terms “competent communicator” and “competent leader”. It’s the word “competent” that I have a problem with. It’s like being told that your work is satisfactor read more
Toastmasters, Craigslist, and Free Stuff. Oh My!
Flip This Wholesaler | December 16th 2009 by Steph
So, I went to Toastmasters on Monday night. There were a lot more people in attendance than I was expecting. I was also not expecting to be one of only three women at the meeting. Kinda felt a wee bit out of place, to be honest. I didn’t ha read more
Difficult conversations made easy (!)
PookieMD's Blog | December 16th 2009
These week I have had a lot of “crucial conversations.” In my career, I have had quite a few family conferences regarding critically ill/dying/with drawing care, but sometimes these make me a bit shaky. I went to Toastmasters today, read more
Deals and Toastmasters. And Stuff.
Flip This Wholesaler | December 14th 2009 by Steph
Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a great weekend. I was able to get much accomplished, and plan on doing the same this week. I’m leaving for St. Louis a week from tomorrow, and plan on busting my butt until then. The deal I’m working o read more
ToastMasters Speech 5 - “Your Body Speaks”
Art of Public Speaking Video Blog | December 14th 2009 by Penny Butler
Speech entitled “The Joy. The Ecstasy. The Moment” The objective for this speech is to: Use stance, movement, gestures, facial expressions and eye contact to express your message and acheive the speeches purpose” Bang on the maximu read more
WCW Weekend/ Business Media/ Special Report: Effective Public Spe…
WCW inSight | December 13th 2009 by Andrew Scharf
WCW Weekend/Business Media/Special Report: James Roumeliotis addresses the role of the “Competent Comunicator” in his Special Report on effective public speaking Viewpoint by James D. Roumeliotis, WCW Columnist Jerry Seinfeld, the popular read more
The Three Year Vision
Mr. I-I-I's blogsite | December 12th 2009 by Jesse I-I-I
Greetings Happy People,Have you ever had a vision that became real?I had visions that became real on different occasions. Some are big while others are small. Some happen within days while others happen in years. There was one vision I had that took read more
Christmas Crackers
Utrecht Toastmasters | December 11th 2009
It’s that time of year again, the time to try and find new ways to inject that Christmas spirit into your toastmasters’ meetings. Here are some ideas: A Cracking Christmas At home when we’ve finished the Christmas dinner, we reach f read more
ToastMasters Speech 5 - “Your Body Speaks”
Art of Public Speaking Video Blog | December 7th 2009 by Penny Butler
Speech entitled “The Joy. The Ecstasy. The Moment” The objective for this speech is to: Use stance, movement, gestures, facial expressions and eye contact to express your message and acheive the speeches purpose” Bang on the maximu read more
Joe Sesso - “Find Your Spark Plug!” Toastmasters speech
Art of Public Speaking Video Blog | December 5th 2009 by Penny Butler
This speech, entitled “Find your Spark Plug,” earned Joe Sesso a championship in both the Toastmasters International Club & Area speech contests. This victory enabled him to advance to the Toastmasters Division contest, in which he read more
Toastmasters Speech #3 - Value Generated Fund Raising
Art of Public Speaking Video Blog | December 5th 2009 by Penny Butler
A comparison of 2 fund raising philosophies, value generated and mark-up. read more
The Journey Of Opportunity For Growth - Toastmasters Speech 10
Art of Public Speaking Video Blog | December 4th 2009 by Penny Butler
Project #10: Inspire your audience. This speech is more of a review of my journey with Toastmasters. It is not exaggerating to say that Toastmasters has changed my life. By sharing my personal stories and the benefits I earned from Toastmasters, I h read more
Toastmasters International Competent Leader Award Bestowed
REAL Magazine | December 4th 2009 by Ed Bertha
Michelle Crabtree Receives Toastmasters International Competent Leader Award. Michelle Crabtree, Toastmaster and Realtor with Michael Saunders & Company, recently completed the Competent Leadership program and earned recognition as a Competent Le read more
Powerpoint Karaoke
Utrecht Toastmasters | December 2nd 2009
I’m currently working on a speech about “adding spice and jazz” to toastmaster meetings. The idea is to find new formats and styles of meetings and see if having a different type of meeting can help our members to learn and improve read more
Minutes of 30 November 2009 Meeting
Jakarta Toastmasters Club | November 30th 2009 by Jakarta Toastmasters Club
Venue : PB & Co, Menara Imperium 29th floor Time : 19.15 – 20.55 Attendees: 12 of which 9 members, 3 guests. Theme : M-O-N-E-Y Word of the day: value VP Membership Dyah represented the executive Committee and opened the meeting. She gave inf read more
Starting a Business – Is it For Me and What Will it Take?
StayOnline.co.in - Be There... Always! | November 30th 2009 by Deepak Bhakoo
Times have changed. But business is still the same — if you make a dollar and spend a dollar, you’ve made zero profit. If you make a dollar and spend fifty cents, you make fifty cents profit. If you make a dollar and spend a dollar fifty, read more
The fine art of conversation
Sunny Spells and Scattered Showers | November 29th 2009 by Woodpigeon
I’ve just posted this article to some local newspapers as part of my job as PRO for our local Toastmasters club, but I thought I would post it here also, as it’s a subject that interests me greatly. Please let me know what you think. Woul read more
Anatomy of a humorous speech
Manner of Speaking | November 29th 2009 by John Zimmer
Following my victories at the Toastmasters District Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contests in Hamburg, many people have asked me how I go about preparing for a contest. In particular, they have asked how I crafted my humorous speech once I got the read more
Heroes
formenseyesonly | November 29th 2009 by eugene
The World needs more HeroesI listened to a thought-provoking presentation from a colleague at Toastmasters International on the subject of “Heroes” that in essence called for more heroes to help the world get through these awful times. You appare read more
Social Networking in the Marketplace
Phoenix Urban Living | November 28th 2009 by Bonnie
by Shepherd Wells An effective and inexpensive marketing idea that has been around for decades is networking. Social networking via the internet including Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and many others seem to be the latest craze, although time and time read more
MAKE MONEY posted a blog entry
SocialDigitalStarz Network | November 27th 2009 by Ronzoe
Good News: Toastmasters honor Battisti http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20091127/VIEWPOINTS04/91127009/-1/5 Vote(s) submitted by MAKE MONEY read more
Five Factors For a Great Presentation
The Internet Ramblings of the QiRanger | November 27th 2009 by Steve Miller
I have been in the public eye since 2002, when I started my own business. One of the hardest things I had to achieve was to develop a sales pitch in less than 30 seconds that would entice the listener. While crafting these messages, I was very thankf read more
4 Ways To Locate Public Speaking Jobs Online
Domain and Business monitoring on cyber world | November 26th 2009 by herman
Copyright Alexis DawesAsk any professional speaker how an industry newbie should goabout securing public speaking jobs, and the response frequentlysounds something like... Attend Toastmasters meetings andpractice your skills. Join the National Spe read more
Back from the District Conference
Manner of Speaking | November 25th 2009 by John Zimmer
OK, I am back from the District 59 Toastmasters Conference in Hamburg, Germany. The conference was held in the Empire Riverside Hotel, just off the Reeperbahn, which made for a unique venue. As usual, it was a great time. The best part about th read more
Climb Every Mountain
Utrecht Toastmasters | November 25th 2009
In the midst of a rather sedentary district council meeting I flicked through the conference folder and hidden at the back was one sheet of paper that captured my attention. It was the boldness and the madness of it all that grabbed me. The plan is t read more
Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs
CEO Blog - Time Leadership | November 24th 2009
On a recent flight, I read "The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs - How to be Insanely Great in front of any Audience" by Camine Gallo.It comes at an interesting time when I am doing a lot of speaking gigs.Jobs is clearly one of the most captivating read more
Toastmasters, Speech #8
Art of Public Speaking Video Blog | November 23rd 2009 by Penny Butler
UFO Encounters … read more
Adam... Eve... A qui la faute ?
Toast Masters | November 23rd 2009 by Hyacinthe TOURE
Chers amis Toastmasters, chers invités, je vais vous raconter une histoire, l’histoire d’une simple pomme qui changea le cours de la destinée de l’humanité. Imaginez le jardin d’éden, il y a de... Ceci est un résumé succinct du cont read more
Vidéo : Shame! - Toastmasters - District 59 Humour Speech Contes…
The Center of the Best Videos!! Le centre des meilleurs vid… | November 22nd 2009 by ber oche
Did you know that some people have the GIFT to put themselves in SHAMEFUL situations? Vidéo ci-dessous ( see below ) BONUS Source : ww read more
Toastmasters District Conference – Hamburg, Germany
Manner of Speaking | November 19th 2009 by John Zimmer
Tomorrow I am off to the Toastmasters District 59 Conference in Hamburg. I will be competing in the Humorous Speech Contest and the Table Topics (impromptu speaking) Contest. I am looking forward to the competitions; however, the best part will be read more
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