Monthly Archives: January 2010

Toastmasters speech no.5: Mind over moves

By Andrew | Published: January 29, 2010
I’ve just completed my fifth Toastmasters speech. It feels good to be halfway through my Competent Communicator manual. I need to keep up the momentum if I am to achieve my new year’s resolution of completing the manual. The objective of this speech project was “body language”. I chose martial arts as the topic as [...]
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New Years Resolutions 2010

By Andrew | Published: January 14, 2010
I’ve set myself some goals for this year. And to force me to stick to them I’ve decided to publish them here for all to see. 1. Complete the Toastmasters International Competent Communicator Award Having completed four speeches I still have six speeches to go. This means delivering a speech every two months. 2. Perform [...]
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Stand up comedy course: Week 1

By Andrew | Published: January 13, 2010
I have signed up to an eight week stand up comedy course at the Mad House comedy club in San Diego. We will meet once a week for seven weeks to write and rehearse our routines, then on the eighth week we will perform at a real comedy club. This is something I’ve wanted to do for [...]
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