Author Archives: Andrew

Microphone Technique

By Andrew | Published: March 4, 2010
Last Monday was week five of my stand up comedy course (read about week 1, 3 and 4). For the first time I used a microphone during my set. I’ll be honest, using a microphone is fairly trivial. Just point it towards your mouth and speak. But my instructor, Joe Charles, explained a few finer [...]
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Link round up: February

By Andrew | Published: March 1, 2010
I’ve decided to start a monthly round up of links related to public speaking. These posts will list the the month’s best posts from The Naked Speaker and the best of what I have seen from around the web including articles and videos/audio of excellent speeches. In the past I have posted a few things [...]
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Toastmasters speech no.6: Stand up comedy night

By Andrew | Published: February 26, 2010
Another speech in the bag! This speech was delivered at my club’s stand up comedy night. (Watch this 6:48 video on Vimeo) Stand up is different to regular Toastmasters speeches. It’s all about jokes with very little emphasis on the overall message. I packed a lot of content into this speech and as a result it was quite [...]
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