Category Archives: Speaking

Humorous speaking contest

By Andrew | Published: April 11, 2012
The above was my entry into the Phoenix Speakers Humorous speech contest 2011. I won at the club level, I didn’t place at Area level. Congratulations to Laura McCracken who won and went on to represent our Area at the Division B contest. As with any speech at Toastmasters it was a big learning experience. I [...]
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Ten tips for better comic delivery

By Andrew | Published: April 6, 2012
Last summer I went to the Edinburgh Fringe, a world renowned comedy festival. I watched the semi finals of So you think you’re funny, a high profile competition where fledgling stand up comedians were performing their best seven minutes. Some of the comedians were fantastic, some not so great.  I was struck that many of the [...]
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Storytelling #1: The Emperor’s New Clothes

By Andrew | Published: June 8, 2011
(Watch this 7:40 video on vimeo) On Monday I completed the first project from the Storytelling manual (from the Toastmasters Advanced Communication series). The objective was to tell a folktale. I found this to be an interesting and challenging project. The most difficult part was choosing a story. There are a lot of folktales out [...]
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