Comments for The Naked Speaker http://nakedspeaker.com A public speaking blog Wed, 01 Jun 2011 23:37:24 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on The Entertaining Speaker #4: A quiet little Cul-de-sac by Andrew http://nakedspeaker.com/2011/05/27/the-entertaining-speaker-4-a-quiet-little-cul-de-sac/comment-page-1/#comment-501 Andrew Wed, 01 Jun 2011 23:37:24 +0000 http://nakedspeaker.com/?p=1258#comment-501 Hi Anya, great to hear from you! Thanks! These advanced manuals are really pushing me out of my comfort zone, so glad it seems to be working. Our club's new venue is fantastic. It's a room above a pub. The book-lined walls definitely add an air of intellectualism to the meetings ;) Thanks, Andy Hi Anya, great to hear from you!

Thanks! These advanced manuals are really pushing me out of my comfort zone, so glad it seems to be working.

Our club’s new venue is fantastic. It’s a room above a pub. The book-lined walls definitely add an air of intellectualism to the meetings ;)

Thanks,
Andy

]]> Comment on The Entertaining Speaker #4: A quiet little Cul-de-sac by Anya http://nakedspeaker.com/2011/05/27/the-entertaining-speaker-4-a-quiet-little-cul-de-sac/comment-page-1/#comment-500 Anya Wed, 01 Jun 2011 22:50:01 +0000 http://nakedspeaker.com/?p=1258#comment-500 Andrew, you have such a great way to bring stories and characters to life. I don't know if you plan for that or if it comes naturally but your use of pauses and highlighting of key words is one the best I ever observed. I loved the reenacting (is that a word?) of the dialogue of all involved - it worked well! The caveman speech was really funny too. The venue where your new club meets looks very cool - seems like a nice library? Anya Andrew, you have such a great way to bring stories and characters to life. I don’t know if you plan for that or if it comes naturally but your use of pauses and highlighting of key words is one the best I ever observed. I loved the reenacting (is that a word?) of the dialogue of all involved – it worked well! The caveman speech was really funny too. The venue where your new club meets looks very cool – seems like a nice library? Anya

]]> Comment on The Entertaining Speaker #1: The Caveman by Lloyd Morgan http://nakedspeaker.com/2011/02/17/the-entertaining-speaker-1-the-caveman/comment-page-1/#comment-489 Lloyd Morgan Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:39:26 +0000 http://nakedspeaker.com/?p=1241#comment-489 Absolutely fantastic speech, Andy. The audience participation strengthens the story and really makes it feel 'real' and flow smoothly. Very humourous, too; you definitely met the objectives for this speech. As you say, this experience definitiely had "speech material" written all over it and thanks to the humourous elements, the seriousness of the situation is softened: I was laughing, that's for sure. Your final comment of wanting to emphasise "the vulnerability, or the standing-up-to-the-bully aspects" is a nice idea, and definitely something to be aware of for the next speech ("Use entertaining material as a means of conveying a serious message", right?). Again, excellent speech and I'm looking forward to following your journey through <em>The Entertaining Speaker</em> manual. Absolutely fantastic speech, Andy.

The audience participation strengthens the story and really makes it feel ‘real’ and flow smoothly. Very humourous, too; you definitely met the objectives for this speech.

As you say, this experience definitiely had “speech material” written all over it and thanks to the humourous elements, the seriousness of the situation is softened: I was laughing, that’s for sure.

Your final comment of wanting to emphasise “the vulnerability, or the standing-up-to-the-bully aspects” is a nice idea, and definitely something to be aware of for the next speech (“Use entertaining material as a means of conveying a serious message”, right?).

Again, excellent speech and I’m looking forward to following your journey through The Entertaining Speaker manual.

]]> Comment on Toastmasters speech no.4: We’re all going on a summer holiday by Phoenix Speakers: A new club is born | The Naked Speaker http://nakedspeaker.com/2009/12/14/toastmasters-speech-no4-were-all-going-on-a-summer-holiday/comment-page-1/#comment-488 Phoenix Speakers: A new club is born | The Naked Speaker Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:47:27 +0000 http://nakedspeaker.com/?p=862#comment-488 [...] first meeting I repeated a speech that I performed when I was living in America. The original is here. [...] [...] first meeting I repeated a speech that I performed when I was living in America. The original is here. [...]

]]> Comment on Toastmasters roles: Time keeper by nette http://nakedspeaker.com/2009/04/30/toastmasters-roles-timekeeper/comment-page-1/#comment-466 nette Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:13:50 +0000 http://nakedspeaker.com/?p=362#comment-466 It helped me to prepare to be a first time timekeeper since I didn't provide myself the opportunity to read up on what a timekeeper does during a toastmaster session It helped me to prepare to be a first time timekeeper since I didn’t provide myself the opportunity to read up on what a timekeeper does during a toastmaster session

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]]> Comment on Toastmasters Speech no.10: My Shameful Secret by Andrew http://nakedspeaker.com/2010/09/21/toastmasters-speech-no10-my-shameful-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-419 Andrew Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:50:04 +0000 http://nakedspeaker.com/?p=1165#comment-419 Anya, great to hear from you! Hope things are well in SD. Was actually attempting to read 52 books that year, so I managed to re-frame my failure as a success! Anya, great to hear from you! Hope things are well in SD. Was actually attempting to read 52 books that year, so I managed to re-frame my failure as a success!

]]> Comment on Toastmasters Speech no.10: My Shameful Secret by Anya http://nakedspeaker.com/2010/09/21/toastmasters-speech-no10-my-shameful-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-417 Anya Sun, 26 Sep 2010 05:19:11 +0000 http://nakedspeaker.com/?p=1165#comment-417 Recently discovered your blog, very interesting! From watching the speech remotely, the ear wax theme didn't come through as disgusting and the eyelash dandruff was funny! I had a similar experience in the table topics once where I told a story that I thought was funny and one person found it disgusting. And I agree, Iwould have never thought you had a dyslexia problem. 37 books in one year and you call yourself a slow reader! Recently discovered your blog, very interesting! From watching the speech remotely, the ear wax theme didn’t come through as disgusting and the eyelash dandruff was funny! I had a similar experience in the table topics once where I told a story that I thought was funny and one person found it disgusting. And I agree, Iwould have never thought you had a dyslexia problem. 37 books in one year and you call yourself a slow reader!

]]> Comment on Toastmasters Speech no.10: My Shameful Secret by Andrew http://nakedspeaker.com/2010/09/21/toastmasters-speech-no10-my-shameful-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-418 Andrew Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:47:12 +0000 http://nakedspeaker.com/?p=1165#comment-418 Cheers Alex. Cheers Alex.

]]> Comment on Toastmasters Speech no.10: My Shameful Secret by Alex http://nakedspeaker.com/2010/09/21/toastmasters-speech-no10-my-shameful-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-408 Alex Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:09:14 +0000 http://nakedspeaker.com/?p=1165#comment-408 Wow, good speech Andy. And congratulations on your CC award. I had no idea about either the dyslexia or your annual battle with ear wax build up. Wow, good speech Andy. And congratulations on your CC award. I had no idea about either the dyslexia or your annual battle with ear wax build up.

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