Tag Archives: My speeches

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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Toastmasters speech no.9: Stand up comedy, the hard sell

By Andrew | Published: February 12, 2010
Last night I performed the ninth speech in my Competent Communicator manual. The objectives of this speaking project are to “persuade with power”. It’s the sixth Toastmasters speech I’ve done. I delivered it out of order because my club needed someone to persuade people to take part in our stand up comedy evening. It was very [...]
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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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