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Toastmasters speech no.7: A boring lecture about statistics

By Andrew | Published: April 23, 2010
Yesterday I completed speech project number seven in the Toastmasters Competent Communicator manual. The objectives of this project were to “Research Your Topic”. This is what happened… (Watch this 6:45 video on Vimeo or Youtube) Research The research speech is notorious for being one of the most difficult speeches. When you’re talking about something unfamiliar it’s hard to [...]
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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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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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