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

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

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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Toastmasters speech no.4: We’re all going on a summer holiday

( Click here to see the 6:30 video on Vimeo) It feels good to get another speech out of the way. I delivered this speech at Toastmasters of the Cove in La Jolla, California, my local club while I’m working in the US. You may have noticed that I touch elbows with the toastmaster at the beginning and end [...]
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