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Toastmasters speech no.3: The stench of success

By Andrew | Published: June 4, 2009
Here is a recording of my third Toastmasters speech (see the first and second). The objective of this speech was to “get to the point”. [Can't see the embedded video? Watch the 6.24 minute video here] Feedback I was given a very nice evaluation from my assigned evaluator that, amongst lots of praise, let me [...]
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Your speech writing environment

By Andrew | Published: May 21, 2009
I’m busy writing my third Toastmasters speech (see my first and second) which I will deliver on June 1st. I’m spending a lot of time working at my desk (pictured above) and even more time procrastinating. I’ve accumulated a few applications and other essentials that help me write a speech: WriteMonkey WriteMonkey is a distraction free [...]
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Plotting your emotional journey

By Andrew | Published: April 20, 2009
Like most geeks I like to deconstruct things, find out how they work and formulate simple rules to describe complex patterns. One of the points Phillip Khan-Panni made in his recent workshop was that a speech should be journey. Speeches should exhibit a logical progression or they will be difficult to understand. We were shown [...]
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