Category: Featured
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Build Your Personal Brand, Online and Off – Workshop Replay
Madalina Iordache came to Club Awesome in 2018 to learn public speaking skills, and went on to serve as VP of PR. She returned in June 2025 to share what she has learned from speaking professionally as a business owner — and the techniques you can use to stand out from the crowd, like her…
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Body Language Workshop
We were privileged to host this workshop by Lois Margolin, a past Club Awesome President, who more recently served as Toastmasters District Director for South Florida and The Bahamas.
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Workshop: Better Hybrid Meetings for Work and Play
Club Awesome’s David F. Carr, DTM, led this workshop on improving the experience for everyone when a meeting or event includes both online and in-room participants. Additional Resources
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YouTube: Create and Grow a Channel – Replay and Resources
With more than 12.7K subscribers, Jim and Chris Guld’s YouTube channel is at the center of their business teaching technology for travelers as Geeks on Tour. While they originally built their fanbase by traveling the country and giving lectures at RV rallies, today many of the paid members of their subscription website find them through…
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The Geeks on Tour tell the story of building a business on public speaking, travel, and YouTube Live
Jim and Chris Guld built their business, Geeks on Tour, from their ability to clearly explain digital photography, photo and video editing, smartphone apps, and other technologies of interest to travelers in the context of their own travels around the country and the world. They joined us to share a few Google Photos tips, but…
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Hybrid meeting lessons from Club Awesome Toastmasters, a workshop replay
Club Awesome’s David F. Carr, DTM, explained the advantages and tradeoffs of hybrid meetings — and how to make yours more successful — in this district training on July 29, 2023. Holding Toastmasters meetings in a hybrid in-person online format has many advantages, but doing it right is not necessarily easy. Remote members may feel…
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The Essential Professional Value of Public Speaking with Marilyn Brown
As an executive coach and business team building consultant, Marilyn Brown often prescribes a strong dose of Toastmasters to leaders who want to make a bigger impact and boost their own careers. “The only way you can influence people is through communication and speaking to people. So these are those critical competencies. If you cannot…
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“The Elements of Online Presentation Style,” David F. Carr, DTM
David F. Carr, DTM, shares practical tips from his own experience and from experts in online presentations, including 2020 World Champions of Public Speaking Mike Carr and 2022 2nd place winner Alexandre Matte. David is a past president of Club Awesome and the founding president of Online Presenters Toastmasters, where members practice skills for delivering…
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Storytelling: a Compelling Story Makes Any Speech Better
A compelling story makes any speech better. Lorraine Campbell shows how it’s done. About the Speaker Lorraine Campbell currently serves as an active board member for the Customer Involved Government Committee with the City of Coral Springs. She has served on the board since 2005 and has been a member of The Youth Voting committee…
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The Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback (Replay)
“Feedback” is so much more than that special section of our Toastmasters meetings where we receive an immediate evaluation of our speech. If only it worked like that in “real life” too! Throughout both our personal and professional lives, we are often faced with giving, as well as receiving feedback. At work, for instance, you…