Category: Featured
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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…
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Replay: Let your voice (and your accent) be heard in your next speech
Thanks to Edith Oliva of Communicating Cultures, a former Club Awesome President, for this program on how those who speak a second language can learn to communicate more effectively. This was a Club Awesome community event held March 20, 2021. An interruption in the program caused by technical difficulties has been edited out.
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Video: “Speak to Win!” by Justin Marguriet, District Humorous Speaking Champion
Justin Marguriet, the Toastmasters District 47 Humorous Speaking Champion for 2020, was our guest speaker on August 14. Hear what he has to say about why you should compete in the humorous contest, his tips on speaking on Zoom, and how you can write a winning speech in less than a week. For inspiration, watch…
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See Tyler Storer’s District Contest Speech
After winning contests at the club, area, and division level, Tyler Storer competed against some of the best speakers from South Florida and The Bahamas on May 29. His speech: “Once Cut Down, One Grows Back Stronger.”
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Video: Bruce Pockey, “I Had a Whole Different Speech Planned”
Longtime member Bruce Pockey delivers an Icebreaker, the introductory speech which is the first speech every Toastmaster gives — and one that’s worth returning to because introducing ourselves to the world is something we do all the time.