Tag: Speaking
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Earn Your Standing Ovation with Club Awesome Toastmasters
Every member who completes the first speech in the professional development program (“The Ice Breaker”) earns a standing ovation at Club Awesome. Here’s an example of what it feels like to complete your first speech. Earn your standing ovation with us. Club Awesome welcomes you as a guest at our next meeting.
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What Makes a Story Humorous?
A few months ago, I spoke to the Club Awesome Toastmasters about a technique for adding humor to stories. The speech was titled “Don’t Tell the Truth!” and the basic concept was to take a normal situation and put an unexpected spin on it to make it funny. My evaluator, David Carr, wondered how I…