Video helped the Toastmaster

For many years I used to squirm and cringe whenever I saw myself on video, I hated it, I couldn’t bring myself to look at it but what was even worse than that was hearing my own voice. The cool sexy voice that I heard when I spoke never matched that weird “un-me” voice that [...]

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Learning From Others

In Toastmasters, the emphasis is on learning by doing, you become a better speaker by getting up and speaking but you can also become better by watching and listening. Watching and listening to other speakers gives you the opportunity to see tricks and methods that you might never think of, methods you can then use [...]

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Ten Public Speaking Resources for Toastmasters

Knowledge is of two kinds.  We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information on it. –  Samuel Johnson The web is full of knowledge, if you only know where to look. For a Toastmasters there are plenty of good websites to have a look and increase your knowledge. Want to [...]

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