Written by Bill Morgan | 1 February 2011 It is sometimes the most challenging thing we do every meeting. Choosing the Word of the Day is deceptively hard. If you use an obscure word from Elizabethan England you will not get much participation. If you choose a word with negative connotations people are not attracted […]
Written by Michele Rose-O’Brien | 30 January 2011 For many of us, walking into a room full of strangers and having a one-on-one conversation with someone we don’t know, is likely not one of our most favorite things to do. Perhaps it even ranks right up there with say…. standing in front of a room […]
Written by Bill Morgan | 25 January 2011 Who actually doesn’t exhibit the flight or fight response while giving a public speech? Virtually no one is immune from these responses which are hard-wired into our limbic system. Author and speaker Scott Berkun attributes the fact that humans are naturally afraid when standing alone in front […]
Written by Paul Johnson | 26 February 2010 As you prepare a speech, your focus is very likely on what you believe your audience will hear. Questions that come to mind may include: Am I speaking clearly and not too fast? Am I speaking loud enough to be heard? Am I enunciating my words? All […]
Written by Jason Stauffer | 19 October 2009 Many who know me have probably picked up on my near fanaticism with a well-run meeting. Our club allots 90 minutes for each meeting, which never seems to be an issue. However, we who take on the immense responsibility of Toastmaster for the evening often get in […]
Written by Mark Cohen | 10 September 2009 A member is chosen at the beginning of each meeting to head a portion of the meeting called Table Topics. A subject is chosen at random by this leader from a deck of cards which have ideas printed on them. The group is then asked to volunteer […]
