Sorry for not posting for over a week, but with contest and makeup leadership training it has been quite a hectic week. I do have one valuable insight from the training this week, the numbers don’t lie. Toastmasters clubs that get all of their DCP goals grow. Clubs that do not worry about their DCP [...]

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From dictionary.reference.com:
temporize \TEM-puh-ryz\, intransitive verb:
1. To be indecisive or evasive in order to gain time or delay action.
2. To comply with the time or occasion; to yield to prevailing opinion or circumstances.
3. To engage in discussions or negotiations so as to gain time (usually followed by ‘with’).
4. To come to terms (usually followed by ‘with’).

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From Darren LaCroix’s blog, here are the winners of the Toastmasters 2007 International Speech Contest:
Vikas Jhingran (Region VII, District 31)
2nd Place Rory Vaden (Region V)
3rd Place Mark Hunter (Australia)
Next year I expect to see my name somewhere in that list.

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Have you ever heard someone give a speech and midway through realize that it was not their speech at all? It could be that someone plagiarized a speech or it just doesn’t sound like the person speaking. That person, and it might be you, has not found their voice.
Toastmasters and guests, finding your voice might [...]

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Follow the formula: 2 Goods + 1 Improvement = A successful method of delivering an evaluation.
Many toastmasters have a hard time giving evaluations. Let me tell you a secret, everyone can do better and everyone can do worse. It is not our job of an evaluator to tell you that you are the best speaker [...]

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