Listening to Darren LaCroix and Craig Valentine on the World Champions’ Edge, they made the point that champions say more by talking less. Now that might seem counterintuitive the way I wrote it, but the message is simple, SLOW DOWN YOUR SPEECH. Many new toastmasters will try to cram as much information as possible into [...]

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Before every speech, I have a routine that ensures that every speech I give sounds the way I want to sound. I record my speech. This might sound strange to new speakers, but doing this will strengthen every speech that you give. Recording a speech forces you to not only make sure that the speech [...]

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This has become the number one pet peeve for me when it is not done properly. I didn’t even think about it when I was first starting out in Toastmasters, but now it makes me cringe when I see someone not handing over control of the lectern properly. I have been to a lot of [...]

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During your average meeting, when to start the timer might not seem like too big of a deal but mess it up during contests, and you might have some unhappy contestants. Fellow toastmasters and guests, how often is the timing messed up at your meeting? Do you know when to start the timing? Do you [...]

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As I traveled around the United States in the summer of 2007 giving speeches about reaching new members across all generations, I made it a point to mention using blogs, YouTube, and other new technologies in order to deliver content that can attract new members of the Y-Generation. I realized that I was not practicing [...]

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