Sitting in a training class, I found myself starting to wonder about the point of the class. We had an agenda, workbooks, and trainers but the point was slipping away. You could see the attention of the audience slip and the trainers begin to go on to autopilot. What was one thing that the trainers [...]

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Why don’t you practice your speeches more? photo credit: S.Su I have observed hundreds of speakers in the past four years of my Toastmasters membership. It hasn’t mattered if those speakers are brand new or old-timers, you can always tell when they have not practiced. I see it in the reliance on their notes, the [...]

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I often get asked why I care so much about speaking. I will have people tell me, “Chris, why does being a ‘great’ speaker matter so much to you? Our speaker John is a ‘good’ speaker, why does he have to be a ‘great’ speaker?” As a speaker devoted to learning the art of public [...]

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With vast amounts of information just a few finger strokes away, the audience you are speaking to can sometimes feel that they are trapped in Borges’, “The Library of Babel”, where all of the information that has ever existed or will ever exist could reside somewhere in the library. It is your job as a [...]

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One of the complaints that new speakers have is not having anything to speak about. Three and a half years ago, when I started my speaking voyage in Toastmasters, I agreed with that complaint. Now however, I see speech ideas everywhere and after you read this post, I hope that you agree with me. Today [...]

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