It is June, so that means it is time to elect a new slate of officers for the next Toastmaster year. If your club is like many I have worked with, this is crunch time. You have a few officers that want to stay, a few new candidates, but there are some glaring gaps in [...]

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I am reading Marshall Goldsmith’s, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, and it has been enlightening. As a leader, it has given me perspective on the habits that hold leaders back and keep them from attaining their true potential. What struck me about the cases presented in the book was the use of [...]

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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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Do you want to know the real secret to success in public speaking? If you thought it was talent, writing, or good marketing…you are wrong. The real secret to public speaking success is something that the majority of struggling speakers are unable to admit to themselves, because if they did, guess what…they wouldn’t be struggling [...]

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Introductions set the mood for the speaker. It gives the audience a chance to absorb some general information that might set up the speaker’s speech. Most importantly it establishes social proof of the credibility of the speaker. It might be enough to be up there speaking, but there is something psychological about someone else talking about why you are qualified to be up there. It is even more powerful if the audience knows and trusts the person giving the introduction.

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