1 hour ago by amanda

I am personally a member of this toastmasters group and I can tell you it’s a lot of fun and there are some great folks involved. Additionally, it helps tremendously with speaking skills if you need them. Even if it’s just in order to convince your friends on the importance of free markets! Amanda T ...

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21 hours ago by John Zimmer

(With thanks and apologies to Dr. Seuss) Every Who down in Who-ville liked Christmas speeches a lot, But the Grinch, who lived just North of Who-ville, did not! The Grinch hated speeches! The whole speaking profession! Now, please do not ask just what caused his aggression. It could be that most spe ...

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1 day ago by Dorothea Stuart

Posted by Dorothea Stuart The one advantage of being at home this morning with a dreadful cold is that I listened to BBC Radio 4's Avoiding The Question with Jon Sopel. In the 15 minute show Jon looks at the way politicians avoid answering questions and the pluses and minuses. He give us a heart war ...

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1 day ago by Dermot

I have always taken great exception to the terms “competent communicator” and “competent leader”. It’s the word “competent” that I have a problem with. It’s like being told that your work is satisfactory. It’s not bad enough to be terrible but not good enough to be excellent, you’re doing the minimu ...

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1 day ago by Jake

Time: 19th December, 13:30 – 17:00 Venue: Fire Cicada Bar 火知了酒吧. 120 NanShan Road 南山路120号 Ticket: 30 yuan, 20 yuan for student. There are 7 toasmasters club in Hangzhou, namely Westlake Bilingual, company TMC club in MSD, Motorola, SSS, Zhejiang university, State Street. Some club members will bring ...

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1 day ago by Philolog

Today is Thursday. Thursday is named for the Norse God of thunder, Thor. I look forward to Thursdays, because I usually get to attend the weekly meeting of my Toastmasters International Group. I attend meetings during my lunch hour at work. And today I get to speak! I always get excited about it. It ...

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1 day ago by sreinheimer

About ten years ago my dentist convinced me to floss once a day. It wasn’t easy. I didn’t like flossing. I wasn’t good at it. I didn’t know how to hold the thread. The dental floss would get stuck in my closely packed lower teeth. It would fray. It would break. Broken pieces of floss would get lodge ...

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1 day ago by Allison Brown

Thickening air Heat rising Mist hovering Sight unseen Glowing lights Journey returning Homeward bound Feet aching Smile wide Ending time Ending by Allison Brown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.5 Australia License. Based on a work at allisonbrown.blogspot ...

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1 day ago by sherizampelli

Communication is a habit, a series of rituals reinforced over time that make you unique. This year, as I spent time in spiritual and personal development, I became able to communicate from a deeper level, from my own inner truth. Through the process of journaling and self-reflection, I became aware ...

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2 days ago by Dave Hill

Back in 2001 I was invited to deliver a speech on a local Dallas, Texas, Broadband TV station. I had been warned that a bald head needed some make-up so it would not glare or look like I had a hole in my head. One of the women at the event put some make-up on my head but there was one other thing th ...

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