No matter how much I learn about speaking, there's always room to gain insights and new ways to connect with an audience. This weekend, I get my annual [...]
As I was working on my speech for the Toastmasters International Speech Contest, I was listening to a storytelling lesson by Darren LaCroix, and he reminded [...]
How could this happen? I've done such a good job (I think) in slowing down my speech as I continue to practice and improve. But lately, the feedback I've been [...]
Wow, I've been letting myself get distracted by too many things, and not continuing one of the most important habits I developed a few years back...writing. [...]
Ed Tate keynote - Influence Without Authority
How to achieve breakthrough results
Great opening story about getting tickets to the US Open
Speakers never [...]
Thursday morning started off with a free EDGE event for members of the World Champions EDGE. Mark Brown, Ed Tate, Darren LaCroix, Jim Key, Lance Miller and [...]
The Toastmasters International Convention is coming next week, and I can't wait to be there!
There will be great speakers, awesome contests and lots of [...]
Have you ever taken in more information that you can process? Some of the notes below may be familiar to you if you've read my blog before, or if you've [...]
Say it ain't so! Last night I gave a not-so-well prepared speech at my Toastmasters club. I chose the Competent Communicator (CC) Project #4 - How to say it. [...]