Are you ready with your 2013 resolution(s)? Me neither. If you’re anything like me, you were banking on the Mayans calling it correctly, and you haven’t even thought about 2013, much less what you’ll do better in the new year. Luckily, I uncovered an lost Mayan rumor that taught me a valuable lesson about resolutions. [...]
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The Power of Strong Dialog
How would you like to improve your storytelling techniques with just three simple tips? As a speaker, you may already know the importance of using dialog more than narration to improve your stories. Stronger dialog can lead to a stronger connection and help you capture and hold the audience’s attention. Developing stronger dialog can help [...]
READ MORE »Toastmasters: 5 Job Interview Tips
Are you looking for some quick tips for your next Job Interview? Take a look at this free video from Toastmasters International. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZdjoqQrhbU&feature=plcp
READ MORE »Darren LaCroix’s Sunday session – Toastmasters District 22
Darren’s Sunday session Check out his new product: Write Yor Keynote by Next Week Notes Learning world-class techniques You will be deputized coaches You will never evaluate the same again Teach these techniques as soon as you can Evaluate someone this week using these techniques World champion speech – practiced/recorded that speech 22 times – [...]
READ MORE »Candidate site launch
Tomorrow I’m launching the site for my Candidacy for International Director (one of 14) in Toastmasters International. Check out www.rob4id.com Or follow my candidacy on Facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/rob4id/ For more info on Toastmasters, visit www.toastmasters.org
READ MORE »Book Review: The Power of Unpopular
One of my favorite blogs is Redhead Writing by Erika Napoletano. Recently, she authored The Power of Unpopular – A Guide to Building your Brand for the Audience who will Love you (and why no one else matters). Great title. Great content. 5 stars. (oops, that last part is supposed to be at the end [...]
READ MORE »What makes inspiration?
I’m feeling rather inspired tonight. When something like that happens, I seem to be bent on analyzing why. I’m not positive about that being a good thing, but it’s who I am. I’m not referring to any sort of cookie-cutter formula. I was really thinking about what it took to inspire me, and what do [...]
READ MORE »Job Hunting Tips: Don’t repeat one year twenty times
For some, 20 years of experience is 20 years of continuously learning new skills, gaining experience and becoming a seasoned specialist in your area of expertise. For others, it’s doing the same work each year for 20 years. In other words, one year of experience repeated 20 times. If there’s a down-turn, who gets laid [...]
READ MORE »2012 TI Convention – Sam Davidson Education Session
I’m so glad I went to this session! Sam Davidson was very entertaining and presented a session relevant to any Toastmaster looking to make money speaking. Although some material was information I was familiar with, hearing it presented in a different way helped reinforce some great ideas and the session was a lot of fun [...]
READ MORE »2012 TI Convention – Chris Ford Leading from the Middle
In the first education session Friday, Past International President Chris Ford spoke about Leading From the Middle. Chris opened with an interesting story contrasting his beginnings in the Canadian Armed Forces and the parallels to work and volunteer leadership. I really liked how he gave a bit of his experience, and then related it to [...]
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