Today I am presenting my 9th Toastmasters speech – Persuade with Power. Selecting a topic which does not include religion and politics was pretty challenging – after all, don’t most people have rather defined view points in these areas that they are only too interested in telling other people… and hoping to change their viewpoint? Alas, one of the unspoken(?) rules of membership is to avoid preaching on what can be construed as sensitive subject matter. Religion is the one that really grinds my gears! I would love to share my opinions and try to “persuade” people to my point of view, but I also recognize that there is a time and a place for everything, and the respect of neutral ground is important. Therefore, my speech selection is based on one of my other favourite topics to rant about – diet and nutrition. In retrospect, I’m not entirely sure that I persuaded anyone, but I did get a smile or two