Now that I’ve finished my Competent Communicator (CC), I’m enthused to get on to the specialization manuals… but what to choose? I feel like Carrie Bradshaw, trying to select between numrous fabulous pairs of Manolo Blahnik shoes. 2 manuals come free, and with the rest at $4.00 a each, I am tempted to just acquire [...]
My mission for today: Inspire My Audience. My final (and 10th) speech in the Toastmasters CC (Competent Communicator) manual has the purpose of inspiring my audience.
My objectives:
Appeal to noble motives and challenge the audience tp achieve a higher level of beliefs or achievement
Appeal to the audience’s needs and emotions, and use stories, anecdotes and quotes [...]
With one speech left to do to finish my CC (Competent Communicator) manual – and I’ll be presenting this speech next week, I’ve going to start focusing on my CL (Competent Leadership) manual. Completing 10 speeches in a year for my CC was fairly easy, but the CL designation is going to be quite a [...]
I need to become more of a “yes” person! When I found out that today’s Toastmasters meeting would be a speech-a-thon and I had not volunteered to participate, my initial thought was that I’d just skip the meeting altogether and save myself 2 hours. However, when the call went out for volunteer evaluators, I decided [...]
I need an attitude readjustment! Having found myself experiencing some lethargy towards the time involved in preparing and attending meetings, I found my enthusiasm waning towards a fantastic group of people who’s company I enjoy and value. I realize that I have become impatient as opposed to mindful, somewhat resentful as opposed to enthusiastic. These [...]