by Alan | May 7, 2006 | Communication skills, Don't!, Leadership, Toastmasters
Had a great time speaking at Saturday’s Toastmaster’s District 37 Spring Conference. As always, the preparation and delivery taught me more than anyone will ever get out of one of my sessions. That’s the real joy of teaching.One of the nuggets from...
by Alan | Apr 20, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Leadership, Toastmasters
Struck up a conversation with a fellow Toastmaster today on “What makes the difference?” We watch Toastmasters and speakers all the time. Some get better and some do not. Some offer lots of ways for their evaluator to help them, some barely even offer a...
by Alan | Apr 17, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Toastmasters
Since I’ll be giving a seminar on Interactive Techniques for Presentations at the District 37 Toastmasters’ Conference in a few weeks, interaction is on the brain. So I almost doubled over laughing while watching a webcast today in which the host (who...
by Alan | Apr 6, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Toastmasters
I chaired our local Toastmasters’ meeting today. That’s always fun. So much to learn from attempting to get so many details together. We were doing this as a demo meeting in conjunction with an employee work-life program to promote both Toastmasters and...
by Alan | Mar 5, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Toastmasters
One of the joys in my job is interacting with so many folks with international connections. There are just not that many nationalities I haven’t interacted with while teaching/training. And while the language barrier or accent in the same language (I only speak...
by Alan | Mar 3, 2006 | Communication skills, Toastmasters
Spent a good bit of time the last few days scouring the net for video examples of technical presenters. I’ve been underwhelmed. To quote a friend’s comment today, “It’s a field that it’s not hard to stand out in.” Even people who...
