Toastmasters 101

If you have to give a speech, are you afraid of your audience - or are you afraid of what your body is going to do? In this episode, we look at 2 keys to cope with your fears.

When you are overcoming your fear of public speaking, what are you really afraid of? Sometimes our fear isn't of the speech but fear of what our body is about to do to us. Today's podcast gives a few tips how to give a speech when fear robs you of your voice.

Do you need to overcome your fear of public speaking? How does Toastmasters help you do that?

If you've been in Toastmasters very long, you've probably seen the Toastmasters speech project that went wrong.  So wrong.  Cringe-worthy bad.  The speech that makes you look at the cobweb in the corner of the room and try to avoid eye-contact with the speaker.

Yeah, that speech.

On today's episode of Toastmasters 101, we go back to the beginning and talk about the speech that failed from the points of view of the speaker, the evaluator, and the vice president of education.

New club officers are challenged with the Club Success Plan. What is it? What are you expected to do? In this podcast, we talk about how to hold the planning meeting, where to hold it, and how to use it to motivate members to work toward their personal Toastmaster goals.

When new members join Toastmasters, their first speeches are called the ice breaker speeches. What do experienced Toastmasters advise the new members? What should a new member not expect to happen as they give that first speech?

We take a long look at the Toastmasters Distinguished Club Program and the new Recognition Awards for clubs in 2020. How will the DCP change on July 1, 2020? What do you need to finish before June 30, 2020?

Does your club have a guest packet for guests to help them decide to join? What persuaded you to join Toastmasters? Everyone has their own reasons. We could boil it down to a statistic: 98% of members joined because they want to learn public speaking. So all our guest packets should only address that, right? … Continue reading "Guest Packets for Your Toastmasters Clubs"

When you're the speaker at your online Toastmasters meeting, are you ready to go? We've got 3 things you need to do before the meeting begins.

Evaluating online speeches:  how do we Toastmasters do it? Getting a new computer. For some people it’s exciting. It’s wonderful. A clean slate with speed and power.  Maybe now I can fill out evaluations on my computer and send them back to people? Moving to a new computer for me isn’t really traumatic, but it … Continue reading "Evaluating Online Speeches in Toastmasters"