One Trick Pony – A Toastmaster Area Director’s Diary
I joined Toastmasters in 2008, to learn to talk on an ad hoc basis without stumbling over my words or the content; that’ll be mastering Table Topics then! Seven years […]
Not in My Back Yard – Public Relations #4
“The Examination Authority completed its inspection of the Navitus Bay Wind Farm 18k page application at 12 midnight on 11 March 2015. The Examination Authority panel reports to the Secretary […]
Perfect Public Speaking
I love TED Talks! I will often click on ‘surprise me’ on my TED Talks app and watch something I’ve not considered before. Few people willingly commit themselves to speaking […]
Voice Power for Presenters
During a weekend last year, I had the privilege to facilitate the lecture series at the Good Funeral Awards in Bournemouth. Five fabulous and worthy speakers on a variety of fascinating […]
Lost for Words – Public Relations #3
I was planning to start my speech with an overused cliché .. Friends, Romans, Countrymen … lend me your ears – except I have nothing to say. This for the […]
Evaluate to Motivate – a Toastmasters Successful Club Speech
Not all that long ago I did a presentation on my top tips for beginner speakers. They were Breathe! Prepare! Practice! I’m going to repeat the same mantra for beginner […]
Chutzpah! – Cheek Charms
Since we are amidst the awards season, it seemed appropriate to discuss harnessing the power of chutzpah! The word has been adopted from Yiddish and means someone who has shameless audacity; […]
The Big Issue – a Toastmasters Speech (10)
Mr President, Mr Toastmaster, fellow Toastmasters and guests: are you thinking that I don’t much look like someone who’s homeless? You are right of course I’m not. If I’d […]
You Dancing; You Asking – a Toastmasters Speech (5)
Since the days of Hippocrates, great thinkers, like Freud and Jung have analysed the forces at work in communication and have found that there are four generic patterns. Hippocrates called […]
From Woking to Weymouth – a Toastmasters Speech (1)
I’d like to invite you to share my journey from Woking to Weymouth via a 14 year stop over in Worthing. I should say that there was a six-month pit […]
Laura McHarrie @ The Hidden Edge 