So I love to talk
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Got ya! You probably clicked because you had to know what this was all about.
Well, I love public speaking. I've been speaking publicly in front of 100+ crowds regularly since I was 5. I've spoken at an international convention (not held internationally though).
http://youtu.be/4wSS8gRzD6E?t=26m38sIn any case, I was shown an organization called Toastmasters by @Katie . She said they are well known and I figured, hey, why not? So I joined them last Saturday. I hope to be doing my "Icebreaker" at some point soon, and was told there was even a chance they may need a fill in tomorrow. Not sure but I'm working on it tonight I have 4-6 minutes to talk about myself. It's coming together nicely, although that's too broad a topic. Especially for 4-6 minutes.
Anyways, I'm excited to see what happens and how it goes. Wish me well!
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Note: I posted the time-stamped link but if you want to see my part, start at 26:36.
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@ajstringham We been asking you what is toastmaster since last day haha .
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@Joyfano said:
@ajstringham We been asking you what is toastmaster since last day haha .
Can you share how it goes last time?It went well Saturday. I have one today (it's now technically Saturday here) as well.
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@ajstringham said:
@Joyfano said:
@ajstringham We been asking you what is toastmaster since last day haha .
Can you share how it goes last time?It went well Saturday. I have one today (it's now technically Saturday here) as well.
Good luck
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@Joyfano said:
@ajstringham said:
@Joyfano said:
@ajstringham We been asking you what is toastmaster since last day haha .
Can you share how it goes last time?It went well Saturday. I have one today (it's now technically Saturday here) as well.
Good luck
I doubt I'm speaking this week, but we'll see.
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That should be an interesting venture. I knew a guy who was in that group a while back and he was a letter to get really good at doing presentations with excellent flowing content. Good luck!
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So I show up today and find out I'm on the schedule to speak! I had finished writing my presentation and brought all my stuff with me "just in case" but had no intentions of speaking today. I had written the speech but hadn't gotten a chance to rehearse it at all. Not once. It came out really well though! I won the "firecracker" award, which is for the person who spoke with the most feeling/most moving speech/most lively, etc. I was pretty happy overall.
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Awesome, congrats.
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Congratulations for getting up there and doing it man; best wishes for Toastmasters I've been thinking of jumping on it for awhile now, keep us posted!
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There is a chance I will speak again this Saturday. It remains to be seen.
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@ajstringham said:
There is a chance I will speak again this Saturday. It remains to be seen.
Awesome. Do they take videos of you?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@ajstringham said:
There is a chance I will speak again this Saturday. It remains to be seen.
Awesome. Do they take videos of you?
They don't. I wish they did.
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That would make the sessions so much more useful.
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Congrats A.J
