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    • thanksajdotcom
      thanksajdotcom last edited by

      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=26m38s

      In 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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      • thanksajdotcom
        thanksajdotcom last edited by

        Note: I posted the time-stamped link but if you want to see my part, start at 26:36.

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        • Joy
          Joy last edited by

          @ajstringham We been asking you what is toastmaster since last day haha .
          Can you share how it goes last time?

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          • thanksajdotcom
            thanksajdotcom @Joy last edited by

            @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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            • Joy
              Joy @thanksajdotcom last edited by

              @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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              • thanksajdotcom
                thanksajdotcom @Joy last edited by

                @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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                • Bill Kindle
                  Bill Kindle last edited by

                  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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                  • thanksajdotcom
                    thanksajdotcom last edited by

                    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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                    • scottalanmiller
                      scottalanmiller last edited by

                      Awesome, congrats.

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                      • thanksajdotcom
                        thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller last edited by

                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        Awesome, congrats.

                        Thanks.

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                        • MattKing
                          MattKing last edited by MattKing

                          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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                          • thanksajdotcom
                            thanksajdotcom last edited by

                            There is a chance I will speak again this Saturday. It remains to be seen.

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                            • scottalanmiller
                              scottalanmiller @thanksajdotcom last edited by

                              @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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                              • thanksajdotcom
                                thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller last edited by

                                @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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                                • scottalanmiller
                                  scottalanmiller last edited by

                                  That would make the sessions so much more useful.

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                                  • Joy
                                    Joy last edited by

                                    Congrats A.J 🙂

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