the one rule of public
speaking:
...Did your speech COMMUNICATE?
three "knows" of public
speaking:
...Know 1 your audience, 2 your message, 3 your room.
These are just a couple tips I've learned from being a Toastmaster and speaker over the past thirteen years. I sincerely desire that you become the best speaker you can possibly be and it is my pleasure to help you do so. Since becoming Toastmasters International World Champion of Public Speaking in August 2005 in Toronto, I have been doing my best to share with you the knowledge I have acquired that made this win possible. Look around my site. It is growing and changing with each new day, so return often!
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Lance Miller has completed 16 C.T.M.s and two A.T.M.G.s. He has held numerous officer positions at both the Club and District level. He was instrumental in building his home club, Renaissance Speakers, up to 95 members and taking them to the #4 club in the world within Toastmasters International. In this interview he will share the secrets of building not only a successful club, but a chanpionship club! His valuable insights will help turn even the weakest club into a Toastmaster powerhouse!
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Kudos!
Recently, I received a kudo from someone who has heard me
speak for years and been to every one of my seminars. It is
truly gratifying as it expresses exactly what I intend and
enjoy doing. Here's what he had to say:
Why show swans swimming on the lake?
In May 2006, I had the pleasure of delivering several seminars at the Toastmasters District 71 Conference held at the Bloomfield House hotel in Mullingar, Ireland. Nestling on Lough Ennell shores, the area is home to several thousand swans, two of whom you see swimming at the left. The conference itself was dubbed: The Lìr Conference after an ancient Irish legend in which one of a King's wicked wives turned the children from his earlier marriage into swans for nine-hundred years.
My able host was District 71 Governor Linda Malloy who stuffed all of our luggage and my cameraman into an incredibly small car and lugged us from Dublin to Mullingar then on to Cork.
This was my first trip to Ireland, but it won't be the last. The famed Irish hospitality is no myth and I was pleased to meet and greet so many warm-hearted toastmasters from the Emerald Isle and their UK neighbors.
