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Dynamic Leadership – Descriptive Language 3.3
Good evening Mr Toastmaster, Mr President, fellow Toastmasters and welcome guests. On a beautifully balmy afternoon during a glorious childhood Summer, the flower scented air was filled with buzzing bees and brilliantly coloured butterflies. I decided to explore the neighbours fields behind our house, I had done this many times, and was allowed to do …
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Iphone Teleprompter Option
I have been looking for a compact, reasonably priced, easy set up teleprompter option for both my Toastmasters Zoom meetings and for YouTube videos. Everything I had found was big, bulky, involved tripods and cameras and was just not what I was looking for. I wanted something that I could clip onto my computer screen. …
Technical Issues with Zoom Calls
The five main problems that effect the level of Zooming we are all doing during the Covid era, are internet stability, picture quality, sound, lighting and to a lesser extent, the need for reading notes or speeches while looking straight into the camera, in order to keep eye contact with your audience. I am writing …
Dynamic Leadership – Connect with your Audience Speech 3.2
This speech focuses on Connecting with your Audience, it is the first elective project I have chosen to complete from Level three of the Dynamic Leadership Pathway. I delivered it to a a new club and not the one I am a member of. Good afternoon Madam President, Madam Toastmaster, fellow Toastmasters and welcome guests. …
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Dynamic Leadership – Negotiate the Best Outcome Level 3.1
Toastmasters Dynamic Leadership Negotiations 3.1 Somebody once said “Negotiation is not a weakness it’s a power”. I agree with this sentiment. Madam Area Director, Mr President, Mr Toastmaster, fellow Toastmasters and welcome guests. In this speech I am meant to talk about a Negotiation I have participated in or one that I will participate in. …
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Meeting Roles
Toastmasters meetings have a number of roles that Members need to fill, in order for the meeting to take place. As part of your Leadership education, a number of these roles need to be completed by Level 3 of Pathways, regardless of which Path you have chosen. I have posts about all of these roles …
My Paths
This is a list of the Paths I have followed together with the titles of the speeches I have made in Pathways. Dynamic Leadership Level 1:1. Ice broken2. You can't take it with you3. Ships, Storms, Shame4. It's that time of year Level 2:5. "Don't panic"6. How people communicate7. Mentoring Level 3:8. Pathways 9. Daily …
General Evaluator
The General Evaluator evaluates everything that takes place during the club meeting, that is not otherwise and delivers a report later in the meeting. As General Evaluator, according to Toastmasters, you are meant to do the following: Before the meeting, was the room and equipment set up in time? were the guests welcomed on arrival …
Table Topics Area Contest
Last night, I took part in the Area level Table Topics competition hosted by Tara Toastmasters and held on Zoom. In the Humorous Speech competition Colm Roe from our Club came second, his speech was hilarious, he is an established Toastmaster, a joy to listen to and a wonderful speaker. Well done Colm! I took …
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