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Competent Leadership (CL)

Grunt Counter at Northampton Speakers

Good fun last night and sit back and just listen to a meeting rather than help deliver it. I was grunt counter and found the ah counter form very useful to structure my listening. I did notice the usual ah..umm..err, but also dragged word like "soooooooooooooo we all need to stop over thinking", which under pressure … Continue Reading ››

Adv Communicator Gold, Adv: Speaking to Inform, Professional Goals, Public Speaking

Adv Manual Speaking to Inform: Project 1 The speech to inform

1 - The Speech to Inform

Time: 5 - 7 minutes Objectives:
  • Select new and useful information for presentation to the audience.
  • Organize the information for easy understandability and retention.
  • Present the information in a way that will help motivate the audience to learn.

Cranfield Speakers Club: The Area Director's Perspective

"The whole of life … Continue Reading ››

Adv. Communicator Silver, Adv: Technical Presentations, Professional Goals

Technical Presentations project 4: presenting a technical paper

ADVANCED COMMUNICATION SERIES: TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS

Assignment 4: PRESENTING A TECHNICAL PAPER

Objectives

  • Deliver an interesting speech based on a technical paper or article.
  • Effectively use a flipchart, overhead projector or slides to illustrate your message.
  • TIME : 10 to12 minutes

Note to the Evaluator

For this project, the speaker was asked to present a technical paper or article. The opening … Continue Reading ››

Adv Leader Silver, Professional Goals

Area G 44 Director Candidacy Speech

We have a new Area Director designate. Me. In the end it was uncontested. One of the candidates withdrew the previous day and there were no further challenged from the floor. Originally, we going to each have two minutes to give a candidacy speech. This was my Area Director and fellow Toastmasters over my five years with Toastmasters … Continue Reading ››

Not Capt. Jack Sparrow's compass, but mine!! Life is a daring adventure. This my place to push at boundaries!