Public speaking is an age-old art form that has shaped itself through history in the form of many great leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. and contemporary speakers like Tony Robbins and Nick Vujicic. If you listen to speeches of different speakers, you’ll observe that each public speaker uses a unique way …
Why do students need presentation skills? This was one of the top five questions that I had as a student. As someone who is shy, the idea of getting onstage and talking was a little exhausting for the eight-year-old me. Show and Tells were a part of my school curriculum and there was no escaping …
If you can speak you can influence, And if you can influence, you can change lives. I had heard of this but it was in eighth grade that I understood the truism of this quote. Mine was a typical school that had school assemblies where we gathered and prayed in the morning. Post our shlokas …
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AWE. If I were to ever describe my first meeting with a Toastmasters club then awe is the word I’d use. I was a guest that day and it was unlike any experience. I saw a bunch of young and determined people come together to become and make each other better communicators and leaders. The energy …
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Are public speaking skills required in college? Let me put this out straight – Well, yes. Public speaking skills are required because it helps you make headway not only in your college but also your career. For a long time, I had that very question in my mind. College, for me, was all about having …
Preparing for a successful motivational speech is a different process than preparing for talks delivering information. Motivational speeches are meant to spur action—to compel audience members to do, or become something different, something more. Motivational speeches can be very rewarding for both the audience and the presenter. The audience can leave feeling inspired, ready to …
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Toastmasters International is often at the first glance seen as just a Public Speaking platform but is actually a Leadership Development platform as well. There are plenty of opportunities it will give you to develop your leadership abilities, right from club level to the area level and to eventually the district level. The leadership roles …
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What is a Toastmaster Speech Evaluation? Every prepared speaker is allocated a fellow Toastmaster who plays the role of an evaluator. The Evaluator sits in the audience and listens attentively to the speaker allocated to him and then makes a detailed note of his strengths and the areas of improvements that he/she deems right for …
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I first found out about the concept of bookending a speech when I had attended a Student Counseling Session; I was unclear about my career path. While most of the presenters were pretty boring, there was this one counselor who kept me hooked till the end and left me pondering on the downsides of my …
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What is an Icebreaker Speech at Toastmasters? An Icebreaker is essentially the first project in any path of Toastmasters, the one that kick-starts your journey with the organisation. It is a short speech, about four to six minutes in length, the primary objective of which is to introduce yourself to the club. The Icebreaker, or …
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