Of course, watching other speakers is the conventional wisdom, and its easy to do nowadays between Ted Talks and YouTube channels. It...

Our lives are a continuous conversation  - whether we're on stage, in a small conversation, or simply  talking to ourselves. What we...

Over the last few years, more and more Toastmasters Clubs and Members have been uploading speeches to the web. Sometimes its to promot...

“If I write out my speech, it will sound too formal and stiff. I like to just speak off-the-cuff with a basic outline.”   For many spe...

A while back, I talked about the pros and cons of Planned Gestures . Today, lets talk about Planned Hands. If you don't plan before ...

For a lot of us, speaking for an hour isn't that difficult. We usually have much more to say than we can fit into our timeframe. Muc...

Ah, formalities. Our organization is full of them. Shaking hands, not leaving the lectern, clapping after almost anybody utters an inte...