Five years ago when I began my career in Real Estate I wasn't the best public speaker in fact I was terrified of the microphone or even the thought of having the center stage or attention. Speaking to an audience felt as if somebody would grab my inner stomach and squeeze every breath I had left. It was in that desperate time when I knew I had to do something about it. I had to re gain control of my Fear of public speaking. A new born adventure began,it started in a club that called themselves toastmasters. At first I thought it was an A.A club or better yet the Alcoholics Anonymous group. But toastmaster members were polite and friendly and eager to help I quickly adapted and made myself at home. The toastmaster meetings were well structured and organized with speeches, table topics and evaluations. The Meeting was perfect after all there are members of all walks of life some are experts and others beginers but all share a common goal to Develop good speaking skills. Toastmasters are for individuals that want to improve in their communication skills, public speaking skills and network skills. Please click on this link to go to the toastmasters internaitonal page.
3 day conference
This week it was the 47 district fall conference that consisted of the humorous speech contest and small workshops. There were 9 great contestants that competed for the 47 district most humorous speech. The crowd cheered and laughed as each contestant entertained and delivered funny punch lines and memorable stories. Each contestant had a story to tale Janice contestant 4 spoke about her personal story of her mother not accepting reality. Jason contestant 5 spoke about having a true companion and my personal favorite and winner Sandy spoke about how shopping for steak can lead to a divorce. This weekend was a weekend to remember for anybody that wants to improve their public speaking either for a best man speech or for a career change toastmasters is a great way to start.
My husband joined Toastmaster a few months ago. I go with him every week to the meetings and enjoy the comraderie of the group. This week, my husband signed me up for Toastmaster. I have not given any speeches yet, but I have already started to prepare speeches. I'm scared to the max of my first speech, but also excited at the same time. I have a stuttering problem from childhood that I have under control but I'm afraid that it will resurface during my speech.
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Hi Michael,
Nice post.
I have shared it at our Toastmasters blog http://www.uae-toastmasters.org/inner-universe for the benefit of our readers.
Have a nice day,
Joseph Ponnou