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Welcome to the new Toastmasters Podcast Series! Tune in to enjoy a new informative, entertaining and educational interview each week with your hosts, Bo Bennett and Ryan Levesque. Listen as Bo and Ryan explore Toastmasters topics and provide you with valuable tips that are sure to help you become the best speaker and leader you can be.
If you are interested in interviewing for a podcast episode, suggesting a topic or sharing feedback with your hosts, please e-mail podcast@toastmasters.org.
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Fighting Stage Fright - New!
Much like other professional speakers, Karen Twichell, ACS, must fight off the fear of public speaking. Karen offers advice on how to alleviate the public speaking jitters that ultimately sneak up on all of us.
Overcoming Objections
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Successful leaders know how to overcome objections. Sam Silverstein, past president of the National Speakers Association, talks about how to overcome objections and how to hurdle the protests in your path.
Delivering the Bad News... with Style
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
All leaders and managers inevitably face the task of delivering bad news to employees, clients or stakeholders. While this task is never easy, Kathy S. Berger, the author of "Delivering Bad Business News", from the December 2009 issue of the Toastmaster, offers tips to make the duty less daunting.
Conversation Skills at the Holiday Party
Monday, December 21, 2009
Don Gabor is author the article, "Talk Smart at the Holiday Office Party," which appears in the December edition of the Toastmaster magazine. He joins us to discuss conversation skills and good reasons to embrace the small talk.
The Ice Breaker: A Story of Survival
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
The ‘Ice Breaker,’ Project 1 of the Competent Communication manual, might take the award for the most-feared speech; however it may help to know every Toastmaster must go through it. With the support of your fellow Toastmasters, the Ice Breaker can be an exciting and wonderful experience. Richard Stanley, president of the Fluor Discovery Toastmasters club in Irvine, California, takes us through his rollercoaster ride of emotions when he presented the first few speeches as a Toastmaster.
Multicultural PR
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Corin Ramos is a member of the Yorba Linda-Placentia Toastmasters club in Yorba Linda, California. A first-generation Filipino American, Corin is president of Walson Communications, a multicultural public relations and marketing agency based in Orange County, California. Corin shares her views and research about the topic of multicultural public relations. Learn how to prepare yourself for effective cross cultural communications.
What's Your Hook?
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Do you want to make your message stick? Kevin Carroll, author of the book "What's Your Hook?" shares secrets he's learned from 17 years in the advertising industry. Learn how to use stories, analogies, props and more to 1. Grab your listeners' attention. 2. Make your message easy to understand. 3. Get your message to stick!
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