Jo Lauricella presents a briefing on the upcoming 2011 District 52 Spring Conference that takes place on May 14, 2011. The title is “If You Build It, They Will Come.” This speech is a High Performance Leadership (or HPL) project, … (Read More)
Speech: How to Get and Maintain a Relationship, by Willard Michlin (Video)
In this presentation, Willard Michlin delivers an impromptu speech about creating and maintaining relationships between men and women.
Speech: The Opposition, by Annette McCullough (Video)
Annette McCullough started scuba diving in 1967 and became a certified diving instructor by PADI, NAUI and YMCA in 1969 and taught diving until 1982. In this speech, Annette presented “Speeches by Management,” Project #5 Confrontation: THE ADVERSARY RELATIONSHIP (Advanced … (Read More)
Speech: Love and Help Children, by Jim Ellingson
Jim Ellingson discusses loving and helping children through education. His wife, Barbara Ellingson, punctuated the topic by reading from her recently published poetry book encompasses the same subject.
News: Renaissance Speakers President’s Distinguished Club
Renaissance Speakers is a PRESIDENT’S DISTINGUISHED Toastmasters Club again – for 12 consecutive years! Thank you to all members!
… (Read More)Toastmaster of the Meeting
The Toastmaster of the meeting has the key role in the success of the meeting. The primary duty of the Toastmaster is to ensure a well-run, on-time, up-beat meeting and act as a genial host to smooth the transition between … (Read More)
Club Coach
This role affords you the opportunity to expand your coaching skills beyond speeches. You are learning to evaluate key functionaries, coaches, and the meeting as a whole. Special emphasis is placed on coaching the Table Topics Master and the Toastmaster. … (Read More)
Table Topics Master
The Table Topics Master gives members who aren’t assigned a speaking role the opportunity to speak during the meeting. The Topicsmaster challenges each member with a subject, and the speaker responds with a one- to two-minute impromptu talk.
Some people … (Read More)
Timer
One of the lessons to be practiced in speech training is that of expressing a thought within a specific time. The timer is the member responsible for keeping track of time. Each segment of the meeting is timed. This exercise … (Read More)
Grammarian
Being grammarian is truly an exercise in expanding your listening skills.
You have two basic responsibilities. The first is to introduce new words to members. The second is to comment on English language usage during the course of the meeting.… (Read More)