Relationships are the key to networking success and the sign of a great networker is to have a wide variety of people in his or her network that can be tapped when you or someone you know is in need
Toastmasters Success: Ten Tips to Become Presidential Distinguished – Part 2
In the first part of this series, I covered a little bit about my own experiences as a club officer and some of the positive things that one can do to improve the overall health of a club. In this
Toastmasters Success: Ten Tips to Become Presidential Distinguished – Part 1
Would you like to know how to make your club Presidential Distinguished? With the Toastmasters year rapidly coming to a close and clubs preparing to transition from this year’s officers to next year’s, I figured that this would be a
Public Speaking Success: The Effect Public Speaking has on Your Confidence
Whenever I have casual conversations about public speaking, I’m often asked about the benefits. Why would anyone want to speak in front a big group? What if you mess up? Why bother putting yourself in such a scary situation to
Personal Power: Should you Focus on your Strengths or Strengthen your Weaknesses
Strengths and weaknesses – why do we obsess so much about them? It seems like you can’t go on a job interview without someone asking you what you’re strengths and weaknesses are. If your employer reviews you, chances are they
Public Speaking Success: What to do when they don’t laugh at your jokes
It’s every speaker’s nightmare: you’ve told that joke that you think is funny (you practically chuckle yourself as you tell it) but the audience doesn’t react. Did you tell it wrong? Do they just not get it? Humor is one
Public Speaking and Presentation Skills Blog Carnival – Edition 1
Welcome to the May, 2008 edition of the Public Speaking and Presentation Skills Blog Carnival. We’ve got some great entries in this first edition on a variety of subjects. If you’d like to participate in a future edition of this