Constant Feedback

In my experience, most working adults get performance reviews once a year. I’ve only worked for one employer that did performance reviews more frequently. At that corporation, employees met with supervision once a month to review performance statistics and evaluate progress towards goals. I have also been very fortunate in that all the performance reviews …

Uh… Um… You know

We’ve all been there. We’ve listened to interviews on the radio where experts are stammering over their facts. We’ve sat through presentations at work where a presenter is reading slides to us verbatim and filling what few moments of silence there are with empty words. We’ve been asked questions and instead of reciting what we …

Meeting Roles and the 2-Minute Poet

Epic poetry is a long narrative told with carefully selected language. If I were to compare epics to speeches- I’d say that an epic poem is like the State of the Union Address, wherein the President is orating using carefully selected language and words to tell a story and provide information about the direction of an …

Beyond Brick and Mortar

I am a member of two Toastmasters clubs, one at my place of business and another in my local community. Both of these clubs host two meetings a month where they assemble at a specific location at a specific time and they conduct club business. When I am at the meetings, I get the privilege …