When I talked about my first public speaking experience years ago, I fell into a very common trap. I was trying to deliver humorous lines but the tone of my voice and the rate in which I was speaking made me seem more like a robot reading from a telephone book. The speech was not …
Some Toastmasters have given well over 60 speeches at club events. I’ve completed- 9. I have a long way to go before I feel competition worthy. During my first speech, one of the things that my Evaluator remarked upon was my eye contact. Among the myriad of mistakes I made, he noted that my eye …
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 …