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Get in the Game, but Not Without a Coach!

Get a what?
Champions get coached. In 1999 I won the World Championship of Public Speaking for Toastmasters International and have been speaking regularly ever since. Several years later, after a disastrous speech in Montreal, I went back to my hotel room, threw my head on my pillow, and faced the following reality: I need a coach badly!...more

Silence Speaks

On August 21, 1999, at the World Championship of Public Speaking, I stood in front of 2,000 toastmasters for nearly ten seconds without saying a word. Why? Because my speech, “A Key to Fulfillment,” was about the power that taking a few minutes of silence each day can have in our lives, and I was demonstrating silence....more

Create The Hook For your Speech

Every great speaker knows the secret to making a memorable speech is to tell a story and make a point. When you click here and listen to this 15-minute audio lesson, you will undestand the MOST IMPORTANT part of the story. The HOOK!  

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The Most Important Part of the Speech!

The most important part of the speech is also one of the most neglected parts of the speech. You can improve your storytelling, establish interesting conflicts, make fascinating points, sell them with the push, pull, and passion approach, and use all of the nuts & bolts suggested in future newsletters, and yet you will fail to be effective if you do not put into practice the most important part of the speech....more

In-Between Time and Using the Floor

In-between time is what I refer to as the time in-between making your major points. Of course you need to use this time to transition into the next story or example, but how you use this time can make the difference between a dry speech and and one that whets their appetite for more!...more

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