Archive for Archive for April, 2008
Opportunity Knocks
As Hall of Fame speaker Patricia Fripp says, “Opportunity doesn’t knock just once, it knocks all the time”. If you go back in your life, you may be like me and agree with that sentiment. Last November, I started a new career (to go with my other two) by joining the Send Out Cards team. [...]
Oh Bugger!
Have you ever been tarred and feathered? Here I am with Fire Chief Jim Shields at our Poulsbo Rotary annual auction. This year’s theme was the Pirates of Poulsbo. I came dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow. I left smelling like molasses and honey. We raised an extra $2,600 for this jocularity so it was worth [...]
The End of the Line…
Have you ever thought a project would never end? It’s hard to believe that this Rotary auction that became my baby is almost here. I formed a committee of dedicated Rotarians about what seems to be a gabillion months ago. Now, the online auction ends tomorrow at midnight (EST) and the LIVE auction and event [...]
The value of competition
I was fortunate to win the next step in the Toastmasters International Speech Contest at the Area level last night. As always, the competition gets better at each succesive round.
There is great value to competing at a speech contest for even speakers who focus just on their professional development. Why? Simple…you have [...]
My First Podcast!
OK…first blogs, now Podcasts. I’m starting to scare myself!
Here is my maiden effort with Podcasting. My guest is Doug Petch from Arc Performance Group. Doug is a leadership guru that will help you put strategies to work in your career and make you a stronger leader. Find out by clicking here [...]
The Value of Recording Yourself
I’ve always been an advocate of recording your speeches and presentations. Regardless of whether you use audio or video, the opportunity to review your work is critical. That point was really driven home to me last night.
On Tuesday, I gave my club contest speech for the Toastmasters International Speech Contest. I was fortunate to finish [...]
New Blog Site
OK…I’ve made the jump to Word Press. There are many reasons for the switch but the one you need to be most happy with is that now everyone can post…not just Google members. I hope you will take advantage and post early and often. Please add me to your RSS Feeder so you won’t miss [...]
The Three Essentials for a Great Presentation
Last Saturday, I was in attendance at the NSA Northwest meeting featuring Hall of Fame speaker Patricia Fripp. You should have been there (maybe you were!). If you were, you would know why Patricia is one of the foremost speech coaches in the world.
She reminded all of us of the three (3) essential parts of [...]
Simple is better…
As I prepare my speech for the 2008 Toastmasters International Speech Competition, I realize the importance of brevity. The speech contest requires your speech to be from 5 to 7 minutes with a 30 second grace period either way. As I started writing this speech, I was well over 8 and a half minutes!
This happens [...]
