Speaking Off the Cuff
Do you keep telling people you’ll do your next speech soon? Do you keep putting it off because you don’t have time to prepare for it?
Stop delaying all the wonderful things that will happen in your life when you finally feel comfortable and confident giving presentations and start taking advantage of every public speaking opportunity you’re offered!
Darren LaCroix, the 2001 World Champion of Public Speaking, tells people to take advantage of stage time, stage time, stage time.
And I believe that is one of the reasons my own public speaking skills improved as quickly as they did.
Several years ago, when I served as a Toastmasters Area Governor I challenged myself to take advantage of every speaking opportunity available.
Listen in as I challenged the members of my clubs to do the same thing and gave them tips on how to do it!
Ideas abound for speaking off the cuff. Here are just a few that I shared in this short presentation:
- Amusing, frustrating, inspiring events in your day or week
- A favorite… what, why, how, who makes this your favorite
- A pet peeve… what, why, how, who drives you crazy
This speech is also available as streaming audio from my main website along with other speech related topics.
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