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Posted: 1/6/2006 5:50:26 PM EDT
I'm one.
Did 4 speeches already. I'm going to be the toastmaster on tuesday. Toastmaster = public speaking club not a guy who warms bread in a dungeon, or says "here's to you" while drinking a beer On an unrelated note, my concealed carry firearm of choice is :  sweeeeet..... |
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Posted: 1/6/2006 5:53:55 PM EDT
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Thought about it several times.
Are you required to speak at each event, or can you just observe until you feel comfortable? |
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Posted: 1/6/2006 6:04:01 PM EDT
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you can sit there and not join in as long as you want. it's all designed to sort of ease you into speaking. I was so uptight at the first meeting that my jaw hurt afterward from clenching my teeth. I just sat there. Basically it is an ideal opportunity to learn public speaking in the presence of very good natured and easygoing people. It sucks being afraid of public speaking. Try it out. What do you have to lose? www.toastmasters.org/ |
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Posted: 1/6/2006 6:11:13 PM EDT
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I've been yappin' in front of crowds from 1 to 5,000 since I was a kid. I guess I'm either disqualified or overqualified...
 -Troy |
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Posted: 1/6/2006 6:22:02 PM EDT
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I don't know if you can be "overqualified". Some of the toastermasters give truly outstanding speeches. They have international competitions. How is it that you speak in from of so many people? Are you a preacher? Musician? |
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Posted: 1/6/2006 6:23:36 PM EDT
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He counts his posts on ar15.com as speeches 
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Posted: 1/6/2006 6:40:06 PM EDT
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Or you just can't be quiet  hehe
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Posted: 1/6/2006 6:44:19 PM EDT
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No, just a lot of public or semi-public speaking (not really "speaches"). Some random examples: - Boy Scouts (MC'd events, ran flag ceremony, etc.) - School (MC'd and/or introduced folks at rallys, band events, and so forth) - Training - I've done a LOT of new employee training at various jobs, as well as on-going training. - Projects - I've had to explain projects or give status reports to the IT department of my last company, which numbered over 800 people at one point. - DJing - I've been a "special guest operator" for the Demon rollercoaster at (what is now) Paramount's "Great America" a couple of times. - I was always "volunteered" to "go talk" in the sound booth in Audio Engineering class so the instructor could show the rest of the class how to use various pieces of gear in the studio. The Demon schpiel was a favorite. I generally have no problem with public speaking *as long as I know the subject matter*. If I *don't* know it, and I'm supposed to or expected to, that's when I might get anxious. I've had that happen, due to a very poorly planned event that I was called in to "help" at the last minute. Not knowing the answers to questions the crowd expects an answer for SUCKS. I hate to look stupid.  -Troy |
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Posted: 1/6/2006 6:46:15 PM EDT
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That's the thing: I totally can. To the point that some people literally go crazy, and either have to turn on the TV or talk non-stop themselves. I have that rare gift to KNOW WHEN TO SHUT UP.  -Troy |
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Posted: 1/6/2006 8:21:33 PM EDT
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I like to do that to annoying people sometimes, for a goof I'll just let em talk and talk and talk, and watch em squirm, when they finally stop, and the silence kills them, hahaha
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Posted: 1/6/2006 8:23:11 PM EDT
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Toastmaster= A very good toaster.
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Posted: 1/6/2006 8:24:52 PM EDT
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ex gf was in the tm club here, great place to network...she was a bitch though...
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Posted: 1/6/2006 8:25:43 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/6/2006 8:52:49 PM EDT
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Yes, but it will be VERY, VERY expensive. -Troy |
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