It’s Contest Time Again!

It’s Contest Time Again!

Tips from Toastmasters

Speech contests are Toastmasters tradition. Each year, thousands of Toastmasters compete in the Humorous, Evaluation, Tall Tales, Table Topics and International Speech Contests. Competition begins with club contests and winners continue competing through the area,...
Toastmasters Magazines

Toastmasters Magazines

Tips from Toastmasters

Do you dread writing scripts for your presentations, proposals or reports? You’re not alone. It can be deceptively difficult. Read tips and stories from Toastmasters around the globe. In this Toastmasters Magazine, November 2019 issue, Barbara Bashein, PhD, DTM shared...
How to Give Good Evaluations

How to Give Good Evaluations

Blog, Tips from Toastmasters

One of the highlights of the month is the workshop conducted by Arnie Aniel, DTM on the art of giving evaluation at a Toastmasters club. The participants attended the meeting on March 18th were all interested in raising the bar on their evaluations. What I have...
What’s Your Humour Style?

What’s Your Humour Style?

Blog, Tips from Toastmasters

What’s your humour style? To find out, take this questionnaire. A friend of mine shared it with me and got me thinking about humour. Is there a way to codify what makes us laugh? According to Rod Martin et al. (2003), there are 4 humour styles: Affiliative...
Kill Impromptu Speeches

Kill Impromptu Speeches

Blog, Tips from Toastmasters

If you’ve ever been to a Toastmasters meeting, you’ll know what a Table Topics session is. But in case you don’t, it works like this: the facilitator gives you a prompt (usually a question, but it could be a statement or even a single word) and you, without a moment’s...