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Saturday, November 28th, 2009Are you cheating your audience?
Here’s the situation… You’re asked to give several sessions during a conference. You have different topics, but like most professional speakers, you you use some of the same stories when you speak about those different topics. Your first presentation is a special “pre-conference workshop,” so only about half of conference attendees [...]
Lady and the Champs 2010 Join us!
Thursday, November 26th, 2009Are you serious about your public speaking skills? About motivating your audience to action?
“You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for two things, the people you meet and the books you read.” - Charlie Tremendous Jones
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It has been life-changing for many speakers, how about you?
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World Champion Practices at his Toastmasters Club
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009PART I
PART II
We all need to practice what we preach! Do you video tape yourself when you speak?
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Darren LaCroix, 2001 Wold Champion of Public Speaking
STAGE TIME: It Happened to Me, It Will Happen to You!
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009Have you ever been really excited to try a new speech, or even a new story within your speech? I was very
There I was, about to start my workshop in Naples, Florida. Just as I was being introduced, my computer (the one I was using for my slide presentation) shut down! Ouch!
I made light of [...]
PROOF! The “Speaker’s EDGE” Book Gets Rave Reviews
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009Hi, Darren,
I just have to write this note. In the Speaker’s EDGE, there is a chapter (maybe Valentine’s?) where he said to repeat a key phrase when connecting with the audience. I did this last night. I gave an “Ice Breaker” to the TM X-L club (9 of the 14 members are DTM -– if [...]