| Overcoming Nerves on the Way to the Lectern | Tips for those last minute jitters as you approach the lecturn to speak. |
| Toastmaster's Certificates | A chart showing the requirements for various toastmaster certificates. |
| About Contests | The Why and How of Toastmaster Contests. |
| Collected Advice of Great Speakers | Some pointers from history's greatest speakers. (A work in progress). |
| Why a Second CTM? | Why a member might choose to repeat the CTM program |
| High Performance Leadership Training | An article on HPL by Ute Brinkmann |
| Invocations Discussion | A discussion of giving an Invocation that occurred on the District mailing list |
| Preparing a speech in 1 hour | A procedure for preparing a speech in as little as one hour. |
| At Cheshire Toastmasters we have a scheduled task called The Two Minute Tutorial.
This is a prepared speech by an experienced Toastmaster that is to be presented in under two minutes!
Like most things in Toastmasters there is more than one reason for this: not only does the club get a quick refresher in
some important aspect of speaking but the presenter is given practice in conciseness and efficiency.
Collected here are the text of some past two minute tutorials and some additional material that would have met the time criterion. |
| Importance of Time | How to give a speech within time limits. |
| Table Topics Advice | Advice on handling table topics (Toastmaster's loved and dreaded impromptu speaking exercise). |
| Preparing a speech | Advice on preparing a speech. |
| Giving an Evaluation | Advice on giving an evaluation. |
| Importance of Brevity | Advice pointing out the importance of being brief. |
| Giving a Toast | Advice on how to give a Toast. |
| The Motivational Sequence | Advice on using the powerful motivational sequence for an inspirational or persuasive speech. |
| Preparing a Speech | How to prepare a Speech. |
| Opening of a Speech | Techniques for speech openings. |
| Eye Contact | Techniques for better eye contact. |
| Technology Check List | A checklist of things to test BEFORE using technology in a presentation...and a warning example of why to do so. |
| Colored OverHead Transparencies | Notes on printing Overhead Transparency slides in Color. |
| Using a Blackboard | Some comments on using a blackboard, mainly on how to write on it without insulting your audience by talking while facing away. |
| Book list | A list of books on public speaking (incomplete and unfinished but a starting place). |
| How not to use Overheads | Important notes I learned about using overheads by NOT doing them. |
| The Club Meeting Environment | Hand out notes from TM161 at TLI Officer Training |