Even though the telecommunications company Northern Telecom (Nortel) hasn't been healthy for years now, I certainly hope to see if one of their Toastmasters clubs will be today. I'm going in as an invited guest speaker and will see how their corporate To ...
Olympic Champion
Since the Beijing Olympics just finished, I remembered that I have a connection with a former Olympic gold medalist right here in Canada. This person saw me speak before so I am working on a testimonial from her. It would be great to get a testimonial a ...
Motivational Talk Presented In Berlin
Last week, I was in Berlin, Germany and presented my 15 minute version of my motivational talk to one of their local English speaking Toastmasters clubs. It was a great experience as this was the first time that I ever presented this speech outside of No ...
Toastmasters Benefit
One of the benefits of being a member of Toastmasters is that I have access to many people who have the ability to critique my speeches. I will certainly have my main motivational keynote speech I'm working on to be test run through my Toastmasters netwo ...
Wrote Two Chicken Soup Stories During Trip
I finished writing two Chicken Soup for the Soul stories during this trip to Europe. I hope to begin submitting them in September after I've had some time to edit them more fully. The first one will be about Resolutions and the deadline for this project ...
Full Length Motivational Speech After Trip
I will be flying out on an overseas trip to Europe today for one and a half weeks. I will have some travel down time during this trip and I intend to use the time efficiently by developing my full length motivational speech. My goal is to come out and r ...
Toastmasters Leadership Workshop Probably In Brampton
The Toastmasters leadership workshop I talked about yesterday will likely be held in Brampton, Ontario. More details to come soon.
Toastmasters Leadership Workshop
I will be presenting a workshop through Toastmasters called Characteristics of Effective Leaders in September. The details are just being worked out so stay tuned.
Motivational Talk Will Have Lots of Interaction
My full length motivational talk will include lots of audience interaction which will be fun for all. I'm spending today after watching the opening of the Beijing Olympics on further development of my main motivational talk.
John Beede Rocks As Speaker
I found a website featuring a young motivational professional speaker by the name of John Beede this week. He uses a mountain climbing adventure theme called Climb On. There is some video footage of him on his website and he is one of the best speakers ...