These are notes from a toastmaster’s meeting. The presentations was provided by Jim Lamadrid Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker

– Toastmasters has over 300, K members
– Nothing great can be achieved without enthusiasm Ralph Walton Emerson
– Work: I.T. project management, academia, military, healthcare field representative supervisory special agent.
– Pentagon: How to read an address in the building.
– The first number is the floor level
– The second number is the ring on that level, 1 is the inner ring of the building.
– Third number is the corridor. There are ten corridors level letter ring a most inside the most inside hexagon first corridor, 10 corridors
– Performances in Center Courtyard: has entertainment.
– Spoke on site were responsible to give information to the military that needs it.
– How to improve speaking? Listen to people giving speeches podcasts, ted talks
– Read a lot. Note how speakers pause or emphasize words.
– Speakers need to be impassioned.
– Executives would talk about initiatives, cases.
– As an agent, he worked 50 hrs. a week and did a lot of travel. a week and do a lot of travel.
– Got official training for speaking such as classes or professional instruction.
– He faced issues of speaking too fast, images too compressed on a page, maintaining contact with the audience.
– Change from concentrating the text on a screen. Moved his presentation screenshots from compressed data to a picture with key elements. Show the key element that the team needed to know.
– Embrace your humor and speak with enthusiasm.
– Joke: our job was outstanding by a plane in the rain
– How to handle a stage? He was mobile. He would move from side to side engage the audience. 5-7 min with eye contact. Go to the person asking questions. He talks with his hands. Don’t put hands in pockets. Record yourself and listen to where you can improve.
– Q: What have you learned about pacing on a speech? Look at the clock, articulating, and practice. Would have backup slides to compensate if you’re too short. Don’t want the audience to work hard for them to learn from the presentation.
– Q: What book do you recommend? John Maxwell, laws of leadership, developing the leader
– Q: Best speaking experience: Singapore, 300 people. Had 3 yrs. experience.
– Q: Worse public speaking: Craig swap office, was told by an audience member his presentation didn’t work
– Remember info: put info on a slide that may contain info that is hard to remember but is important to share.