

25. A New Series: My Personal Journey in Public Speaking: 12. Continuing the Journey…
Last week, I ended my post contemplating what I was going to do after receiving my Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) title. As I recently...


24. A New Series: My Personal Journey in Public Speaking: 11. Distinguished Toastmaster! At last?
After 5 and a half years, from April 2007 to October 2012, I have finally reached one of the main goals of a Toastmaster, the...


23. A New Series: My Personal Journey in Public Speaking: 10. My Journey in Serving Others - Mentors
One of the requirements in achieving the Advanced Leader Silver (ALS) qualification is to be a MENTOR to a CLUB for a season (min of 6...


22. A New Series: My Personal Journey in Public Speaking: 9. Self improvement as a Leader
While my journey into the Advanced Communication Manual goes on, I decided to also look at achieving my Advanced Leader Bronze (ALB), and...


21. A New Series: My Personal Journey in Public Speaking: 8. Self improvement as a Communicator
Now with any journey that starts out at the basics, for improvement purposes, we should not be languishing at the basics. Toastmasters'...


20. A New Series: My Personal Journey in Public Speaking: 7. Highlights - Conventions!
Continuing in the life of a Toastmaster, one of the highlights as a Toastmaster member for me was in attending conventions. Conventions...


19. A New Series: My Personal Journey in Public Speaking: 6. Highlights - Contests
In the midst of playing roles in your club meetings, or preparing and delivering speeches as a new member, one will walk right into…....


18. A New Series: My Personal Journey in Public Speaking: 5. My journey continues - Competent Leader
Last week I shared about the speeches portion of the Toastmaster journey using the Competent Communication (CC) manual. While that is the...


17. A New Series: My Personal Journey in Public Speaking: 4. My journey starts here - Competent Comm
The Competent Communication Manual (CC) is the basic manual for every member, no matter how experienced a speaker you may be. At first, I...


16. A New Series: My Personal Journey in Public Speaking: 3. First Impressions - Joining a Club
Last week, I shared about my first visit at a Toastmasters Club meeting. That was in February 2007. By April, I became a member of that...