Kai Vanuffelen
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Since last year I have been a member of the Makino Magic Toastmasters in Feilding, New Zealand and learnt quite a number of things regarding doing speeches and being a leader.
There are three types of people, namely extrovert, introvert and shy. The shy people comprise 10% of the poplation and the others about equal.
Bill Clinton was an extrovert. He loved the attention and company of people and being in the limelight. Barak Obama is an introvert who likes to make decisions with a small group of people.
Extroverts are natural speakers whereas introverts can do speeches if they are taught how to do them properly. Shy people struggle with speeches but it is not impossible for them to do so.
Every evening we get assigned new roles. There is the timekeeper, the sergeant at arms who keeps the records etc and greets guests, table-topics master, grammarian, evaluators and chairman.
These roles involve leadership and makes people more confident.
Doing speeches and delivering them well gets better with practice and each time we do a long or short speech we get assessed upon our performance and ways of improving. Not so much criticizing, more commending or recommending.
Toastmasters is for people who are afraid of public speaking, but also for anyone who likes to improve public speaking or is involved as manager in a company and likes to learn about leadership. There are competitions between other clubs at times and conferences.
It helps me deal better with customers as I am classed as a shy person. I recommend Toastmasters for those framers in particular who like to do seminars, but lack the confidence or wish to become a chapter-leader or on the board of PPFA.
Lately I went to a parent-teacher meeting at my son's school and some teachers did a speech. I noticed that some spoke too fast, looking over people instead of into people's eyes, each sentence had um in them, no stops for breathing and thinking. One was touching his nose all the time or putting hands in his pocket. Not enough arm-movement. Touching the nose is when someone is not telling the truth. Bill Clinton did this a lot during his inquiry and he was in denial.
There are three types of people, namely extrovert, introvert and shy. The shy people comprise 10% of the poplation and the others about equal.
Bill Clinton was an extrovert. He loved the attention and company of people and being in the limelight. Barak Obama is an introvert who likes to make decisions with a small group of people.
Extroverts are natural speakers whereas introverts can do speeches if they are taught how to do them properly. Shy people struggle with speeches but it is not impossible for them to do so.
Every evening we get assigned new roles. There is the timekeeper, the sergeant at arms who keeps the records etc and greets guests, table-topics master, grammarian, evaluators and chairman.
These roles involve leadership and makes people more confident.
Doing speeches and delivering them well gets better with practice and each time we do a long or short speech we get assessed upon our performance and ways of improving. Not so much criticizing, more commending or recommending.
Toastmasters is for people who are afraid of public speaking, but also for anyone who likes to improve public speaking or is involved as manager in a company and likes to learn about leadership. There are competitions between other clubs at times and conferences.
It helps me deal better with customers as I am classed as a shy person. I recommend Toastmasters for those framers in particular who like to do seminars, but lack the confidence or wish to become a chapter-leader or on the board of PPFA.
Lately I went to a parent-teacher meeting at my son's school and some teachers did a speech. I noticed that some spoke too fast, looking over people instead of into people's eyes, each sentence had um in them, no stops for breathing and thinking. One was touching his nose all the time or putting hands in his pocket. Not enough arm-movement. Touching the nose is when someone is not telling the truth. Bill Clinton did this a lot during his inquiry and he was in denial.
