Summary: 3 tips (from the book Made to Stick) to make your ideas sticky so that people remember them and take action: 1. Make your ideas simple. 2. Make your ideas concrete. 3. Make your ideas into a story. Good evening everyone. I hope you all had a great Christmas holiday. Do you know what I did this holiday? While…
How to Make Sure that Your Toastmasters Experience Doesn’t Suck
Summary: Toastmasters focuses too much on nonverbal communication and not enough on speech content. When you speak, have a genuine conversation with individuals. Avoid delivering a dramatic-acting monologue. J.J. Abrams, the writer and director of TV’s Lost, shared his “mystery box” at the TED conference. Did he follow all of the Toastmasters’ speaking rules during his presentation?…