Toastmasters Project 9: An Effective Toastmaster

Project 9: Persuade with Power

The ability to persuade – to get other people to understand, accept, and act upon your ideas – is a valuable skill. Your listeners will be more likely to be persuaded if they perceive you as credible, if you use logic and emotion in your appeal, if you carefully structure your speech and if you appeal to their interests. Avoid using notes because they may cause listeners to doubt your sincerity, knowledge, and conviction.

Objectives

• Persuade listeners to adopt your viewpoint or ideas or to take some action.
• Appealing to the audience’s interests.
• Use logic and emotion to support your position.
• Avoid using notes.

Duration: Five to seven minutes

Toastmasters Project 9: An Effective Toastmaster

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Toastmasters Project 8: Lazy Person's Guide to Global Warming

Project 8: Get Comfortable with Visual Aids

Visual aids help an audience understand and remember what they hear; they are a valuable tool for speakers. The most popular visual aid are computer-based visuals, overhead transparencies, flip charts, whiteboards, and props. The type of visual aid you choose depends on several factors, including the information you wish to display and the size of the audience. Visuals must be appropriate for your message and the audience, and be displayed correctly with ease and confidence.

Objectives

• Select visual aids that are appropriate for your message and the audience.
• Use visual aids correctly with ease and confidence.

Duration: Five to seven minutes

Here's my Project 8 presentation (san the speaker notes):

Toastmasters Project 8: Lazy Person's Guide to Global Warming / Publish on Bukisa

Toastmasters Project 7: Hello, can you hear me?

Project 7: Research Your Topic

Your speech will be more effective if you can support your main points with statistics, testimony, stories, anecdotes, examples, visual aids and facts. You can find this material on the Internet, at a library, and in other places. Use information collected from numerous sources and carefully support points with specific facts, examples and illustrations, rather than with just your own opinions.

The objectives of Project 7 are:

1. Collect information about your topic from numerous sources.
2. Carefully support your points and opinions with specific facts, examples, and illustrations gathered through research.

Duration: 5 - 7 minutes

Hello, can you hear me?

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Toastmasters Project 6: The Dark Secrets of Men's Room

Following is a speech that I delivered for my Toastmasters Project 6.

Toastmasters Project 6: Vocal Variety

The objectives of Project 6 are:

• Use voice volume, pitch, rate and quality to reflect and add meaning and interest to your message.
• Use pauses to enhance your message.
• Use vocal variety smoothly and naturally.

Duration: 5-7 min

Here's my Project 6 speech. Unfortunately, the speech wasn't recorded and I cannot provide you with a video, which could have allowed you to observe the vocal variety in action. Nonetheless, here's a sample speech for you.

The Dark Secrets of Men's Room

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