Aurora Colorado George Sutton Toastmasters Club
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Congratulations to longtime George Sutton Toastmasters member Steve Worthman who placed first in the 2023 District 26 Toastmasters International Speech Contest, Area U3.
Steve’s speech, “I Love Spam Calls,” was a humorous 5 to 7 minute speech that described his novel method for dealing with those irritating sales phone calls that we all receive.
After winning at the club level this spring, Steve went on to the area competition where he placed first.
The winners of our club Table Topics (Teresa Seggerman) and International Speech Contest (Ryan Dunn) competed last night at the Area contest. Great job to both representing our club!
Teresa inspired the audience why having a love for yourself is such an important part of our lives. It was the best rendition of that speech yet and took 2nd place in a tough competition!
The table topic question for the contestants was, “Describe what pet (past, present or future) has aided you in public speaking.” Ryan gave a hilarious response of his next door neighbor’s puppy serving as a “babe… Read Full Post »
We are one day away from the International Speech Contest District 26 competition here in Denver Colorado on Saturday, May 16, 2015. Eight finalists representing more than 150 clubs throughout Colorado, Wyoming and western Nebraska will speak for 5-7 minutes to see who will leave with the big trophy and advance to the International championship in Las Vegas this August!
Competitors first had to win the contest at their club level, then advanced to the area, where a person usually competes against 3-5 contestants from other clubs. The winner from there advances to the Division contest, where the competition… Read Full Post »
On August 22, the George Sutton Toastmasters club will be conducting its club Evaluation and Tall Tales competition. Since we usually have the Evaluation and “Humorous Speech” contest this time of year, I’d like to provide an introduction to what a Tall Tales contest is and describe a basic outline of what makes a “good” tall tales speech, fit for winning a Toastmasters competition. Then I’ll provide one of the best examples I found on YouTube for you to analyze and emulate in your own speech preparation.
Why Do We Have a Tall Tales Toastmasters Contest?
When someone asks me… Read Full Post »