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Why should you practice your public speaking and presentation skills at least once per week?

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The short answer to this question is because speaking and presentation skills are developed over time. You can’t just read a book or take a 3-session speech class and expect much of your skills to improve or last. Speaking skills must be practiced ongoing or your skills will start to fade.

For ongoing speaking practice and improvement in a supportive environment, Toastmasters clubs are still one of the only options. Many people have thought about visiting a Toastmasters club but just haven’t taken that next… Read Full Post »

Free Public Speaking Workshop in Aurora Colorado February 1, 2017

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Want to give better presentations at work?

Are you the “Best Man” for an upcoming wedding and dread giving the traditional toast?

Starting or expanding your business and loathe the idea of getting up on stage at a networking event to promote your business?

Maybe you are a college student putting off that higher level course because you just know you’re going to have to give presentations and you’re just toooooo nervous!

If any of these describes you, then you need to be at this FREE public speaking workshop presented by members of… Read Full Post »

You can become a better speaker by joining and participating in any active Toastmasters club. But, the George Sutton Toastmasters club has a habit of producing STARS!

Our latest evidence of this truth is Hazel Ramsbotham. She joined out club at age “82” (now 86) because she was starting a new business and wanted to improve her speaking. Just today, I picked up on her first Facebook Live broadcast…from Dubai…where she gets asked to speak by the event organizer for the event she’s simply attending!

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Listen to her story and her amazing speaking skills she’s developed and watch her surprise… Read Full Post »

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Last night, Wednesday, November 9, 2016, we were honored to be invited to present at the Colorado Technical University Aurora Campus at their career fair.

We met students from a variety of nationalities and age groups as we talked about the importance of learning how to give good presentations and practice public speaking and presentation skills on a weekly basis…in a supportive environment.

My story was always the same when students asked me about Toastmasters, where I would say, “If I was in a Toastmasters club when I was in college, I would have gotten A’s in all of my… Read Full Post »

Don't panic when faced with a tough topic in speaking
If you were to invite me to your house for dinner and I immediately took on a look of disgust and commented how dirty your house was and started blurting out, “Eew Gross! What kind of paint job is that on your walls?” What would happen? I probably wouldn’t make it to the dinner table. You’d throw me right out the front door in disgust!

Then, why did every speaker at both Democratic and Republican National Conventions have that disgusted look on their face covering from A-Z why you shouldn’t vote for “the other guy?”

Don’t they realize anyone on… Read Full Post »