The Toastmasters Podcast

[1:11:30] Convention presenters Johnny Campbell, DTM, AS; Byron Embry, CC; Karen Baetzel, ACG, ALB; Sandy Costa; Mark Hunter, ATMS; Cathy Newton; Linda Henley-Smith; and Darren LaCroix offer a sneak preview of what to look forward to in Las Vegas, Nevada this August.

[22:20] Dr. Dave Logan is the keynote speaker for the 2011 International Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dr. Logan is co-founder and senior partner of CultureSync, a management consulting firm specializing in cultural change, strategy and negotiation. He is also a faculty member at the USC Marshall School of Business, and co-author of Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization.

[28:45] Internationally renowned leadership expert Robin Sharma has been named the 2011 Golden Gavel recipient at the 2011 Toastmasters International Convention at Bally’s Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. Robin is the founder of Sharma Leadership International Inc., and the author of 11 international best-selling books on leadership including The Leader Who Had No Title and The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari. Robin joins the show to share insights into a new leadership model that he calls, “Leadership 2.0.”

[18:55]  “Can We Talk? Small Steps, Great Changes” – Maria Tomescu, vice president education of Timişoara Toastmasters in Romania, joins us to share her experience with Toastmasters in post-Communist Romania. Listeners will not forget this inspirational episode about freedom of speech.

[21:55] Colleen Plimpton, ACB is a professional writer, coach and lecturer on gardening. Colleen shares how to inject passion and pizzazz to your presentations. To learn more, read the full article, Enthusiasm! The Cure for the Common Speech, from the November 2010 issue of the Toastmaster.