The Toastmasters Podcast

[22:35]  Doreen Pendgracs is a freelance writer, photographer, and speaker. She left the corporate world in 1993 to embark on a new career as a professional speaker. Doreen has co-authored two books: “Frommer's Newfoundland & Labrador” and the “Manitoba Book of Everything.” She has written numerous articles for Web sites and periodicals. She lives in Matlock, Manitoba, Canada.

[17:50] Bob Turel, DTM teaches the technique of giving effective speech evaluations. When done correctly, evaluations can offer valuable insight to a speaker on which elements of their speech have the greatest opportunity for change and improvement. Learn how to incorporate the 3-part "sandwich method" to make your next evaluation more constructive. Learn more about Bob Turel at prescoach.com.

[25:05]  Sunny Marie Hackman, a storyteller, and writer tell us about a new fast-paced, exciting presentation style that is capturing the imagination of speakers all over the world.

[20:40] Dan Nainan is an American comedian with Indian and Japanese descent. Before becoming a comedian, Dan worked as a Demonstration Engineer, Strategic Relations Manager and Senior Engineer for Intel. During his tenure, Nainan traveled the world with CEO Andy Grove to demonstrate the latest technologies. When speaking in front of audiences that often numbered in the thousands Nainan experienced tremendous stage fright. With the help of Toastmasters, he got over his fear. For more information about Daniel Nainan visit http://www.comediandan.com

[19:53] As a new or experienced speaker enhancing your presentation skills requires you to step out of your comfort zone. While this move is never easy, Linda Allen, the author of "Don't Get Comfortable," from the February 2010 issue of the Toastmaster, offers tips to make it a smooth transition. Please Note: The connection for this interview was very poor, and heavy editing had to be done.  This makes it sound as if we are talking over each other and being rude to our guest! We apologize for this, but felt the content was still worth publishing regardless of the poor quality of the sound and how bad it makes us look as interviewers.

[19:34] Much like other professional speakers, Karen Twichell, ACS, must fight off the fear of public speaking. Karen offers advice on how to alleviate the public speaking jitters that ultimately sneak up on all of us.  For more information about Karen, visit http://www.caregiversjourney.com.

[17:05]  What is inspiration and how do you get it? Joel A. Pogar, CC, president of Parker Toastmasters in Parker, Colorado shares his insight on finding inspiration for speeches. Discover endless speech topics in life's everyday sources. Reach Joel by e-mail at jpogar (at) gmail.com.

[18:05] Successful leaders know how to overcome objections. Sam Silverstein, past president of the National Speakers Association, talks about how to overcome objections and how to hurdle the protests in your path.  For more information about Sam Silverstein, visit: SamSilverstein.com.