Foothills Toastmasters Club

Need Help Giving a Speech?

 

Toastmasters to the rescue!

Perhaps you are asked to give a toast, speak at a memorial service or make a sales pitch to a potential client or corporate board. Speeches like these are important to your life and career, and you must perform them well. Toastmasters International has spent the last 85 years helping people with their public speaking needs, and we can help you too!

This site offers practical tips to guide you through almost any event involving an audience, including business presentations and various special occasions. In addition, you’ll find advice on managing your stage fright and finding speech topics

 

Fear Factor

 

Fear and loathing on the podium.

Believe it or not, your chances of dying of stage fright are extremely slim. You might feel as if you are dying on the stage, but chances are good your audience won’t even notice your wobbly knees and sweating armpits. Even the best speakers were once terrified novices, feeling the same symptoms as you when facing an audience. Fear no more! Toastmasters is the best place to learn, to build your confidence, and to push yourself outside your comfort zone. It’s a safe place where there is no penalty for failure!

 

Tips & Techniques

 

Helpful hints from Toastmasters

Afraid you’ll freeze, choke or faint during a speech? Here are some platform-tested techniques for survival. Create meaningful gestures that will add impact to your speech. Improve your use of PowerPoint slides and flipchart notes. Handle humor with poise. Our tips will help your punch line shine!

When you’re ready for more, visit a Toastmasters meeting.

·                                 Visual Aids & PowerPoint

·                                 When Things Go Wrong

·                                 Humor

·                                 Gestures: Get Moving!

·                                 10 Tips for Public Speaking

·                                 10 Biggest Public Speaking Mistakes

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Special Occasions

 

How to dazzle at that special event

An ancient curse says, “May you live in interesting times.” With a life full of special occasions – from births to weddings to funerals – speaking up at these special occasions can indeed be a curse for the unprepared.

Whether you’re presenting or accepting an award, you need to know the right words to fit the bill. Toasting without testing everyone’s patience is a party-saving skill. And if you find yourself called upon to give a eulogy, here’s how to get through this difficult assignment.

·                                 Giving a Eulogy

·                                 Toasting Tips

·                                 Presenting an Award

·                                 Accepting an Award