Fifth video of the series where I document my attempt to make it to the Semifinals of the World Championship of Public Speaking.SummaryI'm back after a long break after getting married!In this video, I talk about the 5-step plan for how to recover your passion for an old speech:To summarize the plan, you need to break it down into small pieces, then get … [Read more...]
Road to Semifinals — Episode 4 (Topic selection and outlining)
Fourth video of the series where I document my attempt to make it to the Semifinals of the World Championship of Public Speaking.SummaryI finished selecting two topics:Being unique Be more adventurousBoth are cliche topics, but high level speeches in Toastmasters commonly are. It's not really about whether the audience has never heard your point before. … [Read more...]
Road to Semifinals — Episode 3 (Research results)
Third video of the series where I document my attempt to make it to the Semifinals of the World Championship of Public Speaking. SummaryI finished the research that I've been doing for a few weeks.In this video, I give 4 major insights from my research. However, I wrote an article with 16 tips! I advise you read that. … [Read more...]
Road to Semifinals — Episode 2 (Roadmap)
Second video of the series where I document my attempt to make it to the Semifinals of the World Championship of Public Speaking. SummaryResearch video is coming out next.I'm preparing two speeches for the competition because you need two in order to win (one all the way through semifinals, then a different one for finals).The order of my … [Read more...]
Road to Semifinals — Episode 1 (Introduction)
I'm starting a new video series where I'll document my attempt to make it to the Semifinals of the World Championship of Public Speaking.Throughout this series I will be giving you tips and tricks that you can use to write your own speech for the Toastmasters International Speech Contest.Here is the first video:SummaryI'll make new videos whenever I make … [Read more...]