Monthly Archives: November 2009

Feeling the Heat

In my quest to obtain Toastmasters excellence – and another award – by the new year, I have been accepting and volunteering for any and all possible speaking roles. I have volunteered for 2 last minute speaking roles 2 weeks in a row, and today I find myself in an interesting predicament: I am slated [...]

TV Trauma

After spending the weekend at the District 86 Toastmasters conference in Collingwood, I found myself completely exhausted on the Monday when I headed to my noon hour TM meeting. I had previously agreed to be videotaped for CKCO TV news during the Table Topics (impromptu speaking) portion of the meeting. I usually excel at TT. [...]