Chris Boden TT Contest winner 2011 Division H anwers about Honesty

A question about Honesty, and Chris answers it in a Honest way... proving no one is really completely honest... on a job interview or a relationship. Listen how 'rounded' his answer was and how equilibrated too, and how sure he speaks from beginning to end.

Building connection with the audience

If you want to build a connection with your audience, follow Steve Jobs techniques.

1. Share your vulnerabilities. A leader / speaker does not have to be perfect. The audience react better to a hero they can relate to.
2. Tell stories. We all love stories and will bond through them. Telling stories is the key to engaging an audience
3. Have a point to the stories. Every time you tell a story you need to have a point to it. The audience will remember your story and the point that goes along with it.

Our newest members at our 5th October meeting

They all contributed wonderfully to our meeting 5th October, each taking a role.

Three great speeches, Sally won the best speech with her Just do it; a very memorable story. Richard won the best Evaluation and a guest, Dee won the best Table Topics. 

Vivienne was a great Toastmaster of the evening and Philip jumped in as a great TT Evaluator, and Ola was our good general evaluator. We had lots of guest and two of them decided to join at the next meeting. What an interesting and fun meeting!