This is a rework of a previous speech. I delivered this talk for today’s Early Risers Toastmasters club speech contest. I changed the middle by replacing the work context with a general life context.
My evaluator pointed out one area of needed improvement: I should relate the closing to my own life. I agree with her. [...]
A pig and a chicken are walking down the road when they come upon a church where a revival is going on.
{gesture towards audience} Any of you been to a revival? It’s been a while for me. Let me tell you, a revival is MOVING.
Pig and chicken were moved, overcome by the spirit.
Pig says, "I [...]
Another Toastmasters talk, this one my third. I thought the material was better, or at least more humorous, than the previous two. But my delivery sucked. In retrospect, I should have rehearsed another day.
I got laughs but there were three mechanical problems with my delivery
Flow stalled in a few places
I ran over my time limit [...]
That’s the title of the talk I gave last Tuesday. I joined the Palo Alto Early Risers Toastmasters about a month ago. This was my second speech. (I hand wrote the first one and am too lazy to type it up.)
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I watched episode II again this past weekend (to Tracy’s dismay) and will wrap up the Anakin quandary.
5. Anakin Skywalker
What do we do with Anakin? Well, Luke Skywalker was a doofus so why shouldn’t, too, be the old man. Doofus. That sums it up.