The stage was set and the boat tickets were booked. Five dedicated Toastmasters from Finland started their epic journey across eastern Europe to Latvia’s capital Riga. The countries first Toastmaster international speech contest event. Everyone in our delegation had a role. Keynote, judge, target speaker, evaluation contest participant and a speech contest participant. The feeling [...]

Its official the latest buzz word is Cloud Computing, but what exactly is it and why should we be concerned. The basic premise of cloud computing is your data is stored on an internet accessible server so you can access your data on any device you wish which is also web enabled. Such items as [...]

Its a simple question to ask, however you will be surprised at the answers I received. I asked a family member for example this same question, and they replied “I earn about 40k a year, why?”. This response I thought was a bit odd as it wasn’t what I had expected as an answer. Many [...]

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Typically a professional speaker will have a few well prepared speeches already prepared and tested within their box of resources. There is usually a fair amount of wiggle room to customize or tweak a speech to a specific audience. A well prepared opening is the frame work. While the body is the wiggly jiggley bit [...]

Lady’s and Gentlemen, its my pleasure to introduce David. He has many years experience in entrepreneurship leadership training and speech coaching. blaa blaa blaa How many times have you heard an introduction like this one above? I could be sure to say its many. The host introducing the speaker just talks about the speakers credentials [...]

For as long as I can remember I have always enjoyed being in the spot-light. I can recall my first ever huge spot-light performance was when I was a very young cub scout in the UK. I was an extra in a major on-stage performance of Charles Dickens ‘A Christmas Carol’. On centre stage in [...]

I had a recent discussion with a potential client the other day who was repeatedly saying she needed to partner or hire some experts as her own experience was insufficient. On the surface this seemed like a good well thought out and logical route. However I caught on very fast that this was also the [...]