{"id":753,"date":"2011-07-20T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T14:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizabethshack.com\/blog\/?p=753"},"modified":"2013-06-28T23:00:20","modified_gmt":"2013-06-29T04:00:20","slug":"toastmasters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizabethshack.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/20\/toastmasters\/","title":{"rendered":"Toastmasters"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple months ago I joined Toastmasters<\/a>. I really hate getting up in front of a group of people, and I hate that I hate it, so…yeah.<\/p>\n

I’ve given 3 speeches so far and am not dead, so I guess it’s going ok.<\/p>\n

I’d seen it mentioned as a way for writers to improve their public speaking skills, but I hadn’t given it much thought because the two things I can see myself doing someday are panel discussions and readings, not speeches.<\/p>\n

But I must have been bored the last time someone mentioned it, because I looked into it more closely, and discovered 1) there’s a part of every meeting called Table Topics that focuses on impromptu speaking, kind of like a panel, and 2) there’s an advanced manual (after you finish the first 10 speeches you do shorter sets with specific focuses) on interpretive reading. I have a feeling I’m going to go through that manual a bazillion times. I already have a copy and might even skip ahead.<\/p>\n

I can see it being a big help if I stick with it. And since if someone had told me years ago that it wasn’t all speeches I might have tried it earlier, I thought I’d let you guys know it’s not all speeches. Any other Toastmasters members out there? Has it been helpful?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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