I was given a speaking prompt and thirty minutes to come up with a four to six minute speech.
Category: Toastmasters
Scene From Toastmasters
Our club recently had a former member return. This returning member left prior to my joining the club, so this was the first time I got to interact with him. He was commenting on my Galaxy Rangers t-shirt, and of course, the conversation went on to geek subjects. Meanwhile, his tween daughter was studying me.
Her: Are you a cowboy? Note: I was wearing jeans, t-shirt, cover shirt, and my Stetson.
Me: Why do you think I’m a cowboy?
Her: Well, you have that hat.
Me: I just like the hat.
Her: Then why are you standing that way?
Returning Member: It’s probably more comfortable on his back.
Me (to myself): Do not mention that it’s because of the pistol on my hip.
Me (out loud): Yeah, that’s right.
Her: Well, I still think you’re a cowboy.
My Entry For Toastmaster Club’s Humorous Speech Contest – Speaking Geek
The bad news? I didn’t win. The good news? The Wife did! So, she’s off to our area competition.
Budgeting Speech – Tag Team With The Wife
The Wife came up with the idea of doing a speech together on personal budgeting. She would talk about how it impacted her life, and I would talk about the mechanics.
Abstinence Only Mindset Speech
First, h/t to Erin Pallette for the use of Abstinence Only when it comes to gun handling education. From the feedback, I don’t think I made the link clearly.
Icebreaker 2.0
I started a new path in my Toastmasters journey. The first project is Icebreaker. I took the opportunity to revise my original icebreaker.
Well This Is Kinda Meta
It’s a Toastmasters speech about the blog. And I’m posting it on my blog. The future is weird.
Getting Back Up On The Horse
BFS – Division Level
I haven’t been posting my Toastmasters speeches lately because we’re not recording them. Mostly because Zoom.
Anyways, I realized I hadn’t posted this one.
Unfortunately, I didn’t win.