tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5327855039062158681.post6735614787733307094..comments2010-12-16T17:15:22.155-05:00Comments on Interplanetary Musings: Toastmasters Speech OneSgtmackenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13164601735776150350noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5327855039062158681.post-65475335944279920632010-11-08T14:35:08.561-05:002010-11-08T14:35:08.561-05:00Gave this speech on Thursday November 4th, and if ...Gave this speech on Thursday November 4th, and if I must say so myself, which I don't - I slaughtered it and drug it home. Some of the evaluator comments include, "great eye contact and humor", "good message!", "Good quality of tone/voice". I practiced the speech ahead of time but every time I did, I could only read it from the paper. When I did the speech, I set the paper down in front of me and only looked at it a couple of times - using it as a reference and gave the bulk of my speech which was a little different from the text version from concentrating on the content, which I already knew. The one thing that was suggested that I could improve on, was to stop the purposeless pacing, putting hands in pockets, and using ums/ers to transition from one thought to the next. Overall, very good experience.Sgtmackenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13164601735776150350noreply@blogger.com