Toastmaster Skill Builder - Clayton State University

~ Topic Ideas ~q Ask for an actionq Ask for useful feedbackq Attracting attentionq Audience involvementq Avoid distracting mannerismsq Be a mentorq Book with worthwhile advicefor speakersq Breathingq Bring your audience into yourspeechq Build to a climaxq Conduct a business meetingq Contest rulesq Contest techniquesq Convince your audienceq Deal with interruptionsq Define your topic so everybodyunderstandsq Develop your voiceq Dress for your presentation.q Edit to fit a time limitq Emotional involvementq Emotional responses from youraudienceq Empty pockets, comb hairq Enter club contestsq Enunciateq Establish audience rapportq Evaluate a speakerq Evidence to prove your pointq Eye contactq Facial expressionq Find interesting topicsq Find helpful quotationsq Flip chartsq Get your butterflies flying informationq Gestures – powerful and weakq Gestures to support your wordsq Get to the point quicklyq Get away from the lecternq Get dramaticq Get quiet people to participateq Give useful feedbackq Greet toastmaster of the dayq Handoutsq Head table protocolq How to address the chairq Humorq Hypothetical vs. real lifeexamples?q Interview others for speechmaterialq Introductionsq Invocationsq Language - powerful & simpleq Leadership awardsq Leadership opportunitiesq Leave them wanting moreq Lectern techniquesq Listenq Loud voice / soft voiceWhat doyouwant toreinforce?q Make an idea fileq Make it memorable with astoryq Make table topics excitingq Meet audience before speakingq Memorable momentsq Never apologizeq Open up for questionsq Organize as you speakq Organize a speechq Outside speaking opportunitiesq Overcome poor speech habitsq Parliamentary procedureq Pitchq Postureq Power of the pauseq Prepare charts in advanceq Prepare notesq Prepare your introductionq Prepare a meeting agendaq Promote your causeq Pronunciationq Projectorsq Propose a formal motionq Props2q Rateq Reach out to bored audiencemembersq Rehearseq Relaxation techniquesq Research or plagiarism?q Revise a speech for anotherdayq Room set-upq Select the right material tomake a pointq Self-revelationq Show your enthusiasmq Speaking paceq Speak up in a meetingq Statistics to support yourspeechq Storytellingq Strengthen your voiceq Summarize your pointsq Support your pointsq Table topic techniquesq Tailor speech to audienceq Toneq Transitions / sign-postingq Use a microphoneq Vocal toneq Vocal varietyq Walk around or stand stillq Wall chartsq What to do with your handsq What to say while thinking ofwhat to sayq What to tell your audienceabout your speechq White boardsq Word selectionEvery role in a meeting is a greatSkill Builder topic, including thetoastmaster of the day, tabletopics leader, grammarian,humorist, timekeeper, general andspeech evaluator.Share ideas, reinforce lessons,and improve your communicationwith Skill Builders.