What About Toastmasters and Seminar Success?
What About Toastmasters and Seminar Success?
Right up front, I'll say that Toastmasters is a fine organization. Like any organization, you'd want to explore what they do well, and if that suits your needs.
There are a few different paths in what I call the seminar speaking business. And, there are a number of different levels you want to think about when it comes to doing seminar speaking - the first level is, exactly what are you trying to accomplish?
Toastmasters is good for learning how to wean the "umms" and "uhhs" from your delivery, and also to get some decent feedback from others. And, you can get some experience getting up in front of people in a *safe* environment where people will be supportive and offer constructive criticism. Not bad overall, but in my opinion, that's pretty much it - and if you want more than that, you're not going to find it there.
Again, let me repeat - they are a fine organization for what they do. If you want to learn more about how to really use seminar speaking in order to increase your business, how to handle all the logistics of seminars, how to become a polished speaker in no-time-flat, and how to create group events that get your message out and get people to want to do business with you, you're not going to find it at Toastmasters.
Tomorrow I'll talk about this a bit more, and give you some more insight into the different levels and paths of the seminar speaking business so that you can make sure you take the path and go to the level that will get you the results you really want. That way you won't waste a lot of time and energy "barking up the wrong tree".
See you tomorrow!
David
Right up front, I'll say that Toastmasters is a fine organization. Like any organization, you'd want to explore what they do well, and if that suits your needs.
There are a few different paths in what I call the seminar speaking business. And, there are a number of different levels you want to think about when it comes to doing seminar speaking - the first level is, exactly what are you trying to accomplish?
Toastmasters is good for learning how to wean the "umms" and "uhhs" from your delivery, and also to get some decent feedback from others. And, you can get some experience getting up in front of people in a *safe* environment where people will be supportive and offer constructive criticism. Not bad overall, but in my opinion, that's pretty much it - and if you want more than that, you're not going to find it there.
Again, let me repeat - they are a fine organization for what they do. If you want to learn more about how to really use seminar speaking in order to increase your business, how to handle all the logistics of seminars, how to become a polished speaker in no-time-flat, and how to create group events that get your message out and get people to want to do business with you, you're not going to find it at Toastmasters.
Tomorrow I'll talk about this a bit more, and give you some more insight into the different levels and paths of the seminar speaking business so that you can make sure you take the path and go to the level that will get you the results you really want. That way you won't waste a lot of time and energy "barking up the wrong tree".
See you tomorrow!
David
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