That is what I did for today’s speech. I had it memorized, well-rehearsed, and I had the timing down. My evaluator poured on the kudos and noted that the audience was riveted. The little feedback notes confirmed this. I was so happy to be able to do the story justice. The main lesson here is that you can re-work and re-use any of your earlier projects, especially when you feel you weren’t quite finished with it, didn’t deliver it as you had wished, or didn’t have enough time to say all that you wanted to say. When you’re finally happy with it you can keep it in your portfolio of “back pocket” speeches, ready to deliver it whenever the need arises. Jim Morphy, Member Early Word Toastmasters
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Fate, Hope, and Love
A little over a year ago I wrote an original story for a project out of the “Entertaining Speaker” manual. I spent so much time on the writing of it that my speech date arrived before I had time to memorize and rehearse it. I ended up reading a lot of it and going over my time limit. However, the feedback on the little hand-written notes contained much praise for the story itself, along with strong encouragement to try it again when I’ve had time to prepare and rehearse the presentation.
That is what I did for today’s speech. I had it memorized, well-rehearsed, and I had the timing down. My evaluator poured on the kudos and noted that the audience was riveted. The little feedback notes confirmed this. I was so happy to be able to do the story justice. The main lesson here is that you can re-work and re-use any of your earlier projects, especially when you feel you weren’t quite finished with it, didn’t deliver it as you had wished, or didn’t have enough time to say all that you wanted to say. When you’re finally happy with it you can keep it in your portfolio of “back pocket” speeches, ready to deliver it whenever the need arises. Jim Morphy, Member Early Word Toastmasters
That is what I did for today’s speech. I had it memorized, well-rehearsed, and I had the timing down. My evaluator poured on the kudos and noted that the audience was riveted. The little feedback notes confirmed this. I was so happy to be able to do the story justice. The main lesson here is that you can re-work and re-use any of your earlier projects, especially when you feel you weren’t quite finished with it, didn’t deliver it as you had wished, or didn’t have enough time to say all that you wanted to say. When you’re finally happy with it you can keep it in your portfolio of “back pocket” speeches, ready to deliver it whenever the need arises. Jim Morphy, Member Early Word Toastmasters
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