Toastmasters

[Paul B]

good call on that query Bostonian. I am actually looking for new speakers for our annual landscape association trade show.. PM me your details Gerry please, appearance fee, travel costs etc. usually a 2 hour talk is asked for, slides, etc.

 

[OTGBOSTON]

Me first........

 

[gf beranek]

This day and age I get $700 plus expenses. Though little time actually speaking. Videos carry most of my time at these things.

I'll be in Rochester, MN in Feb doing a two hour presentation,, to about 200 local arborists.

Speaking spots are cool, the people I meet are great, but I really do need to loosen up at the podium.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Whatever you have to say, Jerry, people would be interested. Keep that in mind, and maybe it can help you relax.

 

[Che]

I get nervous with anything over....say....ONE PERSON!

Although it doesn't seem to matter much lately, I can even sing to a crowd of 100 now....ok, so they're cows....I think I could have taken a different direction when I was younger. I've turned down so many opportunities because of this phobia.

Maybe some day...........

 

[gf beranek]

When two or three hundred sets of eye-balls are focused on you and waiting to hear what you have to say it can make a novice choke. And while not as bad as in the past I can certainly do a lot better.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Don't wear your spectacles!

 

[Tree Reb]

I get nervous with anything over....say....ONE PERSON!

Although it doesn't seem to matter much lately, I can even sing to a crowd of 100 now....ok, so they're cows....I think I could have taken a different direction when I was younger. I've turned down so many opportunities because of this phobia.

Maybe some day...........

Three is a crowd to me. I grew up on a dairy, cows are easy to talk to.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Three is a crowd to me. I grew up on a dairy, cows are easy to talk to.

Don't they make those ill mannered regurgitating sounds when you are trying to make a point?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Talking to a group's never bothered me. It was an easy A when I was in college.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Sometimes it's just a little jittery in the beginning, but after you warm up to it, things go better. It always helps if the people in attendance are genuinely interested, and going to a question and answer format can eat up a lot of time.

 

[Tree Reb]

Don't they make those ill mannered regurgitating sounds when you are trying to make a point?

No, that was some humans I used to know.

Cows just give you that "I've heard it all before" look.

 

[Che]

No, that was some humans I used to know.

Cows just give you that "I've heard it all before" look.

Both sound just like my teenaged son.