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DSD-021 My Toastmasters Experience

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That is correct. You heard it right.  I am a Toastmaster Rookie. Toastmasters has been described to me as Boy Scouts for Aspiring Speakers. 98% will never make a dime as a speaking but they’re there anyway. This is why I went, and this is why I’m staying.   I firmly believe that you cannot get better at anything unless you practice, practice, practice. Well, that’s exactly what I’m doing… 5-7 minutes at a time.   Your potential Toastmaster’s experience will be more fun, less awkward and, more importantly, opportunistic by having some guidelines going in.   I wanted to get better at speaking in front of a live audience because I hadn’t done it in over 10 years. I needed an audience, a venue, a place to hone my craft. I found all of that at a toastmaster’s meeting.   I have a good friend down in the Las Vegas area that had been involved in toastmasters in the past. For him, it’s an on again-off again relationship. He didn’t speak highly of the experience, but he didn’t run it into the ground either.  He assure