You'll have fun while growing your presentation skills.
We're opening with a World Champion of Public Speaking. And closing with a past President of Toastmasters International. Yes, Darren LaCroix and Dr. Dilip Abayasekara are coming to our conference!
We're continuing to pull this information together and will have it on the website before you can say, "Perky Paula's presentation pleased a plethora of profound professors" eleven times.
In the meantime, have a look at several of the educational sessions slotted for the conference.
Friday, June 5
Own the Stage "LIVE" Coaching
Think you can't be a great speaker? Think again. Darren's first performance and his championship speech are absolute proof that presenting is a learned skill.
Darren studied ten years worth of World Champions contests over and over again. He discovered what separates the person who wins from the person who comes in second. The winners had three points in common. Want to know what they are? Come to the program and hear it directly from Darren!
Participants will give 1- to 2-minute mini-speeches and receive instant feedback from a master speaker coach!
Objectives: To give you a champion's perspective on common presenter mistakes, along with techniques and tips that anyone can use to correct them!
| Presenter | Darren LaCroix, TI's 2001 World Champion of Public Speaking |
| Educational Session Track | Headliner / Opening |
| Time | Friday noon |
| Resources Available for Sale? | yes |
Maximizing Your Potential Through Your TM Journey
A group of six Toastmasters come together to create a special “Hot Potato” educational session by demonstrating the myriad options and opportunities available through the TM program. Each journey is different - the journey takes them beyond their expectations! From a new member taking the first steps in the program to the seasoned member with a vision for the organization and for their own personal life journey. Something for everyone!
Come and see the “hot potato” tossed from one member to the next!
| Presenter | Team presentation |
| Educational Session Track | Personal Growth |
| Time | Friday 1:45 pm |
| Resources Available for Sale? | no |
How to Nail an Interview
Want to nail your next job interview? This presentation will discuss the different types of interviews, including the increasingly popular behavior-based interview, and the best ways to prepare. Learn overall tips for answering questions and how to handle specific challenging ones.
| Presenter | Jennifer L. Blanck |
| Educational Session Track | Speaking / Communication & Personal Growth |
| Time | Friday 2:45 pm |
| Resources Available for Sale? | no |
Strong in Body, Stronger in Mind
Teaching to maximize your potential.
| Presenter | Marshall Ennis |
| Educational Session Track | Motivation / Leadership |
| Time | Friday 2:45 pm |
| Resources Available for Sale? | yes |
A Recipe for Success
Learn the secret ingredients for a successful special event and the method on how to cook one up and not have it fall. A two person team presentation using a proven method of coordinating a special event. From a Club special evening, Area Governors’ conference, TMI and regional events, all have the success plan to follow.
| Presenter | Brian Shanks and June Connell |
| Educational Session Track | Club /District Success |
| Time | Friday 2:45 pm |
| Resources Available for Sale? | no |
Saturday, June 6
Giving Feedback / Mindful Influence
This presentation will focus on giving feedback and the importance of giving effective feedback. Maureen Craig McIntosh will use Giving Effective Feedback from the Leadership Excellence Series as a guide. After 20 years of public speaking and being away from Toastmasters for 15 years, Maureen rejoined Toastmasters and will share her experiences. Expect this to be interactive with opportunity for discussion about what is less effective and what is more effective when giving feedback. The concept of self-evaluation will also be discussed and whether or not there is a place for this in Toastmasters.
| Presenter | Maureen Craig McIntosh |
| Educational Session Track | Motivation / Leadership |
| Time | Saturday 8:30 am |
| Resources Available for Sale? | no |
How to Win at Table Topics
Provide a step by step technique on how to improve your 90 second speech using the acronym G-A-M-E-S. As a past District Table Topics contest winner, Mo will share this technique and allow for interaction with the audience.
| Presenter | Monifa “Mo” Hamilton |
| Educational Session Track | Speaking / Communication |
| Time | Saturday 8:30 am |
| Resources Available for Sale? | no |
Promote Yourself for Success
No one can promote YOU better than YOU. Whether you are promoting yourself for a career move or for a leadership campaign, it is up to YOU to create the image of a winner and to demonstrate the character and depth of a good leader.
In this workshop you will find the keys to self-promotion without arrogance and you will understand the value of doing self-assessments, as well as relying upon help from mentors. This workshop will ‘bring it all home’ with tips, handouts, and interactive sharing of experiences all designed to help you promote yourself. You will learn to identify:
- How character and integrity play an integral role in self-promotion.
- How rejection and negativity can undermine your confidence.
- How important it is to be the creator of your own destiny
- How to maintain the ‘can do’ attitude necessary to promote yourself with assurance.
Understanding and applying these principles will create a new reality as you
Promote Yourself For Success.
| Presenter | Val Albert |
| Educational Session Track | Personal Growth |
| Time | Saturday 8:30 am |
| Resources Available for Sale? | no |
Persuasion and Negotiation Skills for Toastmasters
Robert L. Cranston, DTM, PDG, CEO of C-FarServices, LLC will be presenting on persuasion skills and negotiation techniques that will benefit both your personal and toastmaster’s lives. This session will help in recruiting and signing up new members. This session will also help you to be successful in negotiating salary increases, promotions, and possibly coping better with a significant other. Robert belongs to Mainland FAA club, which has been Presidential Distinguished seven of the last seven last years and the SpeakEz Club located in Millville, NJ. He will address how clubs can enhance their success record using persuasion as well as negotiation skills. Robert, as a corporate Program Manager and now as a business owner, has gained a broad range of experience in being a persuader and negotiator. Robert has been a frequent presenter for both the IEEE and Toastmasters. Recently he hosted a Seminar for Career Success at Stockton State College for graduating students where students learned the critical value of negotiating that first salary, importance of attitude, interviewing, and developing life long speaking skills.
| Presenter | Robert L. Cranston |
| Educational Session Track | Speaking / Communication |
| Time | Saturday 9:30 am |
| Resources Available for Sale? | no |
Be Bold
Do you have the courage to shine? Or have you made excuses and held yourself back? As Will Rogers once said, "Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there." So ... don’t just sit there! Ask yourself if you're ready to reach out and create your best life ever. Then, join Elsa as she helps you discover how to be bold, how to be brave, and how to be free!
| Presenter | Elsa Riley |
| Educational Session Track | Personal Growth |
| Time | Saturday 9:30 am |
| Resources Available for Sale? | no |
So, You Want to Lead…
An interactive cutting-edge presentation of leadership concepts of contemporary leaders and thinkers, with personal reflections, ideas and interactive exercises.
| Presenter | Bash Turay |
| Educational Session Track | Motivation / Leadership |
| Time | Saturday 9:30 am |
| Resources Available for Sale? | no |
Great Speeches Come From Great Evaluations
Participatory learning is memorable learning. What does your first five seconds in front of an audience say about you? Does your conclusion leave them breathless? Explore deeper more specific evaluation techniques with a professional speaker coach. Attendees will observe short speeches then evaluate them, have their evaluations evaluated by a professional speaker coach and then step up to the front of the room to be evaluated in a round robin table topic evaluation session. This will be a hands on, no holds barred opportunity to take your thinking and your speaking to the next level. Come ready to work.
| Presenter | Michael Schaefer |
| Educational Session Track | Speaking / Communication |
| Time | Saturday 1:45 pm |
| Resources Available for Sale? | no |
Excellence by Choice: How To Make Your Goal a Reality
You have the choice to be average, above average, or excellent. So, why haven’t you reached excellence? What obstacles are in your way and how can you overcome them? This workshop will equip you with tools and techniques that help you achieve excellence personally, professionally, and philanthropically.
| Presenter | Vince Caldwell |
| Educational Session Track | Personal Growth / Motivation |
| Time | Saturday 1:45 pm |
| Resources Available for Sale? | no |
Speaking in Business
As Pat wrote in Toastmaster magazine in his article, Speaking in Business — Five Lessons in Corporate Communication, Toastmasters learn many skills that are applicable in the workplace. Drawing upon his many years as a corporate communicator, Pat shows how Toastmasters can grow and thrive in their careers by taking advantage of many experiences that they may take for granted.
| Presenter | Pat Rocchi |
| Educational Session Track | Personal Growth |
| Time | Saturday 1:45 pm |
| Resources Available for Sale? | yes |
Keeping it all Together - Lessons Learned as a VP Education
A discussion about the successes and setbacks of a VP Education. Bring your ideas!
| Presenter | Jeffrey Meade |
| Educational Session Track | Club / District Success |
| Time | Saturday 1:45 pm |
| Resources Available for Sale? | no |
Unleash Your Personal Power
Did you know that you have super powers within you? These powers can be unlocked, but only you have the key. In this dynamic, interactive, and engaging session, you will discover some ways to unlock incredible powers within you. Our presenter has spent many years researching, studying, and applying these techniques, and in the process has reached heights of personal and professional achievement. Dilip Abayasekara will share some of these hard won discoveries with you to help you accelerate your progress toward your dreams!
| Presenter | Dr. Dilip Abayasekara |
| Educational Session Track | Personal Growth |
| Time | Saturday 2:45 pm |
| Resources Available for Sale? | yes |
