Public Speaking Tips
This is the recommended structure for most speeches.
What is Introduction, Body, Conclusion?
“I Have a Dream” was delivered by this civil rights leader.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
Toastmasters International was founded in this year.
What is 1924?
This role ensures the meeting starts and ends on time.
What is the Toastmaster?
This Pathways level focuses on researching and writing a speech.
What is Level 1?
This technique involves practicing in front of a mirror.
What is self-reflection?
This Toastmasters founder delivered the “First Speech” in 1924.
Who is Ralph C. Smedley?
Toastmasters originated in this city in California.
What is Santa Ana?
This person evaluates the use of filler words.
What is the Ah-Counter?
This Pathways project involves storytelling skills.
What is the “Connect with Storytelling” project?
This term refers to the pauses between words that enhance the audience's understanding.
What is a strategic pause?
This speech famously began with the phrase “Four score and seven years ago.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
Toastmasters became an international organization with a club in this country.
What is Canada?
This role provides feedback on individual speeches.
What is the Evaluator?
This is one of the 11 Pathways available in Toastmasters.
What is Presentation Mastery?
This gesture helps emphasize a point during a speech.
What are hand gestures?
This world leader's speeches during WWII earned the title “We Shall Fight on the Beaches."
Who is Winston Churchill?
Toastmasters celebrated its 50th anniversary in this year.
What is 1974?
This person times all the speeches and reports the timing.
What is the Timer?
This level often includes projects like managing a team or planning an event.
What is Level 4?
This is the process of creating speech notes that aren't a full script.
What is creating an outline?
This speech includes the line, “Ask not what your country can do for you…
What is John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address?
The first Toastmasters club outside North America was established in this country.
What is South Africa?
This role introduces word-of-the-day and encourages its use.
What is the Grammarian?
This Pathways elective helps you develop podcasting skills.
What is “Create a Podcast”?