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#160: Transitioning Through These Times of Change – Johnny Campbell, DTM, AS Jun 15, 2020

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In this episode you’ll hear how Johnny reached out Greg and Ryan to enlighten all Toastmasters with a conversation on how we can deal with the current global situation in a positive and effective way.
Johnny shares his experience and gives us his perspective on how we see ourselves, how we see our situation and helps us envision how we can get through it. He also gives us tips on how we can look at this as a time for opportunities, to make connections and steps you can take to develop powerful instruments to help you go forward to the future.
Johnny Campbell, DTM, AS is a professional speaker, trainer and the author of “The Agent of Change,” who helps people to successfully embrace change, make more sales and teaches how to craft winning presentations. He can be reached at: johnny@transitionman.com or https://riseupandwin.com/change/

#159: Aaron Beverly—2019 World Champion of Public Speaking May 06, 2020

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[23:56] Aaron Beverly emerged as the winner of the Toastmasters International Speech Contest in August 2019, out of more than 30,000 competitors worldwide. Delivering a speech entitled “An Unbelievable Story,” Aaron provided a humorous take on the heavy subject of race and the importance of “acceptance despite difference.”

Aaron joins Greg and Ryan, and provides an inside look at what constitutes a winning speech, and shares details of specific choices he made in the construction and delivery of his speech. The episode ends with a fast-paced "lightning round" where Greg and Ryan pitch questions sourced from The Official Toastmasters International Members Group on Facebook.

#158: Creating Interesting Podcast Content: Part 2 – Greg Gazin & Ryan Levesque Apr 15, 2020

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This second installment of a two episode series focuses on 5 key areas to consider in creating compelling content for your podcast. Greg & Ryan offer up practical tips, examples, applications, and relevant references to previous episodes to help give you some ideas.

Our hosts also disclose an added bonus tip: a "must-do" for every aspiring podcaster who wants to keep the audience engaged and tuned-in.

If that's not enough, you'll even learn a new way to catch fish! :)

If you missed it, start with #157: Creating Interesting Podcast Content: Part 1. For more from behind the microphone, hear #172: Confessions of a Podcast Host, and to sharpen the other half of every conversation, try #213: Techniques for Supercharging Your Listening Skills.

#157: Creating Interesting Podcast Content: Part 1 – Greg Gazin & Ryan Levesque Apr 01, 2020

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[26:39] In this two-part episode, Greg and Ryan step away from the typical interview format to talk about podcasting - specifically, how you can create interesting content.

With over 900,000 podcasts and 30 million episodes on Apple Podcasts alone, there’s no doubt podcasting has become mainstream. And with the introduction of Pathways, all 11 paths offer a Podcasting elective at Level 4 giving Toastmasters around the world yet another platform to practice, enhance and showcase their communication skills.

In this first part of a two episode series, you’ll learn about what makes for interesting content by developing an understanding of your “Why?” or your purpose. Greg and Ryan also illustrate using examples from their experiences and past episodes including the “Why?” of the Toastmasters Podcast, building on the creative strategies they use to help keep the audience tuned-in and coming back.

Part 1 wraps up with a revisit to episode #100, an Interview with 2015 World Champion of Public Speaking Mohammed Qahtani, as a case study. Greg and Ryan look back at and how they were able to dig deeper and uncover lesser known facts and gems from this fascinating World Champion.

#156: Spinning a Failed American Idol Audition into Success – William Hung Mar 25, 2020

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In parts of the world, William Hung has become a household name. After his American Idol audition where his song selection was his rendition of Ricky Martin’s, She Bangs, Hung became famous for all the wrong reasons. Since then he’s found incredible success but his life has has a number of twists and turns along that highway.

In this episode, Hung shares with Greg and Ryan a little about his journey including where he his now, his new book - Champion by Choice, his albums, how he discovered Toastmasters, and reliving that fateful day in September 2003 when he auditioned in front of Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell in San Francisco.

Hung was also profiled in the September 2018 Issue of the Toastmaster magazine.

William Hung inspires people to discover and leverage their talent. He can be reached at WillHung.com.

#155: Meet the 2019 Accredited Speakers: Part 2 Mar 09, 2020

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[34:05] On August 24th, 2019 at the 88th Annual Toastmasters International Convention in Denver, Colorado USA, six Toastmasters earned the Accredited Speaker (AS) designation, bringing the total number of designations awarded to-date to 87.

In the second part of this two-part series, Greg Gazin speaks with the final three of the six including: Dr. Yelena Balabanova, DTM, Seattle, WA, USA; Michael Bayer, DTM, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; and Greg Van Borssum, DTM, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Each of the Accredited Speakers shares about their journey, and a bit from their qualifying presentations.

Click on the link to visit the AS Speakers profile page where you can learn a little more about them and how to contact them. You can also watch the Accredited Speaker finals in its entirety at Toastmasters On Demand (the original archive is no longer online).

Learn more about the Accredited Speaker program.

Toastmasters Podcast #154: Meet the 2019 Accredited Speakers: Part 1 Jan 30, 2020

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[32:43] On August 24th, 2019 at the 88th Annual Toastmasters International Convention in Denver, Colorado USA, six Toastmasters earned the Accredited Speaker (AS) designation, bringing the total number of designations awarded to-date to 87.In the first part of a two-part series, Ryan Levesque speaks with three of the six including: Paul Artale, DTM, Swartz Creek, MI, USA; Thomas Iland, DTM Los Angeles, CA, USA; and Sima Dahl, DTM, Chicago, IL, USA.Each of the Accredited Speakers shares. . . See the complete description at The Toastmasters Podcast

#154: Meet the 2019 Accredited Speakers: Part 1 Jan 30, 2020

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In the first part of a two-part series, Ryan Levesque speaks with three of the six including: Paul Artale, DTM, Swartz Creek, MI, USA; Thomas Iland, DTM, Los Angeles, CA, USA; and Sima Dahl, CSP, AS, MBA Chicago, IL, USA.

Each of the Accredited Speakers shares about their journey, and a bit from their qualifying presentations.

Learn more about the Accredited Speaker program.

Toastmasters Podcast #153: Merging Medical Research and Communication Skills – Dr. Wenjing He Dec 01, 2019

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[21:45] In this episode, Greg and Ryan speak with Dr. Wenjing He, M.D., Ph.D., a member of an elite global team of surgeons and scientists conducting cutting-edge research at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Canada. Dr. He is also one of several members of the research team who also belong to the College Plaza Toastmasters Club, featured in the December 2019 issue of the Toastmaster magazine. Dr. He joins the show to speak both about the fascinating research taking place in her . . . See the complete description at The Toastmasters Podcast

#153: Merging Medical Research and Communication Skills – Dr. Wenjing He Dec 01, 2019

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Dr. He joins the show to speak both about the fascinating research taking place in her Star Trek-like lab, as well as the communication skills enhancements taking place in the “learning lab” of the College Plaza Toastmasters club, of which she currently serves as President.

You’ll also hear about how this once struggling club put on their "WOW!" and became a President’s Distinguished Club. Dr. He also shares about the unique ways her club offers Table Topics and evaluates speeches to meet the needs of this distinctive and diverse group of professionals - staff and students.

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