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This is a new series we’re beginning here at Webedtech. We’re going to focus each week on Toastmasters and various topics involving speaking and presenting such as better presentation techniques, tips, and club management advice.

This week’s topic: Following the manual

Toastmasters has a long, tested educational program of manual speeches (manual as in book, not labor) designed to guide club members through a logical growth of speaking skills and techniques. I recommend anyone new to speaking or Toastmasters and trying to develop their techniques rapidly take the Competent Communicator’s manual to heart.

If you’re not sure how to get the most from your manual speeches, talk to your club’s VP of Education or your mentor and lay out an approach to working through your manual speeches in a dedicated manner. Here’s a tip if you have a hard time coming up with speech topics. Choose a topic that can span several speeches and work through it over the course of the manual speeches. For example, if you decide to do a series of speeches on Parenting, you can work the skills of each manual speech into the delivery of the different aspects of Parenting. This multi-part presentation will also stretch your ability to present a speech over more than a five to seven minute time span.

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