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Welcome to the new Toastmasters Podcast Series! Tune in to enjoy a new informative, entertaining and educational interview each week with your hosts, Bo Bennett and Ryan Levesque. Listen as Bo and Ryan explore Toastmasters topics and provide you with valuable tips that are sure to help you become the best speaker and leader you can be.
If you are interested in interviewing for a podcast episode, suggesting a topic or sharing feedback with your hosts, please email podcast@toastmasters.org.
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Speaking on the Run
January 26, 2012
Croix Sather, athlete, author and inspirational speaker in the field of personal transformation and the psychology of success, shares what motivated his Run Across America, a running and speaking tour in which he ran a marathon distance every day for 100 consecutive days.
Communications Resolutions
January 5, 2012
English professor Jenny Baranick offers tips on how to fine-tune your writing skills, and discusses how stronger sentences can help jump-start your career.
Vincent Muli Wa Kituku, Ph.D.
December 22, 2011
Vincent Kituku has become a highly sought-after motivational speaker. He speaks to a variety of audiences, emphasizing the value of hopes and dreams, maintaining humility and teaming up with others in order to flourish. His most well-known presentation is titled
"Overcoming Buffaloes at Work & in Life" and he is the founder of
Caring Hearts and Hands of Hope, Inc., a non-profit organization in Kenya that assists poor families with educational fees.
Ryan Levesque - The Copycat Method
November 10, 2011
Ryan Levesque, co-host of the Toastmasters Podcast and president of
eBookIt.com, discusses his article in the November issue of the
Toastmaster magazine. Ryan provides a helpful, and slightly contrarian, approach to preparing speeches by using your favorite speaker as a model.
Meet 2011-2012 International President Michael Notaro, DTM
September 29, 2011
Michael Notaro, DTM, of Alameda, California, was elected International President at the 2011 International Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mr. Notaro shares when and why he first joined Toastmasters, explains the role of the International President, discusses the organization’s refreshed brand and previews his travels and goals for his one-year volunteer term.
Toastmasters International 2011 Convention - Live Interviews
September 14, 2011
Join Bo and Ryan as they chat with Convention attendees, district leaders, a past international president, the
2011 International Speech Contest winners and a Toastmaster radio personality!
Toastmasters International 2011 Convention - Live Event
August 25, 2011
Join Bo and Ryan for a special live Toastmasters Podcast at the 2011 Convention! Listen to a review of
Convention opening-day events and the newly branded
FreeToastHost 2.0, and meet Convention attendees!
2011 International Convention Special Sneak Preview! (Part 2)
July 27, 2011
Convention presenters Johnny Campbell, DTM, AS; Byron Embry, CC; Karen Baetzel, ACG, ALB; Sandy Costa; Mark Hunter, ATMS; Cathy Newton; Linda Henley-Smith; and Darren LaCroix offer a
sneak preview of what to look forward to in Las Vegas, Nevada this August.
Meet Dr. Dave Logan – 2011 International Convention Keynote Speaker
July 6, 2011
Dr. Dave Logan is the keynote speaker for the
2011 International Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dr. Logan is co-founder and senior partner of
CultureSync, a management consulting firm specializing in cultural change, strategy and negotiation. He is also a faculty member at the USC Marshall School of Business and co-author of
Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization.
2011 International Convention Special Sneak Preview! (Part 1)
June 10, 2011
Convention presenters Sindy Martin, DTM; Dan Nainan; Dana LaMon, DTM, AS; Craig Duswalt; and Mohammad Al-Issa, ACG, ALS offer a
sneak preview of what to look forward to in Las Vegas, Nevada this August.
Meet Robin Sharma - 2011 Golden Gavel Recipient
May 16, 2011
Internationally renowned leadership expert Robin Sharma has been named the
2011 Golden Gavel recipient at the
2011 Toastmasters International Convention at Bally’s Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. Robin is the founder of
Sharma Leadership International Inc., and the author of 11 international best-selling books on leadership including
The Leader Who Had No Title and
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari. Robin joins the show to share insights into a new leadership model that he calls, “Leadership 2.0.”
Matt Abrahams - Know Thy Fear
April 26, 2011
Matt Abrahams, professor of speech communication and co-founder of
Bold Echo Communications Solutions, joins the show to help listeners effectively manage speaking anxiety. The powerful solutions Matt provides are based on the latest research and are featured in the
April issue of the Toastmasters magazine. Matt goes beyond merely treating the symptoms; he addresses the underlying causes.
Freedom of Speech
March 9, 2011
“Can We Talk? Small Steps, Great Changes” – Maria Tomescu, vice president education of Timişoara Toastmasters in Romania, joins us to share her experience with Toastmasters in post-Communist Romania. Listeners will not forget this inspirational episode about freedom of speech.
The Accredited Speaker Program
February 1, 2011
Jana Barnhill, PIP, DTM, AS shares all about the exciting Accredited Speaker program. Learn what it takes to become an Accredited Speaker and how it can help boost your career.
To learn more about the Accredited Speaker program, visit the program
web page or download the
application.
Enthusiasm! The Cure for the Common Speech
January 18, 2011
Colleen Plimpton, ACB is a professional writer, coach and lecturer on gardening. Colleen shares how to inject passion and pizzazz to your presentations.
To learn more, read the full article,
Enthusiasm! The Cure for the Common Speech, from the November 2010 issue of the
Toastmaster.