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June

  

2021




Articles





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Presentation Skills

7 Hand Gestures That Will Immediately Increase the Value of What You Say

Tap into the power of body language.

Rosemary Ravinal
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Club Experience

Counting on the Ah-Counter

The most effective functionaries go beyond “Gotcha!” in monitoring filler words and sounds.

Kate McClare, DTM
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News from Toastmasters International

Official Notice of Vote

Vote for the Board of Directors Candidates.
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Leadership

Quotes of Note on How to Lead Others
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Club Experience

Keep Your Club Healthy

Ask these five questions to make sure your club is meeting members’ needs.

Janet Fuchek
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Communication

Speak the Language, Speak the Culture

Public speaking in a multilingual world.

Sonja Bonin
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Communication

Breaking Language Barriers

Top 10 tips for communicating with anyone in the world.

Dean Foster
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Communication

The Elusive Speech Topic

Four tips for finding the subject of your next great speech.

Bill Brown, DTM

Columns

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Viewpoint

Celebrate the Positives of the Past Year!
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My Turn

Sailing in Uncharted Waters

Our newly chartered club faced bumpy weather but that didn’t dampen our spirits.

Shenali Dias
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Funny You Should Say That

Penmanship

If you wrote a letter by hand, would the recipient think a chicken had stepped in ink and walked across the page?

John Cadley