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Are you one of many people who find that they like to speak, but hate the homework involved in making speeches? Is the process of writing out a speech, editing it, and practicing it a serious drag for you? Do you find yourself entering table topics or evaluation contests just so you don’t have to make a more “formal” speech, but still get stage time? Do you hate excessive rhetorical questions? If you answered yes to any of these, this article is here to help. In it, you’ll find new tools, new techniques, and new ways of thinking for improving your speaking skills without working very hard, whether you are motivationally challenged or not!

When I read that Steve Pavlina makes a ton of money from his site, I couldn't help but think of making a few bucks from mine. To that end, I've completely sold out. Kind of.

Almost every Toastmasters club needs to be promoting itself constantly. How do you do that though? What techniques work? What can you do with a club-level budget? This article will explore some promotional strategies you can use not only in TM, but with small business, and with minimal investments.

So it's time for the biiiig speech, and you've written out your draft, practiced it over and over, have your notes set, your Powerpoint made, and you think everything's ready to go. So what do you do? You arrive ten minutes late, find the stage to be half the size you were planning on, your laptop has trouble connecting to the projector, and your panic makes you forget half your speech. What could you have done to fix this?