Today for the afternoon Toastmasters meeting, we did not have a speaker but tried something new to replace one.
Jim M. found a video of the 2011 world Champion, Jock Elliot's winning speech which we played for the meeting. After wards, Matt, our acting Toastmaster, asked what thoughts members had about the speech.
There were many suggestions of various thoughts ranging from, dictation, well placed pauses and making a typically cliche idea and making it entertaining and refreshing. Ok, "cliche" is my term. But typically, talking about your family, partner and close friends as the important people in your life is usually a bit redundant and cliche. But this speaker did a masterful job of spinning it to be insightful and enjoyable.
He used visual descriptions about the people he talked about and the situations he encountered. Rather than "tell us" something, he created vivid imagery making a well flowing, textural story.
See for yourself.
World Champion's, Jock Elliot, winning speech
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