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You can watch and follow along with this audio training speech on “Open Your Mind: How to always be ready for any unplanned speech” at slideshare. The link is here.
While this presentation was delivered in a Toastmasters club, it is relevant for many business presenters who need to speak without much preparation time.
Please comment and let me know if there are other topics you would like to see covered.
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Warwick J Fahy
“Warwick helps C-level executives, working in multinational companies based in Greater China, who struggle to get their point across and influence their key stakeholders. Warwick helps the executive project their message with confidence allowing them to express their opinions powerfully and gain respect from senior managers even when under pressure.” Learn more about who I help here.
Warwick is the author of “The One Minute Presenter: 8 steps to successful business presentations in a short attention span world”.
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Leadership is an elusive skill. Libraries and MBA programs are crammed full of leadership and management theories, that are difficult to apply in your day job. Young leaders today are facing a dual challenge. Firstly, after scrambling through a competitive education system to reach the workplace they are faced with the demoralising thought that much of their formal education is ill-suited to the rigours of company life. Secondly, in a swirling competitive global market they need to upgrade their soft skills – including leadership – so that they are ready to capture the opportunities that are available for people with a keen sense of learning and getting ahead.
- White belt: The first six months
- Yellow belt: Six months to One year
- Orange belt : After one year
In this 21 minute presentation, Warwick John Fahy shares his experience on how to grow your skills as a leader within the context of a Toastmasters club. You can download this training here (MP3, 19.1MB)
Warwick John Fahy is a Distinguished Toastmaster with almost 10 years experience as a Toastmaster delivering speeches in both English and Mandarin. Warwick was awarded the Presidential Citation in 2007 for his leadership in doubling the number of clubs in China and helping China move to district status.Warwick is an executive speech coach working with senior executives in multinationals across Greater China to help them become more influential with their key stakeholders.
Other Toastmasters trainings:
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Building a personal brand is important for us all today as we strive for meaning and purpose in today’s busy world. As a Toastmaster club leader, it is also important to have a clear message for you to attract new members to your club and express how you are different from all the other similar clubs out there. This presentation is arranged into three sections:
- Show up: Plant your Flag, create your audio logo
- Step up: Walk your Talk
- Give back: Recycle your learning through the four seasons of learning
In this 17 minute training presentation, Warwick John Fahy shares his experience in an informative introduction to branding yourself and your club. You can download this training here (MP3, 15.6MB)
Warwick John Fahy is a Distinguished Toastmaster with almost 10 years experience as a Toastmaster delivering speeches in both English and Mandarin. Warwick was awarded the Presidential Citation in 2007 for his leadership in doubling the number of clubs in China and helping China move to district status.Warwick is an executive speech coach working with senior executives in multinationals across Greater China to help them become more influential with their key stakeholders.
Other Toastmasters trainings:
One very important skill to master is to appear certain and confident while you are delivering an unprepared speech. In this training – targeted at Toastmasters – you will learn to
- Open with certainty
- Structure for clarity
- Close with confidence
In this 29 minute training presentation, Warwick John Fahy shares his experience in a high energy, often humourous experience which includes Warwick delivering a 2 minute unprepared speech at the end of the training – combining the lessons he has just delivered. You can download this training here (MP3, 26.6MB)
Warwick John Fahy is a Distinguished Toastmaster with almost 10 years experience as a Toastmaster delivering speeches in both English and Mandarin. Warwick was awarded the Presidential Citation in 2007 for his leadership in doubling the number of clubs in China and helping China move to district status.Warwick is an executive speech coach working with senior executives in multinationals across Greater China to help them become more influential with their key stakeholders.
Other Toastmasters trainings:
If you are stuck for a speech topic, you will enjoy this presentation which sets the challenge of finding the source of 1001 ideas for speech topics.
I conducted a survey among Toastmasters before the speech and include the results below. You can also download the handout which will give you quick access to the ideas in the presentation.
Download the results from the survey here. Download the 19min presentation here in MP3 format (17.8MB). Delivered on 6 Dec 2010 in Talent Discovery Bilingual TMC in Shanghai. I have made a special handout summarising where you can source the 1001 ideas for your speech topics here. (478kb, PDF)
Warwick John Fahy is a Distinguished Toastmaster with almost 10 years experience as a Toastmaster delivering speeches in both English and Mandarin. Warwick was awarded the Presidential Citation in 2007 for his leadership in doubling the number of clubs in China and helping China move to district status.Warwick is an executive speech coach working with senior executives in multinationals across Greater China to help them become more influential with their key stakeholders.
Other Toastmasters trainings:
I am passionate about Toastmasters having been a member for almost 9 years and served as Chairman of Toastmasters in China helping to form 27 new clubs in a year. It’s a very positive organisation that has helped millions of people become better communicators and leaders.
I am frequently invited to giving speeches and trainings to young leaders. Here is the slidecast from a training focusing on the connection between service and leadership.
I will be conducting a short talk “Effective presenting in a short attention span world” based on the principles behind The One Minute Presenter. For more information see this web site.
