{"id":40,"date":"2013-01-05T05:58:31","date_gmt":"2013-01-05T05:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetdon.com\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2014-08-30T17:12:26","modified_gmt":"2014-08-30T22:12:26","slug":"publicspeaking","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meetdon.com\/?page_id=40","title":{"rendered":"Public Speaking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been involved with Toastmasters since 1997.\u00a0 For me, it&#8217;s not a matter of overcoming the fear of public speaking, it&#8217;s a matter of continuous practice in communication.\u00a0 Even after 15 years of involvement, I still pick up new speaking skills.\u00a0 I enjoy the social opportunities of our Club, Area, Division, and District speech contests and conventions.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Peter Pan Speech Project\" href=\"https:\/\/meetdon.com\/publicspeaking\/peterpan\/\">PETER PAN SPEECH PROJECT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"display: inline !important;\">I&#8217;ve decided to take the Toastmaster&#8217;s Competent Communication Manual and work through each speech with a Peter Pan theme. \u00a0Click the link above to see all of the speech \u00a0titles and their relation to the speech project. \u00a0 If the speech has already been completed, there will be a link to view it directly.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>What is Toastmasters?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Toastmasters web site explains it best: &#8220;Through club activities and conferences, Toastmasters helps its members improve their communication and leadership skills while fostering self-confidence and personal growth.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.toastmasters.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Visit the Toastmasters Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Tale Weavers?<\/strong><br \/>\nWe are a very special Toastmaster club. \u00a0We\u00a0specialize\u00a0in improving our storytelling and presentation skills.\u00a0 Our club has about 15 members, which consist of\u00a0professional\u00a0storytellers and public speakers.\u00a0 There are also many new members eager to learn new skills.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.taleweavers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Visit the Tale Weavers Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Current Roles I have in Toastmasters:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 District 6 A\/V Chair<br \/>\n\u2022 EVP for Tale Weavers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been involved with Toastmasters since 1997.\u00a0 For me, it&#8217;s not a matter of overcoming the fear of public speaking, it&#8217;s a matter of continuous practice in communication.\u00a0 Even after 15 years of involvement, I still pick up new speaking &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/meetdon.com\/?page_id=40\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"sidebar-page.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetdon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetdon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetdon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetdon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetdon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/meetdon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":570,"href":"https:\/\/meetdon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions\/570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetdon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}