As a member of the Toastmasters International, I have the opportunity to meet many special people who are thriving to do the best and perfecting their public speaking and leadership skills. Many of them (if not all) are extremely talented one way or another.
As a conferenceholic (the second name of this blog www.conferenceholic.com ), I have attended many international conferences – competitions with the “Crème de la Crème” presentations and most inspirational speakers. The humorous contest has always been my favorite, especially because humor is the biggest challenge is my presentations, and after all these years one speaker in particular became a real role model for me in public speaking and I always wanted to write about him.
Finally, at this years Toastmasters District 59 contest I had the opportunity to conduct an interview with him. His name is John Zimmer.
John is very passionate about speaking and helping others improve their public speaking and presentation skills. His blog, Manner of Speaking is a great source of quotes, tips, speech analysis, book reviews, historical quotes, stories and resources about public speaking.
Some of my favourite and most entertaining posts:
Public Speaking Lessons from the Old Spice Guy
Anatomy of a Humorous Speech
and many others.
Curious to meet John? Here is a short video which will give you a few important insights into what it takes to reach excellence in public speaking.