Re: I found a new outlet for my creative and outgoing personallity

[Patte Rosebank]

My brother was a Toastmaster, years ago, and he loved it. He won quite a few Table Topics contests. It really helped him later, when he was getting his MBA, and had to do presentations in class. In one presentation, he proposed a “revolutionary” change to the entire corporate structure of a test case company, and he kicked it off by having someone raise the Communist flag behind him, while the theme from “Red October” played on a boom box. In another presentation, he set fire to his hand. (Clearly, I’m not the only one in my family who knows the power of the “Razzle Dazzle” principle. Or is weird.)

Me, I used to be a tour guide and an educational presenter, and now that I’m an usher at a live theatre, part of my job is being an impromptu guide, answering people’s questions about the show, the neighbourhood, etc.

And my latest performing venture is being a monologist, telling people about life in the tiny, mythical, eastern European country of Kapustia, and reciting some of my very bad poems.

If you decide to pursue public speaking professionally, there are some agencies out there that book public speakers into events. Look into them…as, indeed, should I.

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