Author Archive

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Supercharged Commenting

Fellow Toastmasters,
I saw a couple of cool new features and went ahead and installed them. The first is called KeywordLuv. It allows you to put the keywords of a site of your choice in the name field to improve your SEO. If you have a personal or company website, you can include the keywords with [...]

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Sunday, April 13th, 2008

Capital City at the Division L Area Contests

Capital City Toastmasters shine at back-to-back Area Contests!
Keith Smith did a terrific job as Toastmaster of the Area L-40 Contest yesterday.  He was polished as well as entertaining. Most attendees did not realize how hard they were going to laugh at 9:30 in the morning.
Reynetta Deveau did us proud by taking home a trophy from [...]

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Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Tips from Al Gore’s Speechwriter

Fellow Toastmasters,
There was a fairly good post on The Blog of Timothy Ferriss yesterday. It was tips from Al Gore’s Speechwriter. It covers the essentials very well and even has Tim breakdancing at SXSW.
From Al Gore’s Speechwriter: Simple Tips for a Damn Good Presentation (Plus Breakdancing)
Enjoy!
Louis

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