The general purpose of the speech was to persuade and the specific purpose was to get people to come to the Spring Conference. I learned how to make a video and it helped a lot to watch how terrible I was. Every time I tried to do it I got a little less terrible. This can turn into a job but I think that I will be rewarded for my efforts. Here is my 12th trial run.

A couple of days later I found a video of a Master Toastmaster giving a speach with the same specific purpose. He did a great job in only 88 seconds.

I watched these two guys to help prepare for my first speaker evaluation speech. I think it helped me a lot.

It is all about structure. I remembered the Dale Carnigie class. They said to tell the people what you are going to tell them. Then tell them. Then tell them what you just told them. I can see the same formula in Toastmasters. I feel a little more at ease because I have done this before. I also learned that the first and last last thing that you say are the most important. I got nervous again but when I messed up I just went on to the next part of the speech instead of freezing up. I was complimented for this. The real reason that I went on is because I had a the speech planned and I just had to do what was next.