I went to pick the brains of the three world champion speakers that spoke there, but a lot of other people had the same idea. I got to talk briefly to David Brooks. Ed Hearn gave a great motivational speech. I was especially impressed with the way he used different ways of speaking to imitate his father, mother, a brother from the hood, and the way he speaks as a attorney in court. Vikas Jhingran really made us see how the use of emotion in a speech makes it memorable.

I met about 20 or 30 other Toastmasters. I am sure that I now have a lot of good contacts in case I need some help later.

I could see that almost every club officer there had stepped into a role that he or she could grow into and become more than they were. It was easy for me to recognize because I did the same thing in my first successful business.