Lance Miller Seminar

It's a pity more of our club couldn't have attended the Lance Miller Seminar, because those of us who did found it a very interesting and inspiring day.
(New) Liz picked up David and me and  it took less than half an hour to get to the Tingalpa State School. 

Liz & David with Lance

2005 World Champion Speaker Lance showed us how easy it is to develop a speech by looking for the "Extraordinary in the ordinary."  He got a member of the audience to select an ordinary object from a bag of items. It turned out to be an everyday ballpoint pen. He then asked the audience to make observations about the pen, and using these he turned it into a powerful speech. 

His session on building a Champion Club was inspiring. He talked about goals and the necessity of speaking frequently so that we don't lose our skills. 

I wrote down some of his wonderful phrases: (They mightn't be exact)

"It's not about speaking in Toastmasters, it's about speaking outside Toastmasters."

"It's not about being champion speaker, its about being champion in your life."

"The audience are the most important thing for that moment."

"The secret recipe - do the ordinary extraordinary well."

"It's not a meeting, it's an event."

The Evaluation Session was also helpful. "It is more important to find what is right!" he said.

He stressed evaluating according to the objectives in the speech manual.

We then had an opportunity to evaluate two interesting speakers.

It was also good to meet Toastmasters from other clubs. Some had come a long way. One couple had got up at 4 am to come from Townsville. 

We came home with renewed enthusiasm.