Speech Breakdown and Analysis of the 2019 Toastmasters World Champion of Public Speaking, Aaron Beverly! Aaron Beverly delivered speech full of championship data. Each breakdown I do brings with it a new technique or perspective that differs from the rest, and that’s what makes them so valuable if your goal is to become a better speaker or speech writer. There is a … Read More
Surgical Speech Analysis of the 2002 Champion of Public Speaking: Dwayne Smith
Speech Breakdown and Analysis for the 2002 Toastmasters World Champion of Public Speaking, Dwayne Smith! Dwayne Smith gave an actual musical speech full of championship data. Each breakdown I do brings with it a new technique or perspective that differs from the rest, and that’s what makes them so valuable if your goal is to become a better speaker or speech … Read More
Speech Breakdown: 2018 Champion of Public Speaking Ramona J. Smith
New Speech Breakdown for the 2018 Toastmasters World Champion of Public Speaking, Ramona J. Smith! Each breakdown brings with it a new technique or perspective that differs from the rest, and that’s what makes them so useful if your goal is to become a better speaker or a better speech writer. There is a tremendous amount of insight in reverse-engineering a … Read More
Tactical Analysis of the 2001 World Champion of Public Speaking: Darren LaCroix
New Speech Breakdown for the 2001 Toastmasters World Champion of Public Speaking, Darren LaCroix! Darren LaCroix delivered the most humorous speech I’ve analyzed to date. Not only that, he combined that humor to form one of the most complex speeches I’ve ever dissected. You do not want skip this one! Each breakdown I do brings with it a new technique or perspective … Read More
14 Specific Reasons To Overcome Your Fear Of Public Speaking
It’s hard to see the value in some things, and especially things that have to do with self-improvement. The concept is vague at best. In the case of public speaking, one might say to himself, “Okay, so I’ll be able to speak more awesomer in front of an audience? Hmm. Sounds lucrative. But what good would it do me in my … Read More
Analyzing My Losing Toastmasters Contest Speech
Last time was a little different than the norm where we worked through the finalists from the 2017 Toastmasters International Speech Contest. It was in-depth and provided a boatload of useful data. Today we’re gonna continue the trend of deviating from the norm. And with that, today’s speech breakdown is going to be for my own LOSING SPEECH from the 2015 … Read More
Analyzing The Top 3 Finalists From 2017 Toastmasters Speech Contest
Today, for the 2017 Toastmasters Speech Contest, I’m doing something I’ve never done before… Normally, I break down ONLY the winning speech—you know, the one given by the speaker that gets the lucrative title, World Champion of Public Speaking.That’s obviously not a terrible idea, but there’s an unfortunate axiom for all things competitive, and that is…history only remembers the victor. Today I’m … Read More
Tactical Analysis of a Public Speaking Champion: Dananjaya Hettiarachchi
UPDATED Speech Breakdown for the 2014 Toastmasters World Champion of Public Speaking, Dananjaya Hettiarachchi.This is an incredible speech with a lot of interesting data. Each breakdown brings with it a new technique or perspective that differs from the rest, and that’s what makes them so fascinating and not to mention useful in becoming a better speaker or speech writer.There is … Read More
Tactical Analysis of a Public Speaking Champion: Jim Key
New Speech Breakdown for the 2003 Toastmasters World Champion of Public Speaking, Jim Key!Jim Key’s gave an exciting speech with a lot of interesting data. Each breakdown I do brings with it a new technique or perspective that differs from the rest, and that’s what makes them so useful if your goal is to become a better speaker or speech … Read More
Toastmasters Championship Speech Breakdown: Lance Miller
New Speech Breakdown for the 2005 Toastmasters World Champion of Public Speaking, Lance Miller!This was an exciting speech with a lot of interesting data. It is NOT like most of the winning speeches from the past few years–extremely unique. Full speech transcriptSpeech statistics (Word count, time of speech, title)LPM (Laughs Per Minute)Use of “You” focused words versus “I/Me” focused wordsFoundational Phrase … Read More
