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luscious_purple) wrote2014-12-03 11:45 pm
luscious_purple) wrote2014-12-03 11:45 pm
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Toasty's Club
One thing I started doing lately is attending Toastmasters. I went to two meetings of the local club in September, skipped October (because I was busy), and then went to two more meetings in November and another one tonight.
I joined because I don't speak anywhere near as well as I write. I'll bet any money that I lost that job for which I did the phone interview because I sounded so poor compared with my writing. (I did say that I knew it was one of my weaknesses and I was starting to go to Toastmasters to address my problem, but I guess that wasn't good enough. Yet.)
I've known for a while that I should go. Heck, in one of the panel discussions at Philcon 2013 (one about doing publicity for your book, I think), one of the panelists was saying that Toastmasters was a big help. Hey, when you've got sci-fi geeks recommending the organization....
Don't worry, I'm not giving up the SCA, not by a long shot. But maybe Toastmasters will help me there, too.
P.S. "Toasty" is the mascot of the local club. It's a little teddy bear.
I joined because I don't speak anywhere near as well as I write. I'll bet any money that I lost that job for which I did the phone interview because I sounded so poor compared with my writing. (I did say that I knew it was one of my weaknesses and I was starting to go to Toastmasters to address my problem, but I guess that wasn't good enough. Yet.)
I've known for a while that I should go. Heck, in one of the panel discussions at Philcon 2013 (one about doing publicity for your book, I think), one of the panelists was saying that Toastmasters was a big help. Hey, when you've got sci-fi geeks recommending the organization....
Don't worry, I'm not giving up the SCA, not by a long shot. But maybe Toastmasters will help me there, too.
P.S. "Toasty" is the mascot of the local club. It's a little teddy bear.