Comments on: Toastmasters Speech 1: The Ice Breaker

By: Octavio Magaña

Octavio Magaña — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:41:23 +0000

Your first project in #toastmasters http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/toastmasters-speech-1-ice-breaker-icebreaker/

By: Gundy Gabbers Toastmasters Blog

Gundy Gabbers Toastmasters Blog — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:48:04 +0000

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By: Sheeba

Sheeba — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:34:26 +0000

Hi, I love your perspective on ice-breaker speeches. It is great to hear ice-breaker speeches which give us more information on the speaker, his experiences, interests and events that moulded his personality to give it its present shape.

By: Drew Provan

Drew Provan — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:22:57 +0000

I agree totally. The first few minutes in any speech are crucial. If you only just fumble your way through, the rest of your speech will not be particularly inspiring. Getting the levels of anxiety down at the beginning is key to getting a good start, and using an icebreaker to engage the audience helps them, and you. Just knowing you are an expert (“the” expert) is not enough to allay our fears, sadly. And reasoning (“I know my subject…they came here to listen to me,” etc) just doesn’t reduce our stress levels!

By: Toastmasters – Ice Breaker: Waking Up In a Nation of Immigrants < ~C4Chaos

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:52:36 +0000

[...] just finished delivering my Toastmasters Speech #1: The Ice Breaker. I’ve received a lot of positive feedback from my fellow club members. They enjoyed the flow [...]

By: Colleen M Cole

Colleen M Cole — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:38:54 +0000

RT @6minutes Toastmasters Speech 1: Ice Breaker http://bit.ly/1F5d9

By: Jennifer Merritt

Jennifer Merritt — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:39:13 +0000

RT @6minutes Toastmasters Speech 1: Ice Breaker http://bit.ly/1F5d9

By: santosh

santosh — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:47:18 +0000

Dear Sir ,

I used this site extensively for preparing my first speech for ToastMasters ,which I am going to deliver today .

Thanks a ton for nice and very useful features on this site.

Please keep up this work.

Here is my first speech – http://hr-universe.blogspot.com/2009/09/toastmaster-speech-1-ice-breaker.html

Regards
Santosh

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:26:05 +0000

Excellent idea to share these tips and samples! I hope you get a chance to finish the series.
It prodded me to post my own Ice Breaker (another example of “Common Thread”), along with other member contributions, on our club site:
http://www.chamberclub540.com/sharables.htm

By: Updated Toastmasters Speech Series: Your Guide to the First 10 Speeches | "Public Speaking in Singapore"

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:00:38 +0000

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