Comments on: The Olympics of Oratory: World Championship of Public Speaking

By: Fred Miller

Fred Miller — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:57:08 +0000

@sincere703 check this out: http://bit.ly/op53g

By: Fred Miller

Fred Miller — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:56:51 +0000

By: SL Liew

SL Liew — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:25:48 +0000

Wow… great to see the write up of each of the finalist. I have been to 4 WCPS but never really got to know the background more about each contestant except during the interview. Then one can forget. Here you have written down for all to see and admire and be inspired. Thanks.

By: Presentation skills ~ tellingpeople

Presentation skills ~ tellingpeople — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:49:00 +0000

Public speaking competitions…

Why?
I really mean that – why bother with competitions. I honestly and genuinely can’t see the point. I don’t want to be rude to people who are entering (and doing will in such things – see here, for example) but to me it seems to be akin…

By: Adrienne Zurub

Adrienne Zurub — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:33:25 +0000

Congratulations World Champion, LaShunda Rundles on your victory and awesome speech!
All Toastmasters are proud and excited about your stunning accomplishment(s).
My warmest regards to all of the participants in the 2008 World Championship of Public Speaking competition.
Adrienne Zurub
http://adriennezurub.typepad.com
EastSide Toastmasters
Club 6500
Shaker Heights, Ohio

By: Andrew Dlugan

Andrew Dlugan — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:10:05 +0000

Shannon:
I, too, have been disappointed by the slow response time of news being posted on the TI site. That’s one of the reasons I decided to post information on the finalists and winners on my site.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:04:26 +0000

I checked the TI site to see who’d won and could find nothing. I Googled and found an article in Dallas about the winner (LaShunda) and your site. Thanks for the info. I particularly like your links to Youtube speeches.

By: Spoken Gems » Rich Hopkins: Glorious Victory: Remarkable Speeches, Rhetorical Masterpieces, Impressive Monologues

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:17:55 +0000

[...] information about the finalists can be found at SixMinutes Darren LaCroix: Anyone can do [...]

By: Sherri Raftery, M. Ed.

Sherri Raftery, M. Ed. — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:25:47 +0000

Congrats to ALL the contestants – It takes a thick skin to get up there and give it all you got – YOU ALL did that!

Great to see BOTH LaShunda and Kathy ROCK the stage!!

Sherri Raftery

http://www.findyourplatform.com

By: The Public Speaking Blog » Blog Archive » Women Speakers Just Made Public Speaking History (LaShunda Rundles, You Are Amazing!)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:08:22 +0000

[...] The winner this year beat over 2500 speakers from all over the world… and she is not even a professional speaker. Her good name is LaShunda Rundles. What’s even more outstanding is this – LaShunda is the first woman to win the contest in more than 20 years! (She’s only the 4th woman to win since the contest began in 1938 – though Toastmasters was a “male only” organization for many years, as quoted from Darren La Croix) To see the other finalists, click here. [...]