10 years ago yesterday I broke my arm, skiing (on day 1 of the trip 
I also concluded that good, clean&healthy nutrition and healing go well together: The doctors first considered an operation within 10 days, but when they saw day-7's healing state going vastly beyond their expectation and experience, they didn't want to operate any more.
London author of #CopperWolf
fiction
#SciFi - fanciful not fantasy
influences G Orwell, HG Wells, J Wyndham
non-fiction
#business, #finance, #LifeHacking
influences S Covey, D Carnegie, M Gerber, P Drucker
retired school teacher - ICT at KS3 to KS5
former #Toastmasters president
Fit & Active #runnersofmastodon
sociable - interested in quality dialogue and discussion groups
original and authentic
This year is another #Toastmasters contest year for me.
Round 1 done, only 6 more to go for championship.
London author
fiction
#SciFi - fanciful not fantasy
influences G Orwell, HG Wells, J Wyndham
non-fiction
#business, #finance, #LifeHacking
influences S Covey, D Carnegie, M Gerber, P Drucker
retired school teacher - ICT at KS3 to KS5
former #Toastmasters president
Fit & Active #runnersofmastodon
sociable - interested in quality dialogue and discussion groups
original and authentic - AI free zone
so, I want to join a virtual #Toastmasters thing. Does anyone know if such a thing exists? I feel this is my next step toward improvement. Thanks everyone.
Letztes Projekt von #Toastmasters IP1 abgeschlossen 
How life becomes practice. In todays Daily Trip meditation practice Jeff Warren reflects on the key skills for any practice and life.
Inspired me as topic for a new Lightning talk.
#Toastmasters #DailyTrip #Mindfulness #PublicSpeaking
https://www.calm.com/player/D9zC7iRnlj?share_token=v2wCf92YmwO8nmsPN9AUSPXQJiJj4XyaSWHm9QznNlfFMgPjCigY5rWhb1fYbdn2_ooemmY4MTJh_QLtQy0vih1BDytYub7Cny1FRqUC1HPgQ0uQrozrM2sR5PBn4Cgd0YE
What is Toastmasters International? How can it impact your social skills?
https://youknowwhatblog.com/articles/what-is-toastmasters/
@augieray Well said. I retired last year and #COVID has dramatically altered my expectations. I had been heavily involved in #Toastmasters and expected that would fill a lot of my time, but I refuse to go to large, unmasked gatherings. It’s not worth the risk. My priority is continuing to evade COVID with sensible precautions, both for myself and to protect my 89 year old mother who I see regularly.
Excited to present tomorrow at our internal #IBM Spark Design Festival.
Unlike most of my #Toastmasters speeches it’s a longer talk, with carefully crafted visuals – heck, it’ a design conference – and jointly with a great colleague.
We talk about the power of conceptual modeling.
I already enjoyed our speaker rehearsals today giving lots of evaluations and feedback to my fellow speakers.
#Design #PublicSpeaking #IBMSparkDesignFestival #Toastmasters
#Introduction
#UX Designer for #AI and #DataGovernance at #IBMStudios #Boeblingen. Coach, advocate and lead of the local chapter for Enterprise #DesignThinking. 40+ years in #IT – mostly in #IBM as #UI Developer, Architect, Consultant, Tech Seller, Researcher. Passionate about its impact on humans, society & culture.
Officer at #Stuttgart Int'l #Toastmasters Club. #Mensa member. German roots, French influence, English wife, #IrishDance daughter, European at heart.
”Every day is a prototype.”
@adhdeanasl I once did an "icebreaker" speech for #toastmasters. I lead with, "as my dad used to say laugh and the world laughs with you, cry again I'll give you something to cry about you little turd. Man that was a quite room.
It just occurred to me* that I never did an intro post.
My name's David, I'm a support worker with Auslan qualifications, working with a number of Deaf and hearing people (and one Deafblind). I also have a Deaf spouse.
I'm interested in accessibility and training (for professional reasons), games, making things (Current project - a fiddly little model of a Cyberman head), and the usual nerd stuff (because it's fun).
I'm also a member of Toastmasters International, which I joined to improve my presentation skills for the goal of becoming an Auslan interpreter. But at this stage I'll probably give up on interpreting accreditation and go for a coordinator type role.
*while working on a speech about building a social media presence
Why your company should start a #toastmasters chapter like Dragos.
Toastmasters adopts AI-powered speech analytics technology from Seattle startup Yoodli - Toastmasters members can get real-time feedback from AI speech coach Yoodli throu... - https://www.geekwire.com/2022/toastmasters-adopts-ai-powered-speech-analytics-technology-from-seattle-startup-yoodli/ #artificialintelligence #toastmasters #startups #yoodli
I've done a lot of cool stuff this year, but possibly the thing I am most proud of is helping organize and start a #Toastmasters corporate chapter at #Dragos even though I had never been a Toastmaster before, and had no idea what I was doing. This is how big we are now. You can do it too!
Tonight was the first time I used Continuity Camera at our online #Toastmasters meetup.
The experience is absolutely flawless. The Mac activates the iPhone automatically – no cables required. Center Stage works like a charm following me on "stage" in front of my standing desk. Portrait mode blurs the background while gesticulating arms won't disappear.
This nifty little Elephant Card holds the phone on top of the Mac.
https://www.elephant-card.com
#Speaker #UX #Design #iOS
Finished my first #icebreaker speech in my local #toastmasters club. I don't think you're not human if you're not at least a bit nervous when #PublicSpeaking, and I definitely was. The feedback I got was very positive--one of my friends said I "rushed it". I'm not sure if I'd go that far--I could have been a bit more organized, but the intimidatingly experienced toastmaster who evaluated me was very positive and encouraging. I think I'll do it again.
