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1. Toastmasters Podcast #069: 2013 International Convention Special Sneak Preview! (Part 1)

   [42:25] Entrepreneur Sam Davidson; humorist and raconteur Conor Cunneen, DTM, AS; CEO and former Major League Baseball player Kent Maggard; 2013 Keynote Speaker Roger Love, one of the world’s leading authorities on voice and a voice coach for the stars of the mega-hit television show Glee; and Ed Tate, CSP and 2000 World Champion of Public Speaking, offer a sneak preview of the presentations they will deliver at the International Convention in August, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The convention’s 11 session presenters will offer tips and strategies related to leadership- and communication-themed topics.

    

    

    

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2. Toastmasters Podcast #068: Storytelling About Your Brand with Bernadette Martin

   [24:60] Bernadette is a certified Personal Brand Strategist, speaker, author and founder of Visibility Branding, LLC. In this episode, she defines the importance of building a personal brand, and shares tips and strategies for enhancing one's brand through effective online and offline "storytelling." As a follow-up to this podcast, Bernadette invites listeners to email her for a short Personal Brand Quiz and Google ID Calculator that determines if you are digitally dead, dissed, dabbling or distinct. To request the quiz and calculator, email bmartin [at] visibilitybranding dot com.

    

    

    

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3. Toastmasters Podcast #067: Matt Abrahams Offers Tips on Taming Your Stage Fright

   [26:40] Matt Abrahams, author of the book Speaking Up Without Freaking Out and a presenter on speaking anxiety at the 2012 International Convention, discusses his recent article on the topic in the March issue of the Toastmaster magazine. In it, he answers the most common questions asked by attendees of his convention session. To learn more, visit Matt's websites, BoldEcho.com and NoFreakingSpeaking.com.

    

    

    

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4. Toastmasters Podcast #066: Judith C. Tingley, Ph.D., on Rethinking Positive Thinking

   [24:35] Judith C. Tingley, Ph.D., is a psychologist, author and freelance writer living with her husband on Bainbridge Island in the state of Washington. Judith and Bo talk about what it means to think positively, and how positive thinking can help—but how it can also get in the way of self-improvement in public speaking as well as other areas of life.
   
   

    

    

    

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5. Toastmasters Podcast #065:Bo Bennett and Ryan Levesque - The DTM, the Tortoise, and the Hare

   [25:50] Join Bo and Ryan as they share their journeys to achieving Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) status. Bo completed all his speeches in just six months, and Ryan is still on his journey more than 10 years after he began. Is one path better than the other? What are the advantages and disadvantages of both approaches? How is completing all speeches for DTM in six months even possible?

    

    

    

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