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Tony Geishauser, Public Relations Officer
May, 2009 Newsletter
Ten Reasons NOT to video tape your speeches at Toastmasters
10. You might actually see what you look and sound like giving a speech.
9. You might see that you have strengths as well as weaknesses when you speak.
8. You might see small things you could correct that would make you a better speaker.
7. You might see how you move during a speech which may add or detracts from your speech.
6. You could see that you speak too fast or two slowly or not loudly enough.
5. You could see that the fear you have when speaking doesn't come across while you speak.
4. You could see if you made any improvement from the last speech that you had taped.
3. You could show you know how to use modern tools to help you be a better speaker.
2. You could see vast improvements in your speeches when you tape them routinely
#1 You wouldn't want anyone to think you really care about making an effort to improve your speeches.
PS -- If you don't video tape every speech you give at Toastmasters, you are learning nothing from that speech. The half-life of oral speech is five minutes. You will forget 50% of what you learned by giving an oral speech in five minutes. Five minutes later you will have forgotten 50% more of what you have left, etc. Plus you have NO IDEA what you looked like giving that speech. How could you? You on the inside and have no way to see what others see.
When you have your speeches taped - you have an amazing record of what you just did. It can be an amazingly valuable tool to show you what to do and what not to do the next time.
Bottom line: If you don't work at getting your speeches taped so you can learn from each speech, you truly don't care if you improve or not. You do not have a clue what you are doing without a tape to show you. Tell me again - why don't you want your speeches taped?