The difference between a good speech with a story and a GREAT speech with a story is often the way you tell that story and how you use it to make people laugh.

We all love to tell personal stories in our speeches and we all love to make our audiences laugh. If you want your audiences to laugh more when you tell your stories, this session is for you. 

Good Humor Toastmasters, the Surgeons of Silly, will show you how to turn your story into a truly funny story. We’ll show you how to find the best opportunities for giggles, groans, and guffaws!

In this session, you will:

• Learn the 5 components of comical chronicles.
• Learn how to create laughs with solid punchlines.
• Practice finding the best places for laughs in your stories.
• Take home some whimsical worksheets for speech writing.
• Develop confidence that you can fill your next story with mirth and merriment!

Look forward to audience participation in this dizzy demonstration as Good Humor Toastmasters helps you add some laughter to your next speech.

For more information about Good Humor Toastmasters, click HERE

Presented by – Good Humor Toastmasters

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Your heart races. Your stomach turns. Beads of sweat form on your forehead. You’re an EMCEE!!

Becoming a competent emcee takes more than just good public speaking skills. During this seminar, you will learn how to be an effective and exciting Master of Ceremonies.

Topics Covered:

• Insider Secrets on how to WOW your Audience.
• The #1 thing Emcee’s should NEVER do.
• Crowd Work Techniques – (live footage examples!)
• Why Improv is an Emcee’s Greatest Tool
• ………and Much More!

For more information on Eric Feinendegen, click HERE

Presented by:  Eric Feinendegen

Remember a time in your life when anything was possible. When each and every day you woke up with the unconquerable knowledge that you had everything you needed to be
whatever you wanted to be. Well, believe it or not you haven’t lost that ability or power, you just forgot how you got there. In this workshop, Remembering the Power of “Once Upon A Time”, DTM Barry Mixon, and Gemmological Storyteller, will help you re-discover the exciting and empowering Secret of returning to that magical time in your life.

Presented by:  Barry Mixon

So, you want to be a TEDx presenter. Where do you start? How do you get selected? What do you say? In this engaging and immediately applicable presentation, professional speaker, Nancy Depcik of Unshakable Success® will share her expertise on how to start the process. You will walk away with an understanding of the most effective strategy to land a TEDx talk and how to create a message that will captivate your audience.  Most importantly, you will build confidence, make new friends and have fun in the process.

For more information about Nancy Depcik, check out her website HERE

Presented by:  Nancy Depcik

Speakers need to know how to use the latest social media tools to capture speaking engagements and educate their audience. In this session, CJ Powers will give speakers the tools needed to overcome the critical issues faced with streaming videos, webinars, podcasts, online imagery, and the top social media platforms. CJ’s production work has been seen on ABC, CBS, PBS, WGN, Freeform, and over 300 syndicated television stations. His podcast, The Creative You, is available on most platforms.

Presented by:  CJ Powers