I just went live on FaceBook and gave an impromptu talk. I made reference to Toastmasters. Then I tried to finish my talk within the prescribed time for a regular speech in Toastmasters, which is seven minutes. Issue is however that I did not start timing until after I had already started speaking. And the impromptu speech in Toastmasters is one to two minutes. A prepared speech in Toastmasters is typically seven minutes. And the characteristics of a prepared speech are it has a purpose; a beginning; a middle and a conclusion.
I did my typical waffling on covering about 20 different topics and then saw my timer and signed off.
My topics were:
- My compulsion to want to improve things;
- The WFWP Youth Conference;
- Learning by Doing;
- Facebook Groups;
- Spirituality;
- Toastmasters;
- Dream Job UN;
- The Digital Divide;
- Generation Gap;
- Being a Parent;
- Not being a Grandparent;
- Motivation;
- Inspiration;
- Visibility;
- My Parents;
- Spiritual atmosphere;
- History;
- Music School;
- Culture;
- Cultural desert;
- Piano lessons;
- Vienna Boys Choir;
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
Wow! I thought I could maybe count twenty-one topics and it has even gone beyond! So what do I learn? Maybe I should really be a public speaker? Is my repertoire really so broad? Can I really talk about so many things? Surely it is more important to just focus?
Perhaps I should not be multitasking? I’m currently listening to an interview while I write. Meanwhile the WFWP Youth conference has begun again. I am involved in another programme this afternoon so I will not be rejoining the WFWP Youth meeting now. In fact I have a dentist appointment and really want to get this blog post launched before I leave the house. I’ve already posted the link to the live on FaceBook above.