Category: Educational Programs
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Workshop Replay: Roger Courville on Boosting Engagement in an Online Presentation
Roger Courville, an expert on online presentations of all sorts, with an emphasis on online training and webinars, was our guest speaker for June 1, 2020. Roger has been a friend of the club since its inception, having given an earlier workshop presentation on this topic when we were recruiting our charter members in 2017.…
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Special Educational Program with guest speaker Jesse Scinto, MS, DTM
On November 4, 2019, Online Presenters will host a special educational program featuring guest speaker Jesse Scinto, MS, DTM Founder & CEO at Public Sphere LLC and lecturer in Columbia University’s graduate Strategic Communication program. He is the author of the recent Toastmasters Magazine article, The Camera Never Lies, on understanding how you come across…
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How to Blog for Toastmasters (also, Where and Why) – Video Replay, Notes and Links
In this demonstration speech at Online Presenters, I encourage members of Online Presenters to take advantage of the fact that our website has a blog built into it — just waiting to help them with the Create a Compelling Blog project in Pathways. I am David F. Carr, DTM, the original organizer, charter year President…
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Video: 9 Steps to Successfully Coaching a Toastmasters Club
Club Coaching can be incredibly rewarding or terribly frustrating. It all depends on your attitude and the club officer attitudes. If you have officer support, then you are on your way to successfully coaching a club to achieving Distinguished status or higher in the Distinguished Club Program. In this speech I mention some Toastmaster…
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Toastmasters Webinar Contest on April 16
Online Presenters Toastmasters will hold a mini-webinar contest on April 16 at 7:30 pm EDT, and guests are welcome to register to attend. This is not an official Toastmasters contest format (at least not yet) but rather an attempt to craft a contest specifically for the online medium. Scoring is based loosely on the International…
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Replay: How to start an online Toastmasters club (panel discussion)
This panel discussion, moderated by Carole McCulloch of the Online Alliance, was hosted by Online Presenters with participation of leaders from other clubs. See below for links to each of the relevant websites. Moderator: Carole McCulloch of the Online Alliance. Panelists: Larry Miller (Netizens)Paul Finkelstein (Competitive Communicators)Magda Van Rooyen (Ablaze Online)Lorraine Taylor (Firebirds Collective)Dawn Nocera…
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Replay: “How to Connect with ANY Audience,” with Sheryl Roush, DTM, Past District Governor, Accredited Speaker
In this video replay of an Online Presenters workshop, Sheryl Roush guides us through the process of connecting with any audience (online or off) by understanding the different communication styles of audience members. Here is the worksheet Sheryl provided as part of the workshop: Handout – Sheryl Roush (PDF)
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Replay: Workshop on Setting Up a Studio for Live Video
Jim Guld and Chris Guld of Geeks on Tour shared the basics of light, video, and sound you need to understand to do professional live video. They host a weekly YouTube Live show on technology for travelers as a service to attendees at their in-person seminars and members of their subscription website. They have recently…
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Replay: What Toastmasters Should Know About Facebook Live
This is the replay of a Facebook Live broadcast with tips for speakers and Toastmasters leaders about how to use the Facebook platform. You may want to fast forward to about 3:40 when the program really begins (or look at how I try to stall for time in those first few minutes while I’m finishing…
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Facebook Live: Screen Sharing and Scene Switching with OBS Studio
Facebook Live is a very powerful tool for democratizing access to online video broadcasting, but until recently I thought of it as something you could only do from your phone. I knew some professional broadcasters had put on more elaborate productions, but I didn’t realize those techniques were within easy reach thanks to free open…