Online Speeches that Last, Part 1, By Wayne Kronz

(The following is a speech recently presented by Wayne)

Good afternoon friends and enemies of Truth Speakers Toastmasters, , , ,

and esteemed guests!  (No enemies today?)

      

The circus owner walked into a bar— saw there was a big commotion at the

far end of the bar.  A bunch of people were gathered around, laughing and

hollering enjoying something unusual,

      

He made his way into the group only to discover a cute little duck dancing on

top of a pot turned upside down.  Everyone was enjoying the whole scene.

When things calmed down, the circus owner decided he wanted to buy the

duck.  After considerable haggling, he agreed to pay its owner $1,000 for the

duck and the pot, , , then he left.

About the same time the next day, the circus owner came bursting through the

bar room door, shouting, “Where is the scoundrel who sold me a duck that

won’t dance for a thousand bucks?”

Sure enough, he was sitting there at the far end of the bar, about where he last

saw him, 24 hours earlier.

The man nodded, and asked, “Did you put the fire under the pot?”

Friend, we’re here today to talk about that fire, , , the motivation that made the

duck to dance.

The last time I talked to you, I talked about transformation, , , the process of a

woolly worm turning into a beautiful butterfly.  I further stated that if our speaking

skill were ever to burst into a butterfly, there had to be in intermediate stage, , ,

the cocoon stage. 

And, it’s not always pretty.

Today I’d like to give you’re a different picture of this transformation process. 

It too, has three phases just like the butterfly metaphor.

First stage is the Yar Now stage, , , that’s Indiana talk for “where you are now

with your speaking skills.”  I am from Indiana, you know?

And the last stage, , , you probably already know how to spell it in Indiana talk, , ,

it’s the Wanna Be stage.  I will further suggest that this wanna be stage can

go three different directions.  First, it may be to make a lot of money speaking—

but money isn’t everything. 

Or, you might choose to change a lot of peoples’ hearts and lives and the world

around you.

 

Third, you want to give your speeches staying power, , , year after year.

All these are worthy reasons for you to refine your public speaking skills.

Then, there is the in-between stage, , , you know, the cocoon stage.  In this model,

we’ll call it the RC stage (or radical change phase), , , lots of people in Indiana

can’t spell words like “radical.”  Nor, even know what they mean.

Now, , ,  I’m talking radical!

There’s an old saying among motivational speakers, “If you always do what you

have always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.”

Dr. Phil says it like this, “How’s that working for you, son?”  Then he does his

Texas thing and says, “Buddy, it’s time for you to make some difficult changes.”

There are three parts to the “radical” changes I’m talking about here today.

(You don't want to miss part two and discover the three radical changes most

speakers need to make to transform their speaking careers.)

Wayne 

Susan Berkley, The Voice of AT&T, By Wayne Kronz

Susan's voice is the one you hear saying, "Thank you for using
AT&T" and "Welcome to city phone banking."

She is also one of the most sought after voice coaches in the world

today.  Ms. Berkley coached the winning team on Donald Trump's

Apprentice Program, Season Four.

And also the long-time "traffic reporter" on the Howard Stern radio

show.Via the courtesy of legendary publicity coach, Steve Harrison,

I have an audio recording of Susan Berkley's, Five Tips for Vocal

Influence. 

Sincerly,

Wayne Kronz

Craig Valentine, One of the Best Toastmasters of Our Time, By Wayne Kronz

He was the winner of Toastmasters International’s speech contest
in 1999. Since then Mr. Valentine
has gone on to be a highly successful professional public speaker
—one of the most in demand it the business.

You can check out his business out at CraigValentine.com. I bring
him to your attention because he represents the possibilities in public
speaking via. the Toastmaster track.

He started out in Toastmaster just like you—with his Icebreaker.
In his first humorous speaking contest, he lost at the club level.
He then activated a level of performance I call tenacity! He simply
pushed and pushed and pushed himself to improve. And improve, he did!

Two short years later, he was the World Champion of Public Speaking
—a title he has parlayed into a handsome six- figure income.

Maybe that doesn’t do anything for you and that’s OK. Two to
five thousand a speech, two to five times a week may not interest
you. And, again, that’s OK.

But I do have the obligation as a “big thinking” individual and a
one of your leaders to at least remind you of what you have in
your hands, once you have become a Competent Communicator.
It is literallythe key to much greater things.

And in our own club, Phoenix (AZ) Truth Speakers (a brand new 
club, December 2011) there is a log-jamb of latent public speaking
talent. I can’t wait until you guys and gals get this thing figured out.

Please—every one of you—always THINK BIG. Keep in mind that only
the sky is the limit for you.

Discover and cultivate your passion as well as your leadership
and speaking skills. And dream! And keep on dreaming as many have
done before you---TM’ers like Craig Valentine.

Sincerely,
Wayne

P.S. On YouTube.com and his own website are an array of videos
of Craig speaking that every Toastmaster should model. Also,
I recommend that you subscribe to his 52 speaking tips he delivers
on audio-postcards. Amazing lessons!

Let’s Look at the Numbers, By Wayne Kronz

Yep, , , let’s look at the numbers, with regard to speech

structure.  Here is an area of insight that many speakers,

amateur and professional, do not consider.

This theme starts with your rate of speech.  Most

of us speak at a rate of 150 words per minute.  So in

Toastmasters lingo, there are about 1,050 words in a

seven minute talk, plus or minus a few words.

A good target number is a thousand words.

Now let’s see what you can do with those one thousand

words. 

It is my opinion that every Toastmaster speech, including
your icebreaker, should be converted into an article you
can publish online.  That can be done easily (and free) in
three arenas.  Your blog.  In article directories.  And
on Facebook, plus a verity of other places.

The catch!  Most online articles and posts are 300 to 600 words in  length.  The simple answer is,

“each one of your speeches can be structured into two 500 plus word articles.”  (“Or three 300 plus

word articles.”)

Problem solved!

Maybe, but let’s look a little deeper.  If so your “series” will be published in a manner that they can

be accessed and read together.  And that’s not always easy to do.

My personal answer to this dilemma is a bite different.  I like to do a summary of my seven minute

speeches in an article that is around 500 words.  (See my post titled, Three Essentials of Every

Speech.)

Don’t laugh at my math.  Two speeches will be around 14 in length.  Three speeches will be about

20 to 22 minutes long.  Stop laughing, , , because I am not!  What do I know that won’t let me laugh?

First, those two speeches of 14 minutes fits perfectly into the maximum time frame of a

YouTube movie.  And I highly recommend that you video tape and post many of your speeches

online.

Second, the three speeches of 21 minutes are ideal, if audio recorded to publish as a CD. 

Now we’re talking money.  On the right topic it could be worth from fifteen to fifty dollars.

So now, how do you like my math.  I sure am glad my second grade teacher taught me my “sevens”

in multiplications.

This line of thinking is what has brought me to the idea that we all should be speaking on a particular

theme in our Toastmaster speeches.

Back to the 14 or 15 minute thing.  If you have a fifteen minute audio on your topic of passion,

it can be transcribed into text, , , and you have a chapter for your first book.

Add a dozen more such 15 minute audios (transcribed into text) and you have just written a

140 page book.  Thousands of speakers don’t understand this simple fact (and math).

Very soon, I’m going to do a small workshop called, How to Get Your Book Out of Your Head

and into Your Computer in 3 Hours or Less.  I’ll do the whole program in a single evening (2 to

3 hours).  If you’d like to attend, it’s free, , , and yes, I’ve already done it! 

Just stop me and ask me when!  Or, email me at waynekronz@gmail.com.  And, stay tuned if you

like for me to continue these nice little “math lessons.”

Sincerely,

Wayne