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