Crafting Excellent Speeches

What’s the number one challenge in producing a speech… writing it!

When you’ve got to deliver a speech, there’s nothing worse than staring at a blank sheet of paper asking yourself “What should I say?” But the problem is you’re asking yourself the wrong question.

How do you find the best questions to ask yourself?

Attend Bob Ferguson’s workshop and learn how to Craft Excellent Speeches.

In this session Bob will explain his methods and the thought process behind them so that you’ll be able to create great speeches, every time.
In this session you’ll learn how to:

• Ask the right questions to overcome writer’s block anytime.
• Come up with the inspiration for new speech subjects.
• Structure your speech so it’s easy to write, deliver and for the audience to understand.
• Keep the audience engaged and attentive right the way through.
• Prepare for long notice speeches or short notice speeches with equal ease.
• Develop the mindset of a creative writer.
• Develop and use stories for maximum effect.

As with all Bob’s sessions the talk will be accompanied by a comprehensive set of notes.

To ensure the best delivery experience this session will be in-person only held at :

Birchwood Leisure Centre, Longmead, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 0AN

Come prepared with a subject to write a speech on!

PLEASE NOTE
THIS IS AN ‘IN-PERSON’ EVENT ONLY - No Zoom
Please Register for your ticket - Limited to 40 people
https://forms.gle/9QtaSYZhg35fjkHP6

Hertfordshire Speakers Members & Guests - Free
Visitors £2

Please contact our Club President Bryan Chipchase for further
information on 07775 652652.

About Bob Ferguson:
Bob has been in Toastmasters for 28 years and has learnt a huge amount from both the Toastmasters educational system and competing in the speech championships.

He has worked through all roles up to Division Director and achieved DTM. His competition efforts led to even more leaning. He achieved District Champion in the International, Evaluation and Humorous speech contests. The International contest gave him the honour of representing the UK and Ireland in the semi-finals of the World Public Speaking Championships in America.

But Bob has also developed his speaking skills outside Toastmasters. Many of the lessons Bob leant came from working for 3 months with the 1999 world Champion of Public Speaking, Criag Valentine. His 3 months with Craig led to his achievement of World Class Speaker Coach status which he uses to coach professionals in the business world.

Bob brings this unique combined perspective of Toastmasters, personal development and business speaking to every session he delivers.