On June 8, 2023, I presented online to District 21 Toastmasters. The audience was comprised of Toastmasters members from southern British Columbia and Victoria Island. Later I watched the video recording of the one-hour session. I will provide a link to the video below.
Each of us
can learn from watching recorded performances. In reviewing my performance
before this audience, I am pleased with my conversational approach and my management
of timing and the material. This was scheduled as a 40-minute presentation with
15 minutes of Q&A. The event started
at 7:00 p.m. Pacific and 11:00 p.m. my time.
As I rewatch the video, I can hear tiredness and less precision in my
voice. Approaching midnight is not my best time of day, so I need to be sure to
be well-rested before similar events.
The material
covered included the practicality of the Hersey-Blanchard Situational
Leadership model of delegation and the leadership lessons contained in this amazing
article on leadership from Zenger-Folkman in Harvard Business Review https://hbr.org/2012/12/why-do-we-wait-so-long-to-trai.
Also, I spent
some time calling attention to a McKinsey paper on the future world of work and
the skills citizens will need to prosper.
This material helps make an audience of Toastmasters better aware of the
valuable, transferable skills we require them to exercise during their weekly
meetings. The McKinsey material is available here https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-sector/our-insights/defining-the-skills-citizens-will-need-in-the-future-world-of-work
Should you
wish to view the one-hour presentation please visit this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df3Jj_uICj4
This was an
enjoyable virtual visit with this audience in British Columbia, and based on
comments received the audience did receive value. I’ve only in-person visited
Vancouver in the province of British Columbia, although I hope to explore the
province more fully someday.
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