Practising Speeches Every Day Before Contest

After Barclays Bank toastmasters club held their contest, members told me that the speech contestants had gathered together in a room every day for at least two weeks before the contest. They each rehearsed their speech in front of all the others and got feedback from everybody. If they had time left over, they tried practising table topics (impromptu speeches).

Occasionally the numbers dropped if one or two or several of the speech contest contestants was away on business. But they all had lots of practise. That is one of the advantages of an in-house club, or one in an area where several people work near each other.

Angela Lansbury, speaker and author.