John Zimmer (connect on LinkedIn) is a Keynote Speaker, Presentation Skills Trainer, and Public Speaking Coach.

On top of that, he is also a 9-times District Winner in Toastmasters Speech Contests, member of an Improv Troupe and blogger at mannerofspeaking.org, where he wrote more than 800 blog posts on public speaking over the past 13 years.

Topics covered in this episode (Part 2 of the interview):

• Extroverts vs. Introverts in Public Speaking
• How the Public Speaking Game Rhetoric helps people relax into giving speeches
• Different ways to practice
• How Improv helps you improve
• Writing Books
• The first steps for a future Professional Speaker

The topics we cover in the previous episode (Part 1):

• John's journey to becoming a professional speaker
• Toastmasters as a public speaking laboratory
• John's Four-Step Process for developing a speech
• Thinking about the Audience First
• Starting a blog - and sticking to writing for 13 years
• Giving a speech vs. recording a YouTube video

Links mentioned:

• Part 2 (this episode)
  • Keith Johnstone's (the father of Improv) website
  • Benefits of improv
  • Rhetoric - The Public Speaking Game
• Part 1 (previous episode - click to listen):
  • John's winning Humorous Speech from 2008 - Pay Attention
  • The public speaking fear grid

Bonus material:

John's analysis of his own District-winning humorous speech: Anatomy of a Humorous Speech

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This show is hosted by Lukas Liebich. You can connect with him on Twitter @lukasliebich or read his blog at lukasliebich.com

John Zimmer (connect on LinkedIn) is a Keynote Speaker, Presentation Skills Trainer, and Public Speaking Coach.

On top of that, he is also a 9-times District Winner in Toastmasters Speech Contests, member of an Improv Troupe and blogger at mannerofspeaking.org, where he wrote more than 800 blog posts on public speaking over the past 13 years.

The topics we cover in this episode (Part 1 of the interview):

• John's journey to becoming a professional speaker
• Toastmasters as a public speaking laboratory
• John's Four-Step Process for developing a speech
• Thinking about the Audience First
• Starting a blog - and sticking to writing for 13 years
• Giving a speech vs. recording a YouTube video

Topics you can look forward to in Part 2:

• Extroverts vs. Introverts in Public Speaking
• How the Public Speaking Game Rhetoric helps people relax into giving speeches
• Different ways to practice public speaking
• How Improv improves your public speaking
• Writing Books
• The first steps for a future Professional Speaker

Links mentioned:

• Part 1 (this episode):
  • John's winning Humorous Speech from 2008 - Pay Attention
  • The public speaking fear grid
• Part 2 (next episode)
  • Keith Johnstone's (the father of Improv) website
  • Benefits of improv
  • Rhetoric - The Public Speaking Game

Bonus material:

John's analysis of his own District-winning humorous speech: Anatomy of a Humorous Speech

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Connect with the Toast of the Wild East to suggest guests, ask questions or just to say "hi":

Twitter: @ToastWild

Facebook: @ToastWild

Instagram: @ToastWild

This show is hosted by Lukas Liebich. You can connect with him on Twitter @lukasliebich or read his blog at lukasliebich.com

Souvik Mukherjee (connect on LinkedIn) is a Distinguished Toastmaster, and business professional with experience in Operations, Strategy and Project Management.

Currently running his side-hustle as a Virtual Assistant, he met me on Twitter, where I was toying with expanding the audience for the Toast of the Wild East. As two random strangers, we connected - and the result was this interview.

In the interview, we talk about how Souvik came up with the idea, why he presents himself as a Virtual Assistant and Toastmasters helped him get started.

You will also get tips on how to get started as a Virtual Assistant yourself!

If you'd like to get in touch with Souvik, you can do so via the following channels:

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/souvikhere/
Twitter Handle: https://twitter.com/Souvik_VA
Email: souvik@theworkingdesk.org

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Connect with the Toast of the Wild East to suggest guests, ask questions or just to say "hi":

Twitter: @ToastWild

Facebook: @ToastWild

Instagram: @ToastWild

This show is hosted by Lukas Liebich. You can connect with him on Twitter @lukasliebich or read his blog at lukasliebich.com

Percy Roland (connect on LinkedIn) is a Sales Executive at Mas Property Marbella.

He is a luxury real estate specialist with a passion for communication, public speaking, debating, writing and art. Winner of various speech contests and speaking trainer and coach. Organiser of Game of Words (aka unofficial Fall Toastmasters Conference) in 2019.

A famous Toastmaster in his District (and beyond), Percy is an original speaker, a fun person to be around and a good friend.

The book Percy mentioned is "The Moon's A Balloon" by classic British Hollywood actor David Niven. Actually, if you have some time, Percy recommends you to check out his brilliant interviews on YouTube. A fantastic storyteller! 

If you would like to get more of Percy, you can check out some of his performances on YouTube. For example, here is his fabulous performance in a short teaser called "Crime and Punishment" directed by Jenny Haka.

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Connect with the Toast of the Wild East to suggest guests, ask questions or just to say "hi":

Twitter: @ToastWild

Facebook: @ToastWild

Instagram: @ToastWild

This show is hosted by Lukas Liebich. You can connect with him on Twitter @lukasliebich or read his blog at lukasliebich.com

Percy Roland (connect on LinkedIn) is a Sales Executive at Mas Property Marbella.

He is a luxury real estate specialist with a passion for communication, public speaking, debating, writing and art. Winner of various speech contests and speaking trainer and coach. Organiser of Game of Words (aka unofficial Fall Toastmasters Conference) in 2019.

A famous Toastmaster in his District (and beyond), Percy is an original speaker, a fun person to be around and a good friend.

If you would like to get more of Percy, you can check out some of his performances on YouTube. For example, here is Percy's 2021 District Contest Speech titled "You're Still Human."

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Connect with the Toast of the Wild East to suggest guests, ask questions or just to say "hi":

Twitter: @ToastWild

Facebook: @ToastWild

Instagram: @ToastWild

This show is hosted by Lukas Liebich. You can connect with him on Twitter @lukasliebich or read his blog at lukasliebich.com

Martin Svaneborg (connect on LinkedIn) is a Speaker, Actor and author of the book Trinity:The I, We and They of Communication.

His Toastmasters journey is different from most people, as his was preceded by a couple of decades of an acting career.

In this interview, we speak about authenticity, finding one's voice and how being in the center of attention, standing on the stage, can have different motivation.

We discuss in detail his book Trinity, and we also get a preview of his soon-to-be-published novel "A Moment of Faith" about Søren Kierkegaard.

Enjoy!

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Connect with the Toast of the Wild East to suggest guests, ask questions or just to say "hi":

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This show is hosted by Lukas Liebich. You can connect with him on Twitter @lukasliebich or read his blog at lukasliebich.com

Sabyasachi Sengupta (connect on LinkedIn) is a Keynote speaker on Change and Innovation, Storyteller and Pitch coach, Business Developer at ABN AMRO Bank and the Author of  the book"What's your Plan B?"

He is also an avid skier - just kidding, in fact he tried skiing last week for the first time. He had his Plan B prepared.

In this episode we talk about skiing, about Saby's book "What's Your Plan B?" and about how writing a book changed Saby as a speaker.

If you want to do more public speaking in your life, this episode is for you.

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Connect with the Toast of the Wild East to suggest guests, ask questions or just to say "hi":

Twitter: @ToastWild

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This show is hosted by Lukas Liebich. You can connect with him on Twitter @lukasliebich or read his blog at lukasliebich.com

Cécile Bastien Remy (connect on LinkedIn) is a Trainer, Speaker and Founder at SPEAK4IMPACT, a faculty teacher of Applied Communication at SBS Swiss Business School, a TEDx Speaker and a long time Toastmaster.

Her company SPEAK4IMPACT is helping her clients to better connect with their audiences.

Cécile delivered a TEDx Talk  with the title "Bounce Forward" at TEDx Politecnico di Torino in November 2019 on the topic of resilience. You can watch it here: 

If you'd like to learn more about Cécile's prep process, you can read her blog post here.

Book recommendations: 

• How to Win an Argument by Marcus Tullius Cicero
• TED Talks by Chris Anderson

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Connect with the Toast of the Wild East to suggest guests, ask questions or just to say "hi":

Twitter: @ToastWild

Facebook: @ToastWild

This show is hosted by Lukas Liebich. You can connect with him on Twitter @lukasliebich or read his blog at lukasliebich.com