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"Comedy Writing Secrets" by Shatz and Helitzer is a book that is helpful to explain how comedy works in general. Once you've read it you will see how all humor follows the principles described in the book (Examples .... surprise, making you feel uncomfortable and then suddenly releasing you from your discomfort, making you feel superior to someone else).

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The book also has a chapter on humor in speeches, but if I remember correctly its real value is explaining how comedy works.

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/1599639610

Congratulations!

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There are a lot of resources on being a great President.

Here's one:

https://www.slideshare.net/KevinSnyderEdD/how-to-be-a-toastmasters-club-president

Until you find a club near you, stop by one of our online meetings. With our meeting location closed, we also went virtual. We're focusing on teaching our members new tech-driven communication skills as most are working from home + we have a whole lot of fun.

Friday April 17, 12:00 – 1:00pm EDST (best to check in 5 minutes early)

Deerwood Toastmasters ZOOM meeting room: https://zoom.us/j/626890559

You're welcome to visit us in Jacksonville, Florida anytime. Today, we had another great "online" meeting...15 members and 18 guests from around the world. Toastmasters from the following locations participated with us:

• Dalian, China (2)
• Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
• Califon, New Jersey
• Pearl River, New York
• Tychy, Poland

Friday April 17, 12:00 – 1:00pm EDST (best to check in 5 minutes early)

Deerwood ZOOM meeting room: https://zoom.us/j/626890559

I would have liked to join your club, but agree that was too short of notice. Also, I suggest you provide the specific meeting time and time zone.

You are welcome to join the next Deerwood Toastmasters meeting (Jacksonville, Florida) on-line: Friday April 3rd, 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm EDST.

The ZOOM link is: https://zoom.us/j/626890559

There's a very nice timer app on Android called Timer4TM. I'm not sure if it is available for iOS.

No crazy permissions required and very easy to use.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.validconcept.Timer4TM

As someone who works at Tedx as well as a Toastmaster, I highly recommend you get TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking

On Writing Well isn't about public speaking, but I always recommend it to people like you, who are fine on delivery but struggling with content and organization.

I write professionally, and review it regularly when I feel like I'm not hitting the quality I want.

On Writing Well isn't about public speaking, but I always recommend it to people like you, who are fine on delivery but struggling with content and organization.

I write professionally, and review it regularly when I feel like I'm not hitting the quality I want.

^ This, and this book could help: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00B559LEU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It's a fantastic collection of anecdotes from popular, successful business leaders across different industries. They're all sorted by theme/key message and I've found to be a helpful reference point for persuasive speaking.

Specifically, I use Toastmaster Timer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vivek.toastmastertimer which works nicely particularly in terms of toggling the full display to the green/yellow/red as desired. It works fine for non-Toastmasters events as you can set the timer to whatever custom times you want.