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Transformational Pathways - Episode 26 - Speechwriting For Self-Discovery with Angelika Kerzakova

Episode 26 - Speechwriting For Self-Discovery with Angelika Kerzakova

01/06/22 • 42 min

Transformational Pathways

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Podcasts as a way for self-discovery
  • Growing up in Russia and the concept of conformity
  • Learning English and moving to the United States
  • Joining Toastmasters and loving the sense of community
  • Self-improvement and the Toastmaster process
  • Leadership, acknowledging mistakes, and vulnerability

QUOTES

Angelika: “For me, every speech, every topic that I've presented at Toastmasters is a way to relive your experiences, and to kind of underline, okay, what did I learn from them and how did that influence me as a person.”

Scott: “The speech making process that's embedded into the Toastmasters educational curriculum, is a way to examine, reframe and process the events in our lives if we choose to make it so.”

Angelika: “Your club, you become like a family because you bring some topics that are very vulnerable sometimes. And being that transparent with these little parts of yourself, that gives you that sense of closeness and community.”

Angelika: “Being that open about your weak spots, that's the difficult part. But then you receive the support of the person, even of an evaluator saying, I understand, I've been through that, I know what that feels like, I got you. That gives you strength.”

Find out more about Toastmasters, visit https://toastmasters46.org/ and follow District 46 on:

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HIGHLIGHTS

  • Podcasts as a way for self-discovery
  • Growing up in Russia and the concept of conformity
  • Learning English and moving to the United States
  • Joining Toastmasters and loving the sense of community
  • Self-improvement and the Toastmaster process
  • Leadership, acknowledging mistakes, and vulnerability

QUOTES

Angelika: “For me, every speech, every topic that I've presented at Toastmasters is a way to relive your experiences, and to kind of underline, okay, what did I learn from them and how did that influence me as a person.”

Scott: “The speech making process that's embedded into the Toastmasters educational curriculum, is a way to examine, reframe and process the events in our lives if we choose to make it so.”

Angelika: “Your club, you become like a family because you bring some topics that are very vulnerable sometimes. And being that transparent with these little parts of yourself, that gives you that sense of closeness and community.”

Angelika: “Being that open about your weak spots, that's the difficult part. But then you receive the support of the person, even of an evaluator saying, I understand, I've been through that, I know what that feels like, I got you. That gives you strength.”

Find out more about Toastmasters, visit https://toastmasters46.org/ and follow District 46 on:

Please rate, review and subscribe!

Toastmasters - where leaders are made.

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undefined - Episode 25 - Leaving Your Ego For Effective Communication with Marc Williams

Episode 25 - Leaving Your Ego For Effective Communication with Marc Williams

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Formative years: From journalism to teaching
  • Learning about and joining Toastmasters
  • There's always someone better than you
  • What makes a story good?
  • Leave your ego at the door
  • Join Toastmasters to improve yourself
  • Embrace your verbs

QUOTES

Marc: "If you don't wanna make it yourself, you don't really want it."

Marc: "I would say that anybody, I don't care what level you're at, there is somebody you can meet, somebody you can speak to, somebody you can come across, who will just teach you things that you did not know."

Marc: "If I'm a great speaker, if I'm a good speaker, if I'm a compelling speaker, if I'm a helpful speaker, if I'm a transformation speaker, it's only because I've come across people who have helped me, transformed me, taught me."

Marc: "Just pick one thing that you would like to be able to do better, one thing that would make you feel a little bit better about yourself and just focus on that. You don't have to be the next Tony Robbins, you just have to be the next version of you who's gonna tell that next story that you just heard or experienced or lived through."

Marc: "The secret to being an effective educator is understanding that even if you are on the front of the room, whether you are on the stage or the guy by the side, that it's always about the students in the classroom. That is why as educators we always have to throw the ego out the door."

Marc: "Sometimes, performance is a dirty word in public speaking. I say let's stop separating all these things and merge them together. Public speaking, performing, visual, verbal, we gotta put it all together."

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Find out more about Toastmasters, visit https://toastmasters46.org/ and follow District 46 on:

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Toastmasters - where leaders are made.

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undefined - Episode 27 - How Speaking Can Define Leadership with Somesh Chablani & Jahnavi Utukuri

Episode 27 - How Speaking Can Define Leadership with Somesh Chablani & Jahnavi Utukuri

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Toastmasters is a very diverse group
  • Getting welcomed with open arms
  • From New Jersey to New York club
  • The youth of today are the elders of tomorrow
  • Introducing the Youth Leadership Program
  • Shaping the future one youth at a time

QUOTES

Jahnavi: “While you're here in Toastmasters, you can make mistakes. Because in the real world, mistakes can cost you your job. Here, you can make a fool of yourself and we will be here to tell you what you're doing wrong in a friendly way.”

Somesh: “It's all about, in Toastmasters club, building connection, and then having the right conversation, and collaborating. All my learnings from the Toastmasters club and senior toastmasters and having a good mentor made me serve the community and the young people by paying it back. Because as I teach, I'm enhancing my public speaking skills.”

Somesh: “What surprised us as teachers is the discipline. They always respect each others' opinion, and more importantly, it's all about diversity, right? How do you have diverse opinions, when you are doing debates but in a healthy manner, still respecting each others' view? Sometimes it makes us adults also learn from these young people.”

Connect with Somesh and Jahnavi in the links below:

Find out more about Toastmasters, visit https://toastmasters46.org/ and follow District 46 on:

Please rate, review and subscribe!

Toastmasters - where leaders are made.

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