Toastmasters Speech Competitions Is Not The Best Way To Measure Your Speaking Success

A couple of days ago, I raved about having a female winner for the International Speech Contest held by Toastmasters International. This competition is akin to the Olympics of public speaking. Anyhow, one of the readers (Simon from UK) commented that “a Toastmasters competition is not the best way to measure skills as a public speaker…” and he sees “competitions as a bit too artificial to give a decent idea”. If you are curious about why he thinks that way, check out his blog.

Nonetheless, our conversation triggered a question - Can a winning speech be considered an excellent speech?

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