Spoken Gems » public speaking http://spoken-gems.com Remarkable speeches, rhetorical masterpieces, impressive monologues Mon, 21 May 2012 14:01:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Rich Hopkins: Glorious Victory http://spoken-gems.com/2008/08/21/rich-hopkins-glorious-victory/ http://spoken-gems.com/2008/08/21/rich-hopkins-glorious-victory/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:51:04 +0000 Michael http://spoken-gems.com/2008/08/21/rich-hopkins-glorious-victory/ This one is for all the Toastmasters out there.

Rich Hopkins was one of the finalists of the 2008 World Championship of Public Speaking. This is his District 15 winning speech.

Update: Unfortunately, the video is not available anymore and I couldn’t find a replacement.

More information about the finalists can be found at SixMinutes

]]> http://spoken-gems.com/2008/08/21/rich-hopkins-glorious-victory/feed/ 1 Darren LaCroix: Anyone can do this http://spoken-gems.com/2008/07/08/darren-lacroix-anyone-can-do-this/ http://spoken-gems.com/2008/07/08/darren-lacroix-anyone-can-do-this/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:12:35 +0000 Michael http://spoken-gems.com/2008/07/08/darren-lacroix-anyone-can-do-this/ Darren LaCroix was the Toastmasters International World Champion of Public Speaking in 2001. In his first lesson of "The Path to Powerful Presentations" he tells about the way he got involved with public speaking and his dream of becoming a comedian.

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