Toast of the Wild East

#29 - John Zimmer Pt.2 | First steps of a future Pro Speaker | Extroverts vs Introverts | Improve with Improv

Episode Summary

From law to Toastmasters and speaking professionally: With John Zimmer we speak about his journey to becoming a successful professional speaker, the way he creates, and the role of the audience in prep... Part 2 of one of the most insightful interviews published in the Toast of the Wild East so far!

Episode Notes

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)
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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