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The presentations listed below represent what I have already presented to various audiences. They cover Motivational, Humorous, and Informational topics. They are available to be given on short notice.
I am always looking to add topics and speeches to my "repertoire". Let me know if your group has a specific topic in mind. If your topic matches my knowledge I can create a professional-quality presentation for you. Of course I will need sufficient lead time to prepare a quality presentation.
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Motivational and Inspirational
| "Ripples of Life" | |
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We often go through our lives unaware of how we affect those around us. Our actions create ripples which spread out around us, affecting our family, friends, and even strangers. Listen as David uses personal stories to illustrate how our "ripples of life" can have a positive, maybe even profound, affect on those around us. |
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| "The Lighthouse" | |
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Why do some people spend most of their life having to recover after they've ended up "on the rocks?" See how each one of us has an internal lighthouse that can help us make the right decisions so we avoid those nasty "rocks." |
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[9 - 10 minutes] |
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Humorous Speeches and Tall Tales
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"My Summer Vacation", or "Amazon Love Slave?" |
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"Test flying an advanced fighter over the mountainous jungles of South America, I heard a loud "boom" and my aircraft began to shake, rattle, and roll ..." (Toastmasters International™ District 25 Tall Tale Winner, 1996) |
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"My Summer Vacation, Part 2", or "The Great Panhandle (of Texas) Flood" |
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"Thunder rolled across the Panhandle, the Heavens unleashed their torrents. It was a typical spring shower in the Panhandle when Laddie (no, not Lassie - copyright issues you know) came running up to me, barking. What is it girl, did Tommy fall down the well again?..." (Toastmasters International™ District 25 Tall Tale Winner, 1997) |
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"Wooly Mammoth Theory", or "Why Men don't Shop" |
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Why are men and women so different? Forget that "Men are from Mars, women are from Venus" stuff. All of our differences are a result of our ancestors (no, not our parents, though they are pretty much to blame for everything bad that has ever happened to me). See why Wooly Mammoths are responsible for the non-physical differences between men and women (and why men don't like to shop, or have multi-syllable sentences, or put down the remote). |
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| "The HandyMan" | |
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[Sung to the tune of "The Candy Man" from "Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory". With apologies to Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley]
(Finalist at the District 25 Humorous Speech Contest) |
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| "The Camping Story" or "The Truth about the King" | |
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A peaceful camping trip is interrupted by the appearance of aliens. Will our hero escape? Will he be probed? What amazing secret does he discover on the aliens' ship? You'll just have to find out!! |
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| "Dust Bowl Days Revisited" | |
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The small town of Phillips, Texas, was a great place to grow up. But there was one drawback to living in the Texas Panhandle - the constant wind and the dust storms that rivaled those of the 1930s "Dust Bowl Days". Listen as David reminisces about growing up in the windy and dusty Texas Panhandle (of course, his memory isn't quite what it used to be). |
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Informative Speeches and Workshops
| "Keller Community Storehouse" | |
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Learn about the beginnings of the Storehouse and how it has grown to serve the needs of the economically disadvantages and others in crisis. |
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[10 minutes, plus A Question & Answer period] |
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"Speaking on Short Notice" |
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Have you been asked to say a few words or to make a presentation with little notice? Learn some techniques to help prepare for "unprepared speaking". Presented at District 25 Training. |
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| "The Tall Tale" | |
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What is a tall tale (think of Paul Bunyon, Pecos Bill, Slappy Hooper - Slappy Hooper? Yes, Slappy Hooper)? What are the elements of a tall tale? Understand the difference between a humorous speech and a tall tale. Presented at District 25 2007 Spring Conference. |
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| "Adding Humor to your Presentations" | |
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Ever wondered how to add humor to a presentation or speech? Presented at District 25 2002 Fall Conference. |
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"Bullying in the Workplace" |
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We've heard of school bullying, but did you know that bullying also occurs in the workplace? Learn what workplace bullying is, how it occurs, what is being done about it, and how it might affect you or your workplace. |
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| "Real Men Grill" | ||
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Why does a man, who can't boil water for an egg and doesn't want to learn, take every opportunity to grill... |
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| "Zen of Biking" or "Wouldn't you like to be a biker too?" | ||
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Has to do with the peddling kind, not the Harley Davidson kind. |
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| "How to write a speech" | ||
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Ever needed to write a speech but didn't know how to start? Ever wondered how one puts together an effective speech. |
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| "How to have Effective Meetings" | ||
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How do you determine if you need a meeting? If you do need a meeting, what steps do you follow to ensure that it is effective and not a waste of time? |
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Updated: June 17, 2007
