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POWER Speaking

 This week at my Rail Talkers Toastmasters club I will present a speech called "POWER Speaking."  The speech covers a collection of tips for giving powerful presentations with the tip categories forming the acronym "POWER": P - Pick a topic O - Organize your speech W - Word choice E - Emotion R - Rehearsal and review What makes me especially excited about this speech is its versatility.  The speech consists of the tips, then a demo presentation, then discussion with the audience.  Within this format, I can adjust the speech for the given audience by giving different examples or a completely different "demo" presentation. For example, a fellow Toastmaster and I first gave this presentation at a conference for the National Association of Railroad Business Women.  When it came to "Pick a topic," I talked about being asked to speak at the conference and how that led to the topic of "POWER Speaking."  When I give the speech at my Rail Talker...