Communication

Every year, the Toastmasters organization culminates its twelve months with an international conference where among other rituals and formalities, it picks its new President, Board of Directors, Committees and also crowns its World Champion of Public Speaking. The World Championship of Public Speaking contest began in 1938 and has grown to over 50,000 participants in 149 countries in 2022. In its early decades, it was simply referred to as the Toastmasters Speech Contest. By the 1990s, there were more than 10,000 participants every year. The contest’s popularity grew rapidly in the 2000s and the contest has been often called the …

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They say the most credible leaders are readers. Reading to me opens up my world to new insights and many “aha” moments. Besides the joy of immersing oneself in the act of reading itself, every time I read, I feel that I learn more and the more I learn, the more I have to contribute to the world around me and hopefully make it a better place than how I found it. If you are like me, then you might even wish that there was more time in the day to catch up on your reading. But what I have …

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What lessons can be learned from running marathons on all seven continents? What can taking one more step mean for you in whatever journey you are on? How do you take that next step? What’s it like running a marathon in Antarctica? In a world where we feel ever busier, Satish Shenoy advises you to take a step back, and focus on what your next step should be. Don’t get lost in the details, move forward! Listen to this episode of the Creator Community Podcast to hear from Technology Executive, 7 Continent Marathon Runner, and debut author Satish Shenoy to …

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