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I received mentoring support from previous world champions such as Darren LaCroix. [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
Public speaking is a passion with me. I am a member of Toastmaster's International.
Q) How did you go about preparing for the world championship?
Recently I had a chance to listen to some of his speeches and meet him in person at a District conference.
But the remaining 10% was extremely valuable.
I worked with Mary Mallowney who is a tremenduously talented writer. Writing is my strength and I wish to improve it.
In 2007 the world championship of public speaking was won by Vikas Jhingran. He is of Indian descent like me and a role model and inspiration to me.
He repeated the speeches he made at the District and Regional level. The final award winning speech was screened.
Know yourself - was a key theme he stressed throughout his presentation.
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He shared some world championship secrets with us much to our privilege.
Vikas used the lessons he learned from turning around his academic career from an average student to an A lister who got into the MIT in creating a system that continues to serve him well in academia.
In between and before the speeches he talked briefly about how he utilized his unique background to his immense advantage. For e.g. he fully exploited his Indian heritage by using speech topics that his rivals would not have had the opportunity to live and retell [link widoczny dla zalogowanych],thereby ensuring he stood out. All the three speeches in the world championship contest featured incidents from his life experiences in India.
He is a celebrity and it was no surprise to see him literally mobbed.
I watched the sppeches of all the participants in world championship finals over the past 10 years.
His message to every one in the room was this. Reflect on what makes you unique [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], value your differences and exploit them to your advantage. Be yourself. Do not simply copy other person's style.
I also worked with Dave Saf
In his speaking engagements he does not listen to the two speeches made immediately before his. He also goes into a contest never focussing on the win.
Vikas) It was not immediately apparent that I had a passion for it. I was working as a junior engineer and on one occasion badly wanted to make a client presentation. I was told I could not as I did not have good presentation skills. I enrolled in Toastmaster's and discovered within a few months that my self confidence and self image had grown a lot. In conversations with my colleagues I created more favorable impressions.
Vikas) Mentoring is very important. You cannot go it alone.
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Q) How did you discover your passion for public speaking?
I had my own style and picked and choose only those strategies that helped fine tune my style. In all I would say I discarded 90% of what the experts had to say.
After he made many mistakes and attempted to copy other speakers' styles in his initial stint with Toastmaster's he replicated the model that he had used in academia in his speeches with tremenduous success.
I was bowled over by it. Not only is he an entertaining speaker with a great message but as was evident he is also the message.
It is important to keep in mind that I did not blindly copy their styles.
Still I was able to get a few minutes to interview him.
Seeing tangible benefits in Toastmasters motivated me to continue participating in Toastmasters. It lead to a virtuous cycle of self improvement.
I also choose mentors who possessed qualities that I admired and which I wanted to emulate directly.
The model is this. He found out that the reason he fared poorly in exams was that he was not cut out for all night cramming the day before the exam like others in his circle were. He discovered his strengths and weaknesses and used it to his advantage.
How often does one get a chance to meet and converse with a world champion and for free at that.
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