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days.) He immediately joined the Florence words of the speech a few times a day. He
Toastmasters club, the Tale Spinners. laughs as he recounts that 30 seconds before
Colin’s District winning speech, Skiddy— he is due to speak in a contest he goes blank.
My Hero, was based on his wonderful He can hardly remember what the speech
experiences as canoeing coach for a group is about, but when he hits the stage and gets
of Sea Cadets he coached to become National the first 10 words out, it all flows into place.
Champions. His ambition is to win the “World
While preparing for the District Contest, Championship of Public Speaking” within
one of his techniques was that as soon as he the next 106 years. He has helped other
woke in the morning he would mentally Toastmasters win at district level in both
go over the speech, and to do the same last the International and Evaluation contests.
thing at night. He loves helping others succeed. He can be
Another was to go over the first 10 reached at funnicolin@aol.com
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