Welcome to Speech Planning! This is a blog about planning effective speeches, with the occasional mention of other forms of communication and leadership, all shared from personal experience.

  • Mastering the Toast

    It doesn’t take much to organize the toast effectively so that you will be able to deliver it like a pro! Here’s some ‘mastering the toast’ insight and suggestions to help you get started.

  • Planning Different Types of Speeches

    Speeches, and speech planning, can come in a variety of forms. Let’s take a quick look at a few different types of speeches.

  • Timing is Everything

    You can start planning the various elements of your speech – who your audience is, what the purpose of the speech is, the topic, the key take-away message, etc. – but before you get too wrapped up in drafting the actual script or outline, first determine how long your presentation is going to be! Is…

  • Every Speech Must Have a Reason

    If you want to win the attention of your audience and keep them captivated from beginning to end, your speech or presentation must be carefully crafted with a clearly defined purpose or reason firmly in mind. Without a crystal-clear focus to guide you through the planning stage, your speech risks becoming a murky mish-mash of…

  • Speech Planning: In the Beginning

    Much of what I know about speech planning comes from my experience with the Athabasca Landing Toastmasters Club (ALTC). ALTC is a chartered club with Toastmasters International. When I joined ALTC, more than 26 years ago, I joined with a purpose: I had a story to tell and I wanted to get some training and…

  • Intro to Speech Planning

    Speech planning is quite simple … once you know the basics. Of course, it helps if you come to the table prepared with a topic you feel motivated to present to others! Hello! I am Gerry T. Bulmer. Depending on how we are connected, you might know me as “Gerry T”, or simply “GT”. You…

  • Hello Friends and Fans!

    Welcome to my blog site, Speech Planning! I am Gerry T. Bulmer. If you want to know more about me and my primary purpose for launching this blog, please check out my “About the Blogger” message. In reality, my purpose for starting this blog is multi-layered: So, please feel welcome to browse around the pages…

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