Matt McCormick

Interesting Things in Japan

July 31, 2011 ·0

Thank you Mr. Toastmaster. Good evening everyone. It’s been three months since I came to Japan now and I was thinking this week about my time here so far. Before I came to Japan in my city in Victoria there are many Japanese students that go to Victoria to study English or to study at [...]

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Why I Don’t Have a Girlfriend

October 31, 2010 ·0

This is a speech I wrote for the Toastmasters Humourous Speech contest. Unfortunately, I didn’t have it completed in time for the contest so I delivered it a couple weeks later. There were some jokes that didn’t come off as funny as I didn’t deliver them well. I think this is a speech I could [...]

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Things You Didn’t Know About Victoria

August 11, 2010 ·0

This is my 7th Toastmasters speech from the Competent Communicator’s manual. Thank you Madame Toastmaster, fellow Toastmasters and welcome guest. Do you know what I like about Europeans? They know their history. Just look at Graham here. Graham can probably tell you everything about British history – all the relevant and irrelevant facts dating back [...]

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High Performance the Lazy Way

May 24, 2010 ·1

This is my 5th Toastmasters speech. Re-watching it now, I was quite disappointed with it. I wasn’t prepared enough and it did not come off as smooth as it could have been. I also need to work on my vocal variety more. Luckily, that is the purpose of my next speech. Please evaluate this speech [...]

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The Dirty Secret of Work

April 11, 2010 ·2

This is my 4th Toastmasters speech. Please evaluate this Toastmasters speech at Soapbox Guru. Good evening Mr. Toastmaster, fellow Toastmasters and welcome guests. How many people here work full-time – about 40 hours a week or so? Unfortunately, I have some bad news for you. You’re working too much. What if I told you it [...]