Jason Peck, is an award-winning English humorist, actor and comedian based in Chicago, IL. As a comedian, he performed stand-up on the London comedy circuit, worked as an improviser, wrote and performed material for Newsrevue and contributed material to The Treason Show.
Jason Peck
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Jan 15
Creating Killer Content Off the Cuff
I was at my Toastmasters club Grosvenor Speakers, this past Monday night. I was in the role of Time-Keeper. For anybody reading this blog unfamiliar with any of the support roles at Toastmasters use the previous link. I had taken on this role because I have yet to do the role and also I need …
Jan 10
After Dinner Speaking – part 1
A few weeks ago I was asked to do a speech at my local Toastmasters club’s Christmas Dinner. I had lots of humorous ideas and access to a plethora of street jokes, but I wasn’t quite clear on what an after dinner speech was. I googled the term and found the seven golden rules as …
Dec 29
Amazing Public Speaking Skill – The Hancock Manoeuvre
I re-read a great book on public speaking recently and I was reminded of a technique which was the first one I ever used! I’ll give you a brief background on the book and the technique itself before I tell you about my experience with it. The book I had read was called “Just Say …
Nov 20
Seminar Presentations
I came across a public speaking tip by Heidi Miller over at Talk It Up! blog. It works well as a sort of follow on from my last blog post. Heidi talks about seminar presentations. Here’s a quick extract from that article: Public Speaking Tip #6 “Here’s the thing. For most seminar presentations at conference, …
Oct 28
Gaining an Audiences Attention
When you do public speaking, whether you are getting paid for it or not, you have to realise that an audience’s attention span is short. I don’t mean to sound dull, but in this day-and-age with MTV-style editing on TV, thousands of channels, the internet people need to be able to flip from one piece …
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