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	<description>Resource for Speech and Leadership Development. This is an educational podcast and blog with info for public speaking, leadership and personal development. Tips Tricks Interviews and Insight into becoming a better speaker, presenter and leader</description>
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		<title>Show #027 &#8211; Triple DTM &#8211; Forever Learning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DTM This year &#8211; 2011 -2012 is the inaugural year following the major Rebranding of International, where Leadership has taken focus. Several of our local Division leaders have taken the lead and successfully held noteable events, focusing on members achieving their own DTM designation. Once such was &#8220;Destination DTM&#8221; spearheaded by our Division J Governor, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.TDKtalks.com/2011/12/18/show-027-triple-dtm-forever-learning/</link>
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		<title>Show #026 &#8211; INNERpreneur Spotlight &#8211; Africa Bike Project &#8211; An Interview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Being an INNERpreneur sometimes means conceiving, driving and managing a project, from the ground up. From a relaxing evening read of a monthly newspaper, I read about 2 young ladies, local to me, who are behind this project, the Africa Bike Project. They met, for the first time in 2009, while on a flight to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.TDKtalks.com/2011/12/02/show-026-innerpreneur-spotlight-africa-bike-project-an-interview/</link>
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		<title>FREE Resource For Your FTH2.0 Club Website</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Add a link to my TDKtalks podcast series from your FTH2.0 Club Website sidebar menu. By Feb/2012 all club websites using the old freetoasthost.org domain will stop working. Those club websites on the xxx.freetoasthost.xxx will simply cease to exist on the internet. There is NO migration path. Clubs must re-apply for a NEW YourClubName.toastmastersclubs.org domain [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.TDKtalks.com/2011/11/28/link-to-tdktalkstm-from-your-fth2-0-club-website/</link>
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		<title>Leader Notes &#8211; Perspectives on Leadership</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“ To be a good leader, one also has to be an exceptional follower ” What?     Why?     How ? Many of us within Toastmasters are capable of being top-notch leaders, but not everyone can sit in such delegated spotlight during a specific period. Take our 7 club executives found in every Toastmaster Club – [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.TDKtalks.com/2011/10/29/leader-notes/</link>
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		<title>Show #025 &#8211; INNERpreneur Spotlight &#8211; No Ordinary Journey &#8211; An Interview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not often that I meet a Toastmaster Who is Doing Amazing Things with their speaking and leadership abilities. But last year, as Area Governor D42-J46, I visited Literally Speaking, one of my Area 46, Division J, District 42 clubs and first heard this lady present one of her manual speeches. Within moments, I realized, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.TDKtalks.com/2011/10/27/show-025-innerpreneur-spotlight-no-ordinary-journey-an-interview/</link>
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		<title>FreeToastHost Club Websites &#8211; Move to FTH 2.0</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the recent unveiling of the NEW Toastmasters International Re-brand at the August 2011 Convention in Las Vegas, club websites with the domain name of clubname.FreeToastHost.org, MUST request a new website domain of clubname.toastmastersclubs.org But don&#8217;t panic - you have till Jan/2012 &#8211; after that, your OLD club website will just disappear. Something new &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.TDKtalks.com/2011/10/18/freetoasthost-club-websites-move-to-fth-2-0/</link>
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		<title>Toastmasters International Re-Branding Explained</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was recently asked to be on the committee for our upcoming District 42 2012 Spring Convention. Naturally, I accepted. &#8212;&#8211; My role will be to lead the Communications &#38; Marketing sub-committee. Our theme ? &#8211; Well, stay tuned. ( It isn&#8217;t my role to announce that &#8230; ) But in my backgrounding process, I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.TDKtalks.com/2011/10/16/toastmasters-international-re-branding-explained/</link>
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		<title>WCPS &#8211; World Champion of Public Speaking &#8211; 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Couldn&#8217;t make it to Las Vegas for the Toastmasters International Convention and watch the World Champion of Public Speaking (WCPS)? Fear not. You can watch the 3rd, 2nd &#38; 1st place speakers on YouTube below; 3rd Place &#8211; Scott Pritchard &#8211; &#8220;Roscoe&#8217;s Words&#8221; 2nd Place &#8211; Kwong Yue Yang &#8211; &#8220;Fortune Cookie&#8221; 1st Place &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.TDKtalks.com/2011/08/30/wcps-world-champion-of-public-speaking-2011/</link>
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		<title>NEW Look of Toastmasters International</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the NEW Look of Toastmasters International Here it is &#8211; The long Awaited New Branding Image Unveiled Wed Aug 17 by Toastmasters International during their International Convention You will notice the emphasis on Leadership &#8211; &#8220;Where Leaders Are Made&#8221; For Detailed Reference Please Refer to the COMPLETE Online Branding Manual]]></description>
		<link>http://www.TDKtalks.com/2011/08/27/new-look-of-toastmasters-international/</link>
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		<title>INNERpreneurship &#8211; Is it for YOU ?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the attendees from my educational I presented &#8211; &#8221; Show #023 &#8211; Dawn of the INNERpreneur &#8221; &#8211; at our Toastmasters Spring Convention wrote &#8221; &#8230; felt that workplace was presented in a very depressing light &#8230; &#8220;. Feedback, both good &#38; bad is good. I enjoy it. Quite honestly, not all workplaces [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.TDKtalks.com/2011/07/08/innerpreneurship-is-it-for-you/</link>
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		<title>101 Questions About INNERpreneurs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What the $%&#38;*_#@ is an INNERpreneur ? And why do I upper-case the first 5 (INNER) letters? 1. Well, that is to hi-lite the main difference from ENTREpreneurs ( there he goes &#8211; again &#8211; with upper-casing the 1st 5 letters). 2. What is an INNERreneur ? YOU may already be one and not know [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.TDKtalks.com/2011/07/01/101-questions-about-innerpreneurs/</link>
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		<title>Show #024 &#8211; Dawn of the INNERpreneur &#8211; Video (Fast Load)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8211;  This video plays fast as it streams from Vimeo &#8211; The one in the post below &#8211; Show #023 &#8211; Dawn of the INNERpreneur &#8211; takes it&#8217;s time but is syndicated thru iTunes, in case you want to download thru iTunes &#8211; I couldn&#8217;t have picked a better challenge than preparing for this educational. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.TDKtalks.com/2011/05/11/show-024-dawn-of-the-innerpreneur/</link>
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		<title>Show #023 &#8211; Dawn of the INNERpreneur &#8211; The Video</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I couldn&#8217;t have picked a better challenge than preparing for this educational. I was selected to present at our Toastmasters District 42 Spring Convention on April 29 to May 1 in Regina, Saskatchewan, CANADA. I learnt so much more about INNERpreneuship along with reinforcing my belief that it&#8217;s time has come and it&#8217;s here to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.TDKtalks.com/2011/05/07/show-023-dawn-of-the-innerpreneur-the-video/</link>
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		<title>Show #022 &#8211; Passionate About Communication &#8211; Interview with Lisa B Marshall</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What are you PASSIONATE about? Everyone has a passion. One of mine is Speaking and Presenting Skills. My other one is helping others to speak, present and lead better. I also like interviewing and writing. The result is this,  my podcast series &#8211; TDKtalksTM.com Originally it was solely my High Performance Leadership Project or HPL. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.TDKtalks.com/2011/02/14/show-022-passionate-about-communication-interview-with-lisa-b-marshall/</link>
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		<title>Keywords for Online Resume Profiles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An article in our local paper Saturday morning about using the right keywords for online resume submission caught my attention. But it left me scratching my head also. A short article that makes several good points, left a void in my thoughts on the subject. Being a Toastmaster, we too focus on correct and innovative [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.TDKtalks.com/2011/01/08/keywords-for-online-resume-profiles/</link>
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		<title>What You Don&#8217;t Hear &#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What are the &#8220;Top 10 Human Resource Trends of the Decade ?&#8220; Coincidentally, we are within the last few days of not only 2010, BUT THE DECADE! So why not reflect on some mentoring topics. Here is my long standing favorite. Just because &#8220;You haven&#8217;t received any feedback on the work you are doing &#8220;, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.TDKtalks.com/2010/12/26/what-you-dont-hear/</link>
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		<title>App for Speakers &#8211; iSpeechCards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been long looking to find an app for my Apple iPod Touch that can assist me during speech deliveries. I finally discovered, downloaded and tested that app yesterday. It&#8217;s the iSpeechCards app, available on the iTunes App Store. Even though it cost $2.99, its simple features deem it worthy of FREE status. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.TDKtalks.com/2010/12/11/app-for-speakers-ispeechcards/</link>
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		<title>Show #021 &#8211; Life Coach &#8211; NLP Facilitator &#8211; Interview with Nicky Kriel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you heard of a Life Coach? Well today I interview Ms. Nicky Kriel of www.nickykriel.com. She is a life coach based in the UK and provides personal coaching using NLP which is Neurolinguistic Programming. She also writes interesting content in her blog. She has formally been offering her services on her website for 2 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.TDKtalks.com/2010/12/08/show-021-interview-with-nicky-kriel-life-coach-nlp-facilitator/</link>
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		<title>Show #020 &#8211; DCP Distinguished Club Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is the DCP Distinguished Club Program? Why follow the DCP? Will it make your TEAM leadership better? What about the Club Success Plan? In this show I explain the basics and simplicity of empowering you as a Toastmasters exec using the DCP. Achieve this by planning your year with the Distinguished Club Program. We [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.TDKtalks.com/2010/12/07/show-020-dcp-distinguished-club-program/</link>
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		<title>Show #019 &#8211; Be The Judge at Speech Contests</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this show I interview Marvin Henry, DTM,  Chief Judge for Division C of District 42. Henry has been a Toastmaster since 1995. He is past-president of the Igniters Club, VP Education of Calgary Advanced Club (CATS). Marvin has held several leadership positions in Toastmasters. October is the month for our Fall club, area, division [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.TDKtalks.com/2010/12/06/show-019-be-the-judge-at-speech-contests/</link>
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		<title>Show #018 &#8211; Are YOU an Innerpreneur? &#8211; Interview with Tara Joyce</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you an innerpreneur? Do you use or need Strategic Marketing? Can you make use of Creative Communications? In this show I interview Ms. Tara Joyce, an innerpreneur, strategic marketer, and creative communications consultant. Find her at elasticmind.ca Tara provides independent value-driven business owners with strategic marketing and creative communications support and inspiration. Not only is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.TDKtalks.com/2010/12/05/show-019-are-you-an-innerpreneur/</link>
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		<title>Show #017 &#8211; Spring Means Convention Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am joined by my special guest co-host and Competent Leadership mentor,  Christina. We open the show by discussing our activities and features we took in at our District 42 Spring Convention. So what goes on at a Spring Convention? Well, quite a bit. Every Toastmaster on the globe knows it as the face off [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.TDKtalks.com/2010/12/02/show-017-spring-means-convention-time-2/</link>
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		<title>Show #016 &#8211; A Mentor YOU Can Rely On &#8211; Interview With Ms. Dianna Booher</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having a mentor YOU can rely on; Toastmasters and non-Toastmasters alike. In todays&#8217; interview, I talk with Ms. Dianna Booher of Booher Consultants. Her website is www.booher.com Being connected with someone who is sincere about YOU achieving YOUR SUCCESS is a good start. She is someone you can trust to help srengthen your leadership skills. My [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.TDKtalks.com/2010/12/01/show-016-a-mentor-you-can-rely-on-an-interview-with-ms-dianna-booher-2/</link>
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		<title>Show #015 &#8211; To My NON-Toastmaster Listeners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This show is specifically directed to NON-Toastmasters. I explain what a Toastmaster is all about and hilite the many attributes being a Toastmaster helps to develop. One very important attribute is CONFIDENCE. Everyone can always use more confidence. LEADERSHIP is also an equally large part of the organization. Leadership is a highly sought after skillset in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.TDKtalks.com/2010/11/30/show-015-to-my-non-toastmaster-listeners/</link>
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		<title>Show #014 &#8211; TLI &#8211; What&#8217;s it to YOU !</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this show I take my &#8220;roaming mic&#8221; to our Jan/2010 Toastmasters Leadership Institute TLI. That&#8217;s where I ask attendees for their feedback on what they like and get out of the TLI. Senior members of Toastmaster clubs from all over our city are the trainers. So incoming executives get a good cross section of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.TDKtalks.com/2010/11/29/show-014-tli-whats-it-to-you/</link>
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		<title>Show #013 &#8211; When YOU are the VP Membership</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this show I share my notes from being VP Membership at my Silver Springs Toastmasters club and what I did creatively to increase membership numbers and member satisfaction. Coincidentally, it was when we had a super executive and I felt we were firing on all cylinders. We 7 executives also meshed well and nothing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.TDKtalks.com/2010/11/29/show-013-when-you-are-the-vp-membership-2/</link>
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		<title>When YOU are the VP Education VP ED</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So your leadership year has started. You are the VP Education in your club. You are second in command at your club. You will be living by the DCP Distinguished Club Program. The Club Success Plan will also be near your heart. These 2 tools will help you and your other 6 fellow execs. Here [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.TDKtalks.com/2010/11/03/when-you-are-the-vp-education-vp-ed/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;This is Broken&#8221; &#8211; Some Humor for Us</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First, to set things straight, Seth Godin beat me to it. He owns the copyright on, &#8220;This is Broken&#8221; Not exactly remembering how I came upon his latest presentation at GEL 2006, I am only grateful that I did &#8230; That&#8217;s all that matters. It doesn&#8217;t matter how we got somewhere, just that we DID [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.TDKtalks.com/2010/09/16/this-is-broken-some-humor-for-us/</link>
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		<title>Catching my &#8220;Second Wind&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Attended our District 42 Area &#38; Division Governor training this week-end. Learnt many new tid-bits, refined others &#38; met many fellow members for the first time (YOU know who you are !) . We have a comparatively large District 42, so meeting more people, face-to-face, is an achievement. (Don&#8217;t be shy &#8211; keep in touch &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.TDKtalks.com/2010/09/12/catching-my-second-wind/</link>
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		<title>Change &#8211; good or bad ?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Much has been spoken of change, and how good change is. It take good leadership, to manage change. Developing good leadership is a worthy skill. It is said and believed that we are more resistent to change solely due to the aging process. In cases it is true. But other times I think it&#8217;s not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.TDKtalks.com/2010/09/06/change-good-or-bad/</link>
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