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Episode #8 - Interview with Margaret Page

Tuesday, September 11th 2007 @ 4:58 AM (not yet rated) post viewed 1666 times

Margaret Page, CL joins us to explore the concept of etiquette, including how it applies to speakers. We look at her article, "A Question of Etiquette", in the August 2007 issue of the Toastmaster magazine, and discuss the historical roots of etiquette, and challenge a long-standing Toastmasters taboo: thanking the audience at the end of your speech (gasp!). We also put our guest to the test by shining the game show spotlight in her eyes, as we toss her a series of "tough call" situations a speaker may face, and pop the question: "To Apologize...Or Not to Apologize?" Does Margaret win the Grand Prize? Find out now!

Special Guarantee: If you listen to Margaret's advice, and take note of everything Bo and Ryan do wrong on this episode, you will be 95% ahead of most of the world when it comes to etiquette! So, come on down and join us for every Toastmasters favorite game show!

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Oh, and you'll also hear our new show promo, from Vikas Jhingran, 2007 World Champion of Public Speaking!

About our guest: Margaret Page, CL, is a member of Sun Shine Toastmasters in Sechelt, Canada, and is a Vancouver-based etiquette and protocol consultant. She can be reached at http://www.etiquettepage.com/. Visit her web site, and sign up for her free newsletter!

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Rich Hopkins
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RichHopkins said on Thursday, November 22nd 2007 @ 3:58 PM:

To me, the key point being made about saying thank you at the end of your speeches does NOT contradict TM tradition in the least.

You both conclude that it is NOT the close of the speech. The speaker delivers a powerful close that is clearly the close of the speech, the audience applauds, and THEN the speaker says thank you.

In reality, the speaker 'thanks' the audience by delivering value on the platform. Too often, saying thank you puts you in a weak position, because you are essentially waiting for someone to say 'you're welcome'. As a speaker, they are already saying we're welcome because we're being allowed to speak. We thank them by valuing their time and filling it with information/inspiration/entertainment, not vamping.

Margaret seems to essentially say that we should say thank you to the applause, vs. thank you for beng here. Those who feel they have to close their speech with a thank you need to A. give themselves permission not to, and B. Come up with a compelling enough close that the audience KNOWS its time to clap.

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