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On May 17, 2008, I was elected Division C Governor for the new Toastmasters District 83. From July 2008 to June 2009, I will be helping 30 Toastmasters clubs in the central New Jersey area, along with five Area Governors. My theme for the year will be “Leaders Speak”.

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I am the President and owner of Real-Life Projects, Inc.. If you enjoy the articles and speeches here, and do not have time to waste applying these ideas to your organization, you can contact me [...]

Toastmasters International has helped me over the years to become a better speaker and leader. As a way to give back to that community, I founded and am running a group on the LinkedIn business networking site for Toastmasters members. It will help them meet other Toastmasters all over [...]

Even if you already know the one about the project manager and the genie, listen to this retelling and variation on that joke.
This new item is a first for this website in two different ways. It is the first joke on the site, and it is the first attempt to deliver slides and synchronized audio [...]

Reviews nine distinct elements that make a job a “profession”. Explores the ways that project management and software engineering are and are not “professions”.

Delivered as a Toastmasters International speech #3 (Organize Your Speech) from the Communication and Leadership handbook in October 2001.