Here is my second attempt at a funny 2-minute story. I am aiming at a 1-minute story, but this one got it down from a 7-minute story to a short 2 minutes. Shorter stories are funnier. You lose your audience with long stories. Framework. Intro- Situate the listener: When, What, who and where the story takes place., Body: conflict, conclusion: Next time this happens to you, remember...

This is a story about fight or flight and good intentions, which I wrote using a framework. Introduction: I situated the listener: time, place, conflict, and concluded it with a transition .. Next time... remember... At Toastmasters, it was a 2minute story.. tried to cut it down to a minute. I am trying to come up with short 1-2 minute stories. This is the first.

I had the pleasure of taking Marone's Workshop at Concordia Toastmasters in Montreal. He is a very talented and generous teacher. This is the speech that I did in front of the class. During the workshop, we got transcriptions of what we said word by word. I rewrote my transcript, figured out the grammatical mistakes, and then, as soon as I hit play, I didn't read my script. I started talking about what I learned. I am sure I made new mistakes. That is part of the journey.

I finished the last day of the challenge. Yoohoo!

These last few days I think about how to structure my little speeches here. ;-) I’m having so much fun, and I’m really motivated by all the benefits Marouane offers when you complete the 7-day challenge. It’s a great platform to practice and improve.