Toastmaster Beth Johns

by Vicky Iozzia, DTM

One of the joys of being a veteran Toastmaster is watching new Toastmasters grow and blossom as speakers. Everyone works at their own pace; Beth Johns has shot up like a rocket!

Beth is a partner with another Toastmaster in Radiant Ridge Toastmasters in Crystal River. Together they run Performance Marketing. She has been a Toastmaster member since February, 2011.

When Beth’s church did a project before Christmas she was asked to speak before the congregation, then asked to make a video instead. Beth said it didn’t occur to her how different the use of video is than giving a speech in person.

She dealt with the differences consciously and effectively. Since the frame of the space where the taping was done was small, she had do make smaller movements in a confined space. She couldn’t use body language. Time was limited; the video was done in two takes, with the first one being used.

The video was produced by a professional photographer. Beth wrote the script. She needed to learn to use the teleprompter application on her ipad on the spot.

Beth showed the video to her family on Christmas day, and at our club Holiday party. She was told that she looked like a professional, and she said “they didn’t know that I had the ability to speak that way.” Her fellow club members are very impressed with her performance on the video.

Beth said, “I give Toastmasters the credit for giving me the confidence to do it.”

See for yourself what a great job she did: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxomFFe2cD8