Your Story Your Glory

This is a powerful story of grit and resilience which became glorious at the World Championship of Public Speaking 2024. Meet Luisa Montalvo, a remarkable Texan woman whose competitive spirit and relentless drive turned her into a beacon of inspiration. Her journey is a testament to what it means to be a fighter, not a quitter, and her message will resonate deeply with anyone who hears it. Through...

Join us for an electrifying episode featuring JUNO Award & Canadian Screen Award-nominated singer-songwriter, speaker, and facilitator Peter Katz. Experience his soul-stirring stories and heartwarming melodies that have made an indelible mark on the music industry and beyond. An accomplished musician, Peter Katz has performed on stages worldwide alongside notable figures like Glen Hansard and...

Trust is all about ACTION! We explored No Fail Trust with Lt. Col. Jason O Harris in this episode of Your Story Your Glory. He shared wonderful stories about cultivating cultures of commitment, accountability, and trust through his military career, which has spanned over two decades. Tune into this podcast to learn from his amazing journey as he shares -how simple communication can build strong co...

Every year Toastmasters International hosts world champion of public speaking where 30000+ contestants participate from all over the world and after winning different levels, they reach finals of World Champion of Public Speaking. In 2002, Cyril Junior Dim became the youngest champion in the history of Toastmasters. Cyril is Zimbabwean by descent and was educated as a Software Engineer in Wrocław,...

Your results are directly proportionate to how smartly you convey or present your ideas or message. Who better than Patricia Fripp to teach us how to create a powerful presentation?  In this episode of "Your Story Your Glory" Patricia Fripp shares secrets and golden nuggets of creating powerful presentations to deliver your message with impact keeping your audience in mind.  She not only...

You just walk into a Toastmaster meeting thinking you will never go there again only to find out that it can change your entire life, and helps you with a purpose to make your life beautiful. Yes, Toastmaster is this powerful shares Deepak Menon, DTM, the only Indian International President, a leading light for Toastmasters in India and inspiration for toastmasters across the globe. He shared his...

This is a story of an iron-will chartered accountant who is consistently breaking all records and stereotypes.  From a small village in Kerala to Head of finance of a 35 billion USD business in Qatar,  from high cholesterol issues to finishing 90km ultra marathon with a record timing, from small trek in Kuwari pass to a historic and successful summit of Mount Everest, His story of overco...

Story of Failure defines your success!  Dr. Malleswar Yenugu is the testimony of this powerful statement. From Hyderabad to Houston, from Geophysicist to technology head , from failures to success, this man has a very interesting story of grit, courage and self -belief. Dr. Malleswar Yenugu can help you not only drill wells to find oil but also make you laugh with his comedy videos. His story...

We all are stories. Every life is a story and every story is glorious in it's own way. In the long list of our guests, we missed some important ones and this episode is dedicated to them and their stories.  Who they are? What were their best and worst moments? What inspires them? How they crafted their journey so far? But we are not going to reveal WHO are these guests!! You need to watch and...

Mark Brown, Certified Speaking Professional & 1995 World Champion of Public Speaking shares with us his nuggets of wisdom on How to tell stories in 3D?  His idea is "Don't tell stories, make your audience experience your stories.  There have to be characters, dialogues, conflict, emotions in every story you narrate.  He also shows how to use platform skills on stage and on a vir...

Craig Valentine is a master storyteller and world champion of public speaking 1999.  In this video, he shared his story of becoming a professional speaker and how he has been able to impact lives all over the world. He has shown us in this conversation that how storytelling has become his unconscious competence.  You can see him displaying the skills unconsciously while he is talking to...

In this episode, Kelly Swanson tells us how to use the power of stories in business for persuasion?  Stories elicit emotions and people connect with stories. Instead of talking about data, presenters should talk in stories to engage their audience from the beginning itself.  Kelly talks in detail about how curate and to craft your stories to impact people and persuade and influence them....

Becoming a world class speaker is a process.  In this episode, I am conversing with Dan Thurmon, President of NSA for 2018-19.  He is an author of "off balance on purpose" and that is the philosophy he lives by.  The metaphor of juggling that he use to teach is amazing integration of performance and speaking.  You can contact Dan on www.danthurmon.com.   Please feel free to contact us for coaching...

Every one has a story which is simple and sincere.  They don't have to be sensational.  In this episode we speak to Michael Davis from Speaking CPR, on how you can make your simple and sincere stories special.  Michael Davis has been coaching speakers, entrepreneurs, leaders on speaking and storytelling skills for many years.  Do share your learning from this episode in the com...

Here comes a beautiful story through a candid conversation with Verity Price - World Champion of Public Speaking 2021.  I feel every person needs to know the story behind her success. Who are the heroes because of whom she became World Champion?  What kind of hard work she has put in to reach here.  In this conversation, she shared wonderful tips and tricks for you to start your Jou...

This episode will help you to learn from Robin Roberts who apart from being a professional speaker is also an hypnotist, how she integrated her skill of hypnosis with professional speaking.  She has also shared how she has been part of Toastmasters for many years and transcend from there to a professional speaker.  

A lot of people all over the world ask this question Why Toastmasters? What is the power of Toastmasters and how it can help a common person? This talk should be able to answer all your questions. A candid conversation with Aditya Maheswaran by Deepak Sharma. Aditya was the First runner of the World Championship of Public Speaking 2015, a professional speaker, and a strategic consultant working wi...