Hi all

Just a quick update that the recent Toastmasters induction dinner was featured in the Cape Town newspapers. They also displayed a full colour photo of me and Lois. You can read the article on my other blog.

Craig

Just a quick update – Lois is being interviewed today on GHFM (Good Hope) at 12:50pm. She will be speaking on Toastmasters, communication and leadership skills.

You can listen online here.

I hope that you manage to listen.

On Monday, I entered the annual humour-hopabout contest, hosted by Table Bay Toastmasters club in Cape Town. Now, I normally am not able to compete. This is because district officers are not allowed to enter official Toastmasters contests. However, because this is an unofficial contest, I was able to enter.

The humour-hopabout contest has been running for almost 30 years in Cape Town. It is loads of fun, and a great opportunity to hear some really funny speeches.

Well, imagine my surprise when I won the contest with my speech, which examined the lighter side of mobile phones!

So, at least for the next year I am the humour champion in Cape Town!

Enjoy the speech on youtube!

Craig

I have finally completed the initial version of my e-book, Putting the POWER back into PowerPoint.

This 34 page ebook will show you how to effectively use PowerPoint to enhance your presentation. Learn how to:

• create great slides
• get away from bullet points
• effectively use graphics
• setup the venue
• use sound and video

and of course, know what to take with you when giving a presentation. You can download the 34 page ebook here. Please tell all your friends and family to download the ebook.

I would love to get some feedback, so please let me know what you think!

We all complain about people driving while speaking on their mobile phones, and about how dangerous it is. Well, I have a very simple solution.

According to Car Today, the cheapest car that you can currently by in South Africa is a Chevrolet Spark at R63240 – even a Citi Golf is R69150! Now, a branded Nokia Bluetooth car kit is about R1100 installed.

So, to prevent people from driving while using their mobile phones, why is it simply not mandatory to have Bluetooth car kits pre-installed in all new cars?

At retail costs, it will increase the cost of the cheapest car by about 1,7%. And if all new cars have the blue tooth kits installed, the volume sales should cause the cost of the kit to be a lot less.

You can even get a portable Bluetooth car kit for about R320, which is 0.5% of the cheapest car. On a car that costs R150000, it is a tiny 0.2%

So, to me it is pretty obvious – preinstall the Bluetooth kits in all new cars and improve on our road safety!

PS: Yes, I have been using a car kit for about five years!

PPS: Wikipedia have a very good article on the dangers of using a mobile phone while driving.