Write A Compelling Blog, Toastmasters Speech

Below is the outline for the speech that I gave regarding a compelling blog post. This is the Level 4 of Innovative Planning Pathway. This speech is to be 2-3 minutes long, so there are not many talking points for this speech.

Introduction

Originally, Kenny started blogging on Blogger in 2010 after seeing a presentation that every person in tech should have a blog. Having a blog has allowed Kenny to have a greater online presence in addition to having a online repository for tech resources for others in the community.

Background

• blogging over 10 years
• has been on different hosts

Technology

• website is static website
• no database, difficult to hack
• easy to maintain
• automatically backed up as source is in version control

Content

• use as central repository of information for life and career
• code snippets and lessons learned
• resources for other people that are wanting to get into tech
• links to and from my social media
• no comments, less maintenance and no spammers
• more popular on TikTok, more views
• ad revenue from views

Evaluation

• seemed knowledgable of the topic
• value point that the listener could learn from the blog
• useful hand gestures and body language
• add intro or opening statement to the speech instead of jumping right into the topic
• can improve the speech closing by mentioning future plans or goals