Profound Paradigms offers workshops and keynote addresses by our President, Rick Sharon.  For more information or to book one of our workshops or seminars, please contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  When doing so, please specify which session(s) interest you:

How I earned a 135% return on investment in just 10 months!

This 60 minute seminar provides an overview of a powerful stock market forecasting technique coupled with aggressive investment vehicles, which yielded a 135% return on investment during a 10 month period from January to October 2008.

Want to double your strength?  In just a few minutes of exercise time?  How??

This 30 minute seminar provides an overview of Rick Sharon's initial experience using the "Static Contraction" strength training technique.  After switching from circuit weight training to "Static Contraction" workouts Rick was able to:

• Reduce his strength training workouts from 12-18 hours per month to 20-30 minutes per month with only 1-2 minutes per month actually spent lifting weights.
• Double his strength for several exercises in just his first 1-3 months of workouts, after spending literally just a total of 4-8 reps and a few minutes doing each type of exercise.  Case in point: he doubled his leg strength in just the first 4 weeks then doubled it again in the 6 months that followed.
• Achieve better progress in his first 3 months than he had from 10+ years of circuit weight training
• Do all of the above without the use of steroids, creatin, dietary supplements, and changes to diet.  The only variable was using a far more efficient and effective strength training paradigm.

Comedy Writing Secrets

A one hour introduction to various comedy writing fundamentals.  With the information presented in this workshop you will be able to begin creating your own humorous material.  Doing so is especially useful as a stress-busting technique and is just plain fun.

Don't Get Mad, Get Funny!

Do you sometimes feel stressed out about your job?  Are your investments causing you grief?  Are there days when life just does not cooperate?  Do you sometimes catch yourself thinking "Murphy was an Optimist!!".  What do you do about that?  Do you let your anger turn to rage?  This 20 minute keynote offers a much healthier alternative:  using humor instead of anger.  It also shares valuable resources to help you do so.

Feedback Oreos^tm

Criticism does not work.  So what's the alternative?  This 20 minute session introduces a simple yet powerful feedback technique modeled after the Oreo Cookie.  This workshop also covers best practices for implementing the Oreo method of feedback.  (Note: Oreo is a trademark of Nabisco and in no way affiliated with Profound Paradigms).

Evaluation Oreos^tm

Criticism does not work.  So what's the alternative?  This 45 minute session introduces a simple yet powerful speech evaluation technique modeled after the Oreo Cookie.  This workshop also covers best practices for implementing the Oreo method of speech evaluation.  This presentation has been a big hit at Toastmasters Leadership Institutes.  (Note: Oreo is a trademark of Nabisco and in no way affiliated with Profound Paradigms).

Help!  Our Club Only Has 8 Members Left

This two hour workshop is targeted to struggling Toastmasters clubs.  1/3 of the material deals with survival skills for small clubs.  The remaining material is a smorgasboard of best practices to create and grow a very healthy club.  Much of the material is also suitable for clubs other than Toastmasters.

Profound Paradigms: Your Future, Your Survival Depends on Them!

In three short years, the Swiss Watchmaking industry saw their share of industry profits drop from 90% to less than 10%, 77% of their workforce lost their jobs.  In just five years, an entire 24 BILLION dollar a year American Industry went out of business.

Why?  Because both failed to embrace and shift to powerful new paradigms.  Will your job or industry be next?  What are paradigms?  Why are they important? Are they really crucial to your economic survival?  What does it mean to shift a paradigm?   This 20 minute keynote will answer those questions and challenge you to use a new resource to help you find your next profound paradigm.

I'm Not Ready!

When faced with some new challenge, have you ever caught yourself thinking or saying "I'm Not Ready"?  What did you do about that?  In this 20 minute keynote address Rick Sharon shares how to deal with those feelings of not being ready, how to overcome inertia and tackle your challenges, and most importantly why you should do so.

You Are What You Think!

Do you still dare to dream about doing the impossible?  In this 20 minute keynote address, Rick Sharon introduces you to the awesome power of your own mind and it's ability to make your dreams come true.

For more information or to book one of our workshops or seminars, please contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  When doing so, please specify which session(s) interest you.

Subjects include:

• Speech Ideas
• Toastmasters Supplies
• Public Relations and Media
• Membership
• Speech and Meeting Evaluation
• Club Management and Tracking
• Planning Meetings
• Speech Contests
• Images and Logos
• Toastmasters Blogs and Wiki Pages

Speech Ideas

 

• 1000 Speech Ideas compiled by Ron Clark, DTM
• 5,200+ Speech Topics found by Deb Liptak, Keller Communicators Toastmasters
• Persuasive Speech Topic Generator found by Deb Liptak, Keller Communicators Toastmasters

Toastmasters Supplies

• Toastmasters International’s On-line Store sells:
  • Various club supplies e.g. ribbons, ballots, pins
  • Speech Manuals
  • Educational Modules and other publications from Toastmasters International
• District 25, usually operates a supply store at their Toastmasters Leadership Institutes (TLIs) and District Conferences
• Regional and International conventions usually also operate supply stores.

Public Relations and Media

• DFW Media Guide
• Publicity and Promotion Handbook from Toastmasters International (“Let The World Know”)
• Awesome Advertising Posters from District 50
  We have their permission to use these! (Rick Sharon asked them). Thank you District 50!!
  If you have any they don’t, why not send yours to them? Why not return the favor?
• Free web hosting for Toastmasters club at FreeToastHost.org
  For sample District 25 clubs using this service, check out:
  • The Keller Communicators Website
  • The FAA Toastmasters Website
• Sample Business Card Templates suitable for printing with Avery #8376 Business Card Stock
  These come in two seperate files - one for front side, one for back side
  • Area 54 Front with Club Mission Back
    used by Rick Sharon when he was Area 54 Governor
  • Keller Communicators Club front with Keller Communicators Club back
    used by Rick Sharon when he was VP of Membership
• DFW neighborhood / community websites on which you can list your clubs
  These appear to be part of a family of community oriented websites
  • Keller, TX
  • Park Glen Neighborhood (borders Fort Worth and Keller)
  • Grapevine, TX
  • Southlake, TX
  • Various other neighborhoods and communities in the DFW region
• Rick Sharon’s VP of Public Relations Class PowerPoint

Membership

• Grow Your People presentation from past Region III International Director Ralph Wallace.
  This document is suitable for presenting at “cold calls” for starting new clubs. It covers the benefits of Toastmasters from a business person’s perspective -- esp. suitable for giving to CEOs, HR or Training executives.
• Keller Communicators Guest Orientation Booklet
  This booklet was initially developed by Rick Sharon for the Solana Classic club and shared with Area 54. This version is the one used by Keller Communicators
• Samples Dues Matrix designed to be printed double sided.
  This one is used by the Keller Communicators Club. Note: your “club level” dues may differ.
  • Front shows dues by month vs whether they are a “brand new” member (includes $20 materials fee) or a reinstated or dual member (omits the $20 materials fee)
  • Back explains the dues
• Name Tents suitable for printing using Avery #5305 “Medium Tent Cards” stock. These will have name on both sides of the “tent” (the sheet is printed single sided, performations break it into two “tents”, when folded the name will appear on both sides).
• Rick Sharon’s Powerpoint presentation: “Help! We only have 8 members left!”
  This presentation deals with strategies for coping with low attendance and growing your club.
• Membership Building 101 -- Your Club’s Pattern for Success
• Club Coach’s Troubleshooting Guide
• Membership Building Ideas (a lot of them!!)
• Rick Sharon’s VP of Membership Class Powerpoint
• Lee Alviar’s Membership Building Class PowerPoint

Speech and Meeting Evaluation

• General Evaluator’s Worksheet and AH Counter’s Form courtesy of Cheryl Kensing, Speak With Success club
• Speech Evaluation Form courtesy of Adam Salim, Solana Classic Toastmasters
• GE Meeting Evaluation Checklist found by Deb Liptak, Keller Communicators Toastmasters

Club Management and Tracking

• Competent Communicator (CC) Tracking Form
  an Excel Spreadsheet courtesy of Kathy Upton, Speak with Success club.
• Advanced Communicator (AC) Tracking Form
  an Excel Spreadsheet courtesy of Kathy Upton, Speak with Success club.
• Club Success Plan Tracking Form
  an Excel Spreadsheet courtesy of Kathy Upton, Speak with Success club
• Toastmasters Education Series Tracking Form
  an Excel Spreadsheet courtesy of Kathy Upton, Speak with Success club.
  (Shows and tracks which Educational Series count towards which Toastmasters awards)
• Giving Recognition to Members -- Rick Sharon’s PowerPoint from the 12/3/2005 District Officer Training Session
• District 25 Website, a gold mine of useful information for DFW Area Toastmasters.
• Other District Websites
• Toastmasters International Website, another gold mine of useful information
• This map shows Toastmasters Districts and Regions

Planning Meetings

• Ideas for Meeting Themes
  • Meeting Themes A to Z courtesy of Cindy Warmbrodt-Breaman DTM, Keller Communicators
  • Bizarre American Holidays
  • Fun Meeting Themes
• Creative Meeting Ideas

Speech Contests

• Rick Sharon’s Contest Judge Training PowerPoint
• Rick Sharon’s Contest Chief Judge Training PowerPoint
• Sample judging forms
  (note: these are samples only for the purpose of getting familiar with form layout; purchase your contest forms from International’s on-line store!).
• Rick Sharon’s Chief Judge Planning Checklist
• Rick Sharon’s Chief Judge Briefing Outline/Script
• Rick Sharon’s Contest Chair Briefing Outline/Script

Images and Logos

From your web browser you can copy and paste these images or “save as” to download. These are for official Toastmasters use only. Before you use the Toastmasters logos, please refer to International’s policy regarding use of their trademarked images.

• Click here for Logos from International’s website
• More logos esp. from District 25:
  

The names "Toastmasters International", "Toastmasters", and the Toastmasters International emblem are trademarks protected in the United States, Canada, and other countries where Toastmasters Clubs exist. Unauthorized use is strictly prohibited.

Toastmasters Blogs and Wiki Pages

• Mastering Toastmasters blog hosted by www.ProfoundParadigms.com
• Toastmasters Wiki Page found by Deb Liptak, Keller Communicators Toastmasters

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