Today I was able to launch my first book entitled “Raise Your Glasses Please” - How to deliver a short speech or toast and enjoy doing it! As a result of mentoring people at our local speakers club and coaching people on how to gain more confidence, I wrote a book called “Banish Your Butterflies.” This book was a little similar to another book by the same publisher so they asked if I would write a book on how to deliver short speeches and give toasts. The research was fasinating and I met up with a wide variety of people who gave me tips and hints on how they had crafted their speeches for various occasions. I was pleased to see that a lot of people wanted to know about the toasts quotes & proverbs I was including in the book. It is always useful to use something particularly appropriate or personal when making a short speech.

Did you know that toasting has a very interesting history? I didn’t. Have you heard the reasons for a bride wearing a veil or why we throw rice or confetti at weddings? Have you ever seen or heard a female Toastmaster, do you know what she does? All this and more I discovered when researching this book, it was so interesting. I also discovered that toasting happens all over the world and that there are a wide variety of customs associated with toasting, some of them are included in the book.

Perhaps you have a system for planning and delivering a short speech and inserting a suitable phrase or quote to give it spice. If not have a look at “Raise you Glasses Please” - you may find just what you were looking for! www.amazon.co.uk

Now I have been asked to write another book on public speaking so watch this space. Any tips and hints gratefully received - have you given a good speech in the past at a particular business event or special occasion? Let me know, and if you agree you may see it in print with your name attached.