John provides insight into the history of public speaking, including the role of Aristotle's seminal work, Ars Rhetorica. John also shares his personal story of a lifetime of disappointment with his own spoken communication skills. His study of rhetoric combined with the skills he learned at Toastmasters made him not just a better communicator, but a better person. Today's conversation will not only inspire you, it might even remind you why you fell in love with Toastmasters in the first place!John Bowe has contributed to The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, GQ, McSweeney’s, This American Life, and many others. He is the co-editor of Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs (Crown, 1999); editor of Us: Americans Talk About Love (Faber USA, 2010), and author of Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy (Random House, 2007). He currently lives in New York City and can reached at JohnFBowe.com.You can read John's article in the August 2020 issue of the Toastmaster: https://www.toastmasters.org/magazine/magazine-issues/2020/aug/i-have-something-to-sayWatch John's educational presentation at the Toastmasters International 2020 Virtual Convention: https://youtu.be/tO71ErH_wLMYou can also get John's book at the Toastmasters on-line store: https://www.toastmasters.org/shop/education/books/B80--I-Have-Something-to-Say

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