Prosperous Project Management: What do Backhoes, World Peace and Customer Service have in common?

Prosperous Project Management

Tips, techniques and pragmatic strategies for excellent Project Managers, Toastmasters and high personal achievers. Wayne Botha is a rare Project Manager, with passion for achieving results through Project Management, while improving inter-personal relationships, and developing Project Managers in the process. Wayne is a faculty member at Toastmsters Leadership Institute and Axia college of University of Phoenix.

Monday, September 10, 2007

What do Backhoes, World Peace and Customer Service have in common?

I have just returned from the Fall 2007 contest at Bloomfield Toastmasters Club - #4745. We held the Table Topics and Humorous speech contests. Contestants spoke about Customer Service (or lack thereof), World Peace and wishing for a backhoe. A backhoe? You needed to have been there to see the gestures of our female winner operating a backhoe to landscape her garden.

This contest season is the best one so far in my Toastmasters Career, because it is my privilege to serve as Area B2 Governor in District 53 this year.

As you read this snippet, think - which is your best contest season, and why? Oh wait, this is a great question for the Table Topics speech at the next level :)

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Name: Wayne Botha

Location: South Windsor, Connecticut, United States

Wayne Botha is one of those rare people who can say he is a project manager, author and speaker and mean it. He is a past Area Governor for Toastmasters International and an enthusiastic Toastmaster. Wayne is a faculty member of Toastmasters Leadership Institute and has trained audiences in South Africa, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia and the USA. With an MBA in eCommerce, and a PMP certification, Wayne is sought out to speak at Toastmasters and Project Management conferences. Wayne's colleagues and friends often tease him about his South African accent.