Joseph Calpin

Joseph Calpin moved to Taiwan at the end of 2011 and has been a Toastmasters member since he walked into a TGIF Christian Toastmasters meeting in August 2014. He has taken part in a number of speech contests in English and Chinese as well as the evaluation contest. He served as president of TGIF (2016-2017) and continues to polish his speaking skills in Chinese. For him, Toastmasters is a place where you are both mentored and mentoring others.

After receiving his master’s from National Taiwan University, he began working at Studio Classroom, where he is a writer and actor. As part of his work, he has given workshops on drama and using tools to transform in stage into a special space shared by actors and the audience.

Educational Training 

Workshop Title: Bring Stories to Life

Time:  4/22 (Sun) 14:00~15:00

Venue:  Room 2B

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In and out of Toastmasters, we need to be vivid storytellers. Regardless of whether we are delivering a personal story or pitching the next great idea, simple descriptions are not enough to capture the listener’s attention. But how do we take a story that is so vivid in our minds and communicate that to our audiences?

This workshop, “Bring Stories to Life,” explores this very question. We will discuss how to make our story as vivid and engaging as the pictures in our mind’s eye. Through this workshop, we will think about and practice the various tools that make a story truly come to life on the stage.