Dr. Randy J. Harvey
Toastmasters World Champion 2004
Dr. Harvey is certainly a highly educated speaker. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Oregon, where he focused on research addressing the needs of high-risk youth and drop-out prevention. In November 2006, he completed a doctor of jurisprudence emphasizing labour relations at Concord School of Law. He holds a Masters in Education, Bachelors of History, and Bachelors of Education from Eastern Oregon University. He has taught courses in education, management, labour relations, religion, conflict resolution, and contract management.
Randy's broad academic experiences and his varied life experiences as a farmer, railroad "gandy dancer", sawmill worker, teacher, administrator, labour negotiator, and college professor have provided him with an endless array of stories. His ability to bring together humour, tragedy, excitement, and enthusiasm in the telling of his wondrous stories always brings home an important message in a way that entertains and inspires audiences. His motto, "Speak from your heart and the world will listen!", comes out in every speech.
Dr. Harvey is married, and he and his wife Shelly have just seen the last of their three children away to college. They live in beautiful Sherwood, Oregon. On August 21, 2004, Dr. Harvey won Toastmasters International's prestigious "World Championship of Public Speaking".
Keynote Speaker's Workshop
Sunday, 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m
"Speaking with Your Pen" |
| Speech writing is more than throwing a few stories together with an introduction and conclusion at each end. Given the limited time to speak and the short attention span of an audience, a speaker needs to capture their attention and hold it throughout. To accomplish this, a speaker has to do much more than present words that are understandable. This training session teaches you how to manage the "mental movie" in the mind of an audience, and how to bring an audience member's mind to engage sensually and psychologically with the speaker's message. Participants will learn how to turn 800 words in a seven-minute speech into 500,000 words comprised of imagery bringing life and meaning to the message. |
| "Speaking in 3-D" Workbook (PDF format) |
