This is my first Toastmasters project, the Ice Breaker. The objective is to tell something about yourself. I used this PDF version of a Keynote presentation on my iPad with GoodReader to help me read it.

1. Toastmasters Project #1
The Ice Breaker
Fears and Believes

2. Mister Toastmaster, Madame
GE, Fellow Toastmasters and
welcomed guests...
Is there a better way to
describe a person than to
present his or her fears and
believes?

3. That’s exactly what I’m
going to do in this Ice
Breaker, my first Toastmaster
Project.
But before that, just a little
presentation.

4. My name is Bernardo, you can all
read that in my tag at the desk,
but you can just call me
Bernie, which I think is more
friendly.
I moved to Canada just over a
year ago from Buenos Aires,
Argentina.

5. So far, I’m loving this country, its
people and culture. The winter,
well that’s another topic ...
I am an IT consultant, but after
moving here was such a change
in my life, I recently decided to
also change my career and go
back to study

6. Ok, enough for a brief
presentation, so let’s
go back to the main topic
here..
FEARS!

7. I thought it could be
interesting to share with
you what are my biggest
fears when talking in public,
and maybe that would help
me exorcise them

8. The first one is
Fear to forget my
speech, and that is why I
have everything write down
here!
I’m gonna read the rest

9. Fear to be ridiculous
Fear not to fit.
Fear not to speak english very
well, because is my second
language.
Fear to speak too soft or too
loud, too quick or too slow.
Fear to be judged.

10. The list is not so long, but
fears are a powerful force
in the human mind.
And so are...
BELIEVES

11. I believe that
The Golden Rule
is the basis of all human
understanding.

12. When I studied some
philosophy some years ago, I
was surprised to learn that
variations of "do to others
as you would have them
do to you" are the common
ground for religions in all
cultures. So I choose to live my
life according to this principle.

13. I believe that
Technology makes
us more human.

14. I remember when I was a small
kid this tall everybody was
thinking that "in the future we
would all be non-sociable robot-
like beings, only talking with
computers" and that technology
would change our essence, and
it is the other way around!

15. If you think of the basic
human characteristics, you
would find the most successful
technology behind them:

16. • Curiosity: Google,Wikipedia
• Gossip, procrastinate:
Facebook, Twitter
• Books: Kobo, Kindle, iPad
• Music: in our pockets
• Games: lots of devices to play

17. We invent and use
technology to be more
human!
As the geek that I am, I
cannot wait to see how
history is going to continue
about this

18. I believe that
We can achieve
anything we propose
in this life.

19. The only three tools we
need are:
FOCUS
DISCIPLINE
PATIENCE

20. I know, I know, I didn’t say
it is easy, but isn’t it great
to know that we can achieve
any goal we set out to do?

21. So, one of the goals I set for
myself it is to be a good
public speaker, and that’s
exactly what I’m trying to do
with this first speech.

22. I also believe that
The most valuable
asset in life is TIME

23. The time you need to
meet great people like
you,
experience new things
and
have a wonderful time
in this life

24. Hoping that I didn’t take
too much or too little
of the time for this
speech,
I really want to thank you
all!