The journey to completing my first ten Toastmaster speeches and becoming a Competent Communicator was a thrilling one. The excitement and fear I experienced when getting up in front of the Airdrie Discovery Toastmasters group is something I will always clearly remember. I learned a great deal about the art of public speaking as well as a tremendous amount about myself. Come along with me as I detail my first ten speeches, a few table topic sessions, a joke of the day, and speech number one from the Speaking to Inform manual.