Toast of the Coast

In the circumstances it was something of a privilege to visit Toast of the Coast Toastmasters.

Hurricane Fiona has given quite a battering to parts of the Caribbean and Eastern Canada. Unfortunately many members of Toast of the Coast were without power and were unable to attend the meeting. I hope they and their families stayed safe and that they will all be meeting together again shortly. 

I joined the zoom meeting anyway, as did Jonathan Bohm and Michael Lawlor, and they were kind enough to go ahead with the smallest Toastmasters meeting I've ever been to, although we did manage to include two full speeches and a round-table evaluation.

Turning to the speech itself, I'm afraid there isn't a recording of it. There are two videos relating to it though. The first is this little animation (which I've posted on the blog before) of the graphic slides.

The second is this, my technical rehearsal video. I wasn't altogether sure I was going to post this, but I talked all the way through it on the assumption someone might be listening. And in the circumstances I'm glad I've got something to post. I should add that I was MUCH SLICKER in the real thing than I was in this rehearsal. No, really, I was.

The main issue in this video was the question of what colour my sweater is. Feel free to post what colour you think my sweater is, in the comments below. At the meeting I wore a shirt and tie. (Some people thought my shirt was pink, some people thought it was green.) So I was dressed like a lawyer. More accurately, I was barefoot, so I was dressed like a lawyer from the ankles up.

DISCLAIMER: In addition to the general disclaimer (i.e. for goodness sake don't take your tax advice from a vlog on the internet) and the specific disclaimer (i.e. does not apply in Canada (also does not apply in the USA)(indeed, thinking about it, does not apply anywhere except the UK (and even then only in the right circumstances))) I need to add another even more specific disclaimer which is that I make a mistake in the rehearsal video - not made when I performed it for real - by implying (when I say that the last step is "unnecessary") that skipping that step would simply lead to no further tax, which ain't necessarily so. What I'm saying is, by all means be entertained and educated by this video but do not even think about basing tax planning decisions on it! 

But, spotting a sales opportunity and wanting to end on a call to action, if you do want my tax advice, then please get in touch with me professionally.