It's much easier to be convincing if you care about your topic. Figure out what’s important to you about your message and speak from the heart - Nicholas Boothman So you joined Toastmasters. Congratulations. You’ve taken the first step on your journey to becoming a more confident, self-assured speaker and leader. But now they expect you to get up in front of the others and give your Ice Breaker? Are they kidding? Talk? In front of people? For four to six minutes? Yikes! “My butterflies have butterflies! What am I supposed to talk about?” Relax, your Ice Breaker is the easy one. It’s just to get you over that initial hump of terror. An Ice Breaker is just that – you want to break the ice and let the other members know a little bit about you. You won’t have the time to tell us your entire life story in four to six minutes so maybe don’t start with “I was born in a little log cabin back in …”. Start with something about who you are as an adult. Do you work? Where? Tell us ...