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Liberty Village Toastmasters is one of Toronto’s premier public-speaking groups.

The Power of Music – August 24 Meeting Recap

Toastmaster Andrew led a meeting of rituals. First we bowed to the power of music, then followed the official contest rules with tabletopics. From Bob, we learned that sometimes we unintentionally create a barrier between ourselves and our goals by … Continue reading

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IDK – August 3 Meeting Recap

Knowing is only half the battle. We learned from Toastmaster James that we only become competent when we start applying what we know. It takes discipline at first, but it will eventually become automatic, which is when we become unconsciously … Continue reading

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Developing The Right Habits – July 27 Meeting Recap

Toastmaster Be shared her recent challenges with developing two habits, swearing and punctuality. The two go together at her new office, but she wishes only to choose one to adopt- swearing. I mean ** punctuality of course. Lakshman surprised us … Continue reading

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Your Chief Aim In Life – July 20 Meeting Recap

  Congrats to the winners of 2015 – 2016’s club awards.  From left to right, John as the toastmaster of the year, Wes as most ambitious, Mark as the best table topics and James as the most enthusiastic member!

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Responsibility – July 13 Meeting Recap

How many potatoes can you juggle? In his first Toastmaster’s speech, Luke gave us some personal insight and wisdom about what its like working in a large manufacturing and engineering corporation. Who knew a children’s game like “hot potato” would relate … Continue reading

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