This week’s meeting theme is “Experiences”! Are all experiences valuable? How valuable are some experiences in our lives? Our Toastmaster Jay will enlighten us with answers to these questions based on his own life experiences.
The agenda is busy as usual with prepared speeches delivered by 2 of the newest members in our club, Luke and Ali. Ali will deliver his 2nd speech talking about martial arts and teaching us how to get our third degree Black belt in Tae- Kwon- Do. Luke will get to the point with his 3rd speech teaching us “The Art of traveling lightly”.
Stay tuned for a fun table topics session facilitated by Arvind.
See you at the meeting!
With the general elections coming next week we’re becoming more aware of our identity as voters. At this week’s meeting, our Toastmaster Vivienne will take us to a journey about the history of voting from the Ancient times until nowadays. Is voting a privilege? Come to the meeting to find out!
The agenda looks packed again: Arvind is accelerating through the CC finish line by delivering his 7th speech after only 1 week since his last presentation, Michelle will also deliver her 7th speech about a mysterious character called Steve and Sean will get us inspired to become Distinguished Toastmasters with his 8th speech.
In the second part of the meeting, get ready for a fun Table Topics lead by Ali!
Julian took on the role as Toastmater for the first time at our April 20 meeting. The evening’s theme was “creative destruction”. Working on his home renovation project reminded Julian that it was similar to developing a good speech. Home renovation requires tearing down old parts of the house and replacing them with better updated parts. Similarly, developing a good quality speech can result in tearing the speech apart and tapping into creativity to build it into something newer and more interesting.
We heard three speeches during the prepared speech segment of the meeting.
Rolando gave his first speech from the “Competent Communication Manual”. He spoke about coming to Canada from the Philippines, touched on a few of his hobbies and spoke passionately about his career as an accountant.
Next we saw a very serious side of Francisco, who provided facts and anecdotes in his third speech about internet safety.
Finally, Arvind delivered his sixth speech. The memorable title “Boom, boom, boom” was a clear, distinct and strong reminder that he was doing a speech on vocal variety.
We didn’t have Table Topics. Instead, Ram did a wonderful workshop on evaluating speeches – a crucial role in all our Toastmaster meetings and an important element that helps us develop as better speakers. Ram cautioned that when evaluating our peers, we don’t want to take a page out of Simon Cowell’s book and be labelled as mean spirited and low. On the other hand, we don’t want to come across as weepy and soft like J. Lo either. Effective evaluation means we can give constructive criticism that speakers can take away to improve and apply to their professional growth. Ram focused on some great techniques and gave us a handy reference too. This workshop generated a lot of questions from the audience. Job well done Ram!
Wondering what a speech or Table Topics session at a Liberty Village Toastmasters meeting looks like?
Check out the latest speech videos that we’ve added to our Liberty Village Toastmasters YouTube Channel. We’ll be adding more videos of our speeches and workshops over the next few weeks.
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“Should Fighting Sports Be Banned?” Table Topics Debate
Watch the impromptu debate unfold as our speakers argue both sides of the question: “Should Fighting Sports Be Banned?”
Click here to view this Table Topics session on YouTube.
“Oranges, Lettuce, Milk, and…” by Navita
Navita teaches us to use the power of association and the Journey Method as a handy way to remember that pesky list of items on your grocery list…
“How a Man Became a God” by John K
John K explains how Alexander the Great and his successors used the iconography on their coins to shift perceptions and become divine.
This week’s meeting looks very promising: Julian will kick-off the meeting by talking about „Creative destruction”, Ram will conduct the „Evaluate to motivate” workshop, and 3 amazing speakers are waiting to impress us with their newly acquired speaking skills!
„Creative destruction” is the theme for our meeting this week. What is the relationship between creativity and destruction? Are they opposites or two sides of the same coin? Are our destructive instincts always bad, or are they an essential part of the creative process of renewal and rebirth? This week, our Toastmaster Julian will talk about creative destruction in the process of preparing and presenting a speech, drawing parallels with his recent experience as a home demolition laborer.
The agenda is packed with 3 prepared speeches: Rolando will deliver his 1st speech, thus marking the beginning of his journey into the CC program, Arvind will use his vocal variety to impress us with his 6th speech and Jay will inaugurate the „Speaking to inform” manual with his 1st speech.
Last but not least, stay tuned for the „Evaluate to motivate” workshop to learn from Ram how to sharpen our evaluation skills! Looking forward to seeing you all at the meeting!
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