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Join us for our April 6 meeting: “Serendipity”

Do you believe in serendipity? Or you think serendipity only happens in fairy tales, like in the Persian story of the “Three Princes of Serendip”? At this week’s meeting, our Toastmaster Francisco will help us understand the joys of making accidental discoveries while looking for something totally unrelated with his theme of Serendipity. This week, we also have 3 prepared speeches: Kevin has recently came back from a long trip and he is ready to deliver his 2nd speech, Navita will play with her vocal variety while delivering her 6th speech called “Orange, Lettuce, Milk and…” and Jay will entertain us as usual with a speech after dinner.

Did we make you curious already? Then come to another Liberty Village Toastmasters meeting to quench your thirst for public speaking! See you tomorrow!

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Please welcome our newest members!

On Wednesday, March 30, two of our newest members were sworn in to Liberty Village Toastmasters: Rene (center) and Luke (right).

Eric looks on as Rene and Luke are sworn in to the club.

Welcome, Rene and Luke!

We wish them both all of the best in their quests to become better public speakers. Looking forward to watching them grow over the next year!

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Liberty Village Toastmasters meeting summary – March 30

We had a great turn out at our March 30 meeting – over 20 people were in attendance! The first order of the day was to induct two new members. Welcome aboard Luke and Rene!

“Take it one thing at a time” was the evening’s theme. Toastmaster Esther told us we can’t do everything at once – just concentrate on one thing at a time.

The prepared speeches segment featured three speeches.

Fresh from his induction to the club, Luke delivered an impressive Ice Breaker like a pro. He really wanted to learn Spanish, so he moved to Mexico where he wrote music in Spanish and soon became a top recording artist. Very inspiring for those of us who want to learn a new language!

Next, Mike provided some nicely organized points from the book “The 4-Hour Work Week”. He also talked about ways to apply them.

Finally, after reworking his speech last week to fit into the “un-meeting” theme, Julian shifted his focus this week to the requirements of the Competent Communicator Manual speech number three. He talked about his long term goals for himself and the special people in his life.

Speaking of goals, some time was reserved during our meeting for people to meet with their mentors to discuss goals and challenges.

The Table Topics segment of the meeting was really interactive courtesy of our Table Topics Master, Vivienne. She distributed slips of paper containing 20 different questions to members. Table Topics speakers had to pick a number. The member containing the chosen number read the question from the paper and the speaker responded to the question posed.

We had some really interesting questions and equally entertaining responses. Jay walked away as the Table Topics winner when he suggested that the best car to drive in a road trip is a small car because it puts people together in a confined environment for a long time and the people in the car soon find out if they can really tolerate their car mates.

The overall meeting was great. We’d like to pay special recognition to the new members who took on meeting roles. Your enthusiasm made our evening very enjoyable and enriching

Thanks so much!

Looking forward to the next meeting!

Michelle

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“Take it one thing at a time” at our Mar. 30 meeting

Feeling a bit overwhelmed? Have more tasks than you can handle? Getting pulled in all sorts of directions? Then have we got a Toastmasters meeting for you…

Join us this Wed. Mar. 30 at our Liberty Village Toastmasters meeting in Assembly Room C at the Harbourfront Community Centre. Our Toastmaster, Esther, will share with us why it’s not such a good idea to do too many tasks at the same time and encourage us to “Take it one thing at a time.”

We also have a 1-2-3 punch of prepared speakers. Luke will be officially introducing himself to the club with Speech #1 – The Icebreaker. Mike will share another POV on making more efficient use of your time with his Speech #2 – “The 4-Hour Work Week”. Finally, Julian will bring it home with his Speech #3 – “Discovering My Long-Term Goals” (Redux). We’ll also be having our monthly mentorship session, as well as Table Topics.

Make sure to join us for an enlightening evening!

-Liberty Village Toastmasters

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