Liberty Village Toastmasters Toronto

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!

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 so well to a feeling Luke finds at work. Well done Luke.

We had a great night of firsts, with two of our new members giving their Ice-Breaker speeches!

First, Stanley began by telling us how he stepped out of his shell in University, when he got some random adrenaline and became his debate team captain! And who knew, eventually leading their team to become debate champions and earning himself the best debater award!

Next we had a wonderfully personal and touching account from Olga. She spoke about her distaste for education growing up in Eastern Europe. And her personal saga culminated in getting a degree in honours by the time her tale was over.

Mark also lead our Table Topics portion of the evening, resulting in a 4 way tie for the win. With one last vote, our winner was our guest Roger!

Under the holy tree (the tree that started the music garden), we held our meeting…

Our wise Toastmaster Jay reminded us to be grateful and appreciate what we have. Speaker Luke taught how to handle impromptu by comparing it to an imaginary curve ball; the trick is to go with the flow! And speaker Bob, shared his first time evaluator experience. The story was entertaining and has a moral. His lesson: it doesn’t matter where you started, focus on your strengths, even if it is only one, and build on it.

Finally, congrats to Nadia for winning Table Topics! She told us how wonderful Toronto is, even after living in Dubai and Vancouver.

Next meeting, we will be back at our regular location (Harbourfront Centre, 627 Queens Quay).