Pitch for Success! — November 18 Meeting Recap

Karoline Nov18

What are the keys to a successful pitch?

Make time to prepare, know your audience, and have confidence in what you’re selling, according to our Toastmaster Karoline, who shared her recent experiences in pitching herself. Edwin followed with a pitch for Spain, which included a tour of famous architecture, and of course, cheap wine!

Our guest speaker John M. shared the humorous (and true?) story of his Uncle Billy, who built his very own Cadillac, one stolen piece at a time. Table Topics featured a series of impromptu pitches, from our guest Carrie’s pitch for U.S. President to Silvio’s pitch for a vacation in Greece.

Congrats to Maxim, who started his very first speech evaluation with a pitch of his own: “We need more Edwin!”

 

NEXT WEEK: Join us for a series of inspirational speeches, then send Jay back to Vietnam in style with post-meeting drinks at the sushi place!

DEC 2: Storytelling, including two ancient folktales
DEC 9: Leadership, our last meeting of the year
DEC 16: Holiday Drinks & Social

 

Edwin Nov18

John M Nov18

Carrie Nov18

Silvio Nov18

Mark Nov18

Andrew Nov18

Jay Nov18

 

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See you on November 25!

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Contest Memories

Club Contest — September 2015

The event

Mark's humorous speech

Mark’s humorous speech

Men in Black

Our hosts: the Men in Black

Contest Chair: James

Contest Chair James

Chief Judge Andrew

Chief Judge Andrew

Choosing the table topic...

Interviews

Angie evaluates Mark's speech

Angie evaluates Mark’s speech

The results

Participation certificates

Table Topics Contest Participants

The winning envelope

The moment of truth...

The moment of truth…

Alexei wins first place

Alexei wins first place

Atif wins runner up

Atif wins runner up

 

Area Contest — October 2015

Humorous Speech Participants

Humorous Speech Participants

Mark wins second place

Mark wins second place

 

District Finals — November 2015

Table Topics Contest

Table Topics Contest

Table Topics Participants

Table Topics Participants

Carmelita's humorous speech

Carmelita’s humorous speech

Humorous Speech Participants

Humorous Speech Participants

Joking around

John and Area Governor Sandra

John and Area Governor Sandra

John and Carmelita

John and Carmelita

 

Until next year!

 

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Comedy Night! — November 11 Meeting Recap

Andrew Nov 11

Why can’t we be more like sloths?

Our comedy night host Andrew pitched us on his new dietary revolution — digesting slowly, like a sloth — to help us save time, skip bathroom lines, and endure a Lord of the Rings marathon. Contact him to sign the petition….

Mark then shared another revolution, the “Wim Hof” method to surviving in adverse situations, before LVTM alumni Jay gave us three golden nuggets on how to survive (happily) in marriage. And of course, Carmelita helped us feel the fear with her inspiring rally: Cool moss!

The night featured guest appearances from alumni (Sean, Bing, Andreea, Ian, Millee) and friends (Karen), and ended with a LVTM tradition: drinks at a pub. Cool moss, cool moss, cool moss!

 

Mark Nov 11

Jay Nov 11

Carmelita Nov 11

Drinks Nov 11

 

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See you on November 18!

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This Wed: Comedy Night! at Lillian H. Smith Auditorium

Carmelita

Comedy night! Gear up for an evening of hilarity as we welcome division contest winner Carmelita and her inspirational call-to-arms: Cool moss! Cool moss! Cool moss!

Date: Wed Nov. 11, 2015

Venue:
Lower Level Auditorium at the Lillian H. Smith Library
239 College Street (College & Huron), one block east of Spadina
Map: https://goo.gl/maps/ihjB24k1P9P2

6:00pm – room set-up and networking
6:30pm – meeting start time
8:00pm – post-meeting drinks at Prenup Pub!

Entry: FREE

 

Lillian H. Smith 1

Lillian H. Smith 2     Auditorium

Lillian H. Smith Map

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Prenup Pub

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See you on Nov. 11!

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BMV! — November 4 Meeting Recap

John Nov 4

Ready to get back to basics?

As our Toastmaster, John shared the “BMV” of public speaking: the core fundamentals that will propel us through every speech, interview, and presentation. Mohammed then put the “B” into practice, inspiring us to know ourselves, set goals, and take action on our self development.

Be took the stage next, persuading us to pass on the steak and double up on the lentils with her clear and convincing “M”. Our guest speaker Wes used his “V” to get us thinking about accountability, both to ourselves and to others, while special guest Charmaine held our wardrobes accountable, using her “B” to show us how to dress in style.

And, with her effortless use of BMV, our guest Sohani won Table Topics, being accountable to no one except herself (…and her new ribbon!).

 

Mohammed Nov 4

Be Nov 4

Wes Nov 4

Charmaine Nov 4

Sohani Nov 4

 

NEXT WEEK: Comedy night! Gear up for an evening of hilarity as we welcome division contest winner Carmelita and her inspirational call-to-arms: Cool moss! Cool moss! Cool moss!

***Our Nov. 11 meeting will be held at:
Lower Level Auditorium at the Lillian H. Smith Library
239 College Street (College & Huron), one block east of Spadina
Map: https://goo.gl/maps/ihjB24k1P9P2

6:00pm – room set-up and networking
6:30pm – meeting start time
8:00pm – post-meeting drinks at Prenup Pub!

Carmelita

 

See you on Nov. 11!

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