Liberty Village Toastmasters Toronto

By Clem D

Toastmaster for our meeting was Clem  and he encouraged us to never let the size of our “frying pan” prevent us from catching and retaining the opportunities that come our way.

Adelfettah presented his Ice-Breaker speech.  He spoke about how a mix up with school changed his plan from Law to Economics but instead of complaining that he didn’t get what he originally wanted he still pressed through and is doing very well.

Rosanne spoke about her life married to a teacher.  She touched upon the benefits and pitfalls that teachers endure and how it has affected her family.  One of the benefits is job security and a pitfall is that a teacher’s time off comes at the most of expensive time of the year to take family vacations. Summer and holidays.

Table Topic winner was Chris.

All our evaluators did a great job and we look forward to a great meeting next week.

Club News:

Feb 5, 2014 is our Club contest and we need more competitors. If you have completed 6 or more speeches in the C.C manual can enter the International Speech portion. For the Evaluation sections, it can be anyone.

Contact Valarie Skinner for more information.

By Clem D

Our Toastmaster for tonight is Clem D and the theme is “How big is your frying pan”

Confirmed Speakers are: Rosanne, Abdelfettah

General Evaluator: Emmanuel

Word of the day: Stalwart;

— firm, steadfast, or uncompromising: a stalwart supporter of the U.N.

By Clem D

Our Toastmaster for tonight is Emmanuel the theme for tonight is a mystery. Hmm ??

Confirmed Speakers are:  Tracey, Michelle

General Evaluator: Clem

By Tracey

The meeting theme was ‘New Years Resolutions’ and what a theme it was!! Table topics focused on the top 10 resolutions that end in failure, and included ‘off the cuff’ mini speeches on quitting smoking, travel, diet and nutrition, losing weight, alcohol, and saving money. Valarie won the table topics and inspired us all with her travel plans for Brazil. We also learned from Yuri that they don’t have New Years resolutions in Russia, because on New Years you’re supposed to be happy.

At this meeting we also had three ice breaker speeches. A great way to start the year!! Congratulations to Kelly, Mohamed, and Alana on completing their first speeches. Kelly’s speech was about multiple siblings, and we learned that Mohamed and Alana also have multiple siblings!! Kelly has three Mohamed has four, and Alana has three!  Clem finished off the speeches by encouraging us all to stay focused on our goals and to never give up.

A great meeting and a fun night all around!!!