By Clem D
Clem D is our evening’s Toastmaster and the theme is: “It’s ok to be a cracked pot”
Our Speakers are: Yury & Valarie
General Evaluator is: Helen
We look forward to inducting some new members into our group and look forward to their growing success.
We also are conducting elections for the positions of Sergeant of Arms and the Secretary. Come on out as we need your valued input.
Our International Speech contest was held last night and Tracey and Clem both represented themselves with passion. Each shared some very intriguing insights and touching anecdotes that really connected with us. It was a very close race but after all the judges had carefully scored each speech and the ballots were totalled up, in the end Clem won by a nose. Now Clem with move forward and represent out club at the Area 26 contest to be held at TIAE Toastmasters in a few weeks (see separate post for more details). On behalf of the entire contest team and all of our members I’d like to extend a hearty round of applause and a huge thank you to Tracey and Clem for their participation and for continuing to move towards their self development communication goals at Liberty Village
I also want to extend a great big thanks to the entire contest team. Without out you there would be no contest. Valerie stepped up as contest chair and did a great job. … Next I’d like to give a big shout out to all the members of my contest team. Starting with my judges, Sean, John, Michelle and Helen. …Next up are my timers, Chris and Jackie. You smiled, stepped up early and on contest day you did the job accurately and with out incident. … And of course next is my ballot counter Alana who helped me to ensure ballot accuracy and confirm the final results. It was great to have you on my contest team, thanks Alana!
As we close the book for another year on the International Speech contest I look forward to seeing the next group of new faces up at the podium in our fall contest, the Humorous and Table Topics contest. Stay tuned for more details.
By Clem D
Now back to your regular scheduled program.. looking forward to this year’s International Speech Competition. Tracey and Clem will present their speech in every effort to proudly represent our club in the Area competition.
We will also present the Evaluators Competition in which our featured club members, Yury and Felix will listen to a guest speaker present their speech. When the guest speaker is finished, both contestants will give their evaluation of the speech. Once again, we look forward to one of evaluators to represent our club in the Area competition.
Come out and support our Club members !!
Good luck to all contestants!!
By Clem D
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen” – Winston Churchill
We are looking forward to this year’s International Speech Competition. Tracey and Clem will present their speech in every effort to proudly represent our club in the Area competition.
We also will present the Evaluators Competition in which our featured club members, Yury and Felix will listen to a guest speaker and evaluate their speech. Once again, we look forward to one of evaluators to represent our club in the Area competition.
Good luck to all contestants!!
Hi Eriel,
Tonight we were encouraged to “Go Far” by toastmaster Felix. Felix lead us through the flight of Space Shuttle Columbia, and reminded us of what we can achieve when we put our minds to it.
Chris got us excited for next week’s International Speaking Competition by emphasizing that the importance of speech evaluators, is help “Motivate” the speaker by providing suggestions on how that speaker can improve, rather than just noting their weakness.
Jackie shared with us her New Year’s resolutions. When prompted by Jackie, all audience members agreed, that yes, we do want to make this year better than last year! She shared with us her strategies to make that happen:
1 – Prioritize – make a list of prioritized goals and stick to it.
2 – Automatize – make good decisions automatic and take “decision fatigue” out of your day.
3 – Capitalize on Consequences – assign a consequence that will remind you of how you felt when you made your original goal.
Kelly also took us far tonight, all the way to NYC, where she plans to visit after graduation. As a student, she is on a budget and really took her time to describe how she would get the best deal for her trip to NYC. We’re all looking forward to a re-cap of the trip upon her return.
In Karoline’s speech, “Comfort, How Far Do We Go?” She really got our imaginations going when describing her experiences at a Costco store in Scarborough, where she states that, “people park their carts like they park their cars.” Ultimately she was willing to go as far as Oshawa for her Costco run, demonstrating just how far she was willing to go for comfort. How far are you willing to go?
Alex, was our Table Topics winner
Evaluators had lots of great tips for each of our speakers, perhaps with some extra inspiration from Chris. Even for those listening, we are able to take points from each of the evaluations to make us better speakers as well. We are all here to learn and each evaluator did a really great job of helping us do that.
Thanks to everyone for coming out on such a chilly evening, the commitment to LVTM and enthusiasm at our meetings is really what our club is all about. See everyone next week at our International Speakers Competition on February 5th!
