Welcome to our new First Oakville Toastmasters #2245 BLOG!
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October 2, 2007 at 11:01 pm
Welcome to First Oakville Toastmasters Blog! We hope this will be a way to keep in touch and to let curious people learn a little more about what First Oakville Toastmasters is all about. Submit early, submit often!
October 3, 2007 at 11:19 pm
Members of First Oakville Toastmasters get 20% off my store’s entire array of Thomas the Tank Engine products. Just visit http://www.freightshed.com to see our large selection of Thomas toys and other train related gifts, and of course, delivery is free.
October 4, 2007 at 1:20 am
Sara and Jason, excellent work with this initiative! What a great way to keep the pulse of club activity and happenings with members.
October 4, 2007 at 1:41 am
Now this is exciting!
Just think of all the comments we can make about the costumes that people are going to wear to our Halloween Meeting.
Sara, can we also post pictures somehow on the Blog?
I want to post pictures from the Area Humourous Speech Contest next week, you know the one where Marion and Hal will be competing.
October 4, 2007 at 1:58 pm
This is a great way to keep in touch with fellow members. As for me, I’m coming along. Approaching week three and after the open-heart surgery got hit with a bout of pneumonia. I’ve turned a corner and anyone interest can follow on my blog at http://www.heartsupport.ca. Looking forward to seeing you all in a couple of more weeks.
October 14, 2007 at 7:28 am
Congratulations Robin for finding out that he’s a daddy to be times two!
October 19, 2007 at 12:12 pm
Congratulations Susan Power, our newest Toastmaster and best speaker of the night, October 18th. I sure look forward to hearing more of your speeches.
October 20, 2007 at 6:50 pm
Today (Saturday) I was a judge at the Lakeshore Division Humourous and Table Topics contests. Our Area did well, placing John Walker first in the Humourous contest and Phyllis Inward second in the Table Topics contest. What a pity there was only two of us from First Oakville there to have the pleasure of enjoying two excellent contests.
October 22, 2007 at 7:59 pm
Remember to wear your costume to Thursday’s meeting! There are prizes!
November 11, 2007 at 11:59 am
Table Topics Outline
Assume 4 participants
1) Thank Mr/Madam Chair
Participant #1 Table Topic
2) Greet audience
3) Ask participant #1 to open the envelope
4) Explain what Table Topics is …
5) Ask Mr/Madam Timekeeper for;
a. Green at 1min
b. Amber at 1.5mins
c. Red at 2.0mins
6) Ask participant #2 to open the envelope
7) Read participant’s #1 table topic
9) Synopsis of participant #1
10) Ask participant #3 to open the envelope
11) Read participant’s #2 table topic
12) Participant #2 Table Topic
13) Synopsis of participant #2
14) Ask participant #4 to open the envelope
15) Read participant’s #3 table topic
16) Participant #3 Table Topic
17) Synopsis of participant #3
18) Read participant’s #4 table topic
19) Participant #4 Table Topic
20) Synopsis of participant #4
21) Mr/Madam Timekeeper report (determines voting eligibility)
22) Give control back to Mr/Madam Chair
November 11, 2007 at 12:24 pm
Toastmaster Role Outline
Before the meeting
1) Match Speakers and Evaluators
a. Confirm Evaluators attendance.
2) Confirm Speakers Attendance
a. Speech Title
b. Which manual is the project from?
c. Timing?
d. Introduction information.
e. Any special setup? i.e. move lectern.
f. Inform Speakers about their Evaluators.
3) Contact General Evaluator
a. Introduction information.
4) Contact General Evaluator and Chair about 1) and 2) information.
At the meeting
(Keep in the back of your mind the meeting’s theme and word of the day)
Confirm speech titles
Ask your speakers if they require any special intro or setup to their speech.
If they require movement of lectern or other material confirm with the sergeant at arms or corporal at arms to make the necessary movements.
Toast: Ideally the toast is relevant to the theme.
Example of a toast:
Violence or non violence? That is the question. It is very important to understand that circumstances play a big factor in the decision making of non violent or violent acts. i.e. your emotional state, is your family’s safety at jeopardy?, are you at risk? What are the consequences? A not so common factor is basically the answer to our Violence or Non Violence Question. Common sense, ironically, not common practice; is very likely to provide us with the right answer under any circumstances.
Please rise and charge up your glasses for a toast
To ‘Common Sense’
Introductions
We have a fantastic line up of speakers tonight. They will provide us with information from their lives and take us on a journey into their reality. Please listen actively, enjoy and remember to note of constructive points about each speech to provide valuable feedback to our speakers.
1st Pat Lore
Pat Lore, our first speaker for the evening has been a toastmaster for over 5 years. Pat’s speech is based on a true story which also happens to be the first step towards achieving her Advanced Toastmaster Silver title. The speech is part of the Advance Manual: Humorously Speaking Speech #1 – Warm Up your Audience.
Ask the evaluator to read out loud the objectives and timings of the speech.
Evaluator – Gerry Bram – objectives and timing
Double check with timer about timing requirements.
Timer: 5 – 7minutes. Therefore, green at 5, amber at 6 and red at 7.
Please help me welcome
Pat Lore “Opera in a Parking Lot” “Opera in a Parking Lot” Pat Lore
Please take a minute to provide feedback to Pat Lore.
2nd Peter West
Peter West, our second speaker for the evening is experienced in many levels. Peter has been a toastmaster for over 12 years. Has held every position in the club has been a district office for District 60 and is the only member that has won the international speaking contest 3 times in a row. Peter’s speech is part of the Advanced Communication and Leadership Series Manual – ‘Specialty Speeches’ – (Speak Off the Cuff)
Ask the evaluator to read out loud the objectives and timings of the speech.
Evaluator – Loreen Paterick – objectives and timing
Double check with timer about timing requirements.
Timer: 5 – 7minutes. Therefore, green at 5, amber at 6 and red at 7.
Please help me welcome
Peter West
Please take a minute to provide feedback to Peter West
3rd Matt Wagner
Matt Wagner, our third speaker for the evening has been a toastmaster for over 6 years. He enjoys martial arts and understands that the best battle is the one that you win without drawing your sword.
Special Setup: For the speech Matt needs a flip chart and 18 chairs put into the middle of the horseshoe.
Ask the evaluator to read out loud the objectives and timings of the speech.
Evaluator – Sara Janelle – objectives and timing
Double check with timer about timing requirements.
Timer: 5 – 7minutes. Therefore, green at 5, amber at 6 and red at 7.
Please help me welcome
Matt Wagner “The Real Secret” “The Real Secret” Matt Wagner
Please take a minute to provide feedback to Sara Janelle
Timing
Mr./Madam Timekeeper.
Would you be kind enough to share the times of our speakers with us? (determines voting eligibility)
Cast Votes
Dear audience, it is time for the Evaluators. You may cast your vote now or wait until you gain more insight via an evaluation.
Introduce General Evaluator
It is my pleasure to introduce our General Evaluator for the night. A passionate bird watcher and a member of toastmaster since February 2007. Please help me welcome Akeel Ghaib.
Take lectern from GE and Present Awards
Present Awards
- table topics, Evaluator and Speaker
Hand over lectern to Chair
Turn the lectern over to the Chair for the evening
November 11, 2007 at 12:27 pm
Example of a Toast
He was born in Belgium and immigrated to Canada with his parents when he was 14 years old. Due to family financial pressures, he left school in Grade 9 to work in the tobacco fields in Langton near Tillsonburg, Ontario. At age 18, he bought an old army truck and began hauling manure from dairy farms to the tobacco fields.
A philanthropist and self-made man whose extraordinary achievements in the world of business
were predicated on a few distinct principles. He believes in hard work, doing the most with
the least, being determined and consistent, being accountable, and above all,being decisive.
In 1959, he moved to the Hamilton area. He purchased Laidlaw Transport Ltd.,
building it into the company that would become the largest school bus operator and third
largest waste management company in North America.
During the 1970s, he owned the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League.
In 1988, he sold Laidlaw Inc. to Canadian Pacific and in 1990 retired to Bermuda
where he still resides. In 1992 he was awarded an honorary degree from McMaster University.
Please rise and charge up your glasses for a toast
To Michael deGroote
December 4, 2007 at 6:08 pm
Please remember to buy your ticket for the Christmas party next meeting (Dec 6).
Good news– Robin’s babies are home and doing well!
December 7, 2007 at 6:46 pm
Here’s the link to a great article about what Toastmasters can do for its members. It is very heartwarming.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071207.wlaphasia07/BNStory/lifeMain/home
October 8, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Best of luck to Deborah and Hal at the area contest for best Table Topics and Humorous Speech. Sorry I cannot make it tonight, but will be routing for you both!!
October 8, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Thought this article from Toastmaster’s International October 2008 magazine issue was a good one. It analyzes the communication styles of McCain versus Obama — topical after last night’s debate.
http://www.toastmasters.org/ToastmastersMagazine/CurrentIssue/Candidates.aspx