Notre membre Mathieu Savage (et président actuel de notre club) nous fait part de cette vidéo qu’il a trouvé bien intéressante.

Produite par la Harvard Business Review, la vidéo parle du langage corporel et de son impact sur le leadership. Comme mentionne Mathieu, “Courte et efficace, je pense que cette vidéo plaira aux membres.”

– Boost Power Through Body Language –

Pour lire des commentaires d’autres visiteurs, vous pouvez visionner la vidéo directement sur le blogue de la Harvard Business Review au lien suivant:

http://blogs.hbr.org/video/2011/04/boost-power-through-body-langu.html

Please join Alex Chan at the District 61 Toastmasters Spring Conference as he presents a workshop entitled:

“Your Club Website: Create it… Revamp it… Breathe Life into it!“.

Alex is the current VP Public Relations of the St. Lawrence Toastmasters Club, and is also Webmaster of this fine website ツ.

This workshop will provide members with specific tools to help create a Toastmasters club website that will be easy to design, and most of all, that will be easy to maintain. Special emphasis will be made on simplifying all the technical concepts.

Target audience:
Toastmasters VP Public Relations and VP Memberships, as well as Club Coaches.

Technical skill required:
“If you know how to check your emails online and perform a search on Google, then you have the potential to create a club website.“

Overview:
This workshop will give you the basic tools to get you going. From getting a domain name for your club, to creating your Toastmasters club website and maintaining it, our Workshop presenter will be able to simplify all these concepts for you.

Workshop details:
“Your Club Website: Create it… Revamp it… Breathe Life into it!”
Sunday May 1st, 2011 from 9 AM to 10 AM
District 61 Spring Conference 2011
Room: “Edelweiss B”
Manoir St-Sauveur
St-Sauveur, Quebec
http://conference.sa360.ca/

Two members of St. Lawrence Toastmasters have qualified for “The big show” – THE TOASTMASTERS EASTERN CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP. These contests will be held during the District 61 Toastmasters Spring Conference.

Would you like to cheer them on in person? Here are the conference details:

District 61 Spring Conference 2011
April 29-30 and May 1st, 2011
Manoir St-Sauveur, St-Sauveur, Quebec
http://conference.sa360.ca/

According to the conference schedule, the contests to look for are these two:
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SATURDAY APRIL 30 – 9:30 AM
English International Speech Contest – PIETRO DI BENEDETTO
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SUNDAY MAY 01 – 9:00 AM
Concours de Discours International en Francais – ITALO MAGNI

And let’s not forget ALEX CHAN’S Very Informative & Educational WORKSHOP:
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SUNDAY MAY 01 – 9:00 AM
“Your Club Website – Create it…Revamp it…Breathe Life into it”

Hello Fellow St-Lawrence Toastmasters,

St-Leonard Toastmasters is celebrating their 20th Anniversary on Saturday May 07 & they have asked me to extend an invitation to everyone in our club.

It’s going to be a night we won’t forget & here’s why:

• Inspirational Keynote speech by Chris Ford, Past International President of Toastmasters International
• Wonderful keys to Effective Leadership, presented by Tony Loffreda, Executive VP for RBC Royal Bank
• Musical Entertainment by DJ Sharky…that’s me! That means you’ll be dancing to any type of music you prefer.
• Fabulous Door Prizes!
• A Full Course Meal With Vino Rosso & Bianco

The event will take place at Le Carlton, 8860, boulevard Langelier, St. Léonard, QC

All this for only $55.00 per person…on a Saturday night! “Ca va brasser mes amis! “

For those of you who are interested, please contact M. Pierre Desparois, Président 2010-2011, (514) 254-2724

Thank you & I hope to see you there. I’m sure it’ll be a terrific evening,

CHEERS!
Pietro Di Benedetto

P.S. Click for the invitation. (Veuillez cliquer pour l’invitation .)

DID YOU KNOW? St-Leonard Toastmasters is the only English-French-Italian Toastmasters club in the world!

Êtes-vous intéressé à assister à une de nos réunions du Club St-Lawrence Toastmasters à Montréal?

Voici le programme Toastmasters du 19 avril 2011.

Congratulations to the winners of the Toastmasters District 61 Division F Table Topics and International Speech Contests that were held on April 8, 2011.

CONCOURS D’IMPROVISATION EN FRANÇAIS
(Place/Name/Club)
1ere : Sébastien Wanadi – Speak With Style
2ème : Alain Cliche – CN Collaborators

ENGLISH TABLE TOPICS CONTEST
(Place/Name/Club)
1st: Rhonda Butler – South Shore Toastmasters
2nd: Sasha Pompuey – Beaconsfield Toastmasters
3rd: Dough Doughty – Dorval City Toastmasters

CONCOURS INTERNATIONAL DE DISCOURS EN FRANÇAIS
(Place/Name/Club)
1ere : Italo Magni – St. Lawrence Toastmasters
2ème : Sébastien Wanadi – Speak With Style

ENGLISH INTERNATIONAL SPEECH CONTEST
(Place/Name/Club)
1st: Pietro Di Benedetto – St. Lawrence Toastmasters
2nd: George Tabah – McGill Toastmasters
3rd: Nevzat Balay – Lachine Voyageur Toastmasters

Now on to the next level of competition:

1. (DONE — Club-level Toastmasters Contest)
2. (DONE — Area-level Toastmasters Contest – each area consists of 5 to 7 clubs)
3. (DONE — Division-level Toastmasters Contest (each division consists of 5 to 7 areas)
4. District-level Toastmasters Contest (All Quebec and few clubs from Ontario and the United States)

CONCOURS D’IMPROVISATION ET DE DISCOURS

VENDREDI, le 8 avril 2011 à 18 h 45

Venez applaudir les concurrents de la Division F

Prenez part à une soirée fantastique.

Club Golden Mile Toastmasters/SHADFORD HALL

Eglise St. James, the Apostle
1439 rue Ste. Catherine Quest, Montréal, H3G 1S6

Station de métro : Guy-Concordia

Coût : 10 $

Renseignements :
HEPTA DESLANDES
Gouverneure de la division F
Tel : 514- 366-3256