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You might be interested to know that the meeting of June 3 is a special meeting not like our usual weekly meetings. We will be holding a club contest (i.e. humorous speech contests and evaluation contests).
Although it won’t be in the standard weekly meeting format, it’s still quite interesting to check out. For example, this is how the evaluation contest usually unfolds:
There will be a target speaker (i.e. someone presents a speech, and this person has been selected secretly beforehand to prepare a target speech to give for the purposes of the contest). All of the audience will get to hear and appreciate the speech. The evaluators will all be evaluating the same speech.
Then the contestants (the evaluators) will be asked to leave the room and take a few minutes to prepare their evaluation notes.
The Sergeant-at-Arms then collects all the notes, which will be handed back to each evaluator as he/she comes back into the room to present his evaluation. (The order of evaluation will have been been previously determined by drawing straws.)
The each evaluator has a chance to give an evaluation, making sure to provide constructive feedback to the target speaker and making sure to speak within the allotted time.
Finally, what makes it quite interesting for the audience members is that we get to have a sense of the different evaluation styles and we notice what the evaluators pick out in common as well as any special points that each individual evaluator may have noticed that the other evaluators have not mentioned. Finally, we compare to what we would have said ourselves had we been asked to evaluate the target speaker. This is a great learning experience because it allows us to, in a sort of way, “learn through osmosis”.
Here is the St-Lawrence Toastmasters programme for the meeting of June 3, 2014.
Good luck to all the contestants!
Vous serez peut-être intéressés de savoir que nous aurons une réunion spéciale le 3 juin à notre club Toastmasters à Montréal. En effet, nous organiserons un concours de club (c.-à-dire des concours de discours humoristiques et des concours d’évaluation).
Bien que la soirée ne sera pas dans le format standard de nos réunions hebdomadaires, c’est toujours très intéressant d’y assister. Par exemple, voici comment se déroule habituellement un concours d’évaluation de discours :
Il y aura un orateur cible (c’est à dire quelqu’un qui donnera un discours, et cette personne a été choisie secrètement à l’avance pour préparer un discours pour le concours). Tous les gens présents auront l’occasion d’entendre le discours, incluant tous les concurrents (les évaluateurs) qui évalueront tous ce même discours.
Ensuite, les évaluateurs seront invités à quitter la salle et prendre quelques minutes pour préparer leurs notes d’évaluation.
Le huissier recueillera ensuite toutes les notes, qui seront remises à chaque évaluateur quand il / elle revient dans la salle pour présenter son évaluation. (L’ordre d’évaluation aura préalablement été déterminé au sort.)
Chaque évaluateur donnera son évaluation, en veillant à fournir une rétroaction constructive à l’orateur cible et en s’assurant de respecter les contraintes de temps allouées pour une évaluation de discours.
Enfin, ce qui peut surtout intéresser les membres de l’auditoire, c’est de voir les styles différents d’évaluation qu’il peut y avoir. Cela nous permet aussi de noter ce que les évaluateurs ont tous choisi d’évaluer en commun ainsi que les points particuliers que chaque évaluateur individuel a peut-être remarqué que les autres évaluateurs n’ont pas mentionné. Finalement, de manière indirecte, cela nous fait aussi penser au points que nous aurions soulevés si nous avions aussi fait une évaluation du discours. C’est une expérience très enrichissante car elle nous permet de sorte, «d’apprendre par osmose».
Voici le programme pour la soirée Toastmasters du 3 juin 2014.
Bonne chance à tous les participants!
The St-Lawrence Toastmasters Club in Montreal would like to warmly welcome its newest member Sultan.
Our club president Michel welcomes Sultan
Here are some of the reasons she decided to join Toastmasters:
"Public speaking was a challenge for me and I decided to join the Toastmasters to expand my limits, to be more effective in my professional life. I want to improve my communication and leadership skills and to gain experience in public speaking.
At the beginning, I was planning to visit different clubs. But when I visited St-Lawrence TM Club, I decided to join. I decided to join St-Lawrence TM Club because of the nice atmosphere, the high level of performances, and the courtesy, support and friendship among the members. I found it also very interesting to meet there people with different levels of experience and from different professional environments."
Venez visiter un club Toastmasters à Montréal pour savoir comment devenir un meilleur orateur et un meilleur leader.
Voici le programme pour la réunion Toastmasters du 27 mai 2014.
What do the "I have a dream" speech and Steve Jobs’ iPhone launch presentation have in common?
This TED Talk from Nancy Duarte reveals the common architecture to all great presentations. You will learn how some of the greatest speakers use the "what is" and "what could be" to move their audience toward a powerful call-to-action.
The secret structure of great talks by Nancy Duarte
Are you interested in making your speeches more persuasive and well structured in a friendly and supportive environment?
Then visit St-Lawrence Toastmasters in Montreal. Here is the programme for the meeting of May 20, 2014.
Voulez-vous savoir comment Toastmasters peut vous aider à améliorer vos capacités de vous exprimer avec plus de confiance et aussi à devenir un meilleur leader? Venez nous visiter! Il ne reste qu’environ 6 ou 7 réunions avant notre relâche annuelle pour l’été.
Voici le programme pour la soirée du 13 mai 2014.
Do you want to find out how to speak more effectively in public, or even to overcome your fear of speaking in public? Are you looking to improve your skills to become a more effective leader?
Visit a Toastmasters Club in Montreal!
Here is the programme for the St-Lawrence Toastmasters meeting of May 6, 2014.