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Félicitations à tous les participants du Concours de Discours préparés et Discours improvisés du mardi 17 février dernier.
Participants du concours de Discours improvisés
Table Topics Contest Participants
Come attend the St-Lawrence Toastmasters meeting of Tuesday February 17 as it will be a special meeting not like our usual weekly meetings. We will be holding a club contest (i.e. Toastmasters International Speech contest and Table Topics contest).
Although it won’t be in the standard weekly Toastmasters meeting format, it will nevertheless be quite interesting to check out. For example, this is how the Table Topics contest usually unfolds:
Table Topics is about developing your ability to organize your thoughts quickly and respond to an impromptu question or topic (as described on the Toastmasters International website).
In this contest, the contestants will have 1 to 2 minutes to provide an answer to a topic given to them “on the spot”. Here is an excerpt of the rules:
- All contestants shall receive the same topic, which shall be of a general nature.
- The topic shall be of reasonable length, shall not require a detailed knowledge, and shall lead to an opinion or conclusion.
- Contestants will receive no advance knowledge of the topic until the moment they are introduced by the contest chair.
- When the contest begins, all contestants except the first shall leave the room.
- Introduce each contestant by announcing the contestant’s name, the topic, the topic, the contestant’s name.
- At the conclusion of each speech, the next speaker shall be invited into the room.
*** What makes it interesting for us as audience members is that we get to hear different answers to one same topic question. We will perhaps imagine, “If I had been asked that question, how would I have answered it?”, which can lead to an ever greater appreciation of how each contestant answers the question. We’ll probably also pick out the common points between each contestant’s answer, as well as marvel at hearing any specific or particular points that make each answer stand out. This is a great learning experience because it allows us to, in a sort of indirect way, “learn through osmosis”. ***
Here is the current program of the evening. Good luck to all the contestants!
P.S. And for the contestants, here is a useful post on Tips for preparing for Toastmasters Table Topics.
We would like to welcome Alejandro, the newest addition to the St-Lawrence Toastmasters Club.
Nicholas (club President) welcomes Alejandro to St-Lawrence Toastmasters
Are you looking for a bilingual Toastmasters club in Montreal? Feel free to come visit us!
Here is the programme for the Toasmasters meeting of February 10, 2015.
Nous aimerions chaleureusement accueillir Andrei à St-Lawrence Toastmasters.
Il se joint à notre club Toastmasters bilingue à Montréal afin de rencontrer du nouveau monde et pour faire ressortir les qualités d’orateur qu’il sait qu’il possède déjà mais qui sommeillent en lui.
Installation d’Andrei, avec Pietro di Benedetto (Vice-président à la formation)
Il s’est fixé comme objectifs de surmonter sa timidité et de se sentir à l’aise à parler en devant de nouvelles gens.
Bienvenue Andrei, et nous sommes heureux de pouvoir t’aider à atteindre tes objectifs!
La semaine dernière nous avons eu le privilège d’accueillir plusieurs invités à notre club Toastmasters. À la fin de la réunion, notre webmestre a demandé à l’une des invitées comment elle avait trouvé notre club sur internet.
Normalement nous aimons pouvoir être en haut des résultats de Google, par exemple lorsqu’on cherche par des mots clés tels que “toastmasters montréal” ou “parler en public montreal”. Toutefois cette invitée a mentionné qu’elle avait eu de la misère à nous trouver parce qu’elle cherchait spécifiquement un club Toastmasters bilingue à Montréal.
Cela nous indique alors que nous devrions parler plus fréquemment du fait que notre club est bilingue.
Commençons donc dès maintenant…
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Cherchez vous un club Toastmasters bilingue à Montréal pour vous aider à mieux vous exprimer en public?
Voici le programme pour la soirée du 3 février 2015.