Nous aimerions souhaiter la bienvenue à notre nouveau membre Charles, qui a décidé de se lancer dans l’aventure Toastmasters à Montréal pour améliorer ses capacités de s’exprimer en public.

Michel (président du club) accueille notre nouveau membre Charles.

Voici pourquoi il a décidé se joindre au club:  « J’ai rejoint le club pour sa bonne ambiance et le respect que les membres ont envers chacun. J’ai eu un très bel accueil et bien aimé mon intégration au club avec la courtoisie des membres.  Je désire améliorer mon aisance à parler devant un groupe. De plus, je veux avoir plus de facilité à parler et aller vers les gens (aussi vers de nouvelles personnes). Je souhaite que le tout vienne davantage naturellement, sans trop d’effort. »

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Voici le programme pour la soirée Toastmasters du 15 avril 2014.

Nous aimerions souhaiter la bienvenue à notre nouveau membre Tommy, qui a décidé de se lancer dans l’aventure Toastmasters à Montréal pour améliorer ses capacités de s’exprimer en public.

 
Michel (président du club) accueille notre nouveau membre Tommy.

Voici en ses propres mots : « J’ai choisi de me joindre au Club St. Lawrence Toastmasters pour l’expérience, l’accueil et la détermination d’amélioration continue présente chez chacun de ses membres. Mon but est d’améliorer mes compétences en communication et leadership afin d’augmenter ma confiance en moi et d’utiliser ces compétences de manière accrue dans le cadre de mon travail. »

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Voulez-vous en savoir plus sur Toastmasters?  Venez nous rendre visite.  Voici le programme Toastmasters pour la soirée du 25 février 2014.

Come attend the St-Lawrence Toastmasters meeting of Tuesday February 4 as it will be a special meeting not like our usual weekly meetings. We will be holding a club contest (i.e. 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:

1. All contestants shall receive the same topic, which shall be of a general nature.
2. The topic shall be of reasonable length, shall not require a detailed knowledge, and shall lead to an opinion or conclusion.
3. Contestants will receive no advance knowledge of the topic until the moment they are introduced by the contest chair.
4. When the contest begins, all contestants except the first shall leave the room.
5. Introduce each contestant by announcing the contestant’s name, the topic, the topic, the contestant’s name.
6. 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 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.

Here is an invitation from the Dorval City Toastmasters Club, one of our fellow Toastmasters clubs in Montreal.

Dear Toastmasters members and friends,

Please note that we are currently taking a break during the Holiday season.

We’ll be back in full swing starting Tuesday January 7, 2014.

Until then, enjoy the following video on Vimeo from Bas Manders:

Stop Motion Xmas card from Bas Manders on Vimeo.

We recently had two members join our St-Lawrence Toastmasters Club in Montreal.  John and Pier-Luc both started visiting our club roughly around the same time, and they each quickly came to see that Toastmasters could help them reach their goals.

As John mentions, “The main reason I joined Toastmasters is to  break down the wall of fear which presents itself whenever I have to speak in front of several people, to be more confident, and at ease.  I’ve been to 3 meetings and am enjoying the atmosphere, the talks, and my fellow toastmasters, they are all wonderful people. I am already looking forward to the next meeting!”

Martina (présidente du club) accueille nos nouveaux membres John et Pier-Luc.

Après avoir visité notre site web, Pier-Luc a trouvé que la culture de notre club Toastmasters semblait vraiment intéressante. « Savoir communiquer est une qualité essentielle dans tous les domaines et permet d’accroître notre capacité de leadership. À mon avis,  Toastmasters me permettra d’acquérir rapidement des compétences en matière de communication dans un environnement positif. Le club St-Lawrence est très accueillant dès notre première visite et son bilinguisme en fait un club de premier choix. Ses membres évoluent dans un esprit d’entraide et de partage des connaissances qui est très motivant! »

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Voulez-vous en savoir plus sur Toastmasters?  Venez nous rendre visite.  Voici le programme Toastmasters pour la soirée du 5 novembre 2013.

Dear members and Toastmasters friends,

Can you believe that our club is already 65 years old?  As a matter of fact, the St. Lawrence Toastmasters Club is the oldest Toastmasters club east of Windsor, Ontario.  We like to playfully boast that since we are the oldest club, then naturally we are the most experienced club as well

To celebrate our 65th anniversary, we will have a special evening on Saturday November 23, 2013 at the Restaurant L’Ambroisie.  Be sure to reserve early as we only have a 70-person maximum capacity!

Click for more information on the St. Lawrence Toastmasters 65th Anniversary Celebration.  You can also contact Jacques Lamontagne at (514) 426-9800.

We recently welcomed a new member to our Toastmasters club in Montreal.  Margaret discovered Toastmasters at the suggestion of her radio producer who mentioned it in one of their conversations. 

Martina (club president) welcomes our new Toastmasters member Margaret

Since Margaret wants to share and inspire her audience with modern and ancient techniques for living life to its fullest at any age, she feels that Toastmasters will provide her the necessary skills to be able to effectively communicate with ease and grace, and to present in a manner that will be simple to understand and easy to remember.