We’d like to welcome Melanie to our St.Lawrence Toastmasters Club in Montreal. 

Marie-Paule Gagnon (Club Treasurer) officially welcomes Melanie

Melanie came to visit us on a few occasions and she specifically enjoyed the warm atmosphere of our club, and the fact that our club has several experienced Toastmasters members.

She is joining Toastmasters so that she can learn to speak more articulately at job interviews.

Melanie, we believe that not only will you reach your goal, but that you will also surpass it by gaining the confidence to become a strong leader as well!

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Interested in finding out more about Toastmasters?  Feel free to come visit us.

Félicitations aux champions de la division F pour avoir gagné au concours 2013 Toastmasters du District 61 qui a eu lieu au Château Montebello cette fin de semaine!

Improvisations en anglais
1er prix : Yaw Perbi (club Westmount)

Improvisations en français
1er prix : Alain Cliche (CN Collaborators)

Discours international en anglais
2e prix : Italo Magni (St. Lawrence)

Discours en français
2e prix : Benoit Ménard (CN Collaborators)

Merci de rendre la division F si fière de vous! Le F de notre division représente Fantastique et vous êtes fantastiques!

Et voici d’autres bonnes nouvelles. Pendant la conférence du District 61, Daniel Gélinas, membre du CN Collaborators, a été élu le nouveau gouverneur de la division F entrant pour l’année 2013-2014.

Félicitations à tous,

Allan Wong, DTM
Gouverneur de division F 2012-2013
Toastmasters International, District 61

De gauche à droite:

Alex Chan représentant Italo Magni (2e prix discours international), Yaw Perbi (1er prix impro. en anglais), Benoit Ménard (2e prix discours en français), Alain Cliche (1er prix impro. en français)

Congratulations Division F Champions for winning in the 2013 Toastmasters District 61 Contest that was held at the Château Montebello this weekend!

Table Topics in English
1st Prize: Yaw Perbi (Westmount Club)

Table Topics in French
1st Prize: Alain Cliche (CN Collaborators)

International Speech in English
2nd Prize: Italo Magni (St. Lawrence)

Speech in French
2nd Prize: Benoit Ménard (CN Collaborators)

Thank you for making Division F so proud! The F in our Division means Fantastic and you are Fantastic!

That’s not all the good news. During the District 61 Conference, Daniel Gélinas from CN Collaborators was elected the new incoming Division F Governor for 2013-2014.

Congratulations to all,

Allan Wong, DTM
Division F Governor 2012-2013
Toastmasters International, District 61

From left to right :

Ruth Fénelon (Area 54 Governor), Alex Chan representing Italo Magni (2nd prize Intl. Speech), Yaw Perbi (1st prize TT English), Allan Wong (Division F Governor 2012-2013), Benoit Ménard (2nd prize French Speech), Alain Cliche (1st prize TT French), Daniel Gélinas (Division F Governor 2013-2014)

We would like to welcome Katherine to the St. Lawrence Toastmasters Club in downtown Montreal.

Katherine is a professional interior designer, and feels that she will be able to more effectively communicate with her clients thanks to Toastmasters.

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Are you interested in knowing more about how Toastmasters can help you become a better communicator and leader?  Feel free to come visit us.

Here is the Toastmasters agenda for the meeting of April 23, 2013.

A big word of congratulations to Italo, who gave a splendid speech at the Toastmasters International Speech Contest that was held at the District level this past weekend as part of the Toastmasters 2013 Spring Conference “T8 Summit” held in Montebello.

We are also proud of other members of our division who also ranked well in other contests such as the French Table Topics contest, the English Table Topics contest, and the French speech contest.  More to follow shortly…

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 8, 2013.

Until then, enjoy the following video from the National Film Board:

We would like to welcome Joëlle to our Toastmasters club.

(Our club president Martina welcomes Joëlle as a new member.)

As she had put it, “I got this new job where I have to animate crowds/committees in urban planning, and I have a bit of stage fright, and tend to lose my line of thoughts while speaking, but I want to overcome this obstacle.”

Well Joëlle, you’re at the right place and we can certainly help you achieve your objectives of being more comfortable speaking to a large group.

We would like to extend a warm welcome to our new Toastmasters member Carmel.  She has come to visit us on a couple of occasions last year as well as this year, and feels this is a good time to join St-Lawrence Toastmasters for all that Toastmasters has to offer.

Carmel being welcomed by our club president Martina.

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Are you interested in finding out more about Toastmasters?  Come meet us!

Here is the meeting agenda for Tuesday December 4, 2012.  Please note that exceptionally this week we are meeting in a separate room down the hall from where we normally meet. (Normally, we meet in the conference room that is located just beside the Restaurant L’Ambroisie. However, they are having a special function that evening and this is why we are meeting down the hall in a smaller room.)

NOTE: The last meeting of 2012 will be on Tuesday December 11.  Then we return after the holidays on January 8, 2013.

Dear members and guests: 
Please note that for the St-Lawrence Toastmasters Montreal meeting of November 20, we will be organizing it in a slightly different format that our regular meetings. If you are familiar with the typical Toastmasters meeting format, there are three components to the educational portion: Table Topics (to help members to think on their feet), Prepared Speeches (to help members to hone in on their speaking skills), and Speech Evaluations (to help members improve their listening and feedback-giving skills).  At the November 20 meeting, we will be have a triple Table Topics session and shall therefore drop out the Prepared Speeches portion that evening.

Interested in visiting us? Here is the Saint-Lawrence Toastmasters programme for the evening of November 20, 2012.

Félicitations aux membres des autres clubs Toastmasters qui ont gagné les concours en français qui ont eu lieu lors de la Conférence d’automne 2012 du district 61 Toastmasters, aussi connue sous “Ça va brasser”.

Voici les gagnants :

Concours de discours humoristique en français

– 1ère place : Jean Bourque

– 2e place : Benoit Ménard

– 3e place : Diane Lanteigne

Concours d’évaluation de discours en français

– 1ère place : Jean Bourque

– 2e place : Paul Bourgeault

– 3e place : Stephen Gagné

Des photos suivront sous peu.